If I drag a single .md file from a finder window to the Marked 2 app icon, it correctly opens a new Marked preview pane.
However if I drag two or more .md files, Marked comes to the foreground but does absolutely nothing. It should create a preview pane for each file.
Known issue (for a long time), and one I haven't been able to solve, even in Marked 3.
Well the workaround is to drag one-at-a-time or open from the File/Open... menu, so it's of course not a showstopper, just a bother.
I am SO curious where the problem lies... I don't want to waste your time, but is there another ticket which has some kind of explanation?
Nope, and I've spent years now trying to figure it out. I've checked every possible method that overloads the file open process. Even removing all of them doesn't fix it. And manually trying to correct leads nowhere. It's got me stumped, but I'm continually going back to trying to solve it.
Sorry to hear you’ve struggled so long!
Have you tried using a vibe coding agent like Claude Code to review your codebase and suggest fixes?
In case you’re not comfortable with that, I described the behavior generically to Claude Code and it came back with a lengthy response with diagnostics and code changes you could do. The most probable cause is related to this:
“When multiple files are dropped:
The fix is often to delay the reopen handler's action and check if an open-documents event follows immediately” and provided a code snippet to illustrate:
func applicationShouldHandleReopen(_ sender: NSApplication,
hasVisibleWindows flag: Bool) -> Bool {
// Defer reopen behavior to let kAEOpenDocuments arrive first
DispatchQueue.main.async {
// Only do reopen behavior if no documents were opened
if !self.didJustOpenDocuments {
self.showDefaultWindow()
}
}
return false
}
I’d be happy to send the complete output if you let me know the best way to get it to you.