microsoft / microsoft/vscode-livepreview
Support vscode files.associations setting
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Description
Live preview is only enabled for files with the .html (or .htm) extension.
Enabling live preview for file types associated as html would be helpful.
e.g.,
"files.associations": {
"*.phtml": "html"
}
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the live-preview logic that currently recognizes .html and .htm files, then inspect how VS Code files.associations settings are exposed. Support files associated with the html language, including the shown *.phtml example, and verify that those files can launch live preview.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript, vscode
- Domain
- devtools, web-dev
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100