Markdown Viewer Changelog

What's new in Markdown Viewer 3.1.1

May 13, 2024
  • Bugfix for absolute local paths:
  • Issue #52
  • Absolute local paths to media and in links where not regarded by the application, leading to be broken.
  • MSI package:
  • Issue #53
  • This is the first release containing an MSI package.

New in Markdown Viewer 3.1.0 (May 6, 2024)

  • There are now additional ways to zoom in and zoom out your document, change the sizes of the contents:
  • Minus and plus keys on numpad
  • Control + mouse wheel

New in Markdown Viewer 3.0.2 (Dec 20, 2023)

  • Fix:
  • Certain header titles, e.g. "Content" could cause the application to behave weirdly or even break the usability.

New in Markdown Viewer 3.0.1 (Oct 29, 2023)

  • Fixed:
  • The application crashed after a click on a link to a non existing file. Now, only a meaningful error message is displayed.

New in Markdown Viewer 3.0.0 (Sep 19, 2023)

  • Settings dialog:
  • All settings are now reachable via a new settings dialog. It can be opened via main menu "Edit" --> "Settings..." or vie Ctrl+,
  • Drag & Drop:
  • Issue #40
  • Any text file can now be dropped into the Markdown Viewer window to open it. By default, a dialog asks whether to open the file in the window were dropped or in a new window.
  • Markdown Metadata:
  • Issue #37
  • If a Markdown file contains a metadata header, it is now rendered properly. In the settings dialog is an option to hide this header.
  • Recently Opened Files:
  • Issue #41
  • The File menu now contains a list of recently opened files. The count can be adjusted in the settings.
  • Bugfixes:
  • Mermaid diagrams are now displayed with readable colors in dark mode (issue #39)

New in Markdown Viewer 2.8.0 (Jul 11, 2023)

  • Mermaid diagrams can now be displayed.

New in Markdown Viewer 2.7.0 (Jun 7, 2023)

  • Features:
  • It is now possible to embed audio and video files.
  • Bugfixes:
  • Minimum window size, introduced with 2.6.0, was too big for some users
  • Inside the table-of-content area, the horizontal scrollbar was always visible and allowed to scroll when it shouldn't
  • Developing:
  • The local development instance now stores its settings inside the project directory.

New in Markdown Viewer 2.6.2 (May 16, 2023)

  • Since the introduction of the table of content feature, it was not possible to scroll via keyboard (arrow keys, page-up/-down) without clicking into the content first.

New in Markdown Viewer 2.6.0 (Apr 12, 2023)

  • The application can now display a Table of Content (TOC). The TOC is hidden by default. It can be displayed via entries in the "View" menu or by pressing Alt+C (Option+C on macOS) for a single document only or via Alt+Shift+C (Option+Shift+C on macOS) for all documents.
  • A bug regarding very wide tables as fixed. If a document was printed, wide tables could be cropped. See issue #26

New in Markdown Viewer 2.5.1 (Oct 30, 2022)

  • The tools now supports embedding an image as Base64 inside a data URL.

New in Markdown Viewer 2.5.0 (Oct 12, 2022)

  • It is now possible to choose whether an opened file shall be rendered as Markdown or just as plain text. Based on the file name ending, it can also be chosen to render all files of a type (i.e. with the same ending) as Markdown or not.
  • This is the first release that also contains a Mac package (DMG for ARM).
  • Note: there are some usability issues currently and the application is not much tested yet (or much used by the author in practice). Future releases will hopefully bring improvements in this regard.
  • Also, the package is not signed, so expect some hassles at installing.