When using Preview or Side by Side for Markdown files, YAML frontmatter is not being rendered. It is only visible in Source mode. Is there a setting/toggle that I am missing to enable the display? I am using DEVONthink 4.
If there is not a setting, can this be done with custom CSS?
No, there is no missing setting nor something to be styled via CSS. Neither MultiMarkdown metadata nor YAML frontmatter is intended to be displayed in the document.
I don’t know what the use case is, but it is technically possible to use the metadata placeholders, e.g.,…
I understand. And there is no other way to view the frontmatter aside from Source view? Say, an info panel, etc?
The use case is just that I want to see formatted Markdown, like tables, but also to see the frontmatter simultaneously. It seems Side by Side view is the only want to see both, though it takes up twice as much screen space to do so.
A limited set of common metadata keys are indexed and can be viewed in the Info > Properties inspector or Get Info popover. Otherwise you can map them to custom metadata fields (requires the Pro version) through scripting.
