- Fixed a bug which showed the "Darkwrite is up to date" toast on every automatic update check. This toast now appears only when you check for updates explicitly.
- Added update checks on startup. To protect your privacy, it is disabled by default, but you can enable it in settings.
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- It makes a request to the GitHub API to get the latest release. Although we already developed a server to check for updates, we decided to use the GitHub API for now.
- Hitting enter after editing a link's URL now saves the link
- Fixed editor contents going off screen as window got narrower
- Added trash search
- Added back and forward buttons
- Added wide pages
- Heading 4 is now in slash command menu (it wasn't there even though it existed)
- You can now drag notes into the trash
- Input focus rings now follow accent color
- Fixed tab order in sidebar
- Reduced transparency in menus to improve readability
- Fix incorrect UI font issue in some elements when using system default
- Translated more UI elements, notably the slash command menu
- All command descriptions have been rewritten for both English and Turkish.
- Fixed image drop not working
- shadcn-ui components now live in a separate package.
- Added environment variable
DARKWRITE_ROOT_OVERRIDEto use a different profile folder.- I added this to share profiles in my dual boot setup. Actual workspace/profile switching will be added later as a feature.
- Fixed the bug which prevented you from creating child items in lists (sinking list items) by hitting Tab
- Fix links to pages being unreadable inside blockquotes
- You can now toggle todo, bullet and numbered lists directly from the floating menu
- Added block quote button to floating menu
- Word count can now be always shown in the bottom-right corner of the window. (You can enable or disable it in settings)
- Upgraded code blocks
- Hitting
⇥Tabinserts a desired number of spaces for indentation - Hitting
⬇️Down Arrowat the last line exits the code block - Hitting
Ctrl/Cmd+⬇️Down Arrowexits the code block immediately, even if you are on the first line
- Hitting
- Fixed 7 places where notes without icons were handled incorrectly
- Added translations for note customization menu
- Fixed issue causing system accent color to be always black
- Updated settings UI style
- We developed tools around IPC to accelerate API development and ensure type-safety.
- Moved built-in themes to
@darkwrite/common
- Added markdown import
- Notes no longer have an icon by default, you can add or remove it as you wish
Quality of life release before moving onto 1.0.0-alpha
- Added
Ctrl+n(orCmd+non macOS) shortcut to create new notes - Changed icon for development builds
- You can now paste images directly to the editor
- You can now drop image files directly. You can drop more than one image and all of them will be inserted to the page.
- Links can now be edited
- Editor now has a context menu
- Added word count - you can view it by clicking the menu icon on the top right.
- Added translations for Turkish
- Images are now centered
- Add undo and redo options to editor menu (it was possible to perform these with keyboard shortcuts previously)
- Added option to follow system accent color on Windows and macOS
- Removed the empty space to the right side of color pickers
- Displaying dates in the recent notes view now follows correct locale
- Added background blur to context menus, dropdowns, popovers and search
- Disabled dropping into the title box, which should prevent you from accidentally dropping nodes there
- Fixed low-resolution desktop icon on Windows.
- Fixed inability to interact with other things when heading selector in the bubble is open
- This release changes the directories in which Chromium session data is stored. This change means the following preferences will be lost:
- Sidebar width
- Whether sidebar was hidden or not
- Whether spell checking was disabled or not
- As these are local preferences and are not even persisted in backups, it shouldn't be a problem.
- When you collapse favorites or all notes views in the sidebar, that preference will be remembered
- Fixed a bug where "this note is trashed" alert would go below the cover image
- Chromium session data is now stored in directories called
session-dev/andsession/when running development and production builds respectively. - Added padding to editor's sides to make drag handles more accessible
- Reduced margins above headings
- Reduced padding between title and the page
- Fixed the use of wrong destructive color in Catppuccin Frappé (it's not blue anymore)
- Fixed a bug causing the emoji picker to always appear in dark mode, which caused unreadable text in light themes
- Fixed a bug where exporting empty notes would fail when done from the context menu or the editor menu
- Fixed a bug which caused trash contents to overflow down the container
- Trash panel now has a bottom margin which prevents it from sticking close to the bottom
- Top left corner of the editor is no longer rounded when sidebar is collapsed
- Fixed a bug where changing the text color of a note would affect icons in formatting bubble
- Fixed a bug where changing the text color of a note would also change the color of cover image buttons
- Increased startup window size to 1000x700
- Added striked text
- Added image support
- Added cover images
- Titlebar buttons now have an active style
- Fixed nodes being dragged using the wrong background style
- Hitting down arrow on the note title now moves the cursor to the editor
- Fixed code blocks using the wrong font
- Added a divider below the title text
- Added option to use native window frame
- Added option to use custom window frame on macOS as an experimental feature
- Notes can have custom background/text colors
- Fixed potential performance issues when typing on the custom font box
- Reworked note customization UI so it's not obnoxious anymore
- Headings now follow the theme better
- Directories in which application data is stored has changed. App data will be stored in a subdirectory named
darkwrite-datawhen running production builds, anddarkwrite-data-nightlywhen running development builds. If you are upgrading from 0.1.0-alpha.x, navigate to Darkwrite's data directory (you can use the application menu for this), movedata.db,settings.jsonandnotes/intodarkwrite-data/. - Alternatively, create a backup before upgrading and restore from the backup after upgrading.
- Import and use custom themes
- New dark themes: Catppuccin Macchiato, Frappé
- New light themes: Catppuccin Latte (experimental)
- Themes can now define the color for favorite stars
- New backups now include a date in their file names by default.
- Tweaked emoji picker styles to better follow theme preferences
- Fixed overflow of file chooser button in restore dialog when a long path is chosen
- App data is now stored in an isolated folder, which opens the door to safe development sessions without risking data and simplifies the code responsible from backups.
- Export entire workspace as HTML
- Create backup of all settings and notes
- Restore from backups
- Added an even darker theme
- Tweaked default font settings to match different systems
- Default UI font is now empty, meaning it will follow system by default
- Other fonts now include fallbacks to system defaults
- Tweaked font settings to preview the font as you type
- Home and settings pages are now more responsive
- Tweaked dates in home page
- Fixed unreachable drag handle bug
- Created an experimental build script (darkwrite-builder.js)
- Automates the build process by checking for the operating system and handles rebuilds by removing old artifacts
Features (that work)
- Creating, editing, deleting and moving notes
- Adding notes to favorites
- Reordering all notes on the sidebar as well as your favorites
- Keeping notes in the trash before removing them permanently
- The editor, included blocks, and the formatting bubble
- Comes with 2 themes: Darkwrite's default theme and Catppuccin Mocha
- Pick your own accent color
- All fonts are customizable
- Search
- HTML import and export
Features that don't work
- You can't change background/text colors yet
- Any button/text box/switch that is disabled are features that are not implemented yet