Release Notes: Sprint 28

This is a draft!

This document will not be finalized until the end of Sprint 28 -- approximately July 24.

What's New in Sprint 28

• Extensions
  • Extension Registry: .........
• File Management
  • New Untitled documents: File > New now instantly creates an untitled document. You are not prompted for a name/location until save.
• Drag & Drop
  • Drag file onto window to open: Dragging a file onto the Brackets window works the same as File > Open. (This functionality was previously working on Windows only).
  • Drag folder onto window to switch projects: Dragging a folder onto the Brackets window works the same as File > Open Folder.
• Overall UI
  • Animation cues on open/close inline editor & hover preview (Quick View)

Full change logs: brackets and brackets-shell

UI Changes

• TODO - Extension Registry

New File - File > New now creates an untitled document (name and location aren't specified until the first time you save). The folder tree context menu's New File command continues to work as before (location is determined by what you right-clicked, name is given immediately). Both commands no longer default to a .js file extension.

New Folder - Has been removed from the File menu. Use the context menu in the folder tree to access New Folder.

Live Highlighting - This toggle has been moved from the File menu to the View menu.

API Changes

• TODO - Extension Registry

Working set events - "workingSetSort" is now fired in all cases where the existing list items are reordered . There is no longer any need to listen for "workingSetDisableAutoSorting".

New/Improved Extensibility APIs

Known Issues

• This build does not support Mac OS 10.6 (Snow Leopard). We are hoping to restore 10.6 support very soon (see #4394).
• Mountain Lion (OS X 10.8) by default will not allow Brackets to run since it's not digitally signed yet. To work around this, right click the Brackets app and choose Open. You only need to do that once -- afterward, launching Brackets the normal way will work also.
• #2272: Windows Vista may not allow the Brackets installer to run (you may not see any error message). To work around this, right-click the installer file, choose Properties, and click the Unblock button.
• #3207: If you use a Sprint 21 or earlier build after using this build at least once, a few preferences such as Recent Projects may get reset. (You can back up your cache folder if you're concerned about this).
• #4362: Slow startup of Brackets and Live Preview on Windows due to Chrome proxy settings. See workaround https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/106010?hl=en.
• Debug > Run Tests is disabled in the installer/DMG distributions of Brackets, because the unit test code is not included. To run unit tests, pull Brackets from GitHub instead.
• If you use Brackets from the GitHub source, you'll need to run git submodule sync and git submodule update to get a workaround for a v8-related crash

Community contributions to Brackets

Contributions from the Brackets community

Bugs fixed in Sprint 28

For details on the bugs addressed, please refer to closed sprint 28 bugs. A few of the fixed bugs might not be caught by this search query, however.