DONE - RJTextEd Feature Request: Markup/HTML side-by-side realtime display

[yereverluvinuncleber]

In the past I stated I use three editors:

i. RjTextEd as my main development editor for coding javascript projects for the web and for desktop, also for enhancing VB6 where it falls short.
ii. Context as a quick and fast-initiating editor for quick and dirty editing ( I think of it as RJTextEd lite!)
iii. VB6 as the IDE for BASIC program design and coding.

This has changed and I've been back coding in javascript/typescript for a while now.

i. VSCode as my main development editor for coding javascript projects for the web.
ii. MPAD as a quick editor for quick and dirty editing
iii. VB6 as the IDE for BASIC program design and coding.

I use RJTextEd a little when bug fixing old desktop .js programs but not much these days. Recently though I have started to HATE vscode despite all its strengths.

I hate the lack of the title bar, I keep grabbing the application underneath, ALL my other apps have a title bar.
I hate the IDE being so 'flat' and corporate meaning I can't distinguish a running tab from another, I've tried other themes
I despise the top left icon not acting like a typical Windows icon (dbl click to close)
I want an icon tool bar by default

So, for a new markdown editing requirement I have picked up RJTextEd again. Here comes the request.

I can view the results of my markdown changes by opening the in-built browser but I'd love to have a side by side browser instance that automatically updates when I have made changes, without having to automatically refresh the whole page every time.



IS this a practical possibility?

At the very least, even it was not possible to update real-time, it would be very useful if a linked side-by-side version was possible and the resulting linked scrollbar would scroll both elements at the same time. At least then you would only have to do an F5 refresh to see the current view state of the actual document.

[Rickard Johansson]

You mean like this?

markdown-preview.png (126.07 KiB) Viewed 919 times

Open the panel called "Preview" (View->Panels->Preview) and drag it to the right side of the main window. That's it!

[yereverluvinuncleber]

Almost! I have the preview pane working and it is very similar to the HTML - Browsers - IE &c. except embedded exactly as I desire.

However, I cannot make "window - synchronise scroll" operate, if it is meant to operate the way I think it should, with the two panes scrolling side by side. They both scroll independently of one another.

Nor does the auto-update option on the preview pane do anything. Hoping that would show any changes made in editor mode.

I assume I have to make configuration change somewhere to get that working if it is meant to work as I prefer?

14.51 (64bit)

[Rickard Johansson]

1. Synchronized scrolling is not supposed to be used with any panels (including the preview panel).
2. Auto update doesn't seem to work with Markdown files I'll see if I can fix it...
3. The current version is 16.26. Just saying

[yereverluvinuncleber]

1. Synchronized scrolling is not supposed to be used with any panels (including the preview panel).

A pity that the two can't synch. Seems possible? certainly seems preferable for this pane ...

2. Auto update doesn't seem to work with Markdown files I'll see if I can fix it...

Thankyou!

3. The current version is 16.26. Just saying

I was resurrecting an old PC whilst my main PC is rebuilt and this old one has not been updated for a while!

[yereverluvinuncleber]

Tested and working well. the Markdown is now automatically updated after a short delay, definitely good enough!

I really do think that a single synchronised scrollbar linking the code and the preview window would be a real positive. I appreciate that the architecture probably makes implementing this difficult but regardless, I'll add this to my own personal wish list and may be you'll find a way to do it in the future.