1.12 the new code editor is great, except for markdown.

[TwoTwenty]

It would be cool if we could detect .md files and give slightly different context for the wysiwyg or use the old editor even.

[hrvoj3e]

Preview mode is not available when creating new .md file in GUI.
Editing existing .md file show tabs edit, preview, changes.

[realpixelcode]

I saw this on Codeberg's Gitea instance and first I thought it was just a bug but it's obviously actually a feature which I hate. The old markdown editor was so great – there's no need to replace it!

[ashimokawa]

As @TwoTwenty, I also think for markdown the new editor, and the old one was better.
Since the old one still exists for issues and issue comments, it would be better to also use it for markdown again.

One problem is still if someone wants to create a new file, there is not way of determining if this will be a markdown file or not in advance.

[realpixelcode]

One problem is still if someone wants to create a new file, there is not way of determining if this will be a markdown file or not in advance.

On Codeberg, the editor recognizes your file type as soon as you enter the file name like filename.md

[lafriks]

Problem with old markdown editor that is not maintained anymore and has many bugs, especially on mobile devices

[MarionMoseby]

I must say I have never experienced any bug while using the markdown in mobile. Imho the new code editor is terrible for markdown and the old one should be brought one, as this one makes git more complicated for beginners

[lafriks]

For example this issue #9658

[melroy89]

I really want to have a markdown editor on markdown files within the Git repo! At least for desktop PCs...

Please....! 🤙

EDIT: I call it almost a bug, rather than a proposal.

[IzzySoft]

TBH, both editors are going to kill me one day. None of the two permits copy/pasting via mouse (on Linux, middle-click pastes – which works everywhere but in Gitea – see #11216). With the old one, I destroyed a perfectly written paragraph more than once (as shift-home does not, as everywhere else, mark to the beginning of the line but to the beginning of the paragraph – and thus a quick mark-delete trashed it all; needless to say none of the two editors seems to have an Undo function for cases like that).

Luckily, I rarely use the WebIf to edit files… But I really wish there were a decent replacement for both.

[umutpiri]

I think there should be an option to use the old editor. The new editor is better for any file format except markdown.

[vincowl]

Hello
Any news on this subject ? Lacking a markdown editor for files like README.md is a pain and even more painfull while it is available for issues written in the same "language". If needed, I am ready to invest time if a gitea dev gives me some hints on the right way to implement it

[yp05327]

Preview mode is not available when creating new .md file in GUI. Editing existing .md file show tabs edit, preview, changes.

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