Syntax + Preview

[saymoncoppi]

Hello guys!

What do you think to merge these features on your extension?
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=IanCooper.code-zpl

Maybe we could show two tabs:

• Syntax Highlight Tab
• Preview Tab

It will give better usability to users. Count on me to help, ok...

[kamilturek]

Hey @saymoncoppi, thanks for reaching out! I really appreciate your involvement in making the extension better.

While I understand that syntax highlighting would be definitely very useful, this extension is meant to be a simple previewing tool for ZPL files.

Given that there is already another extension that provides syntax highlighting, would it be an option to use them both together?

From a quick look, it appears that it is possible to have both the text editor and preview pan open side by side.

Hot-reload (watching for file changes) is still missing but it's covered by #2 and might come soon

What do you think? Would it give you the experience you want?

[nothinman]

Hey guys. I came here for this very reason!
How did you open both the ZPL source and label preview?
It looks like once the preview is enabled I cannot view the source anymore?

[babblo]

@nothinman I have tried with a split view but the file detection (hot reload) is not working. Even tried editing the file with another editor but the extension never sees the change.

[pabloemmanueldeleo]

Hi. I am using the ZPL Viewer extensión in VC and it not have a option to activate and desactívate the preview always show the image and it not have option to see only the code.