1.1 Keep your place

Planned

Raw and Rendered stay together.

After 1.0. Version numbers mark the intended order, not dates or paid upgrades; scope is provisional and may change with evidence and demand. Checked against the development repository on 15 October 2026.

In short

With source and preview side by side, it’s easy to lose track of which paragraph you’re looking at. 1.1 keeps the two together.

A Line Lock you can switch on, anchored to stable points in the source, lets the preview follow the line you’re editing or the whole document, in one direction or both. Matching blocks are highlighted on each side, and clicking in either view takes you to the same place in the other.

In practice

You’re editing a long README. Click a heading in the preview and the caret lands on it in the source; move the caret, and the matching block lights up in the preview.

Why it isn’t simple

  • Source and preview don’t line up line for line. One short line can become a table row, a paragraph wraps differently on each side, and a diagram or image can be far taller than its source. Following the right place needs a map between the two, not a scroll percentage.
  • Today’s map works block by block. The Markdown engine records which lines each paragraph, list or code block came from. Locking to a line means mapping inside blocks too, and keeping those anchors steady while you type, because every keystroke shifts everything after it.
  • Following both ways can chase its own tail. If the preview follows the source and the source follows the preview, each movement can trigger the other. The 1.0 scroll sync was built specifically to avoid that loop; two-way following makes the problem harder.

What it won’t do

  • Free linked scrolling comes only after the mapping between source and preview is proven accurate.

What it covers

1.1Keep your place

Planned

  • Toggleable Line Lock with stable source anchors
  • Active-line/document modes and one-/two-way following
  • Paired highlights and click/caret navigation
  • Free linked scrolling after mapping proof

Depends on Trust it.

Product direction, October 2026Plan reference 1.1

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What the labels mean

Planned
an accepted direction; the detailed scope isn’t committed.