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Open source Markdown editor for macOS.
https://macdown.uranusjr.com/
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Navigation Panel or HUD #312

Open diethardsteiner opened 9 years ago

diethardsteiner commented 9 years ago

I work with very long documents. Currently it is very difficult to find the right section within the document. It would be great if you could add a navigation panel or HUD which would allow me to jump to a specific section within the document. The navigation panel should display all the headers of the document hierarchically and should allow me to collapse certain levels if needed.

ohthetrees commented 9 years ago

A workaround is to put [toc] at the top of your document, then in the menu select View-->Renders TOC

That will render a table of contents, though it is rendered in the preview pane, rather than a navigation panel, and it does not support collapsing the hierarchy.

Not what you were asking for, but it might get you half way there.

diethardsteiner commented 9 years ago

Thanks for pointing this out - I was aware of this feature. Unfortunately it doesn't allow me to jump to the right section in the editor.

ohthetrees commented 9 years ago

You are right, the editor does not stay synchronized when you click a link in the preview window. That would certainly be nice.

uranusjr commented 9 years ago

Jumping in editor is currently impossible (at least without very dirty hacks) due to the internal rendering mechanism.

diethardsteiner commented 9 years ago

Does this mean it will never be implemented? I've been hoping for this feature to be released for quite some time. Actually this is the only feature missing to make MacDown my only markdown editor.

uranusjr commented 9 years ago

Actually the rendering engine is currently being rewritten. There is still quite some way to go before it is done, and even after that it will take some time—something I severely lack recently—to integrate the new structure into MacDown, and then to build this specific feature. It can be done, just don’t hold your breath.

diethardsteiner commented 9 years ago

Ok, thanks for letting me know!