Open in Browser

[anernest]

Please consider adding a button to preview in a stock browser pulling from server. The Markdown Editor for nextcloud incorporates plugins such as Mermaidjs that don't render in the editor preview.

[stefan-niedermann]

Hi @anernest,

The Markdown Editor for nextcloud incorporates plugins such as Mermaidjs that don't render in the editor preview.

does it? I just tested it in my web interface with the most recent versions of nextcloud and the notes app and i could not get it work.

Is this a special setup you are running? (I assume we are both talking about the "Notes" app and not "NextNotes"?

[anernest]

Yes, I'm running Nextcloud 13.0.0, with Markdown Editor 2.0.4 and Notes 2.3.2 (both apps installed directly from the store). The following code will result in the directed graph being rendered (see https://mermaidjs.github.io/)

```mermaid
graph TD;
A-->B; 
A-->C; 
B-->D; 
C-->D;
```

[stefan-niedermann]

I can't see that the Notes app renders this markdown? Am i missing something here?

[anernest]

Maybe you don't have the Markdown Editor app installed or enabled for *.md files in your Nextcloud instance? In my site I can enable a preview pane (see below).

[stefan-niedermann]

So you are using the Markdown Editor app and have the Notes App only installed to be able to synchronize with the phone?

I think this is a very edgy use case. Look: Let's say we implement the button, a click should open the browser with the Markdown Editor App (since the Notes App does not support mermaid). What will people experience who have the Markdown Editor App not installed? A 404. And detecting every time whether the Markdown Editor app is installed, is still active and not deactivated? No, sorry.

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I really thought about it, and i might have implemented the button to open the Notes App in browser, but detect and open a 3rd party app? Sorry, but unfortunately i have to dismiss this feature request.