MarkdStage v3.4.0

Overview

• Launch the MarkdStage UI directly from the CLI.
• Improve preview defaults, clipped slide layouts, and startup layout messaging.
• Keep the Canvas Extension, Agent Skills, CLI, and Desktop on the unified 3.4.0 release.

Compatibility and migration

This release is backward compatible for existing Markdown decks. No migration is required.

Area	Migration
Version-pinned installation	Update the pinned tag to v3.4.0.
CLI presentation	Use the CLI's presentation command to launch the MarkdStage UI when a desktop preview is needed.

Version targets

• MarkdStage Canvas Extension: v3.4.0
• MarkdStage Skill: v3.4.0
• MarkdStage Desktop: v3.4.0
• npm CLI: @markdstage/markdstage@3.4.0

Requirements

• CLI: Node.js 24 or later and Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, or Chromium
• Desktop: Windows 10 or Windows 11, x64 or ARM64, and Microsoft Edge WebView2 Runtime

Desktop ZIP files are self-contained and include Windows App SDK and the .NET runtime.
Third-party license information is included in each distribution.

Install the version-pinned Extension from:

https://github.com/runceel/markdstage/tree/v3.4.0/.github/extensions/markdstage

Assets and SHA-256

File	SHA-256
markdstage-v3.4.0.zip	f3fd3f3f1e0a2087228e66b02203a3a841b3fc4c103b9fd53053f1c2f464fe5c
markdstage-markdstage-3.4.0.tgz	871802516c0e5ee35e889b2689122828ca1a36114d3f2324683a088b2f20393a
MarkdStage-win-x64.zip	1d3fbd5bcd25f54c4b39a37f8765ec888c79933a34a7f90d14350b0f3b33eaa9
MarkdStage-win-arm64.zip	526dcc0731671906997a7e299219f61529bcd4ab140d2fce3ddf4d073969a4a7

Verified commit: d2b71336d52a6e0f892fc8c2b31aa2f88f177583

Changes

What's Changed

• Fix clipped layouts in sample slides by @runceel in #131
• Default Canvas and CLI previews to 16:9 by @runceel in #132
• Fix a11y test for default 16:9 preview by @runceel in #133
• Launch the full MarkdStage UI from the CLI by @runceel in #134
• Hide false layout warning on empty startup screen by @runceel in #135

Full Changelog: v3.3.0...v3.4.0