# Default action for .md files

**URL:** <https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/default-action-for-md-files/728>\
**Category:** JupyterLab\
**Created:** [April 7, 2019, 12:45pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/default-action-for-md-files/728 "2019-04-07T12:45:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![choldgraf](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/discourse.jupyter.org/choldgraf/32/1264_2.png) [@choldgraf](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/choldgraf)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2019, 3:05pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/default-action-for-md-files/728/4 "2019-04-07T15:05:54Z")

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Another thought - I quite like the hackmd approach of having a few visual buttons as cues for quickly switching between viewing / writing:

![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/jupyter/original/1X/ce22a8fbaf56f142f59f1ef4c5f18711cd3a60a4.png)

perhaps we could use something similar for the markdown editor in JupyterLab, since this is a familiar pattern for people already.

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