Live, Source and Split views
Every document is one markdown file, and you can look at it three ways. Switching views never changes the file, so pick whichever suits you. Use the View buttons in the document header.
- Live formats the document as you type. Markdown symbols show only on the line you’re editing, so the page reads like a finished document.
- Source shows the plain markdown text with every symbol visible: exactly what’s in the file.
- Split puts the markdown on the left and the formatted preview on the right, scrolling together.
Interview notes
We keep our docs in git, but nobody edits them together.
Wants plain files and live editing
- Uses make docs to publish every Friday
Your view is yours
Section titled “Your view is yours”The view you pick with the buttons becomes your default for every document. You can also set it in Editor settings under Default view.
Nobody else is affected. A teammate can write in Source while you write in Live, in the same document at the same time.
In Split, scroll either side
Section titled “In Split, scroll either side”Scroll the markdown or the preview and the other side follows. In the preview, a plain click opens a link.
On a phone or a narrow window
Section titled “On a phone or a narrow window”Below about 700 pixels wide there’s no room for Split, so a document set to Split shows in Live. On a phone, switch between Live view and Source view from the More menu.