Paste as Markdown Codeblock

paste-as-markdown-codeblock is a Visual Studio Code extension that allows you to paste selected code or text as a Markdown code block.

Features

• Paste the copied code as a Markdown code block using Ctrl+Alt+V

• Press Ctrl+Space to enter a language identifier (e.g., JavaScript, Python, TypeScript).

• Right-click in the editor and select "Paste as Markdown CodeBlock" to use the command from the context menu.

⚠️ Note: This extension does not support automatic language detection. You must specify the language manually after pasting.

Requirements

No special requirements or dependencies are needed.

• Visual Studio Code version 1.xx or later

Extension Settings

This extension provides the following settings:

• pasteAsMarkdownCodeblock.defaultLanguage
  Specifies the default language identifier used when pasting a code block.
  Default: "plaintext"

• pasteAsMarkdownCodeblock.languages
  Defines a list of language identifiers available for selection. You can customize this list to include only the languages you frequently use.

Default:

[
  "plaintext",
  "javascript",
  "typescript",
  "python",
  "cpp",
  "java",
  "bash",
  "html",
  "css",
  "json"
]

These settings can be configured from the Settings UI or by editing your settings.json file directly.

Keyboard Shortcut

Press Ctrl+Alt+V to paste the copied code as a Markdown code block (only when the editor is focused).

Known Issues

• The language name may not always be correctly inserted, depending on the input.

• The command requires selected or copied text. If nothing is provided, no output will be generated.

Release Notes

1.0.0

• Initial release
• Added functionality to paste selected text as a Markdown code block

Following extension guidelines

This extension follows the official VS Code extension development guidelines.

• Extension Guidelines

License

This extension is licensed under the MIT License.

Thanks for using this extension!
Feel free to report bugs or request features via the Issues page.