simplenote-electron

Enhancements

• Add ability to select system as a theme option and make it the default
• Added support for the unicode bullet • in list items
• Display a notice that notes are loading when notes are loading
• In dev mode open Chrome Dev Tools in a separate window

Fixes

• Rework WordPress.com signin to prevent infinite looping and login failures #1627
• Update link to release-notes in updater config: CHANGELOG -> RELEASE_NOTES
• Stop showing that there are no notes when initially loading notes from the server. #1680

Fixes

• Prevent ulimited duplication of changes after signing out and signing in #1664

This version has a bug that we are currently working DO NOT UPDATE.

Enhancements

• Open new note automatically upon creation 1582
• Updated colors to use Color Studio, the color palette for Automattic products
  • #1565
  • #1612

Fixes

• Hovering over a clickable or editable UI element now show the correct cursor for its type #1573
• Fixes vertical spacing with nested markdown lists
• Fixes sort order on revision slider when the timestamps don't match the change sequence #1605
• Prevents note corruption when receiving remote updates when local updates are pending
  • #1598
  • #1599

Other changes

• Renamed CHANGELOG.md to RELEASE-NOTES.txt #1576
• Added tests to Checkbox component #1580
• Added a GitHub Action to deploy develop and master branches #1603
• Stopped aborting development builds on eslint errors #1594

• Updated Log in and Sign up form to match current styling #1459

• Accessibility fixes
• Dependency updates

In this release we had two community contributors, thank you very much for your work:

• @EdelweiB
• @kchaplick

Features

• Add custom tooltips to toolbar buttons (#1214)
• Improve search performance on long notes (#1218)

Fixes

• Web: Reset app storage upon user email mismatch (#1213)
• Extract text manipulation helpers (#1212)
• Refactor settings state (#1216)
• Remove hacky focus manipulation in DraftJS (#1219)
• Remove unused build files (#1173)
• Keep editor in sync with selected note in NoteList (#1220)
• Fix large tag-list squashing note-list (#1227)
• Updated GitHub templates
• Updated most dependencies
• Fix Prettier Errors (#1343)
• Use md5 node module (#1308)
• Remove ajv peer dependency (#1360)
• Fix linting warning in tag-chip (#1314)
• Fix linting warning in lib/app (#1313)
• Fix linting warning in lib/auth/index (#1311)
• Docs update: Additional step in installing (#1252)

Features

• Add custom tooltips to toolbar buttons (#1214)
• Improve search performance on long notes (#1218)

Fixes

• Web: Reset app storage upon user email mismatch (#1213)
• Extract text manipulation helpers (#1212)
• Refactor settings state (#1216)
• Remove hacky focus manipulation in DraftJS (#1219)
• Remove unused build files (#1173)
• Keep editor in sync with selected note in NoteList (#1220)
• Fix large tag-list squashing note-list (#1227)
• Updated GitHub templates
• Updated most dependencies
• Fix Prettier Errors (#1343)
• Use md5 node module (#1308)
• Remove ajv peer dependency (#1360)
• Fix linting warning in tag-chip (#1314)
• Fix linting warning in lib/app (#1313)
• Fix linting warning in lib/auth/index (#1311)
• Docs update: Additional step in installing (#1252)

Features

• Add custom tooltips to toolbar buttons (#1214)
• Improve search performance on long notes (#1218)

Fixes

• Web: Reset app storage upon user email mismatch (#1213)
• Extract text manipulation helpers (#1212)
• Refactor settings state (#1216)
• Remove hacky focus manipulation in DraftJS (#1219)
• Remove unused build files (#1173)
• Keep editor in sync with selected note in NoteList (#1220)
• Fix large tag-list squashing note-list (#1227)
• Updated GitHub templates
• Updated most dependencies
• Fix Prettier Errors (#1343)
• Use md5 node module (#1308)
• Remove ajv peer dependency (#1360)
• Fix linting warning in tag-chip (#1314)
• Fix linting warning in lib/app (#1313)
• Fix linting warning in lib/auth/index (#1311)
• Docs update: Additional step in installing (#1252)

Features

• Add a sync indicator in the Navigation Bar that shows the last synced time, as well as a list of unsynced notes when edits are made while disconnected from the server #1201

Fixes

• Fix issue where in short or empty notes, the clickable area did not expand to the height of the editor #1199
• Fix a Dark Mode color glitch in the Note List on Ubuntu #1202
• Change the Insert Checklist shortcut to Ctrl+Shift+C (Cmd+Shift+C on macOS) to avoid a conflict with Polish keyboards #1210
• Tweak the dropzone color to preserve the dashed border in Light Mode #1211
• Remove unneeded border when printing #1206
• Fix wrong icon in the “Check for Updates” dialog on Linux #1172
• Fix CJK-related text duplication bugs after a tab character #1172
• Make “Select All” work in the Markdown Preview #1172

Enhancements

• Keep approximate cursor position when a remote change comes in from the server #1193 @qualitymanifest

Fixes

• Verify last used monitor availability when restoring window position #1176
• Fix erratic cursor jumps to last line #1193

Features

• Checklists! Markdown-style checkboxes (- [ ] and - [x]) will now be rendered in the Editor as a clickable checkbox. Checklists can also be added from the Format ▸ Insert Checklist menu item #1145 #1154 #1159 #1166 #1168

Enhancements

• Change the button icon in the top left corner from a tag to a hamburger menu #1106
• Improve accessibility of the tab panels in the Settings and Share dialogs #1109
• Add a Tools panel (containing the Import/Export functions) to the Settings dialog #1111
• Add ability to toggle checkboxes in the Markdown preview #1133
• Show Published icon in Condensed view #1110
• Add a “Check for Updates” menu item #1090
• Improve alphabetical note sorting to ignore accents, diacritics, and leading # characters #1144
• Improve contrast in Dark Mode #1062

Fixes

• Prevent the Search Bar from shrinking when there are no notes #1108
• In narrow screen sizes, correctly close the note after a “Trash” or “Restore from Trash” command #1131
• Make the text in the Markdown preview selectable #1132
• Update the selected note when notes have reloaded #1130
• Prevent Note List excerpts from being to short #1104
• Fix an issue where a local change to a note’s content would reselect that note in the Editor, even when the user had already navigated away to a different note #1141
• Fix lag when renaming tags #1127
• Remove unnecessary left border in Focus Mode #1149 @qualitymanifest
• Prevent Markdown list prefixes from multiplying when hitting Return #1148
• When copying a note, ensure that the raw text is copied to the clipboard instead of rich text #1155
• Fix line break behavior in the Markdown preview to match common Markdown implementations, as well as the other Simplenote apps #1169
• Fix CJK-related crashes after a tab character #1171
• Various security and under-the-hood improvements

Fixes

• Prevent a performance issue that can occur when there is a lot of whitespace in a Markdown note #1078 #1088
• Restore tags correctly when restoring a revision #1085
• Ensure that the note selected on launch is updated #1093
• Improve tag field styles to accommodate notes with many tags #1084
• Ensure that offline changes are synced to the server once the app is back online, even if the app was quit before syncing #1098 #1103
• Add rate limiter to Importer to prevent overloading the server #1101