Changelog

[2.0.0] - 2026-02-09

#257: Have a new demoTime.presentationViewToggles setting to control the UI areas that get hidden when toggling presentation view
#322: Added support for YAML snippets - snippets can now be created in both JSON and YAML formats (.json, .jsonc, .yaml, .yml)
#327: Added the new terminology - Play, Act, Scene, and Move - to replace the previous Demo, Step, and Action terminology
#339: Prevent unnecessary zoom when consecutive highlights are performed
#340: Fix an issue with the path label for the executeScript action in the step editor
#341: Added the args property to the executeScript action to allow passing command-line arguments to the script being executed
#343: added the zoom actions: zoomIn, zoomOut, and zoomReset to control the editor zoom level during your demo
#345: Allow showEngageTimePoll to close the poll on show via closeOnOpen, mutually exclusive with startOnOpen
#348: Added the analytics PRO feature
#361: Video control support in slides
#362: Ignore next click when the editor is still in typing mode
#363: Fixed video control support in custom slide layouts
#365: New focusTerminal action to focus the terminal view in VS Code
#366: Added the sendKeybinding action to send keybindings to the focused terminal
#371: Fix demo count on the overview page
#373: Added the pixels theme to the slide themes
#382: Enable per-step blur and opacity overrides for individual highlight actions via highlightBlur and highlightOpacity properties
#383: Added the enableZenMode and disableZenMode actions to control Zen Mode during Scenes

[1.12.0] - 2025-12-16

BREAKING: Changed project license from MIT to Apache License 2.0. See LICENSE for details.
#302: Added a new selection action to select text in the editor based on start and end placeholders or line and character positioning
#305: Fix Windows file parsing
#308: Fixed sticky header issue in StepEditor component
#309: Updated InsertTypingModePicker component to correctly fetch and display the current typing mode setting
#310: Fixed issue where InsertTypingModePicker did not highlight on single line selection
#311: Added support for next and previous commands in the shell with the terminal.integrated.commandsToSkipShell setting
#315: Dark mode fixes on the config and overview editor
#318: Added the cancelCopilotChat action to cancel the current Copilot chat request
#319: Added preview next slide support on the presenter view
#321: Fix the file formatting when moving steps in the act file
#326: Move the Demo Time to the activity bar
#330: Added new copyFromSelection action to copy text from the current selection in the editor

[1.11.0] - 2025-11-04

#262: Added a recent files dropdown to the path input component in the act editor
#265: Verify the demo IDs when in source mode so that there are no duplicate IDs across multiple files in the workspace
#266: Added a generate demo id button to (re)generate a unique id for the demo
#267: Clean up unrelated properties after selecting a new action
#269: Added a new video slide layout to allow video as slide background
#270: Added the startOnOpen property to the showEngageTimePoll action to automatically start the poll when it is shown
#271: Add new /api/previous API endpoint for PWA integration
#273: Added the new /api/notes API endpoint to retrieve the notes of the current slide
#274: Added support for shellIntegration by VS Code terminals
#280: Added new /api/screenshot API endpoint to retrieve a screenshot of the next slide
#282: Updated the GitHub Copilot chat actions to use the new commands
#283: Added a new customCopilotChat action to allow users to start a chat in a specific mode
#284: Added clock information to the /api/demos endpoint
#285: Render the next screenshot in the PWA remote control view
#287: Added the /api/zoom-in and /api/zoom-out API endpoints to control the font size in the editor
#288: Added the sendEngageTimeMessage action to send messages to EngageTime timeline
#289: Added support for code-insiders when using the bringToFront argument
#291: Added VS Code Command Picker to select commands when using the executeVSCodeCommand action
#292: Dark mode fixes for the act editor
#293: Add the command name to step when using the executeVSCodeCommand action
#294: When adding a new action, the action dropdown will now be focused automatically

[1.10.0] - 2025-10-01

#201: Project is moved to a new monorepo structure with Nx
#227: Open a slide at a specific location
#229: Integration with EngageTime
#234: Fix for negative values in the insert typing speed and improved the labels
#235: Added the pause action to pause the demo and wait until the Demo Time: Continue Demo command is triggered
#236: Visual improvements for the Act Editor
#239: New overview dashboard which can be opened by using the Demo Time: Overview command
#240: Every GitHub Copilot chat action now opens the chat view by default
#242: Fix the content path in the Demo Time: Create patch for current file command execution
#244: Moved the EngageTime session ID to the act file level
#245: Fix right panel height
#246: Added support for relative URLs to images in CSS themes
#249: Fix reveal of slides after navigating to another file
#253: Added support for other types of keyboard keys: tab, arrowLeft, arrowRight, arrowUp, arrowDown, escape, backspace, and delete
#255: Optimize the normalized source path handling in the custom template conversion
#256: Added {{crntSlideIdx}} and {{totalSlides}} variables to the slide header and footer templates
#260: Added dark mode support for the act editor, settings editor, and overview dashboard
#261: Added a message for the PowerPoint addin that it can be shown outside of the visible slide container
#263: Show icons in the icon picker
#264: New focusTop property for the openFile action to control if the editor should focus on the top of the file or not
#268: Fix the openInVSCode property which was not working as expected
#271: Added the new /api/previous endpoint to trigger the previous move
#272: Added the Demo Time Remote Control PWA to control your presentation from another device

[1.9.0] - 2025-08-25

#219: Added a GUI for editing your act files
#220: Allow to set a title for the waitForInput action
#221: Added support for the autoAdvanceAfter property in the slide front matter to automatically advance to the next slide or scene
#222: Added the ability to disable a scene or move
#225: Added a GUI for editing all the settings from Demo Time
#226: New Demo Time action runDemoById to allow to trigger a scene from another scene

[1.8.0] - 2025-08-02

#199: Improve loading the slides when switching between demo and slides
#204: Added the openTerminal action to open a the terminal
#205: Added the hacker-typer typing mode to the insert, replace, and patch actions
#207: Made the message property optional for the GitHub Copilot chat actions
#208: The JSON schema has been refactored to have intellisense per action on which properties are required and optional
#209: The path property is not required anymore for the unselect action
#211: Make the description property optional on the demo root
#212: Fix encoding issue with ampersands in the dt-list component
#217: Fix highlighting whole line when line number and character positioning is used
#218: Added a new /api/demos endpoint to retrieve the list of demos in the workspace

[1.7.1] - 2025-07-10

#202: Fix an issue with the demo parsing during add demo step

[1.7.0] - 2025-07-07

#169: Refocus the editor after executing a terminal command
#173: Allow to set the timer on the act file level
#175: Add some sample demos to the extension initialization to help users get started
#176: Add support for GitHub Copilot Chat integration by adding openChat, newChat, askChat, editChat, agentChat and closeChat actions
#177: Added the copyToClipboard action to copy text to the clipboard and it supports both text, file content, and variables
#180: Fix path parsing for Windows and two-column slides
#182: Improve text typing simulation
#184: Allow the user to choose if they want to manually run the command or have it run automatically (default) by using the autoExecute option
#185: Allow the insertTypingMode and insertTypingSpeed options to be used for the executeTerminalCommand action
#186: Added the typeText action to simulate typing text in the editor
#187: Added the pasteFromClipboard action to paste the clipboard content into the editor
#188: Added the pressEnter action to simulate pressing the Enter key in the editor
#189: Added YAML act file support with configurable file type by using the demoTime.defaultFileType setting
#193: Ask the user which act file type they want to use when initializing the extension. The user can choose between JSON and YAML.
#196: Added an API documentation page that can be viewed within Visual Studio Code or your browser.

[1.6.0] - 2025-06-23

New slide parser logic to support more complex front matter slide structures
#156: Add preview action to hide the mouse cursor and action bar
#162: Added a laser pointer action to the slide view
#164: Added a slide zoom feature
#167: Added Apple Keynote support

Demo Time PowerPoint Add-in

Implemented check to see if the slide on which the add-in was configured is moved. When it is moved, the add-in will show a message to let the user know the settings need to be saved again.

[1.5.1] - 2025-06-17

fix: add ‘image’ to allowed frontmatter properties in SlideParser

[1.5.0] - 2025-06-16

#116: Added support for slide header and footer
#130: Fix slide transitions with images
#131: Added the new dt-list component to show list items on click
- #132: Added longer wait after a write file action
#133: Fix positioning issue on image layouts
#136: Focus window before reading clipboard in browser instances. Thanks to Thomas Kratz.
#139: Fix the hide status bar item error when it is not initialized. Thanks to Tom Bell.
#140: Added the ability to search and filter in the Demo Time treeview
#152: Added the openPowerPoint action to open/focus the Microsoft PowerPoint application

[1.4.0] - 2025-05-30

#97: Support for Markdown slides with multiple slides (slide groups)
- #99: PDF export support for multiple slides included
- #111: Fix issue with comments in front matter parsing
- #115: Fix the slide preview which is empty after saving twice
- #117: Keep the current slide index when refreshing slide preview on save
#101: Implementation of feedback
- #103: Clear highlight the moment you run the next step
- #105: Ability to pause the countdown and resume it
- #109: Optimize the demo view with a maximum height, scroll current demo step into view, cleaner presentation notes view
#102: Start all paths from the project folder instead of .demo folder by setting the version property in the act file to 2
#106: Fix issue where file creating is slower than the async/await
#110: Be able to change how the next action/step behaviour works with the demoTime.nextActionBehaviour setting
#112: MCP server for Demo Time via @demotime/mcp
#113: Enhancement for the end placeholder setting to look after the start placeholder index. Thanks to, Leonardo Montini.
#114: Fix to show the correct view step demo. Thanks to Leonardo Montini.
#122: Add table support to the slides
#124: Fix content for custom layouts

[1.3.0] - 2025-04-24

Highlight the current demo step in the tree view and the presenter view
#95: Render the speaker notes in the presenter view

[1.2.0] - 2025-04-17

#87: Added new walkthrough for Visual Studio Code
#92: Added new demoTime.customTheme setting for global custom themes
#96: Correctly sorting the act files in the tree view

[1.1.0] - 2025-04-09

#88: Added new animation components which can be used in slides: fade-in, text-typewriter, and text-highlight
#89: Added support for Mermaid diagrams in the slides

[1.0.1] - 2025-04-06

#90: Highlighting whole line fix when position is set to start of the line

[1.0.0] - 2025-04-03

#86: Version 1.0.0 release
#85: Support added for importing PowerPoint image slides

[0.0.91] - 2025-03-31

Optimized CSS theming in the PDF slides export
#83: Added support for custom web components in the PDF slides export

[0.0.90] - 2025-03-31

#83: Added support for custom web components in the slide view

[0.0.89] - 2025-03-29

Small title theme fix in quantum
Fix to open slide contents from slide preview

[0.0.88] - 2025-03-28

Two new themes: quantum and frost
#77: Creating components to show or hide slide content based on clicks
#78: Created the arrow, circle, and rectangle components to highlight areas on the slides
#79: Trigger the first demo when turning on the presentation mode
#80: Have an action on the slide view to show the mouse position. This can help you place the components correctly onto your slides

[0.0.87] - 2025-03-23

#74: Support for custom slide layouts with the customLayout property
#75: Provide a filename for the PDF export
#76: Added slide transition support with the transition property

[0.0.86] - 2025-03-20

Optimized package size
#63: Added completion and hover panel support for the frontmatter of the markdown slides
#69: Added the functionality to export the slides to a PDF file
#72: Moved the custom theme property from the demo JSON to the slide’s frontmatter

[0.0.85] - 2025-03-18

#58: Support theme changes in Shiki codeblocks on slides
#67: Add the open slide source action to the slide view
#68: Add the toggle action for the presentation mode to the slide view

[0.0.84] - 2025-03-18

Fix in dispose check on the presenter webview

[0.0.83] - 2025-03-18

#64: Slide list spacing improvements
#65: When in presentation view, you can now exit it via esc key
#66: Added record status to the status bar when turning on the presentation mode

[0.0.82] - 2025-03-17

Split the presenter and preview webview folder in the out folder

[0.0.81] - 2025-03-10

#62: Fix issue with theme retrieval in DevContainer that prevents slides to open

[0.0.80] - 2025-03-06

Updated the title
Updated the description

[0.0.79] - 2025-02-27

Added the unnamed slide theme
Added the monomi slide theme
Added theme CSS variables
#59: Added slide controls next and previous (if enabled)
#60: Cursor visibility on the slide view
#61: Added demo-time.togglePresentationView command, the setPresentationView, and unsetPresentationView actions

[0.0.78] - 2025-02-25

Added missing actions to the actions quick pick selection
Added action verification script for the GitHub Actions release workflow

[0.0.77] - 2025-02-25

Update template to theme in Markdown slides

[0.0.76] - 2025-02-24

Fix for local development of preview-view
Fix of background image when it is loaded from the local project

[0.0.75] - 2025-02-24

#55: Added slide support with new openSlide and imagePreview actions

[0.0.74] - 2025-02-20

Fix to render the tree view on initialize command
Fix the view step action
Added open action to the add demo step quick pick selection
Added the openWebsite action to open a website in the browser or Visual Studio Code

[0.0.73] - 2025-02-17

#53: Add step numbers to the demo steps

[0.0.72] - 2025-02-16

Fix in closeTerminal action when no terminal ID is provided
Fix in property name for waitForTimeout
Add missing actions to the actions quick pick selection

[0.0.71] - 2025-02-15

#50: Added the Demo Time: Toggle highlight of current line or selection command to toggle the highlight of the current line or selection

[0.0.70] - 2025-02-14

Fix in setSetting action where the setting was not updated in the workspace configuration
Added actions to the Demo Time panel menu
#49: New command to create a new act file
#47: Added the setTheme and unsetTheme actions

[0.0.69] - 2025-02-12

#45: Ability to create a new act file when adding a step or creating a snapshot
#45: Ability to create a snapshot of the current file
#45: Ability to create a patch file from the current file and a snapshot

[0.0.68] - 2025-02-10

Added the open notes action on the presenter view
Small optimizations to the logo for the status bar, activity bar, and editor title

[0.0.67] - 2025-02-08

Added the new Demo Time logo

[0.0.66] - 2025-02-05

Added a new demo-time.toggleHighlight command which allows you to toggle the code highlight of the current demo step
Support for highlighting an area of code by line&character positioning
Added a highlightWholeLine property for the highlight action which can be used in combination with the start and end placeholders to turn off whole line highlighting

[0.0.65] - 2025-02-04

#44: Fix code highlighting when line number + character positioning is used

[0.0.64] - 2025-02-03

Fix issue in configuration defaults for JSONC files
Added names to the status bar items so that it is easier to identify them when disabling/enabling them
Added status bar item to open the demo notes

[0.0.63] - 2025-01-25

Update the rocket icon to the Demo Time logo in the status bar
#40: Added the executeScript action to execute a script in the background and store the result in a SCRIPT_<script ID> variable

[0.0.62] - 2025-01-22

#40: Added the setState action to set a state key/value. Use the state as STATE_<key> in the demo steps
#41: Added the DT_INPUT and DT_CLIPBOARD variables to get the input and clipboard content in the demo steps

[0.0.61] - 2025-01-15

Removed highlight left padding

[0.0.60] - 2025-01-14

#37: Added an URI handler for next and runbyid commands
#38: Automatically start the extension when there is a .demo folder in the workspace

[0.0.59] - 2025-01-13

Refactor in the tree view provider to avoid flickering when updating the demo steps

[0.0.58] - 2025-01-12

Action grouping in the quick pick selection of the Demo Time: Add new action to demo step command

[0.0.57] - 2025-01-11

#36: Added the format action to format the code in the editor

[0.0.56] - 2025-01-10

#34: Added the ability to have start and end placeholders for text actions like insert, replace, and delete
#35: Added the Demo Time: Add new action to demo step command + editor title action to make it easier to add new actions to demo steps

[0.0.55] - 2025-01-09

#31: Added the terminalId property to target the terminal to use for the executeTerminalCommand and closeTerminal actions
#32: Added the closeTerminal action

[0.0.54] - 2025-01-09

Added CORS support for the local API

[0.0.53] - 2025-01-09

#29: Added the local API to support external integrations with Demo Time (e.g., Slidev)

[0.0.52] - 2025-01-08

Added the description or label as the tooltip for the demo steps in the panel
Added the overwrite property for the rename and copy file actions
#20: Added the copy file action
#21: Added the move file action

[0.0.51] - 2025-01-07

Add open documentation action and link it to the editor title for JSON files

[0.0.50] - 2025-01-06

#23: Add the ability to add notes to demos
#24: Added the close and closeAll actions to close editors
#27: Moved the JSON schema to the documentation site

[0.0.49] - 2024-12-30

#22: Better zoom support for the highlight action

[0.0.48] - 2024-12-29

Update the README with the new actions

[0.0.47] - 2024-12-27

#16: added the deleteFile action
#17: Added the rename file action
#18: Added the save and write actions to the Demo Time: Add as demo step command.

[0.0.46] - 2024-12-20

Improved the position setting so that you can define <start line>,<start character> a specific position or <start line>,<start character>:<end line>,<end character> to select a range of code
Added the positionCursor action to set the cursor position in the editor
Added the write action to write a single line of text to the editor
Added the save action to save the current file

[0.0.45] - 2024-12-19

Updated documentation URL

[0.0.44] - 2024-12-18

Updated the README with link to the new documentation site

[0.0.43] - 2024-12-13

#12: Added the presenter view which you can open with the Demo Time: Show presenter view

[0.0.42] - 2024-12-11

Fix the before blur and opacity decoration

[0.0.41] - 2024-12-11

Fix for blur and opacity when only one line is highlighted
Fix issue when using the same scene titles in the same act file

[0.0.40] - 2024-12-11

#9: Added the ability to run the previous demo step when in presentation mode by enabling the demoTime.previousEnabled setting
#11: Included a fix to support web
#13: Add the extension to the recommended extensions list of the project on initialization
#15: Hide the timer action when the timer is not enabled

[0.0.39] - 2024-12-10

#10: Added the demoTime.highlightBlur and demoTime.highlightOpacity settings to change the blur and opacity effect on the non-highlighted code
#14: Added the demoTime.highlightBackground setting to change the highlight background color

[0.0.38] - 2024-12-09

Continue with the first demo step in the next act file if the current demo file is completed

[0.0.37] - 2024-12-09

#2: Added the ability to have a variables.json file to store variables/constants that can be used in the demo steps
Added example snippets to the project

[0.0.36] - 2024-12-09

Added the setSetting action to update a setting value

[0.0.35] - 2024-12-07

Updated the README with snippets information

[0.0.34] - 2024-12-07

Added browser extension support

[0.0.33] - 2024-12-06

New markdownPreview action to open a markdown preview
Added path property support for the executeVSCodeCommand action

[0.0.32] - 2024-11-20

Improved line by line insertion
Added an action to show the demo step in the act file

[0.0.31] - 2024-11-20

Disable line insertion delay by default

[0.0.30] - 2024-10-30

Updated the line insertion deplay setting to demoTime.lineInsertionDelay
Added the lineInsertionDelay property to the demo step schema so that you can define it per insert/replace step

[0.0.29] - 2024-10-29

Implement a line-by-line insert/replace action
Configure the line-by-line insert/replace speed with the demoTime.lineInsertionDelay setting

[0.0.28] - 2024-10-21

Changed completed action icon color
#4: Added the option to show a clock
#5: Added the option to show a countdown timer

[0.0.27] - 2024-10-17

Optional start and end icons for the demo steps

[0.0.26] - 2024-10-17

Support setting custom icons for the demo steps

[0.0.25] - 2024-10-17

Add a collapse all button to the demo time panel

[0.0.24] - 2024-10-14

Select by ID if present, otherwise select by title

[0.0.23] - 2024-10-14

Show the correct next demo if started with the demo-time.runById command

[0.0.22] - 2024-10-14

Added the demo-time.runById command to execute a specific demo step from VS Code. Useful for Slidev integration.

[0.0.21] - 2024-10-14

Add JSONC parser to support comments in the act files

[0.0.20] - 2024-06-07

#3: Added a status bar item to show the next step to execute

[0.0.19] - 2024-05-18

#1: Added the ability to use snippets/templates in the demo steps

[0.0.18] - 2024-02-01

Update the README

[0.0.17] - 2024-02-01

Sort act files by name
Fix issue where demos with the same name were all check when executed

[0.0.16] - 2024-02-01

Move order of open command to be able to open binary files

[0.0.15] - 2024-01-30

Added gif to the README

[0.0.14] - 2024-01-30

Added the showInfoMessage action to show an info message in Visual Studio Code

[0.0.13] - 2023-12-20

Added the step move up/down panel actions

[0.0.12] - 2023-12-20

executeTerminalCommand creates a specific terminal for Demo Time

[0.0.11] - 2023-12-18

Added the executeVSCodeCommand action to execute a VS Code command
Added the executeTerminalCommand action to execute a shell command

[0.0.10] - 2023-12-15

Reveal range when highlighting code
Added a zoom option to the highlight code action which can be enabled with the demoTime.highlightZoomEnabled setting

[0.0.9] - 2023-12-14

Change the highlight behaviour to show a rectangle around the code instead of selecting the code
Added the demoTime.highlightBorderColor setting to change the border color of the highlight rectangle

[0.0.8] - 2023-12-14

Add a presentation mode which allows you to use a clicker to navigate through the demo steps

[0.0.7] - 2023-12-14

Keep state of the demo steps for the workspace
Added a start action on the act file in the panel
The demo-time.start command now runs the next step
Added reset command
Added reset action to the view title

[0.0.6] - 2023-12-13

Bring inserted or replaced lines into view
Set the position of the cursor after inserting or replacing text to the start position

[0.0.5] - 2023-12-12

Added listener for act file changes
Added unselect action
Added waitForTimeout action
Added waitForInput action
Added contentPath property to demo steps to allow code snippets as files instead of content in the JSON
start and end keywords for position property

[0.0.4] - 2023-12-09

Changed logo and banner on VS Code Marketplace

[0.0.3] - 2023-12-09

Added small logo for the activity bar
Added welcome text with initialize command
Added a view act file command and action in the panel
Added a No demo steps defined message when no demo steps are defined

[0.0.2] - 2023-12-08

Added the first logo

[0.0.1] - 2023-12-08

Initial release