What's new in TextExpander 7.7.1
Nov 16, 2023
- Fixes for Popup Menus
- Fix for date adjustment not being respected in excluded optional
- Fixes issue with text selection Google Docs
- Additional fixes and improvements
New in TextExpander 7.7 (Sep 19, 2023)
- TextExpander for Chrome can now be run alongside TextExpander for macOS!
- Fix ability to enter Optional Section using arrow keys
- Improve fill-in and inline search placement
- Fixes to retain default popup option after deletion of item
- Fixes dialog Esc key behavior
- Fixes popup dialog scrolling on macOS Big Sur
- Bug fixes and optimizations
New in TextExpander 7.6.1 (Aug 23, 2023)
- Fixes potential crashes when editing certain Snippet types.
- Fixes issue where a user might receive an error when hiding the dock icon.
- Fixes issue with Popup Menu reordering.
New in TextExpander 7.6 (Jul 18, 2023)
- Updates and improvements to Snippet Editor
- Adds default keyboard shortcut for Quick Actions
- Improves UI navigation via keyboard
- Fixes unexpected behavior with editor drop down items
- Fixes nested snippets appearing in Quick Actions or edit last expanded Snippet
- Minimum macOS version is now 11.1 "Big Sur"
New in TextExpander 7.5.2 (May 31, 2023)
- Adds “Hide TextExpander when launched at login” preference
- Fixes display of Optional Sections in Fill-In windows
- Fixes crash at startup after editing shared Snippet Groups
- Adds customer support chat link for all users
- Fixes expansion via Inline Search inside Fill-In windows
New in TextExpander 7.5.1 (May 12, 2023)
- Fixes connecting to TextExpander after intermittent connection loss on macOS Ventura
New in TextExpander 7.5 (Apr 12, 2023)
- Add Google Sign-in as account sign-in option
- Fixes and improvements
New in TextExpander 7.4.1 (Jan 18, 2023)
- Improved accuracy of Snippet statistics
- Add an easy, in-app way for users to give product feedback
New in TextExpander 7.4 (Dec 14, 2022)
- Live chat support in TextExpander
- Fixes and improvements
New in TextExpander 7.3.1 (Oct 5, 2022)
- Fixes for keyboard shortcuts and navigation
- Improved responsive sizing of the sign-in screen for small screens
- User interface improvements
- Minimum macOS version required is now 10.15
New in TextExpander 7.2 (May 6, 2022)
- Adds tutorial tips to main window with helpful TextExpander resources
- Adds Dutch language localization
- Includes improvements such as faster start up time, additions to the context menu, and various bug fixes
New in TextExpander 7.1 (Dec 14, 2021)
- Distinguishes disabled buttons from other UI elements [TEC-1455]
- Fixes various crashes in Quick Actions, Inline Search, and the
- Improves performance when viewing large script snippets [TEC-1917]
- Disables other UI elements while a modal is open [TEC-1907]
- Closes standalone editor editor when a modal is opened [TEC-1907]
- Keeps snippet group visible in list during editing [TEC-1722]
- Keep selection visible after closing search [TEC-1778]
- Focus snippet editor after cancelling a macro dialog [TEC-1676]
- Improves expansion reliability (AppNap)
- Improves appearance of Preferences List [TEC-1941]
- Fixes crash when retrieving applications list [TEC-1926]
- Closes Group Settings, Rejected Edits and Suggestions when Escape is
- Fixes automatic scrolling of Snippet Group Categories [TEC-1984]
- Adds Expand Immediately to Snippets, alongside Keep Delimiter
- Fixes UI text appearance [TEC-1946]
- Fixes Memory Leak [TEC-1952]
- Always open standalone editor Windows when creating or editing
- Fixes SSO sign-in when TextExpander isn’t already running [TEC-350]
- Closes Preview, Duplicate, Move etc. on the Snippet Detail Pane when
- Hides the Group Detail toolbar from screen readers [TEC-1916]
- Fixes announcements of toolbars in screen readers [TEC-1916]
- Fixes Edit Last Expanded Snippet in QUick Actions [TEC-1999]
- Updates localizations
- Fixes Font appearance when printing snippets [TEC-1946]
- Fixes Font appearance in Japanese [TEC-1946]
- Fixes Font appearance with bold text [TEC-1946]
- Fixes crashes introduced by 7.1’s logging changes [TEC-2003]
- Fixes signing in at launch via SSO [TEC-350]
- Fixes appearance of symbols in fonts [TEC-1946], [TEC-2005]
New in TextExpander 7.0.2 (Nov 14, 2021)
- Fixes other possible crash on startup [TEC-1958]
New in TextExpander 7.0.1 (Nov 14, 2021)
- Fixes possible crash on startup
New in TextExpander 7.0 (Oct 12, 2021)
- Updates and unifies the user experience
- Improves main window search
- Improves performance and responsiveness
- Improves conflict management
- Broadens accessibility
- Other fixes and improvements
New in TextExpander 6.8.5 (Jun 29, 2021)
- Fixes VoiceOver access to main window
- Resolves possible crash on launch when local storage closes unexpectedly
- Resolves possible crash submitting stats when local storage closes unexpectedly
- Improves error message for failed sign in
New in TextExpander 6.8.4 (Apr 21, 2021)
- Fixes expand and match styling with fill-ins [TEC-1357]
- Fixes moving multiple snippets via context menu [TEC-1218]
- Fixes duplication of snippets in a read-only group [TEC-1126]
- Allows toggling snippet preview via the keyboard shortcut in the standalone editor
- Improves inline search performance [TEC-1082]
- Removes possible stale search results from inline search [TEC-1405]
- Improves display of outage banners [TEC-1394]
- Fixes "clear cache" loop at startup [TEC-1371]
- Fixes possible permanent "Unsaved Snippets" dialog upon quit [TEC-1339]
- Fixes keyboard freeze when using hot key to enable/disable expansion [TEC-1356]
- Fixes duplication of snippets in a read-only group [TEC-1126]
- Fixes Paste & Match Style pasting twice when using the keyboard shortcut [TEC-1331]
- Fixes expansion of Javascript snippets with a bad adjustedDate
- Fixes crash on startup experienced by some users [TEC-1371]
New in TextExpander 6.8.3 (Feb 11, 2021)
- Resolves crash at startup when RTF-formatted snippet is present [TEC-1327]
New in TextExpander 6.8.2 (Feb 9, 2021)
- Fixes use of VoiceOver to activate the menu bar [TEC-1209]
- Fixes expansion of snippets with delimiter overrides [TEC-1220]
- Only shows "TextExpander is Offline" banner during an outage [TEC-77]
- Shows if TextExpander is connected in Account tab
- Validates that JavaScript snippets set an actual date to adjustedDate
- Only consider current line when using inline search [TEC-1178]
- Fixes crash when clicking on Open TextExpander immediately after opening Quick Actions [TEC-1223]
- Clarifies error message when attempting to expand shell script snippets lacking a shabang (#!) [TEC-1241]
- Fixes Fill-In expansion failures experienced by some users [TEC-907]
- Fixes expansion following previously cancelled expansion [TEC-1231]
- Fixes crash experienced by some users [TEC-1232]
- Fixes expansion of "side effect only" AppleScript snippets [TEC-1204]
- Fixes font list across Sign Out / Sign In [TEC-1205]
- Fixes use of filltop with Fill-Ins [TEC-1227]
- Uses Display Fonts in Fill-In window [TEC-1200]
- Fixes shrinking of Fill-In windows [TEC-1214]
- Removes autocorrect from Insert Snippet modal [TEC-365]
- Removes autocorrect from abbreviation prefix field [TEC-1239]
- Fixes appearance of larger font sizes in drop down [TEC-1175]
- Ensures keystrokes are directed to inline search after hotkey
- Fixes use of Esc to close Quick Actions
- Fixes deletion of Snippet Groups via keyboard shortcut
- Fixes crash when typing quickly after signing out
New in TextExpander 6.8.1 (Dec 18, 2020)
- Improves speed of fill-in expansions [TEC-1194]
- Fixes possible crash at launch affecting some users [TEC-1196]
- Fixes odd behavior when double-clicking on status icon [TEC-1189]
- Improves inline search appearance when there are no results
New in TextExpander 6.8 (Dec 15, 2020)
- Updates UI appearance for Big Sur
- Adds Quick Actions
- Allows inline search when abbreviation expansion is disabled
- Improves display of suggestions
- Improves display and resolution of editing conflicts
- Improves snippet editor
- Improves presentation of font-less expansion in snippet editor [TEC-295], [TEC-296]
- Various bug fixes and improvements
New in TextExpander 6.5.6 (Nov 24, 2020)
- Fixes copy/paste error excluding apps specified by bundle ID only
- Replaces "loginwindow" with "Unknown Application" in secure input warnings
- Updates status item drawing for Big Sur
- Updates filter field appearance for Big Sur
New in TextExpander 6.5.5 (May 18, 2020)
- Improves appearance of table borders [TEC-330]
- Improves expansion in Google Chrome Omnibox and Missive [TEC-366, TEC-748]
- Fixes group becoming untitled, read-only during high server load [TEC-752, TEC-785]
- Resolves menu bar responsiveness following launch [TEC-637]
New in TextExpander 6.5.4 (Mar 18, 2020)
- Restores localization of snippet editor
- Immediately updates expansion when case sensitivity is changed [TEC-297]
- Fixes adapt to case when a group prefix is used [TEC-320]
- Stops unnecessarily bolding text pasted into snippet editor from Google Docs [TEC-625]
- Restores pasteboard on Tab [TEC-699]
- Colors adjacent optional sections differently [TEC-144]
- Other minor fixes and improvements
New in TextExpander 6.5.3 (Jan 14, 2020)
- Adds launch avoidance logic, scanning application exception
- Allows position cursor macro to be emitted from scripts [TEC-345]
- Allows scripts to return %key macros [TEC-274]
- Avoids expanding or operating in Red Sweater's Black Ink crossword puzzle application
- Drops formatted list items entirely when surrounded with optional section macros
- Fixes logic error that could lead to a proliferation of keep/abandon delimiter macros at the end of snippets [TEC-152]
- Includes trailing % for %key: macros in scripts [TEC-590]
- Maintains cursor positioning keystroke count when there are multiple delimiter overrides [TEC-326]
- Makes default fill-in name a placeholder rather than using it as text [TEC-522]
- Retains line breaks after optional fillins that are not included when they are on the same line as non-optional content [TEC-406]
- Suppresses "linebreaks" in formatted text such as list items [TEC-406]
New in TextExpander 6.5.2 (Jul 30, 2019)
- Improves snippet editor:
- Double-click to edit date and time math macros [317]
- Replaces selected text with inserted macros [257]
- Fixes case where fill-in name reverts to default [301]
- Disallows multiple line defaults for single-line fill-ins [255]
- Other:
- Other minor fixes and improvements
New in TextExpander 6.5.1 (May 28, 2019)
- Drag and drop to re-order items in popup fill-ins
- Fixes rich text expansion into Missive, FileMaker Pro
- Fixes modal OK button coloring [SNIP-223]
- Fixes deleting macros within fill-ins [SNIP-249]
- Adds support for table borders [SNIP-142]
- Improves cancel behavior for fill-in modals [SNIP-222]
- Adds support for Unicode date macros [SNIP-205]
- Ignores leading extra optional-end macro [TEC-2]
- Doesn't show 'null' in onboarding when contact is unavailable [SNIP-234]
- Fixes case where first line can be replaced by last line when expanding in Office applications [TEC-11]
- Resolves crash when repeatedly duplicating snippets [TEMAC-1823]
- Fixes popular crashes from HockeyApp
- Randomizes interval for sending statistics to server
- Updates server retry logic introducing random interval
- Handles system default font [TEC-283]
- Adds padding on left of popup option [TEC-277]
- Improves dark mode in fill-in popup [TEC-278]
- Prohibits snippet macro without abbreviation [TEC-268]
- Resolves issue where unedited fill-ins could be inserted
- Code snippets use correct %filltop macro
- Resolves case where text styling in fill-in % macros could disrupt parsing
New in TextExpander 6.5 (Mar 6, 2019)
- Date math can be applied to multiple units [1664, 1781]
- Date math is cumulative [1664, 1781]
- Adds group prefixes to abbreviations in snippet reminder notifications [1757]
- Maintains slider position between snippet list and settings across launches [1515]
- Fill-ins with "Show at Top" set include optional sections at top [1212]
- Adds syntax highlighting for JavaScript and AppleScript snippets
- Respects font size in Google Docs [1607]
- Improves expansion when clipboard contains data from a Microsoft application [1729]
- Adjust timeout on editor idle state
- Improves font size handling in Google Docs [1660]
- Requires macOS 10.12 (Sierra) or later
- Improves snippet preview
- New editor with visual access to:
- Dates
- Times
- Date math
- Fill-ins
- Keys
- Cursor positioning
- Clipboard
- Insert / nest other snippets
New in TextExpander 6.2.8 (Dec 12, 2018)
- Supports Mojave dark mode
- Fixes expansion in Chrome v69+ omnibar [1768]
- Improves pasteboard delay handling [1729]
- Simplifies outline category drawing [1777]
- Removes horizontal elasticity from snippets list [1779]
- Removes secure input / loginwindow notification on wake [1780]
- Fixes typos in sync warnings
- Other fixes and improvements
New in TextExpander 6.2.7 (Aug 28, 2018)
- Resolves case where last snippet is pasted instead of restored clipboard [1733]
- Does not trigger JavaScript debugging windows in Safari [1751]
- Adds option to include betas when checking for updates
- Other minor fixes and improvements
New in TextExpander 6.2.6 (Aug 28, 2018)
- Allows Check for Update… when signed out [1748]
- Retains local settings during SSO sign in when possible
- Reduces frequency of secure input notifications [1746]
- Other minor fixes and improvements
New in TextExpander 6.2.5 (Feb 16, 2018)
- Improves "Restore clipboard" reliability (avoids expansion to clipboard content instead of snippet)
- Resolves expansion issues in Microsoft OneNote
- Adds Single Sign-On (SSO) for organizations
- Works around delays when duplicating pastboard [1729]
New in TextExpander 6.2.4 (Nov 27, 2017)
- Resolves possible crash when pasting into Snippet Editor [1710].
New in TextExpander 6.2.3 (Nov 1, 2017)
- Eliminates delete as default option for delete confirmation
- Fixes group name drawing in dark mode [1608]
- Improves inline / menu search result selection highlighting in dark mode [1608]
- Resolves performance issue with very large single line snippets [1701]
- Updates Secure Input messaging
- Use command-delete to delete without confirmation
New in TextExpander 6.2.2 (Aug 29, 2017)
- Adds 'expand string' scripting command (e.g. tell application "TextExpander" to expand string "ddate :flag-us:")
- Improves spacing for group prefix and group prefix override [1651]
- Prepares for High Sierra (macOS 10.13)
- Resolves excess conflicting snippet groups [1673]
- Resolves potential data loss when server is slow to respond [1681]
New in TextExpander 6.2.1 (May 19, 2017)
- Fixes snippet expansion in the Slack app [1659]
- Partially fixes issue with Unicode separator characters [1663]
- Resolves issues with sending previous days' statistics to server
- Sends request version with sign in page
- Sends snippet changed notification when removing group prefix override [1654]
New in TextExpander 6.2 (Mar 28, 2017)
- Adds support for group prefixes and group prefix overrides [811, 1645]
- Aligns baselines of group settings [1644]
- Fixes blank statistics graph when TextExpander is in folder named with spaces [1642]
- Fixes case where suggestions perform poorly after pasting large body of text [1648]
- Resolves toolbar button flash during sign in and sync [1621]
New in TextExpander 6.1.7 (Feb 27, 2017)
- Improves connection reliability
- Fixes unwanted leading linebreak when expanding some formatted snippets [1554]
- Retains animation of GIF’s when added via drag and drop [1627]
- Allows delimiter macros to be added to script snippets [1423]
- Other minor fixes
New in TextExpander 6.1.6 (Feb 14, 2017)
- Retains selection when applying formatting in snippet editor [SNIP-128]
- Resolves import hang introduced in 6.1.5 [TEMAC-1628]
- Resolves issue where last ping time is undefined resulting in log entries of "last ping: NaN"
New in TextExpander 6.1.5 (Feb 3, 2017)
- Adds support for importing TextExpander version 5 settings and backup files [1564]
- Synchronizes additional preferences with TextExpander for Windows (playing sound at expansion, run scripts snippets, default format and abbreviation mode, and update checking)
- Removes macOS Sierra's "Show Tab Bar" entry from View menu [1618]
- Offers to check for software updates if not recently checked after a crash [1595]
- Adds VoiceOver label for Touch Bar buttons [1620]
- Resolves case where some script snippets could execute if Run script snippets was off [1616, 1617]
- Other minor fixes
New in TextExpander 6.1.4 (Jan 13, 2017)
- Resolves issue where snippet can fail to appear in editor when selected [1507]
- Fixes crash which could occur when waking computer from sleep
- Other minor fixes
New in TextExpander 6.1.3 (Jan 10, 2017)
- Fixes issue where edits to a snippet could be applied to a different snippet [1587, 1461]
- Adds support for Touch Bar
- Adds support for expanding snippets by typing with the macOS Sierra Dwell Control keyboard
- Improves expansion of formatted snippets into Firefox [1596]
- Adds warning before Sign Out if there are local changes not yet uploaded to TextExpander.com [1594]
- Reconnects to server on wake from sleep in cases where that wasn't happening [1611]
New in TextExpander 6.1.2 (Nov 18, 2016)
- Ensures sign in window is presented on main thread
- Replaces Add Predefined Group with Add Public Group [1592]
- Resolves potential crash when previewing nil content
- Resolves potential hang using bold or italic in abbreviation or label [1593]
New in TextExpander 6.1.1 (Oct 28, 2016)
- Resolves issues with use on Yosemite (macOS 10.10) [1580, 1583]
- Fixes potential crash with localized sync notifications
- Displays License Agreement for localized versions [1239]
New in TextExpander 6.1 (Oct 12, 2016)
- Adds button to access user account in Account preferences [1551]
- Adds dictation support to fill-in fields [1167]
- Adds Portuguese localization
- Adds preview button to snippet editor [1503]
- Avoids fatal save error when stored token is invalidated by server [1526]
- Avoids suggesting snippets when not signed in
- Ensures status during sign in stays "Signing in"
- Fixes localizations of "Include in Inline Search" [1142]
- Handles HTML tags properly in fill-in defaults [1543]
- Improves drag & drop support for snippet editor [1360]
- Improves loading speed of Snippet Editor
- Restores Bold and Italic menu commands for Snippet Editor [1397]
- Shows user's email in Account preferences [1518]
- Updates from "Download" to "Add" for groups [1532]
New in TextExpander 6.0.9 (Sep 12, 2016)
- Increases size of group notes field, and allows copy & paste when read-only
- Fixes expansion of image-only snippets, including in Microsoft Office apps [1533]
- Fixes to prepare for macOS Sierra [1548]
- Prevents crash if insertion text is invalid [1250]
- Updates Sparkle framework from 1.12 to 1.14
New in TextExpander 6.0.8 (Jul 28, 2016)
- Improves import; adds support for multi-line CSV [1527]
- Resolves case where switching snippets could discard edits [1525]
- Resolves case where coming back online doesn't receive interim updates [1524]
- Resolves case where changing snippet type on other device isn't reflected locally [1497]
- Syncs changes to default sound [1519]
- Fixes leading and trailing spaces for formatted text expansion [1514]
- Fixes background drawing for Drop / Keep Suggestion [1519]
- Improves snippet editor
- Other minor fixes and improvements
New in TextExpander 6.0.7 (Jun 28, 2016)
- Resolves issue where snippet can fail to appear in editor when selected [1507]
- Improves handling of slow authentication
- Resolves incorrect "Your subscription is suspended. Expansion is disabled. Click to resolve." slideover
- Resolves some assertion and exception issues
- Other minor fixes and improvements
New in TextExpander 6.0.6 (Jun 9, 2016)
- Always use Gregorian calendar when uploading statistics [1493]
- Corrects window title sometimes incorrectly displaying "offline"
- Displays process ID which enabled Secure Event Input if application name cannot be determined
- Displays label in outline when snippet content is empty [1362]
- Disables more menu items when not signed in [1426]
- Fixes arrow navigation for large search results [1495]
- Fixes bottom padding of snippet editor [1491]
- Fixes default snippet line height [1496]
- Fixes menu bar display anomalies after signing out [1478]
- Handles sign out command properly during sign in [1475]
- Improves expansion reliability in Postbox by slightly delaying expansion [1473]
- Improves handling of added snippet groups in tutorial [1115]
- Improves handling of Sign out while not yet finished signing in [1475]
- Keeps focus on snippet list when snippet is selected [1474]
- Matches label before content in Inline Search and Search Snippets [1313]
- No longer changes Enable Expansion preference when connecting to server [1484]
- Restores editor support for default font preferences [1485]
- Send Command-V to frontmost process if it looks like ViewBridgeAuxiliary is echoing keystrokes [1232]
- Stops inserting raw HTML into plain text snippets [1476]
New in TextExpander 6.0.5 (May 25, 2016)
- Restores Print Group and Print All Groups [1444]
- Adds Learn More link for sign in problems [1458]
- Retains uncommitted content changes when creating new snippet [1411]
- Allows Quit when sign in panel is displayed [1333]
- Shows logging from Snippet Editor in Console
- Slideover banner and status in Account prefs reflect account state [1467]
- Disables Add Group from File when signed out
- Supports Google Chrome version 50's URL bar
- Resolves French localization issues
- Other fixes and improvements
- Improves Snippet Editor:
- Improves image import
- Resolves case where fill-in editor could dismiss slowly [1457]
- Resolves issue with URL field
New in TextExpander 6.0.4 (May 25, 2016)
- Fixes insets for updated editor
- Cannot tab to Group selection in Create New Snippet from Helper
- Edit Last Expanded Snippet changes formatting
- Cannot Tab out of snippet editor to other main window areas
- Some changes made to snippets via AppleScript do not trigger sync or even save of the group
- French term for 'Formatted Text, Images' needs a change
New in TextExpander 6.0.2 (May 25, 2016)
- Resolves issue with extra spacing when expanding in Gmail while using Chrome
- Restores copy/paste support to Create New Snippet / Edit Last Expanded Snippet
- Adds sign in/out to Account preferences
- Resolves display issue with Set Delimiters... pane
- Other minor fixes and improvements
New in TextExpander 6.0 (May 25, 2016)
- Re-editing existing fill-ins does not work on 10.10.5
- Server Status message appears after wake from sleep
- Outline draws as if it is narrow after New Snippet created
- Undefined nested snippets after a defined nested snippet incorrectly take the expansion of the defined snippet
New in TextExpander 5.1.4 (Feb 23, 2016)
- Updates Sparkle appcast URL to https
- Updates Sparkle framework to latest release
New in TextExpander 5.1.3 (Nov 4, 2015)
- Does not present Secure Event Input warning for apps excluded from expansion [1274]
- Further improvements to expansion in save dialogs on El Capitan [1283]
- Resolves issue which can result in absurd statistics
- Resolves some obscure crashes reported via HockeyApp
- Updates Chrome's uni-bar Accessibility identifier
- Updates pasteboard type ignore list for Office 2016
New in TextExpander 5.1.1 (Sep 1, 2015)
- Fixes issue with expansion in save dialogs on El Capitan
- Other minor fixes and improvements
New in TextExpander 5.1 (Jul 22, 2015)
- Suggested snippets exclude most single dictionary words
- Adds new notification preference for snippet suggestions
- Fixes secure input notifications for Chrome
- Adds Korean support for Create Snippet from Selection… [1182]
- Correctly rejects suggestions containing Tab or Return [1176]
- Creates new group if all groups are deleted [1109]
- Fixes issue with group level app exclusion [1175]
- Improves French and German localizations [1190]
- Opens links in fill-in windows in default web browser [1119]
- Other minor fixes and improvements
New in TextExpander 5.0.1 (Jun 6, 2015)
- Accounts for Dock and menu bar when sizing store window [1141]
- Adds AppleScriptable setting to toggle secure input notification [1147]
- Avoids converting script-like content to script example [1114]
- Avoids secure input notification when current focus is a secure text field [1161]
- Fixes activation via specific preferences keys
- Fixes Filter placeholder for Japanese, Russian [1043]
- Fixes Insert -> Fill-ins -> Show at Top for localized versions [1138]
- Fixes localized pricing [1152]
- Fixes potential hang on launch
- Fixes some crashing bugs reported by users via HockeyApp (thank you!)
- Improves message when notifying that a pending snippet has been typed in full
- Restores font size preferences properly [1151]
- Saves sort order when changed [1132]
- Selects next pending suggestion after dropping one
- Sends basic auth, if available on Keychain, with initial request when updating groups [1132]
- Strips newline from JavaScript for Automation (JSA) results [1150]
- Restores sort order properly [1153]
- Updates DevMateKit to version 1.1.3
- Updates menu item to View Registration after URL-based licensure [1168]
New in TextExpander 5.0 (Jun 4, 2015)
- Suggests snippets from phrases you habitually type
- Reminds you of missed opportunities to use your abbreviations
- Supports JavaScript snippets that also operate on iOS, or use JavaScript for Automation on Mac
- Customize snippet file location, allowing you to sync via iCloud Drive or any sync folder
- Preview expanded snippet
- Refreshed statistics display and new "Top snippets used in last month" display option
- New %filltop% macro makes single-line fields and popups appear at the top of the fill-ins window
- Search and expand snippets, abbreviations, and suggestions inline as you type
- Updated for Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite (required)
- Notification Center notification when Secure Input is enabled
- Date/time adjustments apply to all embedded snippets in an expansion [368]
- Adds modification date to AppleScript properties of snippet
- Application exclusion settings now store bundle identifier as well as application name. Should improve detection of Java Runtime Environment apps and some other unusual situations.
- Improved Dark Mode appearance of status menu item
- Date math now propagates to and from embedded snippets [368]
- Groups with expansion disabled appear disabled in group list [1060]
- Updates Suggest Matching Abbreviation to Inline Search to match new functionality
New in TextExpander 4.3.5 (Jan 8, 2015)
- Adds Russian localization (Добро пожаловать!)
- Other minor fixes and improvements
New in TextExpander 4.3.4 (Oct 14, 2014)
- Adds support for dark mode on Yosemite
- Fixes 12-hour date formats issue when 24-hour time is set
- Resolves case where TextExpander Helper doesn’t appear in the Accessibility list
- Other minor fixes and improvements
New in TextExpander 4.3.3 (Sep 8, 2014)
- Fixes to prepare for upcoming releases of OS X
- Other fixes and improvements
New in TextExpander 4.3.2 (Jul 8, 2014)
- Resolves long delay before expansion on Mavericks when TextExpander is hidden
- Resolves issue with fill-ins losing user settings
- Fixes crash when Add Group from URL fails
- Fixes crash when repeatedly deleting snippets
- Displays statistics properly
- No longer shows error message when enabling Dropbox sync
- Fixes failure to copy and paste snippets in the snippets list
- No longer shows warning when deleting a blank snippet
- Other fixes and improvements
New in TextExpander 4.3.1 (May 29, 2014)
- Fixes hang when launching TextExpander 4.3 with no snippets
New in TextExpander 4.3 (May 28, 2014)
- Improves performance when searching
- Resolves issue with non-PNG image links disappearing
- Improves cursor positioning accuracy
- Fixes case where Return no longer works as a delimiter
- Resolves issue with expansion in Slack (by waiting for shift key to be released)
- Fixes auto-capitalization error involving accented characters
- Other fixes and improvements
New in TextExpander 4.2.1 (Jan 14, 2014)
- Resolves excessive CPU use which occurred on some systems after several expansions
- Resolves a timing issue (race condition) in 4.2 which can cause crashes upon expansion on certain systems
- Pre-fills URL field if Add Group from URL is selected with a URL on the pasteboard
- Other fixes and improvements
New in TextExpander 4.2 (Dec 10, 2013)
- Improves expansion in Google Documents in Safari
- Improves interaction with Fast User Switching
- Improves handling of accented letters in Search Snippets and Suggest Matching Abbreviation
- Presents currently-running apps first when choosing app-specific expansion
- Displays URL or file path of external groups when selected
- Fixes tabbing in fill-in windows without text fields
- Works around Mavericks issue which allows Smart Quotes despite our setting to the contrary
- Numerous additional fixes and enhancements
New in TextExpander 4.1.1 (Sep 25, 2013)
- Adds Emoji snippet group
- Prepares for Mavericks
- Expands properly in Fantastical 1.3.8 and later
- Offers to convert existing snippets when changing default snippet type
- Improves performance with snippets containing multiple embedded images
- Makes Suggest Matching Abbreviation more forgiving of spaces before and while narrowing the search
- Allows capitalization correction in specific types of applications, such as Mellel
- Includes paragraph style information with HTML data for snippets which contain line breaks
- Expands properly when using a Romaji input method with Dvorak key layout
- Many other fixes and improvements
New in TextExpander 4.0.5 (Dec 19, 2012)
- Fix potential ordering issue with snippets containing %key:tab%
- Other minor fixes and improvements
New in TextExpander 4.0.4 (Dec 17, 2012)
- Supports Cut, Copy and Paste to manipulate snippets in the outline
- Adds popover to resolve snippet abbreviation conflicts
- Duplicate snippets are drawn with blue abbreviation (vs. orange for conflicts)
- Adds “expand abbreviation ''” syntax to AppleScript expand command
- Restores support for %j day-of-year macro
- Other fixes and improvements
New in TextExpander 4.0.3.1 (Dec 17, 2012)
- Don't confirm Delete of an empty snippet
- Fixes an issue where '%%' did not get mapped to '%'
- Fixes a crash where snippets marked as formatted but not containing any formatted text data could cause snippets to disappear at launch
New in TextExpander 4.0.3 (Nov 14, 2012)
- Fixes issue with TextExpander icon appearing twice in the Dock on restart
- Applies per-application restrictions when expanding snippets within the fill-in window
- Adds “expand” command to AppleScript vocabulary, allowing scripts to trigger expansion of a snippet
- Other minor fixes and improvements
New in TextExpander 4.0.2.1 (Oct 11, 2012)
- Fixes issue when %key:return% or %key:enter% appear at the end of a snippet
New in TextExpander 4.0.2 (Oct 10, 2012)
- Avoids expanding “extra” line breaks when optional parts of a fill-in are not checked
- Restores ability to click to expand snippets found by Suggest Matching Abbreviation
- Fixes expansion of formatted snippets containing keypresses into Mail messages
- Other minor fixes and improvements
New in TextExpander 4.0.1 (Aug 7, 2012)
- Restores transparency to menu bar icon
- Makes checkbox label clickable for optional section fill-ins
- Equality abbreviations in Symbol group now end with == (e.g. >==,
New in TextExpander 4.0 (Jun 24, 2012)
- Supports default values for text and popup fill-ins
- Edit fill-ins and options with popup interface
- Expand snippets while using fill-ins
- Switch apps while using fill-ins
- Improves statistics with graphical display
- Introduces hands-on tutorial for new users
- Adds support for table expansion
- Adds contextual menus to snippet editor and snippet list
- Adds appearance preference to show main window at launch
- Updates appearance for Lion and Mountain Lion
- Adds support for high-resolution Retina displays
- Adds French and German autocorrect groups
- Many other minor fixes and improvements
- Adds new fill-in types:
- Multiple line text fields
- Popup menus
- Optional text sections
New in TextExpander 3.4.2 (Mar 10, 2012)
- Fixes Sort by Content
- Fixes issue with embedded AppleScript snippets that don't return strings
- Adds “restore clipboard regardless” property to AppleScript for TextMate 1.5.10 users
- Other fixes and improvements to memory use
New in TextExpander 3.4 (Dec 7, 2011)
- Adds “Sharing Snippet Groups with Your Team” help section
- Adds Tweet My Stats button to the Statistics window
- Supports selecting local Dropbox folder for Dropbox 1.2 and later
- Allows selecting “Other…” application when specifying applications
- Improves double-click behavior for .textexpander files
- Adds QuickLook support for .textexpander files
- Other fixes and improvements
New in TextExpander 3.3.4 (Oct 26, 2011)
- Fixes issue with updating snippets and settings via Dropbox
- Nested plain text snippets now take formatting from the snippet in which they are nested
- Fixes various interface display issues
- Suppresses expansion when using input methods which combine keystrokes
- Fixes font sizing issue when key presses are used
- Improved handling when Dropbox folder is not in Home folder
- Other minor fixes and improvements
New in TextExpander 3.3.3 (Sep 29, 2011)
- Fixed font size mismatch in Mail
- Fixed issue with formatted text fill-ins
- Fixed issue with disabled expansion after using Mission Control
- Fixed issue expanding in some file dialogs (e.g. Preview, TextEdit)
- Added additional logging to help diagnose outstanding issues
- Other fixes and improvements
New in TextExpander 3.3.2 (Aug 11, 2011)
- Fixes delimiter handling in Safari 5.1 on Lion and Snow Leopard
- Fixes key press handling in Safari 5.1 on Lion and Snow Leopard
- Fixes cursor handling in Safari 5.1 on Lion and Snow Leopard
- Retains proper font size when expanding into Microsoft Word
- Other minor fixes and improvements
- Note: Expanding into password fields on Safari 5.1 does not function properly
New in TextExpander 3.3.0.1 (May 17, 2011)
- Fixes problem with creating new AppleScript snippets
- Fixes terminology conflict with 'AppleScript' which caused some scripts to fail
- No longer requires escaping % character in AppleScripts and shell scripts
- Works with latest Lion developer preview
New in TextExpander 3.3 (Apr 20, 2011)
- Introduces AppleScript support
- Adds Backup Now, Restore, and Logging as customizable toolbar items
- Adds support for guillemets «» as delimiter characters
- Allows keypress macros (tab, return, esc, enter) to be nested in fill-in snippets
- Automatic capitalization at sentence start now works with contractions of "I" (I'm, I'll, I'd, etc.)
- Other fixes and improvements
New in TextExpander 3.2.4 (Feb 22, 2011)
- New and improved HTML & CSS snippet group
- Adds display font setting for plain text snippets
- Adds default font setting for formatted text snippets
- Makes secure input warning less intrusive and less frequent
New in TextExpander 3.2.3 (Feb 3, 2011)
- Adds Spanish localization
- Adds option to eliminate double caps at the start of words
- Adds warning info when secure event input is enabled
- Improves compatibility with VoiceOver
- Other fixes and improvements
New in TextExpander 3.2.2 (Dec 14, 2010)
- Improves automatic capitalization
- Adds options for as few as 5 backup files
- Improved handling of Dropbox syncing
- Other minor fixes and improvements
New in TextExpander 3.2 (Oct 26, 2010)
- Adds backup and restore
- Adds preference for automatic backup
- Adds keyboard shortcuts to expand top search results
- Fixes some problems with establishing Dropbox sync
- Other fixes and improvements
New in TextExpander 3.1 (Jun 2, 2010)
- Added hotkeys to activate TextExpander and to open the Search Snippets function
- Allows hiding Dock icon without showing TextExpander in the menu bar
- Improved search by highlighting matched text and searching snippet label text
- Supports typing by mouse with Keyboard Viewer or Virtual Keyboard
- Improved cursor position handling in Google Chrome and Firefox
- Other fixes and improvements
New in TextExpander 3.0.1 (Mar 18, 2010)
- Fixes cursor position at beginning of snippet
- Snippets respect sort order for drag and drop
- Other minor fixes and improvements
New in TextExpander 2.8.1 (Dec 27, 2009)
- Fixes cursor position at beginning of snippet.
- Snippets respect sort order for drag and drop.
- Other minor fixes and improvements.
New in TextExpander 2.8 (Dec 3, 2009)
- Use rich text snippets in web apps (for example, signatures in Gmail).
- Revised purchase reminder alert.
- Make a selection using % in conjunction with %| cursor positioning.
- Other minor fixes and improvements.
New in TextExpander 2.7.1 (Oct 22, 2009)
- Imports Spell Catcher shorthand files (exported in XML format)
- Supports plain text snippets nested in AppleScript and shell script snippets
- Fixed some problems with Mobile Me synchronization
- Fixed split view slider in Snippets tab for Snow Leopard
- Fixed memory leak / performance problem with large clipboards
- Fixed cursor positioning at end of snippet (%, %^, %v)
- Fixed problem when Key Repeat Delay is set to None
New in TextExpander 2.7 (Aug 24, 2009)
- Share snippet groups with TextExpander touch for the iPhone, to be released August 26.
- Fixes occasional stalling under Snow Leopard.
- Other fixes and improvements.
New in TextExpander 2.6.3 (Jul 15, 2009)
- Added Sort by Label.
- Fixed dead key handling (e.g., use ä or Polyphonic Greek characters as abbreviations).
- Made improvements in preparation for Snow Leopard.
- Minor fixes and improvements.
New in TextExpander 2.6.2 (May 20, 2009)
- Improved menu performance on Leopard (10.5).
- Reduced memory usage on Leopard.
- Fixed rich text import.
- Other minor fixes and improvements.
New in TextExpander 2.6.1 (Mar 27, 2009)
- Fix problem with Adapt to Case.
New in TextExpander 2.6 (Mar 25, 2009)
- Per-group expansion options for greater flexibility:
- Expand after whitespace (default).
- Expand after anything but letters & numbers.
- Expand after any character.
- Setting for clipboard restore delay.
- WPM setting for more accurate statistics.
- Fixes problem where formatted text was pasted for some plain text snippets.
- Other minor fixes and improvements.
New in TextExpander 2.5.2 (Feb 18, 2009)
- Shell script snippets, which expand to the result of the script
- Respects default formatting when creating snippets from clipboard or selection
- Fixed problem with updating URL groups
- Other minor fixes and improvements
New in TextExpander 2.5.1 (Jan 28, 2009)
- AppleScript results are pasted in plain text so that they adopt the current formatting.
- Nested AppleScript snippets now function properly.
- Snippet list retains outline expansion and selection better (no more collapsing unexpectedly).
- Fixed hanging problem when used with PopChar X.
New in TextExpander 2.5 (Oct 29, 2008)
- Date math (add or subtract years, months, days, hours, minutes, seconds from current time).
- Internet productivity group (shorten URLs, etc.).
- Symbols group (command, option, copyright, trademark, Euro, Pound, etc.).
- Fixed %- and %+ to abandon or keep delimiter on a per-snippet basis.
- Other fixes and improvements.
New in TextExpander 2.4.1 (Aug 18, 2008)
- Fix problem with �ignore case� setting for abbreviations.
New in TextExpander 2.4 (Aug 12, 2008)
- Adds menu bar menu improvements (including navigation by keyboard).
- Displays snippet group contents in the insertion submenu.
- Other changes.
New in TextExpander 2.3 (Jul 23, 2008)
- Added �Accented Words� snippet group
- Expands to fit wider System Preferences window on Leopard
- Fixed filtering of abbreviations and snippets
- Fixed some case-sensitivity problems on Tiger
- Other minor fixes and improvements
New in TextExpander 2.2 (May 21, 2008)
- Adds predefined group for CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
- Limits "Adapt to Case" to lowercase snippets
- Limits "Adapt to Case" to abbreviations with two or more characters
- Disables expansion when shift-space is typed
- Works properly with MacSpeech Dictate
New in TextExpander 2.1.1 (Apr 30, 2008)
- Fixes post-expansion cursor positioning
- Handles delimiters using the shift key properly
- Supports fully empty snippet list
- Minor fixes and improvements
New in TextExpander 2.1 (Apr 22, 2008)
- Improves performance and reliability for fast typists
- Remembers open groups in Preference pane
- Preserves format when creating snippets from selection or Clipboard
- Allows single character abbreviations
- Fixes problem expanding when there are multiple nested snippets
- Minor fixes and improvements