Joplin v10.4.1 Release Notes

Release Date: 2020-11-26 // almost 4 years ago

Previous changes from v1.4.12

  • Breaking Changes:

    • ๐Ÿ‘€ If you use the Clipper API, please note that there are a few breaking changes in this version. See this link for more information: #3983
    • ๐Ÿ”Œ Plugins: joplin.views.dialogs.open() now returns an object instead of the button ID that was clicked. So for example instead of getting just "ok", you will get { "id": "ok" }. This is to allow adding form data to that object.

    ๐Ÿ—„ Deprecated:

    โšก๏ธ The following features are deprecated. It will still work for now but please update your code:

    • ๐Ÿ”Œ Plugins: All create() functions under joplin.views now take a viewId as a first parameter.
    • ๐Ÿ”Œ Plugins: MenuItemLocation.Context is deprecated and is now an alias for MenuItemLocation.NoteListContextMenu
    • Plugins: The app_min_version manifest property is now required. If not provided it will assume v14.
    • ๐Ÿ”Œ Plugins: The id manifest property is now required. If not set, it will be the plugin filename or directory.

    ๐Ÿ”Œ Plugin doc has been updated with some info about the development process.


    • ๐Ÿ‘Œ Improved: Partially reverts #3975 (link rendering)
    • ๐Ÿ‘Œ Improved: Plugins: Provides selected notes when triggering a command from the note list context menu
    • ๐Ÿ‘Œ Improved: Plugins: Use plugin ID as filename
    • ๐Ÿ›  Fixed: Fix handling of new line escaping when using external edit
    • ๐Ÿ›  Fixed: Fixed Markdown rendering when code highlighting is disabled
    • ๐Ÿ›  Fixed: Fixed importing certain ENEX files that contain invalid dates
    • ๐Ÿ›  Fixed: Fixed links imported from ENEX as HTML (#4119)
    • ๐Ÿ›  Fixed: Fixed resource watching on Windows
    • ๐Ÿ›  Fixed: Plugins: Fixed issue with toolbar button key not being unique

    • ๐Ÿ›  Fixed: Api: Fix note and resource association end points
    • ๐Ÿ›  Fixed: Display note count for conflict folder, and display notes even if they are completed to-dos (#3997)
    • ๐Ÿ›  Fixed: Fix crash due to React when trying to upgrade sync target (#4098)
    • ๐Ÿ›  Fixed: Fix drag and drop behaviour to "copy" instead of "move" (#4031 by @CalebJohn)
    • ๐Ÿ›  Fixed: Fix handling of certain keys in shortcut editor (#4022 by Helmut K. C. Tessarek)
    • ๐Ÿ›  Fixed: Fix size of search bar area when notebook is empty
    • ๐Ÿ›  Fixed: Fixed inconsistent note list state when using search (#3904)
    • ๐Ÿ›  Fixed: Fixed issue when a newly created note would be automatically moved to the wrong folder on save (#4038)
    • ๐Ÿ›  Fixed: Fixed issue with note being saved after word has been replaced by spell checker
    • ๐Ÿ›  Fixed: Fixed note list overflow when resized very small
    • ๐Ÿ›  Fixed: Fixed text editor button tooltips
    • ๐Ÿ›  Fixed: Plugins: Fix crash when path includes trailing slash
    • ๐Ÿ›  Fixed: Plugins: Fixed issue with dialog being empty in some cases
    • ๐Ÿ›  Fixed: Prevent log from filling up when certain external editors trigger many watch events (#4011)
    • ๐Ÿ›  Fixed: Regression: Fix application name
    • ๐Ÿ›  Fixed: Regression: Fix exporting to HTML and PDF
    • ๐Ÿ›  Fixed: Regression: Fixed external edit file watching
    • ๐Ÿ›  Fixed: Resource links could not be opened from Rich Text editor on Linux (#4073)
    • ๐Ÿ›  Fixed: Tags could not be selected in some cases (#3876)
    • ๐Ÿ‘Œ Improved: Allow exporting conflict notes (#4095)
    • ๐Ÿ‘Œ Improved: Allow lowercase filters when doing search
    • ๐Ÿ‘Œ Improved: Api: Always include 'has_more' field for paginated data
    • ๐Ÿ‘Œ Improved: Api: Make sure pagination sort options are respected for search and other requests
    • ๐Ÿ‘Œ Improved: Attempt to fix Outlook drag and drop on Markdown editor (#4093 by @CalebJohn)
    • ๐Ÿ‘Œ Improved: Change Markdown rendering to align with CommonMark spec (#3839)
    • ๐Ÿ‘Œ Improved: Disable spell checker on config and search input fields
    • ๐Ÿ‘Œ Improved: Disabled the auto update option in linux (#4102) (#4096 by Anshuman Pandey)
    • ๐Ÿ‘Œ Improved: Make Markdown editor selection more visible in Dark mode
    • ๐Ÿ‘Œ Improved: Optimized resizing window
    • ๐Ÿ‘Œ Improved: Plugins: Allow retrieving form values from dialogs
    • ๐Ÿ‘Œ Improved: Plugins: Force plugin devtool dialog to be detached
    • ๐Ÿ‘Œ Improved: Plugins: Make sure "replaceSelection" command can be undone in Rich Text editor
    • ๐Ÿ‘Œ Improved: Plugins: Rename command "editorSetText" to "editor.setText"
    • ๐Ÿ‘Œ Improved: Prevent lines from shifting in Markdown Editor when Scrollbar appears (#4110 by @CalebJohn)
    • ๐Ÿ‘Œ Improved: Put title bar and toolbar button over two lines when window size is below 800px
    • ๐Ÿ‘Œ Improved: Refresh sidebar and notes when moving note outside of conflict folder
    • ๐Ÿ‘Œ Improved: Upgrade to Electron 10
    • ๐Ÿ†• New: Add {{bowm}} and {{bows}} - Beginning Of Week (Monday/Sunday) (#4023 by Helmut K. C. Tessarek)
    • ๐Ÿ†• New: Add config screen to add, remove or enable, disable plugins
    • ๐Ÿ†• New: Add option to toggle spellchecking for the markdown editor (#4109 by @CalebJohn)
    • ๐Ÿ†• New: Added toolbar button to switch spell checker language
    • ๐Ÿ†• New: Adds spell checker support for Rich Text editor (#3974)
    • ๐Ÿ†• New: Allow customising application layout
    • ๐Ÿ†• New: Api: Added ability to watch resource file
    • ๐Ÿ†• New: Api: Added way to get the notes associated with a resource
    • ๐Ÿ†• New: API: Adds ability to paginate data (#3983)
    • ๐Ÿ†• New: Plugins: Add command "editorSetText" for desktop app
    • ๐Ÿ†• New: Plugins: Add support for editor context menu
    • ๐Ÿ†• New: Plugins: Add support for external CodeMirror plugins (#4015 by @CalebJohn)
    • ๐Ÿ†• New: Plugins: Add support for JPL archive format
    • ๐Ÿ†• New: Plugins: Added command to export folders and notes
    • New: Plugins: Added support app_min_version property and made it required