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orchetect
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23 days ago
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Make markdown file text content searchable on web and mobile app

To my dismay I discovered that text content of markdown (.md / .markdown) files is not searchable through the web / mobile app.

Plain-text content of many file formats (.pdf, .txt, etc.) is already searchable so this feels like somewhat of a glaring oversight, seeing as markdown has become ubiquitous in software and tech spaces as a common file format for developer documentation, as well as widely used by note-taking / journaling platforms (Evernote, Obsidian, etc.).

Since they are essentially plain-text files, this would be a drop-dead easy feature to implement, as the feature is already built. It would simply involve adding markdown file extensions (.md and .markdown) to the list of plain-text files catalogued by the indexing routine that Dropbox already performs.

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  • Dell_Dropbox's avatar
    Dell_Dropbox
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    15 days ago
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    A very sensible suggestion orchetect. Your Idea is now open and ready for votes and support from the community.