What type of markdown proccessor does Visual Studio use?

Question

Developers added markdown support in Visual Studio version 2022 release 17.5.

But what's under the hood?

Is it commonmark-compliant? GFM support? Is it based on markdig?

Answer 1

Hello @Dmitresso ,

Welcome to Microsoft Q&A forum.

Previously, Mads created a markdown editor extension for Visual Studio 2022, as you can see, here, Markdown Editor v2.

The description says:

Powered by Markdig – the best markdown parser

Currently, as you know, native Markdown support had been added into Visual Studio 2022, since 17.5. Mads also mentioned this "new" feature in this thread: Add native Markdown support.

So, probably, it(VS native markdown support) is also based on markdig. It’s a good idea to directly double confirm with him by asking on our Developer Community, if you have any further concerns.

Happy coding!

Sincerely,

Tianyu

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