you can set a keyboard shortcut for

workbench.action.focusNextGroup

in VSCode. This will work well if you only have two editor groups open, but otherwise cycling through editor groups will update the active note so the preview will refresh. I believe you can set keybindings for individual editor groups if you don't want to cycle through them. @User shared his setup and you can find the keybindings defined here: https://wiki.dendron.so/notes/fzHazEFWTpUVexmv/

Is there an Extension I need to install to render Mermaid diagrams? Writing the following in a Dendron file, shows no diagram in preview

graph TD;
    A-->B;
    A-->C;
    B-->D;
    C-->D;

Did you put "mermaid" right behind the three backticks?

Aha! That works. I missed that in the [Wiki](https://wiki.dendron.so/notes/8DCgctK-RMD4EeHjC5_hI/#diagrams) Correct syntax is:

```mermaid
graph TD;
    A-->B;
    A-->C;
    B-->D;
    C-->D;

```

Is there a Markdown Tables plugin that can format Markdown tables "on the fly" as you type them, the way Org Mode does it?

This is the one I use! https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=RomanPeshkov.vscode-text-tables

Works pretty nice. CTRL+q, CTRL+q turns on/off

nice! this is nicer than the one I'm currently using 😄 thanks for the suggestion.

Text Tables was replaced by Markdown Tables.

Does it resize colums as you type, or do you need to format after the fact?

I use Test Tables (I don't see how it was replaced by "Markdown Tables"). Yes, it formats / resizes columns as you type.

Let me try it. I though it replaced it because it uses the exact same keybindings, and Markdown Tables first came out shortly after the last release of Text Tables. And they follow the same version numbering convention.

The only shortcuts that I use with this Extension are: - CTRL+q, CTRL+q to turn the ext on/off - ALT+z to do/undo wordwrap

Let me try it

the table mode toggle has a keybinding conflict with the vscode vim plugin for folks using it fyi.

Well that explains my problem

it's

extension.vim_winCtrlQ

in the keyboard shortcut list. a bit of a cryptic name 😄

If you look at Markdown Tables, it's 0.01 was a fork of Text Tables 0.15, and it's in active development through the end of 2021

I can't get this to auto resize as I type. I disabled vim and I disabled Markdown All In One. Still not doing it.

Ok, I had to disable Markdown All In One and use the tab key.

Ok, confirmed. I turned off table support in Markdown All In One. Still would not let tables auto format. I had to disable.

It's a shame. I liked that extension.

Yeah, getting extensions to play well can be a struggle. Luckily I'm dialed at this point!😆

I'll need to see what extensions I can use to replace that one. And using the tab key will take a little getting used to.

@User have you tried "Markdown Table" (different from "Markdown Tables" 😀) (https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=TakumiI.markdowntable) ? It does auto-format as you type.

Does dendron ever plan to do a “live markdown” feature, such as shown in obsidian?

You can open the Live Preview in "side-by-side" window and see things as you type

CTRL+SHFT+v

Yes I was wondering if there was a concept to do it in the same place, not side by side, but rather in the same place. Also, I’m not saying I think this is a good idea, I’m just curious if it has been thought about, and deemed as valuable or not and why