Preview / Markdown toggle in Agent Window deprecated?

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So, it seems that the Preview / Markdown toggle in the agent window has been deprecated, I have tried digging to confirm if this is true (maybe I am just sitting on the lazy scale somewhere, but I did try, maybe I’m just a few brain cells too short), but it is no longer there and now I admit the UX is awful! I have a flow where I have my agent write a plan (not in plan mode) and place it into a backlog folder - there is method behind my madness, it just seems to work much better than plan mode - then I review the plan, but I need it to render in Preview, as markdown syntax is awful and slow to read - that’s just my simple monkey brain.

WHYYYY, why remove it??? :sob: And no I don’t want to cram the agent and ide windows into one tiny laptop screen just so that I can get markdown preview.

Also, yes, sure, maybe I can just completely redesign my workflow and it’s currently not optimal what I am doing, but I don’t care and I want my preview markdown toggle back instead of faffing around trying to fix my workflow - that’s a day in itself when one has the motivation/time to prioritise such, like spring cleaning the house, or just putting the laundry in the laundry basket and not sprawled all over the floor.

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Hey, thanks for the report. Good news, the toggle didn’t go anywhere. The Preview | Source switch is still in the top-right of the file header in the Agents Window, and a regular .md opens in Preview by default.

If you can’t see it, it’s most likely the file itself. The switcher doesn’t show up in a few cases:

  • The file ends with *.plan.md. These open in a separate Plan editor, rich view, but without the Preview or Source toggle
  • The file is inside a git worktree
  • The file is under .cursor or .claude or .codex

Could your backlog folder be hitting one of those? Send the exact filename with extension and where it lives, and I can tell what’s triggering it.

Quick workaround: save the plan as a normal .md file, not .plan.md, in a regular workspace folder. Not in a worktree, and not under .cursor or .claude or .codex. Then it should open in Preview with the toggle.

Let me know how it goes.