Tip: You can also right-click on the editor Tab and select Open Preview ( ⇧⌘V (Windows, Linux Ctrl+Shift+V)) or use the Command Palette ( ⇧⌘P (Windows, Linux Ctrl+Shift+P)) to run the Markdown: Open Preview to the Side command ( ⌘K V (Windows, Linux Ctrl+K V)). Here is an example with a very simple file. You can view the preview side-by-side ( ⌘K V (Windows, Linux Ctrl+K V)) with the file you are editing and see changes reflected in real-time as you edit. To switch between views, press ⇧⌘V (Windows, Linux Ctrl+Shift+V) in the editor. md extension and then you can toggle the visualization of the editor between the code and the preview of the Markdown file obviously, you can also open an existing Markdown file and start working with it. You just start writing Markdown text, save the file with the. VS Code supports Markdown files out of the box. Tip: Click on an extension tile above to read the description and reviews to decide which extension is best for you.