quarto-dev / quarto-dev/quarto
Slide counter in editor status bar for revealjs presentations
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- TypeScript
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Description
When authoring revealjs presentations in a .qmd file, there is no way to see
the total slide count without rendering the document. Tools like PowerPoint
display a live slide count in the UI, which helps authors track presentation
length during editing.
Request: Add a slide count indicator to the VS Code / Positron editor status
bar (or the Quarto VS Code extension) when the active file is a revealjs .qmd
document. It could show something like Slides: 12 based on counting level-1
(#) and level-2 (##) headings, updating as the file is edited.
Why it's useful:
- Quickly assess presentation length without rendering
- Helps keep presentations within time/slide constraints
- Analogous to word count for document formats
Workaround today: Manually counting headings via terminal:
grep -cE "^#{1,2} " presentation.qmd
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Research direction
Start with the Quarto VS Code extension's editor status-bar integration for active revealjs .qmd files, and determine how the extension identifies those documents. Implement an updating indicator that counts level-1 and level-2 headings, then verify that the displayed total changes as the file is edited.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript, vscode
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100