VSCode Front Matter Helpers

Info: Extension is still in development, but can already be tested out.

Available commands:

Front Matter: Create <tag | category>

• Creates a new <tag | category> and allows you to automatically include it into your post

Front Matter: Insert <tags | categories>

• Inserts a selected <tags | categories> into the front matter of your article/post/...

Front Matter: Export all tags & categories to your settings

• Export all the already used tags & categories in your articles/posts/... to your user settings

Front Matter: Set current date

• Update the date property of the current article/post/... to the current date & time.

Optional: if you want, you can specify the format of the date property by adding your own preference in your settings. Settings key: frontMatter.taxonomy.dateFormat. Check date-fns formating for more information which patterns you can use.

Where is the data stored?

The tags and categories are stored in the project VSCode user settings. You can find them back under: .vscode/settings.json.

{
  "frontMatter.taxonomy.tags": [],
  "frontMatter.taxonomy.categories": []
}

Usage

• Start by opening the command prompt:
  • Windows ⇧+ctrl+P
  • Mac: ⇧+⌘+P
• Use one of the commands from above

Feedback / issues / ideas

Please submit them via creating an issue in the project repository: issue list.