What is "fragment link navigation for Markdown" in Visual Studio Code?

Question

The February 2017 (version 1.10) release notes for Visual Studio Code describes something they call "Fragment link navigation for Markdown." Here is the description:

"Links to Markdown files that include a fragment will now try to open the file at the corresponding header:

* [Section](#_header)
* [Another file](./other_file#_header)

# Header
...

This allows quickly navigating documentation directly within the VS Code editor."

I've searched for any more information on this topic but haven't found anything. Fragments in Markdown? I didn't know that was possible. Can someone point me to more information?

Answer 1

I implemented this feature. Sorry for the unclear documentation

In 1.9, we added support for ctrlclick on links in the markdown editor to open the corresponding document.

Ctrl clicking [this link destination](./other_file.md) will open `other_file.md` in the editor

1.10 added support for navigating to a specific header in the current markdown file

Ctrl clicking [this link destination](#header) will scroll to # Header

... 

# Header

You can also use this across files:

Ctrl clicking [this link destination](./other-file.md#header) will open `other-file.md` and scroll to `#header`

This allows navigating markdown based documentation entirely within the editor. Here's the feature in action:

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If you run into any bugs or have any feature suggestions for VSCode markdown support, please let us know: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/new