## Added
- Reference link/image resolution: [text][ref] + ![alt][ref] with [ref]: url definitions
- Right-click context menu: undo/redo/cut/copy/paste/selectAll + custom items
- RTL CSS layout support for Arabic, Hebrew, Persian etc.
- Japanese (ja) and Korean (ko) locales with 60+ keys each
- Divider position localStorage persistence
- Regex search toggle in search/replace panel
- Export HTML with embedded CSS styles
- beforeChange / afterChange lifecycle hooks (instance + global)
- copyAsMarkdown() / copyAsHTML() clipboard APIs
- CHANGELOG.md, CONTRIBUTING.md, CI workflow (.github/workflows/ci.yml)
- 2 new test suites: index.test.ts, styles.test.ts (684 total tests, +74)
## Changed
- autoSave plugin: closure-based state per instance instead of this context
- Plugin install() now receives options as second argument
- RTL locale detection: now uses language prefix (ar-SA → RTL)
- Rollup dev mode: only builds UMD format
- prepublishOnly now includes typecheck + test
- Version bumped to 0.2.1
## Fixed
- [text][ref] now correctly renders as link (was raw text)
- ![alt][ref] no longer produces empty src
- autoSave plugin state isolation across multiple editor instances
- Footnote definitions no longer consumed by refDef handler
feat(a11y): toolbar keyboard navigation (Arrow keys, Home, End)
feat(a11y): aria-live region for screen reader announcements on mode change
feat(a11y): enhance focus-visible style (outline-offset: 2px, hide on mouse focus)
feat(core): Zen mode (editor.toggleZen() / exec('zen'))
- Toggle with Ctrl+Shift+Z shortcut concept
- Auto-hide toolbar and statusbar, mouse to top edge reveals toolbar
- Centered editor pane with max-width constraint
feat(core): heading-aware scroll sync v2
- Sync preview scroll to nearest heading before cursor position
- Falls back to proportional sync when no headings found
feat(core): Word wrap toggle (editor.toggleWordWrap() / setWordWrap(bool))
feat(plugins): shortcutHelp preset plugin
- Press '?' to open keyboard shortcuts overlay panel
- Lists built-in + user-registered shortcuts
- Click overlay or press Escape to close
style: Zen mode CSS, sr-only class, focus-visible refinement
test: 3 new tests for Zen mode, WordWrap, shortcutHelp (535 total)
chore: bump version 0.1.11 → 0.1.12 across all files
fix(core): clear _outlineTimer in destroy() to prevent post-destroy callbacks
fix(core): remove '<' from BRACKET_PAIRS to avoid HTML tag conflicts
fix(core): setValue now updates outline panel and resets gutter scroll
fix(core): getValue returns '' on destroyed instances (safe API access)
opt(core): _renderGutter skips rebuild when line count unchanged
chore: bump version 0.1.10 → 0.1.11 across all files
feat(core): line number gutter with current line highlight
- .me-gutter rendered alongside textarea, sync-scrolls with content
- .me-gutter-active highlights the line containing the cursor
- config.lineNumbers (default true) to toggle
feat(core): smart Enter auto-formatting
- List continuation: '- ' / '1. ' auto-insert on Enter at end of list item
- Ordered list auto-increment: '1.' → '2.'
- Quote continuation: '> ' auto-insert on Enter at end of quote line
- Empty list/quote item: Enter removes the marker (end list)
feat(core): bracket/quote auto-close
- (), [], {}, <>, "", '', ``, **, __ auto-close pairs
- Selection wrapping: select text then press ( → wraps as (text)
- config.autoBrackets (default true) to toggle
feat(core): drag & drop file support
- Drop image files → auto base64 inline insert 
- Drop text/code files → insert file contents
- Drop external text from browser → insert at cursor
feat(core): outline/TOC panel
- Extracts headings from rendered HTML preview
- Nested tree with indentation by heading level
- Click to scroll-jump in both preview and textarea
- config.outline (default false) to toggle
style: gutter, outline panel, current line highlight CSS
test: 11 new tests for gutter, auto-format, bracket close, outline (532 total)
chore: bump version 0.1.6 → 0.1.7 across all files, site, types
feat(themes): comprehensive theme system enhancement
- Fix resolveTheme('auto') always resolves to system theme (no stale override)
- Add per-instance theme isolation via createInstanceTheme()
- Add MarkdownEditor.setTheme()/getTheme()/getThemeContext() instance methods
- Add 'themeChange' instance event with { theme, resolved, config } payload
- Multi-instance independent themes (no cross-contamination)
feat(themes): external theme following (v0.1.5)
- followExternalTheme() — follow theme via data attr, CSS class, or callback
- adoptFromParent() — inherit theme from parent container
- watch() — watch external theme source (function or selector)
feat(themes): extensibility (v0.1.5)
- registerTheme() supports 'extends' option for theme inheritance
- exportCSSVars() — export all CSS variable values from element
- getCSSVariable() — query single CSS variable
- applyThemeToElement() — apply theme to any DOM element
chore: bump version 0.1.4 → 0.1.5 across all files
test(themes): 30 new tests covering all v0.1.5 theme APIs (499 total)