Configure
Markdown Viewer
Configure markdown file-view behavior in the desktop app.
goldengoose includes a built-in Markdown viewer (“File View”) for browsing and reading Markdown in your workspace.
What you can configure today
Most configuration is available in Preferences (Cmd/Ctrl + ,):
- Font size for rendered Markdown
- Inline code accent color (the styling for text inside backticks)
- Ignored Markdown folders that File View may include without changing Git behavior
Ignored-folder inclusion has one master switch and two saved scopes:
- Global folders are literal workspace-relative paths applied to every workspace. For example,
tmp/gg/exposes Markdown below<workspace>/tmp/gg/wherever that directory exists; missing directories are simply skipped. - Active-workspace folders apply only to the canonical workspace path shown in Preferences. Use these for repository-specific output such as
tmp/astrodocs/.
Both scopes accept relative directory paths only. Absolute paths, parent traversal, and glob syntax are rejected. If the same directory is present in both scopes, it is scanned once; if a parent and nested directory are both listed, the parent entry subsumes the nested one. Turning the master switch off preserves both lists while removing their files from the tree, search, recent files, index, and live updates.
You can also adjust Markdown viewer font size with the global font-size shortcuts while File View is active:
- Increase font size:
Cmd/Ctrl + + - Decrease font size:
Cmd/Ctrl + -
Useful shortcuts
- Toggle File View:
Cmd/Ctrl + E - Search within File View (when a file is selected):
Cmd/Ctrl + F - Focus file filter input:
Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + F - Copy selected file path:
Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + C
Tips
- If you frequently work in docs-heavy repos, keep File View open while you work in threads — it’s a great way to keep the spec visible.
- When agents edit Markdown, use File View to sanity-check formatting before merging changes.