MacDownApp / MacDownApp/macdown
Make MacDown open links in the same window
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enhancement
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- Rich Text Format
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Description
In document 1, if I have a link like this:
```
[wow so link](./document2.md)
```
clicking on that should open `document2.md` in the same window, like a browser.
I think this small change would make a huge improvement, and make MacDown more powerful as it makes it into effective wiki-replacement
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by tracing how MacDown handles relative Markdown links such as ./document2.md when clicked from document 1. Verify the current window behavior, then confirm that the linked document opens in the same window and that ordinary browser-style navigation still works.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- macos, markdown, objective-c
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100