A clean, distraction-free editor for Markdown.
Edit GFM (GitHub Flavored Markdown) as rich text with all of the benefits of .md files – clean, readable, and source control-friendly.
The editor updates in real time as your Markdown changes, so it works perfectly side-by-side with your AI agent of choice like Cursor, Claude Code, and Codex.
Right-click any .md file in the Files Explorer and choose Open with... > Markdown Editor (WYSIWYG).
The Open with Built-in Text Editor and Open with Markdown Editor (WYSIWYG) commands are available from the tab bar and Command Palette.
Note that in Cursor 2.1+, editor action icons are hidden by default. To show them, click on the three dots in the editor tab bar menu and select Configure Icon Visibility for each command.
Opens the current .md file in your IDE's built-in text editor (available when the rich text editor is open).
Opens the current .md file in the rich text editor (available when your IDE's built-in text editor is open).
The editor supports GFM round-tripping for all major types:
| GFM type | Accessibility |
|---|---|
| Heading 1-6 | Keyboard (Cmd+Alt+1..6) and markdown (#..######) |
| Bold / italic / strikethrough / inline code / code block | Keyboard (Cmd+B, Cmd+I, Cmd+Shift+S, Cmd+E, Cmd+Alt+C) and markdown (**text**, *text*, ~~text~~, `text`, fenced code blocks) |
| Blockquote / bullet list / ordered list / task list | Keyboard (Cmd+Shift+B, Cmd+Shift+8, Cmd+Shift+7, Cmd+Shift+9) and markdown (>, -/+/*, 1., [ ] / [x]) |
| Horizontal rule | Markdown (---, ___, ***) |
| Hard break | Keyboard (Cmd+Enter / Shift+Enter) |
| Link | Keyboard (Cmd+Alt+K) and insert on paste |
| Image | Insert on paste (data: URLs) |
| Table | Partially editable (inserting new tables/rows/columns not yet supported) |