Microsoft/vscode

Allow me to search for markdown headers without manually inserting `-` delimiters

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#174,999 opened on Feb 21, 2023

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Description

Testing #174884

Currently if I have a header like so

# A header with spaces in the title

I have to search for it by typing the following when triggering header autocomplete

#a-header-with-spaces-in-the-title

I'd like to be able to type

#a header with spaces in the title

and have the completion still show up.

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Research direction
Locate the markdown header completion logic in vscode (likely in extensions/markdown language features) and modify the matching to ignore hyphens when query contains spaces.
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typescript
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developer experience
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2
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1-3 hours
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75