diff --git a/extensions/markdown/media/main.js b/extensions/markdown/media/main.js
index 5da5914d575..ec55f515bf6 100644
--- a/extensions/markdown/media/main.js
+++ b/extensions/markdown/media/main.js
@@ -65,10 +65,13 @@
 			if (isNaN(line)) {
 				continue;
 			}
+			const bounds = element.getBoundingClientRect();
 			const entry = { element, line };
-			if (offset >= window.scrollY + element.getBoundingClientRect().top && offset <= window.scrollY + element.getBoundingClientRect().top + element.getBoundingClientRect().height) {
+			if (offset >= window.scrollY + bounds.top && offset <= window.scrollY + bounds.top + bounds.height) {
+				// add progress through element
+				entry.line += (offset - (window.scrollY + bounds.top)) / (bounds.height);
 				return { previous: entry };
-			} else if (offset < window.scrollY + element.getBoundingClientRect().top) {
+			} else if (offset < window.scrollY + bounds.top) {
 				return { previous, next: entry };
 			}
 			previous = entry;
diff --git a/extensions/markdown/src/extension.ts b/extensions/markdown/src/extension.ts
index 7342605f9f5..edd43ca85cb 100644
--- a/extensions/markdown/src/extension.ts
+++ b/extensions/markdown/src/extension.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ export function activate(context: vscode.ExtensionContext) {
 				const sourceLine = Math.floor(line);
 				const text = editor.document.getText(new vscode.Range(sourceLine, 0, sourceLine + 1, 0));
 				const fraction = line - Math.floor(line);
-				const start = fraction * text.length;
+				const start = Math.floor(fraction * text.length);
 				editor.revealRange(
 					new vscode.Range(sourceLine, start, sourceLine + 1, 0),
 					vscode.TextEditorRevealType.AtTop);
diff --git a/extensions/markdown/src/markdownEngine.ts b/extensions/markdown/src/markdownEngine.ts
index 3d1001b7a8e..0509ec91a79 100644
--- a/extensions/markdown/src/markdownEngine.ts
+++ b/extensions/markdown/src/markdownEngine.ts
@@ -131,11 +131,8 @@ export class MarkdownEngine {
 	private addLinkValidator(md: any): void {
 		const validateLink = md.validateLink;
 		md.validateLink = (link: string) => {
-			if (validateLink(link)) {
-				return true;
-			}
 			// support file:// links
-			return link.indexOf('file:') === 0;
+			return validateLink(link) || link.indexOf('file:') === 0;
 		};
 	}
 }
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