Markdown code style settings
Last modified: 19 July 2022File | Settings | Editor | Code Style | Markdown for Windows and Linux
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Use this page to configure formatting options for Markdown files. When you change these settings, the Preview pane shows how this will affect your code.
Wrapping and Braces
Configure the options for breaking lines.
Hard wrap at | Specify at which column to put a line break. WebStorm shows a vertical line at the specified column and breaks lines between words, not within words. |
Wrap on typing | Add line breaks as you type. Disable this option to add line breaks only when WebStorm performs formatting. |
Wrap long text | Enable hard wrapping. |
Wrap text inside block quotes | Enable hard wrapping for block quotes. |
Visual guides | Show an additional vertical line at the specified column. |
When reformatting | Configure additional actions to perform during reformatting.
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Tabs and Indents
Configure the options for nesting text blocks and alignment within a block.
Use tab character | Use the tab character for indentation. Disable this option to use spaces for indentation. |
Smart tabs | Nest blocks with tabs and align with spaces. Disable this option to use only tabs and replace spaces that fit the specified tab size with tabs. |
Tab size | Specify the number of spaces to render in place of one tab character. |
Indent | Specify the number of spaces used for each indentation level. |
Continuation indent | Specify the number of spaces used for continuing the same text block. |
Keep indents on empty lines | Retain tabs and spaces on empty lines. By default, this option is disabled and WebStorm removes all tabs and spaces if there is nothing else on that line. |
Blank Lines
Set the maximum and minimum number of blank lines to keep for various text elements.
Around header | Before and after chapter headings. |
Around block elements | Before and after code blocks. |
Between paragraphs | Between two adjacent paragraphs. |
Spaces
Specify which elements should have exactly one space.
Between words | Remove extra spaces between words. |
After header symbol | Remove extra spaces or add a missing space between the heading symbol and the heading title. |
After list marker | Remove extra spaces or add a missing space between the list item marker and the list item text. |
After blockquote marker | Remove extra spaces or add a missing space between the block quote marker and the text of the block quote. |
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