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Suggestion: Browse mode (open folder)

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Description

**Use case:** Writing/testing the doc of a Git project.

**Browse mode:**
- View: navigation sidebar | code | preview
- Behavior: preview (single file) or code (multiple files)

**Features:**
- Open a folder (i.e. `docs/`) ⇒ activates the Browse mode
- Sidebar shows the folder structure with the files
- Toggle view all files / .md only
- Toggle single-file / each file in a separate tab
- Clicking a link to a local file in a page opens that file in MacDown
- Preview also images

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Somewhat similar to #1336

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Research direction

Start by comparing this proposal with related issue #1336 and break the browse-mode request into separately testable behaviors. No files or tests are named; done would require agreeing on scope and verifying folder navigation, file filtering, tabs, local links, and image previews in the macOS app.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
macos, markdown
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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