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Markpad v2.6.4

31 Mar 21:48
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What's Changed

  • Added i18n with 26 new supported languages. (thanks @maxrks!) Full list below
  • Improved handling of loading large files and quicker load times overall
  • Fixed unresponsive titlebar on hangs #83

Supported Languages

  • English
  • Japanese
  • Chinese (Simplified)
  • Chinese (Traditional)
  • Korean
  • Russian
  • Spanish
  • French
  • German
  • Portuguese (Brazil)
  • Italian (it)
  • Polish (pl)
  • Dutch (nl)
  • Swedish (sv)
  • Portuguese (European) (pt)
  • Romanian (ro)
  • Hungarian (hu)
  • Czech (cs)
  • Slovak (sk)
  • Greek (el)
  • Finnish (fi)
  • Danish (da)
  • Norwegian (no)
  • Vietnamese (vi)
  • Indonesian (id)
  • Turkish (tr)

Changes

  • feat(i18n): add multi-language support and implement app internationalization by @maxrks in #87
  • feat: set pasting image default folder & resolve macOS screenshot scale & setting shortcut by @maxrks in #86
  • feat(settings): add multi-language support and optimize settings UI by @maxrks in #88
  • feat: large file handling improvements by @alecdotdev in #89

New Contributors

Full Changelog: v2.6.3...v2.6.4

Markpad v2.6.3

28 Mar 06:24
bf0d7bd

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What's Changed

  • Table of Contents:
    • Can now be on left or right side
      switch-side
    • Can be docked or floating
      docked
      undocked
    • Appears in Edit mode: click TOC entries to jump to them in the editor
      toc-edit
  • Sub-headings now collapse properly
  • Cursor and scroll position persists between tabs #79
  • Edit state is now independent between tabs
  • Fixed Start in Editor setting showing blank documents
  • Line of padding at start of editor for readability

Markpad v2.6.2

27 Mar 09:19
e98d1b0

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What's Changed

  • Added folding support for both the TOC tree and viewer headings #67 (comment)
  • Transitioned the TOC from a sidebar to a floating TOC (option to toggle between overlay and docked coming soon)
  • Pan/zoom overlay for images and Mermaid diagrams #67 (comment)
  • Callout custom titles and nesting support #67 (comment)
    callouts
  • Editor word wrap width limit setting #67 (comment)
  • Fixed "Full Width" toggle visibility in split view #80
  • Refactoring and formatting fixes
  • Fixed inline KaTeX rendering to omit $ as currency #73
  • Fixed unsaved tab overwritten by opening files

  • fix(tabs): fixed unsaved tab overwritten by opening file by @alecdotdev in #77
  • fix(rendering): fix inline KaTeX rendering by @alecdotdev in #78
  • feat(multiple): enhancements for callouts, image zooming, folding headings, + more by @alecdotdev in #81

Full Changelog: v2.6.1...v2.6.2

Markpad v2.6.1

20 Mar 22:36

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What's Changed

Fixes

  • Fixed bug that broke clipboard pasting in 2.6.0

New Features

  • VS Code Themes: Use themes from vscodethemes.com in Markpad by copying URL and importing theme in Appearance Settings.

    1. Pick a theme from vscodethemes.com
    Screenshot 2026-03-19 191835_1773965501
    2. Click Copy URL
    Screenshot 2026-03-19 201433
    3. Paste URL into Import VS Code Theme to add to theme list
    Screenshot 2026-03-19 201515
    Example: aura-dark
    Screenshot 2026-03-19 233821

    You can delete themes from this list after importing.

  • Session State Persistence: Automatically restores last session on launch (can be disabled). This includes all unsaved files and opened tabs.

  • PDF & HTML Export: Easily export markdown to structured HTML or PDF documents.
    Screenshot 2026-03-19 201303

  • Table of Contents Sidebar: Interactive TOC sidebar that supports Obsidian-style links and block IDs, and bookmarks.
    Screenshot 2026-03-19 201905

  • Line Highlight Color Picker: Customize the active line highlight color in the editor.
    Screenshot 2026-03-19 202128_1773976190

  • Rich Link Paste: Past URL onto text to create hyperlinks

  • Drag & Drop Image and Direct Image Paste Embedding: Drag media onto the editor to insert at cursor location or paste directly from clipboard. Creates a relative folder img/ for the copied media. Gets deleted on Undo including img/ folder if empty.
    Screenshot 2026-03-19 235516

Full Changelog: v2.6.0...v2.6.1

Markpad v2.5.0

28 Feb 22:20

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Changes

  • Snap and Choco packages are rolling out!
  • Unified settings panel
  • Font style and sizing now customizable

Windows (Chocolatey)

choco install markpad-app --version=2.5.0 # version flag is temporary for now

Linux (Snap)

sudo snap install markpad 

Settings panel

Screenshot 2026-02-27 182116

File Menu and Quick Settings

Screenshot 2026-02-27 182046 Screenshot 2026-02-27 182102

What's Changed

  • Fix preview code block issues, split-view sync scroll, and macOS native UI styling by @cs-qyzhang in #66
  • (fix) added webkitgtk wayland env var workaround to fix blank screen by @alecdotdev in #60
  • (feat) remember zoom level between launches + moved to action menu by @alecdotdev in #61
  • feat: add settings page by @cs-qyzhang in #62
  • (feat) snap and choco pkgs pre-release by @alecdotdev in #63
  • Add deps for AppImage by @Drsheppard01 in #65

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Full Changelog: v2.4.5...v2.5.0

Markpad v2.4.5

27 Feb 01:08
bdb41d6

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What's Changed

  • (fix) fix split view saving by @alecdotdev in #54
  • (fix) fixed title bar layout by @alecdotdev in #56
  • (feat) added markdown rendering+splitview for unsaved files + titlebar fixes + file menu by @alecdotdev in #57
  • (feat) added custom context menu by @alecdotdev in #59
  • (fix) added webkitgtk wayland env var workaround to fix blank screen by @alecdotdev in #60
  • (feat) remember zoom level between launches + moved to action menu by @alecdotdev in #61

Full Changelog: v2.4.4...v2.4.5

Markpad v2.4.4

12 Feb 00:26
07bd438

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What's Changed

  • (fix) added markdown and plaintext mimetype to build by @alecdotdev in #36
  • (feat) added zen mode and individual toggles for affected settings by @alecdotdev in #43
  • (fix) window focus on launch and renamed Watcher mode to Auto-Reload by @alecdotdev in #44
  • (fix) command line handling fixes by @alecdotdev in #45
  • (feat) add multimedia embed by @alecdotdev in #46
  • (fix) window color adheres to theme on cold start by @alecdotdev in #47

Full Changelog: v2.4.3...v2.4.4

Markpad v2.4.3

05 Feb 22:01

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What's Changed

  • (feat) added manual toggle for dark/light mode and follow system by @alecdotdev in #30
  • (feat) added vim mode to editor in command palette (CTRL + P) by @alecdotdev in #31
  • (feat) added ![[]] embeds by @alecdotdev in #32

Full Changelog: v2.4.2...v2.4.3

Markpad v2.4.2

05 Feb 19:39
efb1b08

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What's Changed

  • remember scroll editor position between editor and viewer mode by @alecdotdev in #24
  • added split view editing by @alecdotdev in #25
  • Security: Fix critical XSS and HTML injection vulnerabilities by @sam-ent in #27
  • Fix Mermaid diagram rendering with SVG foreignObject support by @sam-ent in #26
  • added full-width toggle for viewer by @alecdotdev in #29

New Contributors

Full Changelog: v2.3.6...v2.4.2

Markpad v2.3.6

30 Jan 18:10

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What's Changed

New Contributors

Full Changelog: v2.3.5...v2.3.6