Visual studio marketplace update#

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Visual studio marketplace update#

The new markdown-it parser will be mandated starting December 1 st, 2017 so please review and update extension content before this date for well formatted content on marketplace. If the content needs further updates or you need more bake time you can switch back to the older parser by setting the markdownItParse property to false.Īll new extensions published henceforth will use the new markdown-it parser.įor VSCode publishers, there isn’t any impact as VSCode already uses markdown-it parser.Browse to the extension and ensure the content formatting is as expected.Note: Ensure to update to the latest TFX CLI version 0.4.10. Update your extension VSIX using TFX CLI or from the publisher’s manage page.Set the below flag in the extension manifest file to use the new parser for your extension.You can test the content using the Manifest editor extension in VSCode. Update the extension with the new content.If you’d like to change/update the content or remove the ‘try it’ experience on your extension details page.

If you are happy with the content formatting with the new markdown parser, no action is required on December 1 st, your extension will start using the new parser.Browse through thousands of extensions available in the Marketplace to find the tools you need. Visual Studio Marketplace Personalize your Visual Studio experience today by downloading extensions. ‘Click here’ opens the page in a new tab to help you compare the content and formatting with the new markdown An extension can range in all levels of complexity, but its main purpose is to increase your productivity and cater to your workflow.You can view the experience to test your extension content with the new markdown parser.Log in to Visual Studio Marketplace and browse to your extension.How do you know if your VSTS extension content is impacted? To help VSTS publishers smoothly transition to the new markdown parser, we have enabled a ‘try it’ experience on the extension details page. The key impacted areas we found were multi-level lists, embedded links and images inside HTML.

1/3 rd of VSTS extensions need to be updated to ensure consistent formatting. Impacted extension content is:īased on our analysis, approx. If you are a Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS) extension publisher, this would impact formatting of your extension markdown content and thus its presentation to marketplace users. Visual Studio Marketplace is moving its markdown parser to markdown-it which is based on the CommonMark specification.