How to wrap markdown text in Cursor or VSCode

Introduction

Ever had the following happen to you when writing markdown code on Cursor or VScode?

It’s a pain specially when writing long form content like markdown files for your website blog for instance, and having to scroll horizontally constantly to see what’s there.

How to fix it

Before the configuration for this was quite a pain. But later updates from Cursor and VSCode has made it super easy:

1. Go to your markdown file
2. Hit F1 on your keyboard and type “Wrap”
3. Select the “View: Toggle Word Wrap” option:

That’s it! You should be able to see all the text in your markdown file without having to scroll horizontally.