Markdown Viewer

Open Markdown files in your terminal and run commands.

Warp can be used for both editing and viewing rendered Markdown files in a split pane. Any local file with the .md or .markdown extension is treated as a Markdown file. Remote files are currently not supported. Turning on Settings > Features > General > Open Markdown files in Warp's Markdown viewer by default will make the Markdown viewer default, otherwise Markdown files will open in Warp's editor.

Opening a file link within a block

macOS

For any link to a Markdown file within a block, you can open the file in Warp by CMD-clicking on the link, from the link tooltip, or the right-click context menu on the link.

Windows

For any link to a Markdown file within a block, you can open the file in Warp by CTRL-clicking on the link, from the link tooltip, or the right-click context menu on the link.

Linux

For any link to a Markdown file within a block, you can open the file in Warp by CTRL-clicking on the link, from the link tooltip, or the right-click context menu on the link.

Opening a Markdown file in Warp using the link tooltip

Markdown-viewing commands

If you run a Markdown-viewing command like cat myfile.md, Warp will show a banner with a button to open the Markdown file.

The following commands are considered Markdown viewers:

• cat

• glow

• less

Opening a Markdown file from Finder

From Finder, you can open a Markdown file in Warp from the “Open With” menu that appears when right-clicking on the file.

Toggling between editor and viewer

You can toggle between the Markdown editor and viewer via the pane overflow menu.

Toggling between editor and viewer

Shell commands in Markdown files

Warp can run shell commands from Markdown code blocks in your active terminal session. Click the run icon >_ to insert a command into the terminal input.

The shell command must be in a code block with three backticks ``` and not inline code for Warp to treat the code like a runnable command.

Markdown shell blocks also support keyboard navigation. There are two ways to enter the keyboard navigation mode:

macOS

• Clicking on a shell block.

• Pressing CMD-UP or CMD-DOWN.

Once a shell block is selected, press CMD-ENTER to insert it into the terminal input. You can also use UP, DOWN, CMD-UP, and CMD-DOWN to navigate between shell blocks. While the Markdown file is focused, press CMD-L to switch focus back to the terminal without inserting a command.

Windows

• Clicking on a shell block.

• Pressing CTRL-UP or CTRL-DOWN.

Once a shell block is selected, press CTRL-ENTER to insert it into the terminal input. You can also use UP, DOWN, CTRL-UP, and CTRL-DOWN to navigate between shell blocks. While the Markdown file is focused, press CTRL-SHIFT-L to switch focus back to the terminal without inserting a command.

Linux

• Clicking on a shell block.

• Pressing CTRL-UP or CTRL-DOWN.

Once a shell block is selected, press CTRL-ENTER to insert it into the terminal input. You can also use UP, DOWN, CTRL-UP, and CTRL-DOWN to navigate between shell blocks. While the Markdown file is focused, press CTRL-SHIFT-L to switch focus back to the terminal without inserting a command.

If the command contains any arguments using the curly brace {{param}} syntax, they will be treated as Workflow arguments. Learn more about Workflows.

Navigating between and running commands in a Markdown file

In addition, all shell and code blocks have a copy button to quickly copy the block’s text to the clipboard.

Code blocks without a set language, or one of the following languages, are treated as shell commands: sh, shell, bash, fish, zsh, warp-runnable-command.