Hi Brett,
First off, thank you for building Marked. Combined with a lightweight editor like BBEdit, it remains the absolute best Markdown preview experience out there—especially with native Mermaid support. It completely renders heavy Electron-based IDEs like VS Code unnecessary for my workflow.
I have a specific use case where Marked's "one file preview" model hits a bottleneck, and I’d love to suggest a potential feature or workflow improvement.
The Challenge
I frequently conduct code and project assessments that involve reviewing dozens of generated Markdown files across complex folder structures.
For example, I am currently assessing a report generated by whats-going-on that consists of 76 Markdown files spread across 36 directories (most files are ~10KB, with the largest around 100KB).
Opening, switching, and previewing these files individually one-by-one is tedious, but opening 70+ separate Marked windows isn't practical either.
Feature Suggestions
I would love to see a native way in Marked to handle multi-file reports or documentation suites. A few ways this could look:
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Folder / Directory Preview Mode: Allow dropping a root folder onto Marked, rendering a collapsable sidebar/file tree or a master table of contents to quickly toggle between Markdown files in the same window.
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Concatenated / Index Preview: An option to open a folder (or a root index.md / manifest) and have Marked temporarily concatenate all child .md files into a single, scrollable preview document.
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Multi-Tab Support / Document Drawer: A lightweight tab bar or document drawer to switch between open files within a single window, preserving window positioning and state.
Given how fast Marked is at rendering, being able to seamlessly navigate or aggregate a multi-file Markdown project would make it an unbeatable tool for technical auditing and assessment workflows.
Thanks for considering, and keep up the fantastic work!
