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The plugin for Markdown language support on IntelliJ IDEA, RubyMine, PhpStorm, WebStorm, PyCharm, AppCode, Android Studio, CLion and DataGrip.

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A Markdown plugin with GFM and a matching preview style.

Document with pleasure!

Work with Markdown files like you do with other languages in the IDE, by getting full support for:

  • Paste images into documents for fast screen capture links
  • Drag & Drop files and images for fast link insertion
  • Drag and Drop text, HTML or links from other applications
  • Formatting to cleanup documents with a key stroke
  • Navigation and Find Usages to find references without effort
  • Copy Markdown as JIRA, YouTrack or HTML formatted text
  • Convert HTML to Markdown by pasting it into a Markdown document.
  • Export to HTML or PDF to share with others
  • Refactoring of all referencing elements:
    • files ⟺ links
    • headings ⟺ ref anchors
    • footnotes ⟺ footnote refs
    • references ⟺ ref links/ref images
  • Completions to reduce typing:
    • link address ⇐ files
    • ref anchors ⇐ headings
    • footnote refs ⇐ footnotes
    • ref links/ref images ⇐ references
    • link text ⇐ ref anchor/link address
  • Error and Warning annotations to help catch mistakes early
  • Intention actions for fast results with less effort
  • Wrap on Typing to keep it nicely formatted as you edit
  • GitHub style rendering that you are used to, out of the box
  • Fast typing response for distraction free editing
  • Fully customizable to adjust to your preferences and project needs

Plugin Feature Comparison

Feature Basic Enhanced
Works with builds 163.15529 or newer, product version IDEA 2016.3.8 X X
Preview Tab so you can see what the rendered markdown will look like on GitHub. X X
Syntax highlighting X X
Table syntax highlighting stripes rows and columns X X
Support for Default and Darcula color schemes for preview tab X X
Warning and Error Annotations to help you validate wiki link errors X X
Link address completion for wiki links X X
Quick Fixes for detected wiki link errors X X
GFM Task list extension * [ ] open task item and * [x] completed task item X X
Line markers, Find usages, Go To Declaration for rapid navigation to wiki link targets X X
Markdown extensions configuration to customize markdown dialects X X
GitHub wiki support makes maintaining GitHub wiki pages easier. X X
GitHub compatible id generation for headers so you can validate your anchor references X X
Swing and JavaFX WebView based preview. X X
Supports JavaFX with JetBrains JRE on OS X X X
Supports Highlight JS in WebView preview X X
Multi-line Image URLs for embedding gravizo.com UML or codecogs.com LaTeX diagrams into markdown X X
PlantUML rendering of fenced code languages puml and plantuml X X
Live Templates for common markdown elements X X
Split Editor with Preview or HTML Text modes to view both source and preview X X
New Features for Basic Edition X X
    Wrap on typing X X
    Toolbar actions for style toggle operations, list and block quote operations X X
    Format Element action and toolbar button X X
    Language Injections for fenced code, HTML, Jekyll front matter and multi-line URL content X X
    Code Completions X X
        Link address completions X X
        Reference completions X X
        Emoji text shortcuts completion X X
Enhanced Version Benefits X
    Toolbar for fast access to frequent operations X
    Code completions, refactoring, annotations and quick fixes to let you work faster X
    Navigation support with Line markers, Find usages, Go To Declaration for rapid navigation X
    Inspections to help you validate links, anchor refs, footnote refs X
    Complete GitHub wiki support for all links makes maintaining GitHub wiki pages a breeze X
    Jekyll front matter recognition in markdown documents X
    Emoji text to icon conversion using Emoji Cheat Sheet or GitHub emoji URLs X
    table formatting with column alignment X
    Character display width used for wrapping and table formatting X
    Structure view for Abbreviations, Headers, Tables, Footnotes, References and Document X
    Document formatting with text wrapping, list renumbering, arranging of elements, etc. X
    Table of Contents generation for any markdown parser, with many style options X
    Copy/paste references and links between files will adjust the link address to the destination file X
    Paste Images from clipboard to create a link and save image file with manipulations: X
        crop, scale, round corners, border, replace transparent color, X
        add highlights to draw attention to area(s) of the image X
    Drag and Drop files from project tree into markdown documents to create links X
    Quickly find preview elements: element at caret highlight, search and selection display in preview X
As you type automation X
    Double of bold/emphasis markers and remove inserted ones if a space is typed X
    Wrap text blocks to margins and indentation X
    ATX headers to match trailing # marker X
    Setext headers to match marker length to text X
    Format tables to pad column width, column alignment and spanning columns X
    Auto insert empty table row on ENTER X
    Auto delete empty table row/column on BACKSPACE X
    Auto insert table column when typing before first column or after last column of table X
    Actions to insert: table, row or column; delete: row or column X
    Auto insert list item on ENTER X
    Auto delete empty list item on ENTER X
    Auto delete empty list item on BACKSPACE X
    Indent or un-indent list item toolbar buttons and actions X
    Tab/Backtab for table navigation and list indent/unindent actions X
    Move Table Column left/right actions X
    HTML Paste Options to suppress generation of some markdown elements X
    HTML comment folding and options X
    Join Lines with prefix removal X
Code Completions X
    Absolute link address completions using https:// and file:// formats X
    Explicit and Image links are GitHub wiki aware X
    GitHub Issue # Completions after issues/ link address and in text X
    GitHub special links: Issues, Pull requests, Graphs, and Pulse. X
    Link address completions for non-markdown files X
    Emoji text shortcuts completion X
    Java module, class, field and method completions in inline code elements X
    Anchor ref completions for remote links X
Intention Actions X
    Change between relative and absolute https:// link addresses via intention action X
    Change between wiki links and explicit link X
    Intentions for links, wiki links, references and headers X
    Intention to format Setext Header marker to match marker length to text X
    Intention to swap Setext/Atx header format X
    Update table of contents quick fix intention X
    Intention to edit Table of Contents style options dialog with preview X
Refactoring X
    Automatic change from wiki link to explicit link when link target file is moved out of the wiki X
    File move refactoring of contained links. X
    Refactoring for /, https:// and file:// absolute link addresses to project files X
    Refactoring of header text with update to referencing anchor link references X
    Anchor link reference refactoring with update to referenced header text X
    Anchor link reference explorer for project wide anchor ref search X
Markdown Extensions X
    Admonition, based on Admonition Extension, Material for MkDocs X
    Attributes X
    Enumerated References X
    Footnotes X
    Table of Contents X
    GitLab Flavoured Markdown X
        Katex LaTex Math X
        Mermaid Charts X
    Macros X

Release Road Map

Version 2.8.4

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  • Bug Fixes, Full Version Notes
  • Java 11 JRE Support
  • Improved Preview and Typing response
  • Cut/Copy/Paste Improved to handle Macros, Enumerated References and Link adjustments
  • Copy/Paste between IDE instances with all references included and links adjusted
  • Plain Text Completions to insert references defined in file and in Plain Text Suggestion Scope
  • Inspection Option to ignore markdown text in fenced code
  • New Inspections
    • mismatch of link to heading text for anchor refs to headings
    • unicode LINE SEPARATOR in file
    • list item needs more indentation to be a sub-item
  • Annotator Settings to customize enabled annotations
  • Annotator Errors to show underline for file in project tree
  • New Intentions to wrap auto-link looking text in <>
  • New HTML Paste Options convert links to:
    • References
    • Text
    • HTML
    • Explicit links
  • New Structure View Option Show Headings & Tasks
  • Show Members in project view to show headings
  • Format Document option to remove unused reference element definitions
  • In-place Rename of headings, references and other elements
  • Dropped Links insert options:
    • Link
    • Ref Link & Reference
    • Reference Only
  • Syntax Highlighter Attributes for GitLab extension elements
  • Ignore invalid link or anchor annotator comment directive
  • Compound Enumerated References for legal numbering of elements: Enumerated Reference Extension
  • Create PDF Export profile: Configuring for Non-Latin Character Sets
  • Default Completion format setting to change starting link address format
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For Bug Reports, Issues, Questions and Feature requests: GitHub Issues. Plugin documentation: GitHub Wiki