A tour of the app
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Once you sign in, Markdrop works like a drive for things that render. This page walks through the sidebar, the Create menu, and the bar on top of every document and file.
Create something
#Create sits at the top of the app. It has four choices:
| Choice | What it does |
|---|---|
| Markdown document | Write or paste Markdown and publish a link. Opens markdrop.in/new. |
| Artifact | Upload an HTML page, PDF, spreadsheet, Word document or video. Opens markdrop.in/upload. |
| README builder | Assemble a README from ready-made sections. See README builder. |
| Send a file | Send files peer to peer; they aren't stored on Markdrop's servers. See Send files peer to peer. |
The sidebar
#| Item | What's there |
|---|---|
| My files | Everything you own. Filter by All, Documents or Artifacts, and search by title or link. |
| Shared with me | Documents and files people added you to by email, and Access requests waiting for your answer. |
| Recent | What you opened lately, signed in. |
| Analytics | Views and engagement across everything you own. See Analytics. |
| Workspaces | Each workspace you belong to, with its folders. Drop files onto a folder to upload them there. New workspace creates one. |
| VS Code | Your API tokens, which the VS Code extension and the CLI use. |
| Connected apps | AI assistants and other apps you've allowed in. See Connected apps. |
| Settings | Your display name, theme and the weekly analytics email. |
Each row in My files has a menu with Open, Copy link, Edit, Analytics, Share…, Change URL and Delete, plus Move to folder… or Add to a workspace… where they apply.
On a document
#The bar above a document has:
- Copy link: copies the address. For an encrypted document, it includes the key.
- Edit: shown to the owner, to people who can edit it, and to whoever holds the edit secret in this tab. Everyone else finds Edit in More actions, where it asks for the edit secret.
- Share: shown to the owner, and to people allowed to share it on. See Share with specific people.
- Read full screen: hides everything but the text. Press F; press Esc to come back.
- More actions: View raw, Export PDF, Save a copy (on other people's documents), Report and, on your own documents once you've connected Google, Publish to Google Docs.
Details lists when it was published, when it expires, its views and who can open it. On a wide screen it sits beside the text, with Contents built from the headings.
On a file
#A file page has Copy link, Download, Read full screen, and More artifact actions. The owner's menu has Share, Settings and Delete artifact. Someone allowed to edit sees Replace file, and readers see Report.
Search and shortcuts
#Press ⌘K (Ctrl K on Windows and Linux) anywhere in the app to search your files and jump to pages.
Single-key shortcuts like F for full screen are on by default. Turn them off under Settings › Keyboard shortcuts.