Open Overleaf (ShareLatex) projects in VSCode, with full collaboration support.
The full user guide is available at GitHub Wiki.
[!NOTE] For SSO login or captcha enabled servers like
https://www.overleaf.com
, please use "Login with Cookies" method. For more details, please refer to How to Login with Cookies.
Login Server, Open Projects and Edit Files
On-the-fly Compiling and Previewing
Ctrl+Alt+B to compile, Ctrl+Alt+V preview.
SyncTeX and Reverse SyncTeX
Ctrl+Alt+J to jump to PDF. Double click on PDF to jump to source code
Chat with Collaborators
Open Project Locally, Compile/Preview with LaTeX-Workshop
In an already logged-in browser (Firefox for example):
Open "Developer Tools" (usually by pressing F12) and switch to the "Network" tab;
Then, navigate to the Overleaf main page (e.g., https://www.overleaf.com
) in the address bar.
Filter the listed items with /project
and select the exact match.
Check the "Cookie" under "Request Headers" of the selected item and copy its value to login.
The format of the Cookie value would be like:
overleaf_session2=...
orsharelatex.sid=...
The following Overleaf (ShareLatex) Community Edition docker images provided on Docker Hub have been tested and verified to be compatible with this extension.
[x] sharelatex/sharelatex:5.0.4 (verified by @Mingbo-Lee)
[x] sharelatex/sharelatex:4.1 (verified by @iamhyc)
[x] sharelatex/sharelatex:3.5 (verified by @iamhyc)
Please refer to the development guidance in CONTRIBUTING.md