TIL (Today I Learned) Notes

TIL: When editing Markdown files in VS Code, you can paste URLs as formatted links via the markdown.editor.pasteUrlAsFormattedLink.enabled setting.

This setting was first introduced in June 2023, with the release of VS Code 1.80.

This is a nice quality-of-life feature. I used to type brackets, parentheses, and URLs manually, always wishing for a simpler way. I’m now using the smart option, which “smartly creates Markdown links by default when not pasting into a code block or other special element.”

Here’s a quick demo: