PREFERENCES.md

MarkText Preferences

Preferences can be controlled and modified in the settings window or via the preferences.json file in the application data directory.

General

Key	Type	Default Value	Description
autoSave	Boolean	false	Automatically save the content being edited. option value: true, false
autoSaveDelay	Number	5000	The delay in milliseconds after a changed file is saved automatically? 1000 ~10000
titleBarStyle	String	custom	The title bar style on Linux and Window: custom or native
openFilesInNewWindow	Boolean	false	true, false
openFolderInNewWindow	Boolean	false	true, false
zoom	Number	1.0	The zoom level. Between 0.5 and 2.0 inclusive.
hideScrollbar	Boolean	false	Whether to hide scrollbars. Optional value: true, false
wordWrapInToc	Boolean	false	Whether to enable word wrap in TOC. Optional value: true, false
fileSortBy	String	created	Sort files in opened folder by created time, modified time and title.
startUpAction	String	lastState	The action after MarkText startup, open the last edited content, open the specified folder or blank page, optional value: lastState, folder, blank
defaultDirectoryToOpen	String	""	The path that should be opened if startUpAction=folder.
language	String	en	The language MarkText use.

Editor

Key	Type	Defaut	Description
fontSize	Number	16	Font size in pixels. 12 ~ 32
editorFontFamily	String	Open Sans	Font Family
lineHeight	Number	1.6	Line Height
autoPairBracket	Boolean	true	Automatically brackets when editing
autoPairMarkdownSyntax	Boolean	true	Autocomplete markdown syntax
autoPairQuote	Boolean	true	Automatic completion of quotes
endOfLine	String	default	The newline character used at the end of each line. The default value is default, which selects your operating system's default newline character. lf crlf default
textDirection	String	ltr	The writing text direction, optional value: ltr or rtl
codeFontSize	Number	14	Font size on code block, the range is 12 ~ 28
codeFontFamily	String	DejaVu Sans Mono	Code font family
trimUnnecessaryCodeBlockEmptyLines	Boolean	true	Whether to trim the beginning and end empty line in Code block
hideQuickInsertHint	Boolean	false	Hide hint for quickly creating paragraphs
imageDropAction	String	folder	The default behavior after paste or drag the image to MarkText, upload it to the image cloud (if configured), move to the specified folder, insert the path
defaultEncoding	String	utf8	The default file encoding
autoGuessEncoding	Boolean	true	Try to automatically guess the file encoding when opening files
trimTrailingNewline	Enum	2	Ensure a single trailing newline or whether trailing newlines should be removed: 0: trim all trailing newlines, 1: ensure single newline, 2: auto detect, 3: disabled.
hideLinkPopup	Boolean	false	It will not show the link popup when hover over the link if set hideLinkPopup to true
autoCheck	Boolean	false	Whether to automatically check related task. Optional value: true, false

Markdown

Key	Type	Default	Description
preferLooseListItem	Boolean	true	The preferred list type.
bulletListMarker	String	-	The preferred marker used in bullet list, optional value: -, * +
orderListDelimiter	String	.	The preferred delimiter used in order list, optional value: . )
preferHeadingStyle	String	atx	The preferred heading style in MarkText, optional value atx setext, more info
tabSize	Number	4	The number of spaces a tab is equal to
listIndentation	String	1	The list indentation of sub list items or paragraphs, optional value dfm, tab or number 1~4
frontmatterType	String	-	The frontmatter type: - (YAML), + (TOML), ; (JSON) or { (JSON)
superSubScript	Boolean	false	Enable pandoc's markdown extension superscript and subscript.
footnote	Boolean	false	Enable pandoc's footnote markdown extension
sequenceTheme	String	hand	Change the theme of js-sequence-diagrams

Theme

Key	Type	Default	Description
theme	String	light	dark, graphite, material-dark, one-dark, light or ulysses

Editable via file

These entires don't have a settings option and need to be changed manually.

View

Key	Type	Default	Description
sideBarVisibility*	Boolean	false	Controls the visibility of the sidebar.
tabBarVisibility*	Boolean	false	Controls the visibility of the tabs.
sourceCodeModeEnabled*	Boolean	false	Controls the visibility of the source-code editor.

*: These options are default/fallback values that are used if not session is loaded and are overwritten by the menu entries.

File system

Key	Type	Default	Description
searchExclusions	Array of Strings	[]	The filename exclusions for the file searcher. Default: '*.markdown', '*.mdown', '*.mkdn', '*.md', '*.mkd', '*.mdwn', '*.mdtxt', '*.mdtext', '*.mdx', '*.text', '*.txt'
searchMaxFileSize	String	""	The maximum file size to search in (e.g. 50K or 10MB). Default: unlimited
searchIncludeHidden	Boolean	false	Search hidden files and directories
searchNoIgnore	Boolean	false	Don't respect ignore files such as .gitignore.
searchFollowSymlinks	Boolean	true	Whether to follow symbolic links.
watcherUsePolling	Boolean	false	Whether to use polling to receive file changes. Polling may leads to high CPU utilization.