dock-markdown

Opening a Markdown file inside the DSH workbench has historically meant staring at unstyled raw text: no code highlighting, tables collapsing into gibberish, images showing as file paths, and no way to jump to a section without muscle-memory scrolling. dock-markdown fixes all of that. It registers as the Markdown viewer (.md / .markdown / .mdx) in the dock-files file domain, rendering GFM via marked and sanitizing through DOMPurify so the output is a fully styled static HTML page. Headings, code blocks, tables, blockquotes, and inline formatting all come with proper typography. Reading a README, skimming architecture docs, or reviewing a specification finally feels like using an editor, not a text dump.

Beyond rendering, dock-markdown handles the small annoyances of navigating long documents. The outline button in the toolbar expands a heading tree (h1 through h6) with indentation; clicking a heading jumps to it, and the current section stays highlighted as you scroll. Relative image paths and internal links in the Markdown are resolved by priority—file directory, then git repository root, then workspace root—so images load as inline data URLs, internal links open the target file in the workbench, and #anchor links smooth-scroll to the matching heading. A toolbar button toggles between Read and Edit modes seamlessly, dropping you into dock-editor to make a quick change and back again without losing your place.

If your day-to-day in DSH involves reading project READMEs, design docs, or spec sheets—or you find yourself alternating between reading and editing—dock-markdown is built for that workflow. It inherits DSH theme tokens for light and dark modes, requires no extra configuration, and is ready to use the moment you open a Markdown file.