🖥️ HTML View - VS Code Extension

📄 Preview and View HTML files inside VS Code with ease!

🔥 Features

✅ Live HTML Preview in a WebView panel
✅ Supports Linked CSS & JS Files
✅ Handles Internal Links (#about) Correctly
✅ Opens External Links in Browser
✅ Supports CTRL + ALT + V Shortcut for Quick Preview

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🚀 Installation

From VS Code Marketplace

1. Open VS Code
2. Go to Extensions (Ctrl + Shift + X)
3. Search for "HTML View"
4. Click Install

Manual Installation

1. Download the .vsix file from Releases
2. Open VS Code and go to Extensions → Click ... → Install from VSIX
3. Select the downloaded .vsix file

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🎯 Usage

Method 1: Command Palette

1. Open an HTML file in VS Code
2. Press Ctrl + Shift + P
3. Type "Preview HTML" and press Enter

Method 2: Keyboard Shortcut

• Press Ctrl + Alt + V to instantly preview the current HTML file

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⚙️ How It Works

• The extension creates a WebView panel to render HTML files
• It ensures that internal fragment links (#about) stay inside the WebView
• External links (https://example.com) open in your default browser
• It resolves relative paths for CSS/JS files automatically

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📌 Keybindings

Command	Description	Shortcut
htmlView.preview	Open HTML Preview	Ctrl + Alt + V

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🛠️ Development

Clone & Run Locally

git clone https://github.com/NSTechBytes/html-view.git
cd html-view
npm install

Run in VS Code

1. Open the project in VS Code
2. Press F5 to start a new VS Code instance with the extension loaded

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🐛 Bug Reports & Suggestions

Found a bug? Have an idea?
👉 Create an Issue

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❤️ Support

If you like this extension, consider ⭐ starring the repo!

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🏆 Author

Nasir Shahbaz
🔗 GitHub | Website

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📜 License

Apache 2.0 License. See LICENSE for details.