Summary
Add a toggle to render YAML frontmatter as verbatim plain text in preview, while keeping frontmatter parsing functional.
Problem
Joplin’s current frontmatter preview discards original line breaks. YAML lists and multi-line content collapse into one single line, destroying readability of structured metadata. There is no way to fix this formatting distortion.
Proposal
Add a setting under Settings > Notes:
Render YAML frontmatter as verbatim plain text
When enabled:
- Frontmatter parsing remains working for plugins.
- All original line breaks and indentation inside YAML are preserved in preview.
- Frontmatter displays as monospaced plain text without custom styling.
- Toggle defaults to OFF for backward compatibility.
Context
We do not request disabling frontmatter parsing. We only want preview to faithfully show the original formatting of the source text.