Operating system
macOS
Joplin version
3.6.11
Desktop version info
Joplin 3.6.11 (prod, darwin)
Device: darwin, Apple M5
Client ID: 8d06fcfed3a74a33b6ea3c7f19b27bc5
Sync Version: 3
Profile Version: 49
Keychain Supported: Yes
Alternative instance ID: -
Sync target: Dropbox
Editor: Rich Text
Revision: 7f6fda7
Backup: 1.5.1
Diff view: 0.3.1
Extra Markdown editor settings: 1.11.0
Favorites: 1.3.2
Freehand Drawing: 4.3.0
Headings 4 to 6: 1.0.1
macOS theme: 1.5.20
Note Statistics: 1.0.4
Note Tabs: 1.4.0
Outline: 1.5.15
Simple Highlighter: 1.0.0
Templates: 3.0.0
Text Colorize: 1.2.5
Zotero Link: 2.1.5
Editor
Markdown Editor
What issue do you have?
I've been loving Joplin, but recently the markdown syntax has disappeared from the MD editor. Instead of "# Heading" persisting in the editor, though also formatted in bold/larger type, I the MD view looks very similar to the Viewer view. I can only change heading levels by using the toolbar buttons with my mouse, not by keeping my hands on the keyboard. This was also a problem with my previous version (3.5.?)—I just updated today to see if it fixed the problem.
I changed my layout button sequence back to all 3 options, and when I am in split view the ## or - syntax appears only when my cursor is on that line. This does not happen in the Editor layout.
I tried disabling some of my plugins and restarted Joplin but it still does it.
I also cannot hit Tab in the editor in a bulleted line to increase its indentation. I just get 4 or 5 spaces inserted (if I try to delete the "tab," I have to delete each space individually.
I am frustrated by this change. I really liked the previous behavior of keeping the markdown syntax visible, but with some text formatting to reflect heading levels, bullets, and bold/italics. This change makes writing in Joplin inefficient for me and I can't figure out how to turn the old behavior back on. Please tell me how to get back the old behavior.
Thanks.
Screenshots
To disable markup rendering, you can go to Tools | Options | Editor and un-check "Markdown editor: Render markup in editor"
Note: one of your installed plugins ("extra markdown editor settings") also has a setting to hide/render markup in the editor (the "Hide Markdown" setting)
Thank you, bwat47, for that information. I was able to get the markdown editor to work as it used to in split screen by unchecking "Render Markup in Editor." The Extra Markdown Editor Settings was already set to render none, but I have since disabled it for now because of the issue I describe below.
My problem now is that I can't get the markdown editor in full screen mode. From what I could find on the internet, Joplin has replaced the single-screen markdown editor with a single-screen WYSIWYG RTF editor. (This would also explain why I cannot get to the markdown editor in single-screen mode, no matter what my "Layout Button Sequence" is set to.) Is there a way to disable the RTF editor and/or get the markdown editor to display in single-screen mode?
Make sure that your layout button sequence includes "editor / viewer" and then hit the toggle editor layout button until you get to the editor-only layout:
There's also a keyboard shortcut to toggle the markdown editor layout (by default ctrl + l)
I'm still confused, but I think I am starting to understand some things. I had ignored the keyboard shortcuts because they look grayed out in my menus so I assumed that meant they weren't working in my setup. I was wrong about that. The shortcuts do work. Thanks for that tip.
What I've discerned (with help from toolbar tips) so far is that the split screen icon is the "Toggle Editor Layout" button. The MD/paper icon below it in the editing toolbar is the "Toggle Editors" button. What must have recently changed was the inclusion of the experimental RTF editor.
If I am in the RTF editor, I cannot toggle the editor layout. I only can see it in single screen. This makes sense since it looks like the Viewer view, but I can edit it.
If I am in the MD editor and View -> Layout Button Sequence is set to Editor/Viewer/Split, the Toggle Editor Layout button will move me between split screen of MD editor & viewer, MD editor, or Viewer.
If I am in the MD editor and set View -> Layout Button Sequence to Editor/Viewer (from Ed/Vw/Splt), Toggle Editor Layout toggles between the MD editor and the Viewer. If, however, I am in the RTF editor and set View -> Layout Button Sequence to Editor/Viewer, then I cannot toggle between layouts until I toggle the editor to the MD editor, then the Layout Toggle Button will work.
It is not intuitive to me how the various controls work, and figuring out whether I am in Viewer mode or RTF Editor, but I think I understand things better now. I think there needs to be some clean up of the controls now that the RTF editor is "live".
Thanks for answering my questions and helping point me in the right direction.
