# Displaying Markdown with front matter (BUG)

**URL:** <https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/displaying-markdown-with-front-matter-bug/87877>\
**Category:** DEVONthink To Go\
**Tags:** bug-report\
**Created:** [October 21, 2026, 3:03pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/displaying-markdown-with-front-matter-bug/87877 "2026-10-21T15:03:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 12\
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**Author:** ![JBB](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@JBB](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/JBB)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2026, 3:03pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/displaying-markdown-with-front-matter-bug/87877/1 "2026-10-21T15:03:12Z")

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Markdown files with front matter do not display in DEVONthink To Go.

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**Author:** ![cgrunenberg](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/cgrunenberg/32/7172_2.png) [@cgrunenberg](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/cgrunenberg)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2026, 3:09pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/displaying-markdown-with-front-matter-bug/87877/2 "2026-10-21T15:09:57Z")

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An example document or snippet would be appreciated. In addition, which version do you use?

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**Author:** ![JBB](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@JBB](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/JBB)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2026, 3:26pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/displaying-markdown-with-front-matter-bug/87877/3 "2026-10-21T15:26:43Z")

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4.2.3.

```auto

---
Title: This is a title
Location: This is a location
---
***
Here is some text.

```

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**Author:** ![cgrunenberg](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/cgrunenberg/32/7172_2.png) [@cgrunenberg](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/cgrunenberg)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2026, 3:32pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/displaying-markdown-with-front-matter-bug/87877/4 "2026-10-21T15:32:08Z")

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Does it work without the empty line before the front matter?

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**Author:** ![BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/bluefrog/32/135_2.png) [@BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/BLUEFROG)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2026, 3:36pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/displaying-markdown-with-front-matter-bug/87877/5 "2026-10-21T15:36:59Z")

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Metadata must be at the top of the file with no empty spaces. This applies to YAML as well as MultiMarkdown-style key/value metadata.

Note I am not seeing Markdown with non-compliant YAML not displaying in DEVONthink To Go 4.2.3. It’s just showing the YAML as text, which is to be expected in this case.

 ![yaml-wrong.md](https://devontech-discourse.s3.dualstack.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/uploads/original/3X/2/4/24324394333d326a859911ab7372432e07124fd7.png)

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**Author:** ![JBB](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@JBB](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/JBB)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2026, 3:49pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/displaying-markdown-with-front-matter-bug/87877/6 "2026-10-21T15:49:10Z")

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Sorry, I don’t have any spaces at the top of my file even though it seemed that way from my snippet. Nothing shows for me. Edit shows the YAML, but not the “Here is some text”

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**Author:** ![BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/bluefrog/32/135_2.png) [@BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/BLUEFROG)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2026, 4:10pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/displaying-markdown-with-front-matter-bug/87877/7 "2026-10-21T16:10:15Z")

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A screen capture of the document in preview and editing mode would be useful.

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**Author:** ![chrillek](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/chrillek/32/29340_2.png) [@chrillek](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/chrillek)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2026, 4:17pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/displaying-markdown-with-front-matter-bug/87877/8 "2026-10-21T16:17:59Z")

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What are the three asterisks after the frontmatter supposed to do?

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**Author:** ![JBB](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@JBB](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/JBB)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2026, 4:21pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/displaying-markdown-with-front-matter-bug/87877/9 "2026-10-21T16:21:43Z")

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Draw a line.

I’m not sure this is a bug with front matter display. It could be caching/syncing. For me, sometimes the file displays, sometimes it doesn’t. I’m trying to figure out what conditions cause the file not to display. If I can figure it out, I’ll report back here.

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**Author:** ![cgrunenberg](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/cgrunenberg/32/7172_2.png) [@cgrunenberg](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/cgrunenberg)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2026, 9:06am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/displaying-markdown-with-front-matter-bug/87877/10 "2026-10-22T09:06:56Z")

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The next release will improve the front matter parsing.

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**Author:** ![meta](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/meta/32/5928_2.png) [@meta](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/meta)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2026, 2:39pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/displaying-markdown-with-front-matter-bug/87877/11 "2026-10-28T14:39:44Z")

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If you’re working on it, any chance it could be made to understand TOML frontmatter? Or at least skip it or display it as preformatted text? It’d be nice if I could index the source files for my Hugo web site.

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**Author:** ![BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/bluefrog/32/135_2.png) [@BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/BLUEFROG)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2026, 2:59pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/displaying-markdown-with-front-matter-bug/87877/12 "2026-10-28T14:59:28Z")

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The request is noted, with no promises.