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MarkdownPad Changelog

What's new in MarkdownPad 2.5.0.27920

Dec 27, 2014
  • New Markdown Processor: CommonMark! CommonMark is a new Markdown processor aimed at unifying and standardizing the Markdown specification.
  • Added: Task Lists support in the GitHub Flavored Markdown (Offline) processor.
  • Added: Emoji support in the GitHub Flavored Markdown (Offline) processor.
  • Added: Option to customize how many spaces are inserted when the “Use spaces instead of tabs” feature is enabled under Tools ? Options ? Editor tab.
  • Added: Customization of GitHub Flavored Markdown rendering mode (Enhanced: used in Pull Requests, Issues, and Comments; Standard: Used in READMEs). This option is available under Tools ? Options ? Markdown tab ? Select “GitHub Flavored Markdown”, then locate “Markdown Rendering Mode”.
  • New Language: Norweigan (Norway)
  • Improved: Command line arguments now persist across updates if manually triggering the update from the status bar.
  • Improved: Timestamps in MarkdownPad should respect your locale/culture settings by default. These can still be customized under Tools ? Options ? Editor tab.
  • Fixed: Code syntax highlighting was recently broken due to changes at GitHub.
  • Fixed: When MarkdownPad was opened via command line, relative file paths were being displayed in the Recent Documents menu.
  • Fixed: GitHub Flavored Markdown was adding the prefix user-content- to all HTML name tags due to a change at GitHub, causing issues with anchor links. This prefix is now removed.
  • Fixed: After creating a new document and saving it, “New Document” was still displayed as the Window’s title.
  • Many minor fixes and improvements.

New in MarkdownPad 2.4.4.40074 (May 26, 2014)

  • Fixed: Missing tag in HTML template.

New in MarkdownPad 2.4.3 (May 26, 2014)

  • Fixed: Ordered and unordered lists were not displayed properly due to GitHub API change
  • Improved: When saving a document, the timestamp displayed in the status bar now respects user date/time settings in Tools ? Options ? Editor tab
  • Improved: Rendered HTML docuemnts now use the HTML5 doctype

New in MarkdownPad 2.4.2.29969 (Mar 31, 2014)

  • Fixed Potential crash which could occur with a specific combination of single ticks (`) with "Ignore spelling in code blocks" feature enabled

New in MarkdownPad 2.4.1.39552 (Mar 19, 2014)

  • Fixed: Application title remained "New Document" after saving a new document
  • Fixed: Syntax highlighting not working for inline code blocks containing a single character
  • Fixed: Rare bug in spell check

New in MarkdownPad 2.4.0.35690 (Mar 4, 2014)

  • Added Option for persistent indentation under Tools → Options → Editor Features section
  • Added Option to disable spell check within code blocks, including standard code blocks, inline code blocks, Markdown Extra fenced code blocks and GitHub Flavored Markdown fenced code blocks (enabled by default, can be changed under the spell check dictionary icon in the status bar)
  • Added Option to ignore YAML Front Matter blocks at start of document under Tools → Options → Markdown tab (disabled by default)
  • Added When the Tab key is pressed within an unordered list, the unordered list item will now be automatically indented
  • Added When the Tab key is pressed within an ordered list, the ordered list item will now be automatically indented
  • Added Option to modify GitHub API address for self-hosted enterprise installations under Tools → Options → Markdown tab → Select GitHub Flavored Markdown → click "Edit GitHub API Address"
  • Improved Word count is now more efficient
  • Improved Moved option to Display Formatting Marks in editor to the View menu (was previously in Options window)
  • Improved Spell Check: New, solid line indicators for misspelled words. No more squiggles!
  • Improved Bug reporter is no longer always-on-top, allowing you to interact with MarkdownPad while the bug reporter window is still open
  • Improved Application title now includes the document name first, so you can quicky see which document is currently open in the Windows taskbar (e.g. "New Document - MarkdownPad 2")
  • Fixed Word count is now automatically updated after text is pasted
  • Fixed Word count is now automatically updated after text is deleted
  • Fixed Email address is no longer case-sensitive when unlocking MarkdownPad Pro
  • Fixed Spell checking is now performed when text is pasted into the Editor pane
  • Fixed Several minor improvements and fixes for spell checking
  • Fixed GitHub Flavored Markdown Task List items no longer have visible bullets in the rendered HTML output and LivePreview pane
  • Fixed You can now open files in MarkdownPad via the command line with relative file paths (e.g. markdownpad2.exe file1.md file2.md file3.md - each file will be opened in a new tab)
  • Fixed Spell Check: When changing tabs, the visible document is now automatically re-checked
  • Fixed Indented ordered lists are no longer syntax highlighted as code blocks in the Editor pane
  • Fixed Network connectivity issues for users with Hyper-V network adapters
  • Added translation Catalan (ca-ES)
  • Added translation Spanish (Spain) (es-ES)
  • Added translation Chinese (Taiwan) (zh-TW)
  • Added translation Romanian (Romania) (ro-RO)
  • Added translation Swedish (Sweden) (sv-SE)
  • Added translation Galician (ga-ES)
  • Added translation Croatian (hr-HR)
  • Added translations Bug reporter: Catalan, Chinese (Taiwan), Czech, Danish, French (France), Galician, Russian
  • Updated translation Russian (ru-RU)
  • Updated translation Korean (Korea) (ko-KR)
  • Updated translation Italian (Italy) (it-IT)
  • Updated translation French (France) (fr-FR)
  • Updated translation Japanese (Japan) (ja-JP)
  • Updated translation Danish (Denmark) (da-DK)
  • Updated translation German (Germany) (de-DE)
  • Updated translation Portuguese (Portugal) (pt-PT)
  • Updated translation Chinese (China) (zh-CN)

New in MarkdownPad 2.3.1.38168 (Nov 5, 2013)

  • Added: Ability to delete an image after uploading it to Imgur. After uploading an image, a "Delete Image" button will be displayed next to the upload button. Click this button to delete the uploaded image from imgur's servers.
  • Added: Message in GitHub Flavored Markdown options section explaining how to use GitHub's two-factor authentication with MarkdownPad.
  • Improved: Added the currently selected Markdown processor to the tooltip of the Quick Markdown Selector button in the status bar.
  • Improved: Appearance of messages in status bar.
  • Improved: Automatic continuation of lists now supports lists with plus sign (+) unordered list syntax
  • Improved: GitHub Flavored Markdown processing and error handling, with more helpful error messages.
  • Fixed: Major improvements to automatic continuation of blockquotes (>). This should no longer interfere with angled brackets used in code blocks.
  • Fixed: Tab tooltip wasn't updating the displayed file path after saving.

New in MarkdownPad 2.3.0.25835 (Aug 24, 2013)

  • New Markdown processor: GitHub Flavored Markdown (offline)
  • Added: Quick Markdown Selector in the status bar
  • Added: Re-open the "Welcome to MarkdownPad" document displayed on application's first run by going to Help → Documentation → Open Welcome Document
  • Improved: Updated markdownpad-github.css to support GitHub's keyboard symbol HTML tag . Use the Restore Defaults button in the Stylesheet options page to get the newest version of this stylesheet.
  • Improved: Simplified selection and usage of Markdown processors
  • Improved: View description of Markdown processor features by hovering mouse over processor name
  • Improved: GitHub Flavored Markdown error handling
  • Improved: Bug reporter includes additional helpful error information
  • Improved: Text layout in Options window for translations and window resizing
  • Fixed: When dragging and dropping an image into the MarkdownPad editor pane, opens the Insert Image dialog
  • Fixed: Navigating to internal links no longer opens them externally
  • Updated: All translations
  • Updated: Translator acknowledgments and licenses

New in MarkdownPad 2.2.1.25122 (Jul 27, 2013)

  • Improved: More descriptive error messages and better error handling for GitHub Flavored Markdown issues.
  • Fixed: Minor Markdown syntax highlighting issue when using hyperlink syntax in Markdown Extra style footnotes.

New in MarkdownPad 2.2.0.39232 (Jul 23, 2013)

  • Added: Selected character count in status bar (visible when text is selected).
  • Added: Splash screen while MarkdownPad is loading. This can be disabled under Tools → Options → Advanced tab.
  • Added: PDF Export features: Customizable margins, orientation, and paper size under Tools → Options → File tab.
  • Added: Open File in New Window feature to right-click context menu of document tabs. When used, will open the current document in a new instance of MarkdownPad. Useful for keeping two documents side-by-side.
  • Improved: If an error occurs while processing GitHub Flavored Markdown, the error message will be displayed in the LivePreview pane rather than via a message box.
  • Improved: In Options window, if clickable hyperlinks are disabled, the hyperlink color picker is also disabled.
  • Modified: Moved spell check options icon to leftmost area of status bar.
  • Translations: Added Danish (da-DK).
  • Translations: Updated all translations.
  • Fixed: Missing strings in some translations.

New in MarkdownPad 2.1.20.27984 (Jun 29, 2013)

  • Fixed: Minor Markdown syntax highlighting issue with inline and reference-style hyperlinks

New in MarkdownPad 2.1.19 (Jun 29, 2013)

  • Added: Option to reload the current file from its source on disk under the File menu
  • Added: Character count to status bar
  • Added: Selected word count and selected character count (only visible when text is selected)
  • Added: (Experimental) Option to automatically include a Markdown document in HTML output. This document will not be visible in the Editor pane, but it will be automatically included in the output HTML version of your document. This allows users to create a "reference" Markdown file full of reference-style hyperlinks that can be accessed across all documents in MarkdownPad.
  • Improved: Button size in the Unlock Pro window for some locales
  • Improved: Visual improvements to the Options window
  • Improved: The spell check button in status bar is now dimmed when disabled, rather than shown with a red X
  • Fixed: Many fixes to Markdown syntax highlighting in the Editor pane, including strong, emphasis, inline code blocks and hyperlinks
  • Fixed: The Save All command will now only save files that have changes
  • Fixed: Issue with text size in Options window tabs with high DPI settings
  • Updated Translations: Updated translations for German, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Chinese
  • Minor additional fixes and improvements

New in MarkdownPad 2.1.18.37279 (Jun 4, 2013)

  • Added: Option to disable internet connection verification under Tools → Options → Advanced tab.

New in MarkdownPad 2.1.17.15655 (Jun 2, 2013)

  • Added: "Copy File Path" option added to right-click menu of tabs. Using this option will copy the full path of the file to the clipboard.
  • Fixed: File modified by external program notification was too sensitive on some operating systems

New in MarkdownPad 2.1.16.17534 (Jun 1, 2013)

  • Improved: Search box text components are now available for translation
  • Fixed: Search box not visible

New in MarkdownPad 2.1.15.37737 (May 31, 2013)

  • Added Translations: Japanese (ja-JP), French (fr-FR)
  • Updated Translations: Korean, German (Germany), Italian, Portuguese (Portugal), Russian (Russia), Polish, Chinese (PRC)
  • Added: Notification and option to reload if file has been modified or deleted outside of MarkdownPad
  • Added: Option to automatically reload file if modified outside of MarkdownPad
  • Added: Option to view formatting marks in the Editor pane
  • Added: Option to customize the hyperlink color in the Editor pane
  • Added: Ability to open multiple new instances of MarkdownPad under File → New Window
  • Added: Option to disable automatic continuation of lists
  • Added: Keyboard shortcuts for Export HTML (Ctrl+Shift+1) and Export PDF (Ctrl+Shift+2)
  • Improved: Spell check settings are now in the status bar for easier access - you no longer need to go to Options to change spell check language
  • Improved: Spell check is disabled by default if the user's system language isn't available as a spell check dictionary
  • Improved: Several user interface and organizational improvements to the Options window
  • Improved: GitHub Flavored Markdown: If no network connection, displays message in LivePreview pane rather than display error dialogs
  • Improved: Startup speed on some systems
  • Fixed: Home and End keys now work as expected in the Editor pane
  • Fixed: Keyboard shortcut conflict between Save As and Save All
  • Fixed: Relative image support not working when using Preview in Browser feature
  • Fixed: Minor issue when closing a blank Insert Image window
  • Fixed: Multiple dialogs appearing when closing the CSS code editor window
  • Fixed: In some scenarios, Markdown was still being rendered in the background when LivePreview was disabled

New in MarkdownPad 2.1.14.33970 (Apr 26, 2013)

  • New installer! The new installer no longer requires administrator privileges (and it looks prettier). However, if your computer is missing any prerequisites like .NET Framework 4 Client Profile, administrator privileges will be required to install them.
  • Improved: MarkdownPad now stores its custom files in the local user's Roaming data folder. This means that if you use MarkdownPad on a domain, your custom CSS files and custom spell check dictionaries will follow your user account on the domain. MarkdownPad will automatically migrate your custom files from the previous location to the new location.
  • Improved: External browser preview files will now be (once again) stored in the Windows Temporary Files folder. However, they will still support relative image paths.
  • Modified: Distraction-free shortcut has been changed from F10 to F11
  • Fixed: Various issues with Markdown syntax highlighting, including reference-style hyperlinks and images, code blocks, bold, and italic formatting
  • Fixed: Go To Line window would display an error if closing it via the "X"
  • Updated: Acknowledgements

New in MarkdownPad 2.1.13.33961 (Apr 19, 2013)

  • Added: MarkdownPad now renders the entire document by default. High Performance mode can be re-enabled under Tools → Options → Markdown tab → Rendering Mode.
  • Added: Added: Option to copy rendered content from the LivePreview pane, which can be pasted into rich text word processors or email applications. This feature can be accessed under Edit → Copy LivePreview Content, or by selecting content in the LivePreview pane, right clicking, and selecting Copy. Note: this issue works best with Full Document rendering mode enabled.
  • Modified: Go To Line shortcut was changed to Ctrl+Shift+G to avoid issues with international keyboards.
  • Fixed: The input field in the Go To Line window is now focused by default.
  • Fixed: If manually installing an update, you will be prompted to save any unsaved changes before continuing.
  • Fixed: Rare error message that could occur when window position was being restored during application start-up.
  • Improved: Minor visual improvements to the Options window.

New in MarkdownPad 2.1.12.38004 (Apr 16, 2013)

  • Added: Option to include document outline (similar to a Table of Contents) in exported PDF documents. This feature is available under Tools → Options → File tab → PDF Export section.
  • Fixed: Relative image paths now work in exported PDF documents
  • Fixed: Options for Markdown Extra were always visible in Options → Markdown tab
  • Fixed: Underscore visible in Go To Line window title

New in MarkdownPad 2.1.11.36727 (Apr 10, 2013)

  • Added translation: Italian (it-IT)
  • Added translation: Korean (ko-KR)
  • Added: Option to toggle Word Wrap under View → Word Wrap
  • Added: (Pro) Option to include CSS backround in exported PDF under Tools → Options → File → PDF Export section
  • Added: Font Weight option in Tools → Options → Interface tab (next to the Font settings)
  • Added: Option to open file's location in Windows Explorer by right clicking the tab and selecting Open File Location
  • Added: Ability to view file's full path on disk by hovering over a tab
  • Improved: Markdown rendering performance, especially while scrolling
  • Improved: Display names for languages are now displayed in their native language
  • Improved: Spell check dictionaries are now included in the same directory as the MarkdownPad executable to simplify the installation requirements - Note: If you have previously added custom spell check dictionaries, you will need to move them to the MarkdownPad program files directory, under the SpellCheck → dictionaries folder.
  • Improved Installer: Added option to enable/disable desktop application shortcut
  • Fixed: When opening a file by double clicking it from Windows and MarkdownPad was maximized, the window would no longer be maximized
  • Fixed: Error that could occur on startup if the window was to be restored to an invalid state or location
  • Fixed: Couldn't add new word to dictionary if the word was partially contained in a pre-existing custom word
  • Fixed: Custom spell check dictionary is automatically created if it doesn't exist
  • Fixed: Maximum image size issue with markdownpad-github.css stylesheet
  • Fixed: Missing EULAs for international users
  • Updated: Translators credits
  • Updated: EULA
  • Updated: MarkdownPad Logo in About window

New in MarkdownPad 2.1.10.33447 (Apr 10, 2013)

  • Added: Finnish translation (fi-FI)
  • Added: Translations for automatic updater
  • Added: Translations for installer
  • Fixed: Couldn't resize the CSS code editor window
  • Fixed: HTML wasn't reloaded after changing settings in Options
  • Fixed: Minor error that could occur while scrolling through a document
  • Fixed: The Close Window keyboard shortcut is now Alt+F4 rather than Ctrl+F4
  • Added: A secondary Close Tab keyboard shortcut, Ctrl+F4
  • Improved: When opening a file associated with MarkdownPad and MarkdownPad is not currently in the foreground or is minimized, it will be made visible
  • Improved: A helpful error message for Windows 8 users that are experiencing issues with the HTML rendering component
  • Improved: Layout improvements to Options window for international users

New in MarkdownPad 2.1.9 (Apr 9, 2013)

  • Fixed: Various minor error messages that could appear when scrolling quickly
  • Fixed: Infinite loop bug that could occur when using tags in Markdown text

New in MarkdownPad 1.3.6.2 (Feb 5, 2013)

  • Added: Enable IME support (experimental) option in Tools --> Options --> Editor tab. If you are an international user and are experiencing issues with IME, please try disabling or enabling this feature and observe the results.
  • Modified: IME support disabled by default

New in MarkdownPad 1.3.6.1 (Jan 30, 2013)

  • Added: Support for automatic email hyperlinks when Autoomatic hyperlinks is enabled under Tools --> Options --> Markdown tab. Automatic emails can be used like this in Markdown: and it will automatically be converted to a hyperlink.
  • Fixed: Files with underscores (_) in their name were not being displayed properly in the Recent Documents menu
  • Improved: General improvements to Markdown processing engine

New in MarkdownPad 1.3.6 (Jan 12, 2013)

  • Added: Support for Input Method Editors (IMEs).
  • Added: Right-click context menu in the Custom CSS editor (Under Tools --> Options --> HTML/CSS).
  • Modified: If previewing an unsaved Markdown document in the browser, the HTML document's title has been changed from "Markdown" to "Markdown Document".

New in MarkdownPad 1.3.5.9 (Dec 18, 2012)

  • Fixed: Error that could occur when closing multiple instances of MarkdownPad simultaneously.

New in MarkdownPad 1.3.5.8 (Dec 6, 2012)

  • Performance Improvement: Scrollbar Sync is now smarter!

New in MarkdownPad 1.3.5.7 (Nov 20, 2012)

  • Improved: MarkdownPad will now alert you if you try saving a read-only file, and give you the option to make it writeable.

New in MarkdownPad 1.3.5.6 (Oct 13, 2012)

  • Fixed: Issue with the MarkdownPad installer where Windows XP users could no longer run the installer executable, receiving the error message: ... is not a valid WIN32 application. I published the previous version of MarkdownPad using Visual Studio 2012, and it looks like there are several other instances of people with similar problems. I have now re-deployed MarkdownPad using Visual Studio 2010 which I have confirmed to be working in my Windows XP virtual machines, and I will continue deploying via VS2010 until the issue in VS2012 is resolved.

New in MarkdownPad 1.3.5.5 (Oct 10, 2012)

  • Fixed: Bug that could allow MarkdownPad's window position to be restored to an off-screen position after closing the application on a secondary window of a multi-monitor display, and then re-opening it on a single display.

New in MarkdownPad 1.3.5.4 (Sep 18, 2012)

  • Fixed: Bug that could occur when performing a reverse text search when the cursor was at the beginning of the document.
  • Fixed: When searching for text, pressing Enter would not always initiate the search unless the Find Next button was pressed first.
  • Improved: General improvements to the Find Text feature.
  • Improved: The Fonts drop-down box in Options now loads all available system fonts faster.

New in MarkdownPad 1.3.5.3 (Sep 3, 2012)

  • Added: When using the Export HTML feature, the current document's name will be used for the new HTML file by default. (This was previously blank.)
  • Added: When using the Save As feature, the current document's name will be used for the new HTML file by default. (This was previously blank.)
  • Fixed: Bug where if a user attempted to save a document, gave the file a name, but then clicked Cancel instead of OK, the file would still be saved.
  • Temporarily Removed: File modification monitor. Several users reported that if they saved a document, they would (sometimes, but not all the time) receive multiple "This document has been modified" notifications. This feature has been temporarily removed and will be re-worked to resolve the issue.

New in MarkdownPad 1.3.5.2 (Aug 9, 2012)

  • Fixed: Incomplete log file location was being displayed to the user in the event of an unexpected error.

New in MarkdownPad 1.3.5.1 (Aug 8, 2012)

  • Improved: Fix for potential crash that could occur when multiple instances of MarkdownPad are closed simultanously.

New in MarkdownPad 1.3.5 (Jul 27, 2012)

  • Added: In the event that MarkdownPad crashes, a backup of your currently-opened document will be saved to the Desktop.
  • Improved: Handled a potential out of memory error when processing large Markdown files

New in MarkdownPad 1.3.4 (Jul 16, 2012)

  • Added: When opening and saving documents, MarkdownPad will now remember the previously selected filetype filter.

New in MarkdownPad 1.3.3.1 (Jun 23, 2012)

  • Improved: The MarkdownPad installer is now digitally signed. You should now see "Evan Wondrasek" as the publisher, rather than "Unknown Publisher".
  • Added: Ability to enable or disable clickable hyperlinks in the text editor under Tools --> Options --> Enable clickable hyperlinks in editor. Several users reported that it was difficult to see the blue hyperlinks when using dark backgrounds, so disabling this option will make them look just like regular text. This feature will soon be improved to allow for customizing of the URL color. (Tip: to open hyperlinks from the text editor, Ctrl+Click them if clickable hyperlinks is enabled.)
  • Improved: Better log file created in the event that an unexpected error occurs.
  • Fixed: Bug that could occur if default application wasn't set when using the Preview Markdown in External Browser feature, or any other command that launched an external application.
  • Fixed: Bug that could occur when trying to open a file that was locked by another application. This could happen if you had a file open in Microsoft Word (which locks files while open) and tried opening the same file in MarkdownPad.

New in MarkdownPad 1.3.2 (May 31, 2012)

  • Changed: When inserting a timestamp (CTRL+T), the timestamp text is no longer selected.
  • Changed: Tooltips for Markdown settings in the Options window now have a reasonable width.
  • Changed: In the event that an unexpected error occurs, the error log file is now written to the current user's Desktop.

New in MarkdownPad 1.3.1.2 (May 28, 2012)

  • Improved: Source file modification monitoring.
  • Fixed: Crash that could occur when saving a new document for the first time.

New in MarkdownPad 1.3.1 (May 26, 2012)

  • Added: Notification if the currently-opened file has been edited by another application. If the file has been edited, a message box will appear giving you the option to either reload the document or ignore the changes.
  • Modified: Updated the link to the MarkdownPad EULA in the About window.

New in MarkdownPad 1.3 (May 18, 2012)

  • Added:Support for images using relative file paths! Besides scrollbar synchronization, this was likely the most-requested feature for MarkdownPad. This feature is enabled by default, but can be disabled under Tools -> Options -> Misc -> Enable relative image paths in LivePreview.
  • Improved: Better error log generation in the event of an unexpected error.
  • Improved: Minor UI improvements to main application menu bar and toolbar.
  • Improved: Minor UI improvements to Options window. I changed the positions of the Save/Cancel buttons to match standard Windows design (Save is now on the left) - my apologies if you have to rewire your muscle memory a bit to get used to the new layout. I sure have. :)
  • Improved: To go along with relative image support, the Render Markdown in Browser (F6) option now creates the HTML document within the folder where the original Markdown document resides. If working with a new/unsaved document, the local user temporary folder will still be used.
  • Fixed: Re-added the HTML doctype when exporting or previewing the HTML document in an external browser.
  • Fixed: Rare LivePreview error that could occur when reloading the preview after saving settings.

New in MarkdownPad 1.2.2.2 (May 16, 2012)

  • Fixed: Issue with scrollbar sync for international users, specifically when their country's number systems use a comma (,) to separate decimal points rather than a period. Huge thanks to Elton Muuga for helping me figure this one out!
  • Fixed: Workaround for Chinese (Taiwan) IME character input crash.
  • Fixed: When dragging text within the editor, the MarkdownPad Drag 'n Drop overlay (for files) would appear.

New in MarkdownPad 1.2.2.1 (May 9, 2012)

  • Improved: Scrollbar sync. Thanks for all the feedback, if you're having any issues with this feature please let me know by submitting a bug report under Help -> Report a Bug.
  • Added: Additional options within the text editor's right-click context menu (Undo, Redo, Delete, Select All) to match functionality in the Edit menu.
  • Modified: If no text is selected, the Copy HTML option will copy the current line as HTML. This matches the behavior of Cut and Copy.

New in MarkdownPad 1.2.2 (May 4, 2012)

  • Added: Find Next (F3) and Find Previous (Shift+F3). These functions are also available under the Edit menu.
  • Modified: Added (beta) to the scrollbar sync menu option; I've received a few reports of issues with this feature. If you're having any issues with MarkdownPad, please submit a bug under Help -> Report a Bug. I love squashing bugs.

New in MarkdownPad 1.2.1.1 (May 3, 2012)

  • Improved: Scrollbar synchronization.

New in MarkdownPad 1.2.0.1 (May 2, 2012)

  • Fixed: "Display Line Numbers" wasn't checked on startup if enabled.

New in MarkdownPad 1.2.0 (Apr 30, 2012)

  • Added:Scrollbar sync:
  • With Scrollbar Sync, any changes you make in the Editor window will automatically cause the LivePreview window to scroll to the location you're editing. This feature is enabled by default, but you can turn it off under View --> Scrollbar Sync.

New in MarkdownPad 1.1.9 (Apr 30, 2012)

  • Added: A link to the MarkdownPad changelog under Help --> What's new in version ....
  • Fixed: A bug in .NET's clipboard handling: When copying HTML to the clipboard while simultaneously using applications like remote desktop, VNC, or virtual operating systems, an error might be displayed because those applications can hold locks on the Windows clipboard. Now if the clipboard is locked, you'll receive a notification identifying which application is holding the lock so you can close it.

New in MarkdownPad 1.1.8 (Apr 25, 2012)

  • Added: You can now select between Backtick (``) and Four Space Prefix style code blocks in Options -> Markdown -> Code Block Style
  • Fixed: Font list in Options window is now alphabetized

New in MarkdownPad 1.1.7 (Apr 17, 2012)

  • Added: Visual enhancements to file Drag 'n Drop.
  • Fixed: Minor graphical glitch (too much padding) when LivePreview was disabled.
  • Modified: New icon!

New in MarkdownPad 1.1.6 (Mar 5, 2012)

  • Modified: Changed the File -> Recently Opened menu to File -> Recent Documents. This menu now displays recently opened and recently saved documents.

New in MarkdownPad 1.1.5 (Mar 5, 2012)

  • Fixed: Bug where the Cancel button would not work if closing MarkdownPad with the keyboard shortcut Alt+F4 with pending unsaved changes.

New in MarkdownPad 1.1.4 (Jan 6, 2012)

  • Fixed: Bug that could occur if the CSS syntax highlighting rule file was missing. (This file is used in the CSS editor in Tools -> Options -> HTML / CSS.)
  • Improved: CSS syntax highlighting rules are now embedded within the application.

New in MarkdownPad 1.1.3 (Dec 9, 2011)

  • Added: Ability to indent selected text and selected blocks of text.

New in MarkdownPad 1.1.2 (Dec 9, 2011)

  • Added: Option to insert spaces instead of tab when the Tab key is pressed (available in Tools -> Options -> Editor).
  • Added: Option to disable the Byte Order Mark header in both exported text and HTML (available in Tools -> Options -> Advanced).
  • Added: Link to MarkdownPad's End User License Agreement (EULA) in the About menu.
  • Fixed: Word Count now gets updated when text is deleted.
  • Fixed: Pressing F5 (Toggle LivePreview) while the LivePreview HTML pane was focused would refresh the LivePreview page. F5 now toggles LivePreview even if the HTML pane is focused.
  • Fixed: Keyboard accelerator for Open File is now set to "O".
  • Minor improvements to Options window.

New in MarkdownPad 1.1.1.1 (Dec 9, 2011)

  • Added: Keyboard shortcut for Previous search result (Shift + Enter).
  • Fixed: When searching for text, the editor now scrolls to the result.
  • Fixed: Typo in Options.

New in MarkdownPad 1.1.1.0 (Nov 21, 2011)

  • Added: Find text (keyboard shortcut: Ctrl + F).
  • Improvements to Options window.
  • Fixed: Minor rare bug where a newly-opened document would be flagged as having unsaved changes.

New in MarkdownPad 1.1.0.0 (Nov 19, 2011)

  • Added: Print Text and Print HTML features.
  • Custom CSS is now independent of default CSS (if you make changes to the custom CSS and then disable custom CSS, the default CSS will be unaffected).
  • Fixed: A rare bug that could occur when closing multiple instances of MarkdownPad simultaneously.

New in MarkdownPad 1.0.0.20 (Nov 9, 2011)

  • Fixed: LivePreview CSS wasn't refreshing after Options were saved.

New in MarkdownPad 1.0.0.19 (Nov 9, 2011)

  • Fixed: Numbered lists with more than 9 items were missing their first digit in HTML view. If you're experiencing this issue after updating to MarkdownPad 1.0.0.19, please reset your settings under Tools -> Options -> Mis

New in MarkdownPad 1.0.0.18 (Oct 31, 2011)

  • Added Word Count to status bar.
  • Improved manual bug reporting: If you report a bug under Help --> Report a Bug, it automatically fills in the MarkdownPad version number and your operating system.

New in MarkdownPad 1.0.0.17 (Oct 31, 2011)

  • Improved code behind "Copy HTML" feature.

New in MarkdownPad 1.0.0.16 (Oct 31, 2011)

  • Even better error logging! Now if MarkdownPad crashes, you'll have the option to automatically open the bug reporting form.

New in MarkdownPad 1.0.0.14 (Oct 31, 2011)

  • Improved error logging. In the (hopefully unlikely) event that MarkdownPad crashes, it will store detailed crash information to C:/markdown_error.log.
  • You can then use this information when completing the MarkdownPad Bug Report form.

New in MarkdownPad 1.0.0.13 (Oct 31, 2011)

  • Fixed: A bug that only occurred in Windows XP when using less than 32-bit color depth.
  • If the application is launched directly via its executable (rather than the correct ClickOnce shortcut in the Start Menu), it now notifies the user in the About menu after the version number.

New in MarkdownPad 1.0.0.12 (Oct 31, 2011)

  • Changed default Open File dialog format to support more Markdown file types by default. (.txt, .markdown, .md, .mdown). Can select All Files if using something else.
  • Fixed: A rare bug that stopped MarkdownPad from opening properly.

New in MarkdownPad 1.0.0.11 (Oct 31, 2011)

  • Changed default Editor font to Consolas (it's prettier than Courier New, but is only included in Windows Vista and Windows 7). If Consolas isn't installed, it defaults to Courier New.

New in MarkdownPad 1.0.0.10 (Oct 31, 2011)

  • Added support for low resolution displays.

New in MarkdownPad 1.0.0.8 (Oct 31, 2011)

  • Added ability to format/unformat multi-line selections with Unordered Lists and Blockquotes.
  • Improved Horizontal Rule and Unordered List formatting when not at the start of a line.
  • Better handling of rendering errors when opening a Markdown file (.md, .markdown)

New in MarkdownPad 1.0.0.7 (Oct 31, 2011)

  • Added option to use Underline-style Markdown Headings for selected text in Options. If enabled, selected text will be formatted with ======= and ------- for and , respectively.
  • Customizable Bullet syntax in Options. You can now select between all three valid Bullet styles: Hypen (-), Asterisk (*), and Plus (+).
  • Removed space before Bullet formatting.
  • Minor visual tweak to Insert Image and Insert Link dialogs.

New in MarkdownPad 1.0.0.6 (Oct 31, 2011)

  • Fixed: Minor bug; if application was maxmized, it would not completely enter Distraction-free Mode.

New in MarkdownPad 1.0.0.5 (Oct 31, 2011)

  • Fixed: A bug that only affected Windows XP users when opening About or Settings menus.