CSS Properties Preview Sample

This is an sample extension that illustrates the use of virtual documents or TextDocumentContentProviders together with the vscode.previewHtml command.

It is not intended as a product quality extension.

The purpose of the extension is to show a preview of the properties in the declaration block of a CSS rule. To play with the extension:

• Open a CSS file
• Use Show CSS Properties Preview
• Position the cursor inside the declaration block of the rule
• The properties are rendered in the preview
• Edit the properties and the preview is updated

How it works

• The extension implements and registers a TextDocumentContentProvider for a particular URI scheme.
• The content provider creates a HTML document that contains the declaration block of the selected CSS rule in the active editor.
• The generated HTML document contains a link that invokes a contributed command to highlight the CSS rule in the source editor
• The generated HTML document is then opened in an editor in the 2nd Column using the command vscode.previewHtml.

How to run locally

• npm run compile to start the compiler in watch mode
• open this folder in VS Code and press F5