Presentation Mode built into Bear

Bear feedback Feature Request
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I’d like to request a built-in Presentation Mode in Bear — something minimal and elegant, similar to the one that used to exist in Dropbox Paper.

The idea is to let users present a note in fullscreen, divided into sections or slides using simple separators like —, with no visible toolbars or editing interface. Ideally, it would also support a choice between light or dark mode for better readability in different contexts.

While I currently use Deckset for this purpose — which works well and supports advanced themes — the workflow requires exporting the note from Bear, opening Deckset, selecting a theme, and preparing the presentation manually. It works, but it’s not seamless.

A simple “Present” button in Bear would make this process instant and far more integrated, especially for those of us who use Bear on iPad or during meetings. Even a lightweight implementation would be a huge productivity boost.

Some features that could be part of this:

  • Fullscreen, clean view of the note
  • Markdown — as slide/page break
  • Tap or arrow navigation
  • Toggle for dark/light background

This wouldn’t need to compete with professional slide tools — just a fast, focused way to present Bear notes without leaving the app.

Thanks for considering it!

Greg

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Try shiny frogs panda editor. You will have the same editor like in bear. But the experience should be more seamless because panda works with markdown files from the disc

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How get Panda on iOS ? And does it have an embedded presentation mode ?

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Adding my vote. A simple presentation mode would be great. Some helpful features:

  • Ability to autosize text to fit on slide
  • Basic ability to align/size images on the slide (similar to options in deckset)

I’ve tried Panda, but it feels pretty alpha stage even now in 1/2026. Typora seems like a decent looking substitute for editing local markdown files. It displays images inline in the text and can hide the markdown syntax like Bear does.