What's new in Pagewide

By Vimal, maker of Pagewide · Last reviewed 8 November 2026

1.8 · 7 November 2026

The first public release. Everything below is in it.

Reading

• Full-width pages, with no reading column and no forced margins.
• Tables span the page and wrap every cell, so they never scroll sideways. A table that is still too wide lets code and links break first, then tightens its cells, and only then breaks words. How it works.
• Live reload at your scroll position whenever a file changes on disk.
• Eight themes, your own CSS themes, and custom.css on top of every theme. Themes and custom CSS.
• Find, zoom, print and save as PDF.

Folders, tabs and split view

• Open a folder to browse its Markdown files in a sidebar tree that updates as files come and go.
• Tabs on top or in the sidebar. With the sidebar hidden, lettered tiles keep one-click tab switching.
• Split view: two files side by side in one tab, labelled "A │ B", with Split Tab to separate them. Split view and tabs.
• ⌃⇥ and ⌃⇧⇥ switch tabs wherever the focus is.

Smart References

• File names in backticks and sections such as §8.7 become links between the files in a folder, with a preview on hover. Smart References.
• When several files match, the preview lists them; click one to use it from then on.
• Edit › Clear References Cache and Prefs… forgets every remembered choice.

Files

• Any text file opens read-only: Markdown rendered, code and data shown as written. Text and large files.
• A loading spinner for slow files, and a question before opening files of 500 KB or more.

The app

• Native AppKit and WebKit, under 2 MB, universal for Apple silicon and Intel, macOS 12 Monterey or later.
• Signed with a Developer ID and notarized by Apple.
• An Edit menu without items a viewer doesn't need, such as AutoFill and Start Dictation.