CHANGELOG.md

Change Log

v1.12.0 - 3/25/2020

1.12.0 Milestone

• [core] added API to remove toolbar items #9044
• [core] added onDidChangeActiveEmitter when a quick-pick is accepted #9175
• [core] added support for creating lazy preference proxies #9169
• [core] fixed when clause for commands registered to the command-palette #9188
• [core] updated connection status service to prevent false positive alerts about offline mode #9068
• [editor] fixed issue with revealing selection when opening editors #9004
• [electron] added folder dialog fallback when setting canSelectFiles and canSelectFolders dialog props simultaneously on non-OSX machines #9179
• [electron] added support for the window.zoomLevel preference #9121
• [external-terminal] added new extension to spawn external terminals in electron applications #9186
• [filesystem] added file dialog enhancements including text input and a navigate up icon #8748
• [filesystem] added ability for downstream applications to control file-watching #9163
• [filesystem] fixed electron dialogs to set the proper defaultPath (cwd) #9135
• [filesystem] fixed logic when performing copy and paste in a duplicate file/folder #9037
• [markers] added fallback owner sort when sorting markers for an individual resource #9211
• [markers] fixed the marker copy command to correctly set the owner #9160
• [mini-browser] fixed host pattern logic for HOST_PATTERN_ENV #9201
• [mini-browser] fixed virtual host env logic #9209
• [mini-browser] removed dead/unused electron-specific code for quality #9209
• [monaco] exposed _preview editor from the references widget #9245
• [monaco] fixed editor gutter size by updating lineNumberMinChars #9168
• [monaco] update fallback font-family for the editor #9147
• [output] fixed registerToolbarItems to allow async registration #9044
• [plugin] added support for CustomEditor APIs #8910
• [plugin] added support for TaskScope.Workspace #9032
• [plugin] added support for onStartupFinished activation event #9212
• [plugin] added support for workbench.files.openFileFolder command #9213
• [plugin] added support for the workspace.workspaceFile API #9132
• [plugin] fixed when clause for views #9156
• [plugin] fixed custom debug request handling to pass the body instead of response object #9131
• [plugin] fixed dialog implementation to open appropriate dialogs on browser or electron #9179
• [plugin] fixed issue where onDidExpandViewEmitter was not properly fired #9229
• [plugin] update error handling when setting storage without a workspace #9137
• [plugin] updated SCM API to latest version #9045
• [plugin] updated vscode.window.createTerminal to accept URI current working directories #9140
• [preferences] added updateValue API for the PreferenceService #9178
• [preferences] added functionality to restore the preference state including search term, preference scope, and editor location #9166
• [property-view] added initial version of a selection-based property-view #8655
  • A default implementation is available for file selections (via file navigator and default editors).
• [repo] enabled eslint checks for theia.d.ts #9200
• [repo] updated readme 'new issue' link to point to issue templates #9180
• [search-in-workspace] added ability to perform search when glob fields (include and exclude) are updated #9183
• [search-in-workspace] added logic to remove search results for deleted files #9218
• [search-in-workspace] fixed the comparison of editors when working with dirty files #9192
• [search-in-workspace] removed usage of the deprecated keyCode API #9183
• [tasks] added support for workspace-scoped task configurations. #8917
• [terminal] fixed xterm addon versions which broke searching #9167
• [variable-resolver] added support for pathSeparator variable substitution #9054
• [vsx-registry] added Install from VSIX... command to install a local extension #9184
• [vsx-registry] added toolbar menu support for the extensions-view #9184
• [workspace] add support for configurations outside the settings object and add WorkspaceSchemaUpdater to allow configurations sections to be contributed by extensions #8917

Breaking Changes:

• [core] PreferenceService and PreferenceProvider getConfigUri and getContainingConfigUri methods accept sectionName argument to retrieve URI's for non-settings configurations #8917
• [filesystem] FileDialog and LocationListRenderer now require FileService to be passed into constructor for text-based file dialog navigation in browser #8748
• [mini-browser] Removed @theia/mini-browser/lib/electron-main/ and its bindings in the electron-main context #9209
• [tasks] TaskConfigurationModel.scope field now protected. TaskConfigurationManager setup changed to accommodate workspace-scoped tasks #8917
• [workspace] WorkspaceData interface modified and workspace file schema updated to allow for tasks outside of settings object. WorkspaceData.buildWorkspaceData settings argument now accepts an object with any of the keys of the workspace schema #8917

v1.11.0 - 2/25/2021

1.11.0 Milestone

• [api-samples] added example to echo the currently supported vscode API version #8191
• [bulk-edit] added support for previewing refactorings #8589
• [core] fixed context-menu position when the electron application is scaled (zoom in/zoom out) #9082
• [core] fixed keyboard shortcuts when working with devTools in the electron application #8943
• [core] fixed tabbar-toolbar mouse event handler #9125
• [core] fixed theming issue for secondary buttons when using light themes #9008
• [core] updated ProgressMessageOptions.cancelable documentation to reflect updated default #9033
• [core] updated the tree search-box to align with vscode #9005
• [core] updated tree-view parts header styling #9128
• [documentation] added documentation on how to debug plugin sources in 'developing.md' #9018
• [documentation] fixed typo in 'developing.md' #9092
• [editor] added onFocusChanged event in order to update the active editor when switching editors #9013
• [file-search] added support for performing file searches with whitespaces #8989
• [git] added handling to remove extraneous entries in the scm for nested git repositories #7629
• [keymaps] fixed keybinding disablement and remapping #9088
• [keymaps] fixed serialization for the keymaps.json file #9088
• [markers] fixed issue when enabling/disabling problem marker tabbar decorations #9059
• [monaco] fixed theming issue when using third-party themes #8964
• [monaco] fixed theming issues when registering themes with null or undefined properties #9097
• [navigator] fixed issue when dragging-and-dropping files into the main area #8927
• [navigator] fixed issue when performing a drag-and-drop without the proper selection #9093
• [output] generalized the output APIs for extensibility #9060
• [plugin] added API stub for terminal links #9048
• [plugin] added missing group property to the TaskDTO interface #8971
• [plugin] added support for submenu contributions #8996
• [plugin] extracted plugin URI generation into an injectable class #9027
• [plugin] fixed issue where problemMatchers were not properly set when configuring tasks #8971
• [plugin] fixed welcome-view empty condition #9047
• [preferences] added a clear-all button in the preferences-view input for clearing search results #9113
• [preferences] added a result count badge in the preferences-view input when performing a search #9113
• [preferences] fixed issue when attempting to validate numeric values from the preferences-view #9089
• [preferences] fixed the PreferenceChangeEvent<T> typing #9057
• [preferences] improved overall performance of the preferences-view, including filtering and switching scopes #8263
• [repo] updated list of builtin extensions when using the example applications #9017
• [repo] uplifted CI/CD to use Python3 exclusively #9085
• [search-in-workspace] fixed styling of the replace item border #9090
• [task] updated logic to activate corresponding terminal when using the show running tasks action #9016
• [vsx-registry] added API compatibility handling when installing extensions through the 'extensions-view' #8191

Breaking Changes:

• [core] updated SearchBox.input field type from HTMLInputElement to HTMLSpanElement #9005

• [user-storage] UserStorageUri scheme was changed from 'user_storage' to 'user-storage' as '_' is not a valid char in scheme (according to RFC 3986) #9049

v1.10.0 - 1/28/2021

• [api-samples] added example on how to contribute toggleable toolbar items #8968
• [api-tests] fixed the Saveable#closeOnFileDelete integration test #8942
• [core] added support for vscode settings schemas #8761
• [core] added unit tests for uri.isEqualOrParent #8876
• [core] fixed display issue with horizontal scrollbars in tab areas #8898
• [core] fixed error message when a command fails to execute #8978
• [core] fixed issue to allow late client registration #8586
• [core] fixed issue with TreeWidget#applyFontStyles #8937
• [core] fixed minor typo mounpoint to mountpoint #8928
• [core] removed the save without formatting menu entry under file #8877
• [core] updated rendering of toggleable toolbar items to highlight them when toggled #8968
• [dependencies] updated to use fixed versions when publishing, "x.y.z" instead of "^x.y.z" in dependencies #8880
• [documentation] updated NOTICE.md #8957
• [filesystem] added support for the files.trimTrailingWhitespace preference #8742
• [filesystem] fixed the type guard for FileStat.is #8986
• [navigator] update the navigator widget factory for extensibility #8962
• [navigator] updated the menu order for select for compare and compare with selected #8926
• [plugin] added createDeployQuickOpenItem method to create DeployQuickOpenItem in order to make extension deploy command extensible #8919
• [plugin] added support for viewsWelcome in TreeViews #8678
• [plugin] added support for the CommentThread Plugin API #8870
• [plugin] added support for the workbench.action.navigateBack command #8958
• [plugin] added support for the workbench.action.navigateForward command #8958
• [plugin] added support for the workbench.action.navigateToLastEditLocation command #8958
• [plugin] fixed tree-view reveal to not invalidate item command #8922
• [plugin] updated the logging of embedded languages #8938
• [preview] upgraded highlight.js from ^9.12.2 to 10.4.1 to resolve security vulnerability #8881
• [scm] updated code required to highlight nodes on search in the ScmTreeWidget #8929
• [task] fixed issue where tasks were not successfully executed without cwd explicitly set #8949
• [terminal] reduced the severity of certain terminal logs #8908

Breaking Changes:

• [scm] added the caption field to the ScmTreeWidget.Props interface. Removed name from ScmResourceComponent.Props, groupLabel from ScmResourceGroupComponent.Props, and path from ScmResourceFolderElement.Props interfaces. #8929

v1.9.0 - 16/12/2020

• [cli] updated error reporting for the download-plugins script #8798
• [cli] updated the download-plugins script to report errors in case of unsupported file types #8797
• [core] added support for the workbench.editor.closeOnFileDelete preference #8731
• [core] fixed issue when attempting to kill the electron backend #8809
• [core] updated tree expansion busy indicators #8582
• [filesystem] fixed issue with pasting files/folders with the same name #8778
• [filesystem] updated upload to return FileUploadResult #8766
• [mini-browser] fixed issue when serving {{hostname}} as a pattern for THEIA_MINI_BROWSER_HOST_PATTERN #8865
• [mini-browser] fixed missing resource response #8866
• [plugin] added support for the command workbench.extensions.installExtension #8745
• [plugin] corrected identification of uri schemes according to rfc3986 #8832
• [plugin] fixed the reveal() method for tree-views #8783
• [plugin] removed unnecessary plugin-ext dependencies #8831
• [plugin] updated set html to pass the object field instead of method argument #8833
• [siw] added support for the search.searchOnEditorModification preference #8765
• [siw] added support for the search.searchOnType preference #8773

Breaking Changes:

• [core] FrontendApplicationContribution.onWillStop is now called for every contribution and will not bail early #8863
  • It will also be called when application.confirmExit is set to never.
• [download:plugins] errors when downloading plugins now result in build failures, unless the --ignore-errors flag is passed #8788
• [plugin] LocalDirectoryPluginDeployerResolver has moved from packages/plugin-ext/src/main/node/resolvers/plugin-local-dir-resolver.ts to packages/plugin-ext/src/main/node/resolvers/local-file-plugin-deployer-resolver.ts and now derives from LocalPluginDeployerResolver #8745
• [plugin] updated the TreeViewsMain.$reveal second parameter from string element id to string array element parent chain #8783
• [plugin] removed the unused /plugin/:path(*) endpoint #8831
• [task] remove bash login shell when run from task to align with vscode #8834

v1.8.1 - 08/12/2020

• [core] added THEIA_HOSTS environment variable (browser applications only) #8759
  • Used to filter incoming WebSocket connections: if Origin header does not match the list of hosts it will be refused.
  • Value is a comma-separated list of domain names including the port if not 80 nor 443.
  • Example: app.some.domain.com,app.other.domain:12345.

Breaking Changes:

• [core] deprecated ElectronMessagingContribution, token validation is now done in ElectronTokenValidator as a WsRequestValidatorContribution #8759
• [mini-browser] added new unique endpoint #8759
  • {{uuid}}.mini-browser.{{hostname}} by default.
  • Can be configured via THEIA_MINI_BROWSER_HOST_PATTERN environment variable.
  • Clients must setup this new hostname in their DNS resolvers.

v1.8.0 - 26/11/2020

• [api-tests] fixed issue with saveable test suite #8736
• [application-manager] enabled monaco-editor.* sourcemaps when debugging #8744
• [console] updated the anser import workaround #8741
• [core] added ability to filter tree nodes #8540
• [debug] fixed issue where the debug-view is not properly updated when hidden #8645
• [documentation] improved documentation for @theia/cli electron configurations #8699
• [documentation] improved documentation for BackendApplicationContribution #8686
• [documentation] improved documentation for MenuContribution #8715
• [documentation] improved documentation for MessageService #8688
• [documentation] improved documentation for PreferenceContribution #8677
• [documentation] improved documentation for Task API #8695
• [documentation] improved documentation for TreeDecorator and TreeDecoratorService #8698
• [documentation] updated publishing documentation for the repository #8719
• [editor] enabled editor.semanticHighlighting.enabled by default #8593
• [electron] fixed issue with application.confirmExit preventing the app from closing #8732
• [file-search] fixed issue where file-search did not properly ignore the .git folder #8721
• [monaco] added ability to compare quick-open entries #8185
• [output] improved extensibility of output channel commands #8733
• [plugin] added ability to use viewId as a progress location #8700
• [plugin] added logic to only store webviews when they have a corresponding serializer #8680
• [plugin] added support for activeColorTheme and onDidChangeActiveColorTheme API #8710
• [plugin] added support for semantic highlighting #8593
• [plugin] fixed issue where problem matchers specified by task providers are not respected #8756
• [plugin] fixed issues with the Authentication API #8725
• [plugin] fixed terminating hosted instance issue #8674
• [preview] fixed issue where empty document content was not properly rendered #8729
• [repo] updated eslint and peer-dependencies to latest versions #8770
• [search-in-workspace] added ability to perform searches in dirty editors #8579
• [search-in-workspace] added ability to search opened editors outside the workspace #8646
• [security] updated yargs dependency #8711
• [workspace] fixed missing binding of WorkspaceFrontendContribution #8734

Breaking Changes:

• [electron] removed attachWillPreventUnload method from the Electron main application. The confirmExit logic is handled on the frontend #8732
• [file-search] deprecated dependency on @theia/process and replaced its usage by node's child_process API #8721

v1.7.0 - 29/10/2020

1.7.0 Release Milestone

• [core] added Save without Formatting command #8543
• [core] added ability to customize CommandQuickOpenItem #8648
• [core] added support for isWeb context when clause #8530
• [core] added support for the keyboard.dispatch preference #8609
• [core] fixed the UriAwareCommandHandler preventing the duplication of passed arguments #8592
• [core] fixed transparent widget backgrounds breaking branding #8448
• [core] improved extensibility of view containers for downstream extenders #8619
• [core] updated Save All to only format dirty editors #8554
• [debug] improved extensibility of debug event handlers #8616
• [debug] renamed the Debug main menu item to Run #8653
• [documentation] improved documentation for FileService and FileSystemProvider #8596
• [documentation] improved documentation for Keybinding and KeybindingContribution #8637
• [documentation] improved documentation for LabelProvider and LabelProviderContribution #8569
• [documentation] improved documentation for PreferenceService #8612
• [documentation] improved documentation for WidgetManager and WidgetOpenHandler #8644
• [documentation] improved documentation for the @theia/preview extension #8625
• [editor] fixed inconsistent showTextDocument behavior #8588
• [electron] added handling for SIGPIPE errors #8661
• [filesystem] refactored file watchers: #8546
  • Added FileSystemWatcherService component that should be a singleton centralizing watch requests for all clients.
  • Added FileSystemWatcherServiceDispatcher to register yourself and listen to file change events.
• [git] updated commit details and diff view rendering to respect list and tree modes [#8084] (eclipse-theia#8084)
• [markers] updated and enhanced the 'problem-manager' tests #8604
• [mini-browser] updated deprecated scrElement usage to target #8663
• [monaco] fixed race condition on monaco editor initialization #8563
• [monaco] updated Save All command to format all open editors #8551
• [navigator] added additional handling for empty multi-root workspaces #8608
• [navigator] fixed the doOpenNode implementation for hidden nodes #8659
• [plugin] added environmentVariableCollection to PluginContext #8523
• [plugin] added onStartupFinished plugin activation event #8525
• [plugin] added logic to load plugin manifests on activation #8485
• [plugin] added support for deprecated strikethrough for completion items #8553
• [plugin] bumped the default supported VS Code version to 1.50.0 #8617
• [plugin] fixed XSS sink by sanitizing dialog innerHTML #8388
• [plugin] fixed constrain types of providers #8617
• [plugin] fixed issue related to calling the activation of an extension through another extension #8542
• [plugin] fixed prototype pollution vulnerability #8675
• [plugin] fixed the dismissal of menus when clicking within webviews #8633
• [plugin] improved extensibility of CodeEditorWidget #8672
• [plugin] updated Comments API to align with VS Code #8539
• [plugin] updated workspaceFolders API to return undefined when no folders are opened #8641
• [repo] added no-tabs rule #8630
• [repo] reduced verbosity during build #8642
• [repo] reduced verbosity when building individual extensions #8642
• [repo] updated use of deprecated APIs in unit tests #8642
• [repo] upgraded to @types/node@12 typings #8556
• [scm] fixed 'circular structure to JSON' error for the accept input command #8606
• [scm] updated the commit textarea placeholder to include the current branch name #6156
• [vsx-registry] added support for the search parameter includeAllVersions #8607
• [vsx-registry] added support for the search parameter sortBy #8607
• [vsx-registry] added support for the search parameter sortOrder #8607
• [vsx-registry] fixed the search query when multiple search parameters are used #8607
• [vsx-registry] updated the query API endpoint #8570

Breaking Changes:

• [core] change progress notification cancelable property default from true to false #8479
• [filesystem] NsfwFileSystemWatcherServer is deprecated and no longer used #8546
• [messages] updated handling of empty notifications and progress notifications so they will not be shown #8479
• [plugin-metrics] renamed AnalyticsFromRequests.succesfulResponses to AnalyticsFromRequests.successfulResponses #8560
• [plugin] CodeEditorWidgetUti.getResourceUri is no longer exportable #8672

v1.6.0 - 24/09/2020

• [core] added ability to un-register keybindings for a given command #8269
• [core] added handling to only execute command via keybinding if it has an active handler #8420
• [core] updated the triggering of tab-bar context-menus to open without the need to be activated beforehand #6965
• [editor] added ability to set the default formatter #8446
• [electron] fixed the rebuild:electron command for the drivelist native module #8454
• [filesystem] added handling to warn Linux users when they have exhausted Inotify handles, along with instructions on how to fix it #8458
• [filesystem] fixed the deprecated FileSystem binding to return an instantiated instance rather than the class #8507
• [keymaps] added handling to prevent URL hash changes when editing keybindings #8502
• [lint] added XSS sink detection eslint rules #8481
• [output] renamed output-widget.tsx to output-widget.ts #8499
• [output] updated logic to allow clients to customize channel creation #8476
• [plugin] added CompletionItemTag enum #8517
• [plugin] added DebugConsoleMode enum #8513
• [plugin] added authentication plugin API #8402
• [plugin] added revealInExplorer command #8496
• [plugin] fixed issue related to getting the default value from globalState/workspaceState #8424
• [plugin] removed superfluous channel caching for extensions #8476
• [plugin] updated vscode.findFiles API to handle ignored files #8452
• [plugin] updated plugin storage path to be FIPS-compliant #8379
• [plugin] updated task ID generation logic #8379
• [preferences] updated the rendering of preference category headers and leaves #8512
• [scm] fixed activation request of the scm-widget #8508
• [search-in-workspace] added handling to respect the files.exclude preference when searching #8433
• [timeline] added the @theia/timeline extension #7997

Breaking Changes:

• [core] context-menus for tab-bars now require an Event to be passed to execute commands without activating the shell tab-bar #6965
  • Removed logic from TabBarRenderer.handleContextMenuEvent() to support triggering context-menus without the need to activate the widget.
  • When registering a command, Event should be passed, else commands will not work correctly as they do no longer rely on the activation of tab-bars.
• [core] refactored findTitle() and findTabBar() moving them from common-frontend-contribution.ts to application-shell.ts #6965

v1.5.0 - 27/08/2020

• [application-manager] fixed issue regarding reloading electron windows #8345
• [application-package] fixed incorrect app config defaults #8355
• [cli] updated download:plugins script to use decompress #8315
• [core] added badge count for the problems-view #8156
• [core] added setting menu items to the sidebar bottom menus #8372
• [core] added support for badge count tab decorations #8156
• [core] added support for registering custom menu nodes #8404
• [core] added support for sidebar bottom menus #8372
• [core] added support for tree indent guidelines #8298
• [core] fixed submenu ordering #8377
• [core] fixed the menu widget layout #8419
• [core] updated extensibility of DefaultUriLabelProviderContribution #8281
• [debug] added badge count for active debug sessions #8342
• [debug] fixed debug exception height computation #8382
• [dependencies] updated node-gyp to 7.0.0 #8216
• [documentation] updated extension documentation #8279
• [filesystem] added handling to prevent opening files which are too large #8152
• [filesystem] added handling to prompt end-users before opening binary files #8152
• [keymaps] updated keymaps to use monaco models #8313
• [monaco] added handling to prevent opening dirty editors if autoSave is enabled #8329
• [monaco] updated grammar collision logging #8418
• [monaco] upgraded to monaco 0.20.0 #8010
• [navigator] added badge count for dirty editors in the explorer #8316
• [navigator] updated open command to only be enabled for files #8228
• [navigator] updated duplicate keybinding for opening the preferences widget #8256
• [output] exposed preserveFocus to OutputChannel#show to reveal but not activate the widget #8243
• [output] fixed editor resizing issue #8362
• [plugin] added handling to prevent activating plugins eagerly on unsupported events #8396
• [plugin] added support for ResourceLabelFormatter API #8187
• [plugin] added support for vscode.workspace.fs API #7908
• [plugin] fixed local-dir path resolution #8385
• [plugin] marked onFileSystem event as supported #8320
• [preferences] added input field validation for numbers #8264
• [preferences] removed hardcoded constants #8313
• [scm] added collapse-all command and toolbar item #8247
• [scm] added badge count for the scm-view #8156
• [security] fixed usage of stylesheet.innerHTML #8397
• [security] updated version range of decompress to fix the known security vulnerability #8924
  • Note: the updated dependency may have a performance impact on the deployment of plugins.
• [task] removed superfluous notifications when tasks are started / ended #8331
• [tests] added api integration tests for scm #8231
• [electron] Electron applications can now be configured/extended through inversify. Added new electronMain extension points to provide inversify container modules. #8076

Breaking Changes:

• [core] removed KeybindingRegistry#getScopedKeybindingsForCommand #8283

• [application-package] removed isOutdated from ExtensionPackage #8295

• [application-package] removed getLatestVersion from ExtensionPackage #8295

• [application-package] removed getVersionRange from ExtensionPackage #8295

• [application-package] removed resolveVersionRange from ExtensionPackage #8295

• [output] OutputWidget#setInput has been removed. The Output view automatically shows the channel when calling OutputChannel#show. Moved the OutputCommands namespace from the output-contribution to its dedicated output-commands module to overcome a DI cycle. #8243

• [example-app] updated yarn.lock so that the latest version of vscode-ripgrep is used (v1.8.0). This way we can benefit from the recently added support for it using proxy settings when fetching the platform-specific ripgrep executable, after npm package install. This should make it a lot easier to build our example application in corporate settings, behind a firewall. #8280

  • Note to downstream IDE designers: this change will not have an effect beyond the example application of the repository. If it's desirable for your product to have the latest vscode-ripgrep, you should do similarly in your own yarn.lock.

• [filesystem] FileSystem and FileSystemWatcher services are deprecated #7908

  • On the backend there is no more FileSystem implementation. One has to use Node.js APIs instead.
  • On the frontend, the FileService should be used instead. It was ported from VS Code for compatibility with VS Code extensions.
  • On the frontend, the EnvVariableServer should be used instead to access the current user home and available drives.

• [userstorage] UserStorageService was replaced by the user data fs provider #7908

• [webview] webview resources are streamed instead of loading one by one the entire content and blocking the web socket #8359

  • Consequently, WebviewResourceLoader is removed. One should change DiskFileSystemProvider to customize resource loading instead.

• [user-storage] settings URI must start with /user root to satisfy expectations of FileService #8313

  • If you implement a custom user storage make sure to check old relative locations, otherwise it can cause user data loss.

• [electron] Removed the set-window-options and get-persisted-window-options-additions Electron IPC handlers from the Electron Main process.

• [monaco] MonacoWorkspace.applyBulkEdit does not open any editors anymore to avoid blocking #8329

  • Consequently, it does not accept editor opener options, and MonacoWorkspace.openEditors and MonacoWorkspace.toTextEditWithEditor are removed.

• [theming] Default color and icon themes should be declared in the application package.json. #8381

  "theia": {
    "frontend": {
      "config": {
        "defaultTheme": "light",
        "defaultIconTheme": "vs-seti"
      }
    }
  },

  • Consequently, ThemeService and IconThemeService don't allow to change the default color or icon theme anymore.

• [repo] support for Node 10 is dropped. #8290

  • From now on, Node.js 12.x is required when building.
    The recommended minimum version is aligned with electron (Node.js 12.14.1).

v1.4.0 - 30/07/2020

• [core] added support for Node.js 12.x #7968
  • From now on, you can use Node.js 12.x to build Theia from sources. The recommended minimum version is aligned with electron (Node.js 12.14.1).
  • Support for Node.js 10.x will be dropped in one of the forthcoming releases.
• [core] fixed handling of environment variables on Windows #7973
• [core] fixed issue when selecting a tree node after performing a manual scroll #8154
• [debug] added a select and run debug statusbar item #8134
• [debug] added handling to perform save when starting a debug session #8115
• [debug] addressed an issue not awaiting the result of the debug handler #8117
• [editor] added handling to perform a save all when turning auto-save on #8163
• [editor] improved extensibility of menu and keybinding contributions #8188
• [git] fixed the opening of deleted files #8107
• [markers] added problems.autoReveal preference to control sync between editors and the problem-view #8172
• [monaco] improved extensibility of menu and keybinding contributions #8188
• [monaco] normalized base pattern path to support different operating systems #8268
• [monaco] removed unused dependencies #8109
• [navigator] added copy relative path to the explorer context-menu and command palette #8092
• [output] added copy all context-menu item for the output-view #8057
• [plugin] added command copyRelativeFilePath #8092
• [plugin] added support for resolveDebugConfigurationWithSubstitutedVariables API #8253
• [plugin] added support for vscode.workspace.findTextInFiles API #7868
• [plugin] added support for theme icons #8267
• [plugin] fixed focused handling of webviews when dismissing the quick-open widget #8137
• [plugin] fixed the display of file-icons with a dot in the name #7680
• [plugin] fixed the modal dialog max size and text-wrapping #8080
• [plugin] improved handling of the plugin host activation exceptions #8103
• [plugin] removed unnecessary slash at the end of the pluginPath #8045
• [plugin] updated logic to allow Command type in statusbar items #8253
• [plugin] updated logic to allow vsix without publishers to be loaded #8196
• [repo] removed unused resolution for vscode-json-languageserver #8132
• [search-in-workspace] improved search behavior to only trigger search on input change or ENTER #8229
• [task] fixed an issue where onDidEndTaskProcess was not fired for plugins when task ended #8141
• [task] introduced a token to scope contributed tasks #7996
• [terminal] fixed xterm issue causing an extraneous 'cursor-like' overlay element #8204
• [test] improved api-tests by increasing timeout so plugin views can be properly prepared #8151
• [test] updated api-tests to use tmp directory for user data #8151
• [vsx-registry] fixed the licenseUrl link for builtin and installed extensions #8095
• [vsx-registry] improved styling of the detailed extension view #8086
• [workspace] improved extensibility of menu and keybinding contributions #8188

Breaking Changes:

• [core] fixed typo (matchKeybiding to matchKeybinding) in KeybindingRegistry #8193
• [preferences] removed unused variable PreferencesWidget.COMMAND_LABEL #8249
• [preferences] renamed file preference-contribution.ts to preferences-contribution.ts #8237
• [terminal] fixed typo (rezize to resize) in TerminalWidget #8193
• [json] replaced @theia/json Theia extension with vscode.json-language-features VS Code extension #8112
  • You can register JSON validations at application startup by implementing JsonSchemaContribution Theia contribution point.
  • Alternatively you can provide JSON validations using VS Code contributes.jsonValidation contribution point.
• [user-storage] settings URI must be an absolute to satisfy expectations of vscode.json-language-features #8112
  • If you implement a custom user storage make sure to check old relative locations, otherwise it can cause user data loss.
• [languages] @theia/languages extension is deprecated, use VS Code extensions to provide language smartness: https://code.visualstudio.com/api/language-extensions/language-server-extension-guide #8112

v1.3.0 - 25/06/2020

• [cli] updated the download script to warn about mandatory theiaPlugins field #8058
• [core] added copy path command #7934
• [core] added missing vscode-languageserver-protocol dependency #8036
• [core] adds support for ordering submenus #7963
• [core] implemented a context-menu for input and textArea fields #7943
• [core] improved sub-classing of messaging #8008
• [core] updated react and react-dom to v16.8 #7883
• [debug] added support for inline variable values #7921
• [editor] updated the default tokenization length #8027
• [filesystem] exposed nsfw to downstream NsfwFilesystemWatcher #7465
• [filesystem] fixed file filter issue in the FileDialog #8073
• [filesystem] improved isInSync method #8044
• [filesystem] updated minimatch when ignoring to include folders starting with a dot #8074
• [markers] added the clear-all command for the problems-view #8002
• [monaco] added support for vscode-builtin-css-language-features #7972
• [monaco] added support for vscode-builtin-html-language-features #7972
• [monaco] exposed toOpenModel method #8024
• [output] added scroll-lock to the output view #7570
• [output] added support for special output URI characters #8046
• [plugin] added command copyFilePath #7934
• [plugin] added support for env.uiKind API #8038
• [plugin] added support for workbench.view.explorer command #7965
• [plugin] added support for the Task2 class #8000
• [plugin] added the registration of view-containers in the open view menu #8034
• [plugin] fixed handling to not fail if a command returns a non-serializable result or error #7957
• [plugin] implemented the pseudo terminal plugin API #7925
• [plugin] improved activation of views to ensure they are ready before activated #7957
• [preferences] fixed modified scope label for updated preferences #8025
• [preferences] improved the statefulness of the preferences when switching scopes #7936
• [preview] added sanitization of the markdown text for security purposes #7971
• [scm] added multi-select support for the 'source control manager' view #7900
• [scm] fixed the scm tree to sort results correctly #8048
• [search-in-workspace] fixed incorrect or duplicate search results #7990
• [task] added detail property to the task configuration schema #8000
• [task] added support to update user-level tasks #7928
• [task] fixed error due to incorrect RevealKind and PanelKind enums #7982
• [task] included global tasks in the 'configure tasks' menu #7929
• [vsx-registry] adjusted the width of the search input #7984
• [vsx-registry] included 'extensions-view' in the default layout #7944
• [workspace] added logic preventing arbitrary files from being opened as a workspace #7922

Breaking Changes:

• [task] Widened the scope of some methods in TaskManager and TaskConfigurations from string to TaskConfigurationScope. This is only breaking for extenders, not callers. #7928
• [shell] updated ApplicationShell.TrackableWidgetProvider.getTrackableWidgets to be synchronous in order to register child widgets in the same tick #7957
  • use ApplicationShell.TrackableWidgetProvider.onDidChangeTrackableWidgets if child widgets are added asynchronously

v1.2.0 - 28/05/2020

• [application-manager] added ability for clients to add windowOptions using an IPC-Event #7803
• [application-package] added ability for clients to change the default windowOptions #7803
• [cli] improved the handling of the download:plugins script #7747
• [cli] support proxy settings in the download:plugins script #7747
• [cli] updated the download:plugins script to display errors at the end of the script #7881
• [core] added handling of nested default values in preference proxies #6921
• [core] added handling to properly cleanup toDisposeOnActiveChanged #7894
• [core] added handling to respect the keybinding scope and registration order during evaluation #7839
• [core] added support for next/previous tab group commands #7707
• [core] added support for next/previous tab in group commands #7707
• [core] fixed collapsed state when restoring view-container parts #7893
• [dependency] fixed issue with momentjs dependency #7727
• [dependency] upgraded decompress to 4.2.0 #7715
• [dependency] upgraded uuid to 8.0.0 #7749
• [dependency] upgraded to TypeScript 3.9.2 #7807
• [editor-preview] improved the editor-preview height #6921
• [editor] improved focus handling of editors to default to the last visible editor #7707
• [electron] fixed rendering of the electron context-menu #7735
• [electron] fixed resolution of hostname placeholder #7823
• [electron] fixed the rendering of webviews on electron #7847
• [electron] improved rendering of electron context-menus to hide disabled menu items #7869
• [electron] removed global shortcuts if the electron window is not focused #7817
• [file-search] improved the handling of the quick-file open #7846
• [filesystem] fixed issue where file-icons were not properly aligned when the file name is truncated #7730
• [getting-started] updated the documentation urls #7855
• [git] added handling to set upstream remote branch when pushing #7866
• [git] fixed issue causing no repositories to be found #7870
• [monaco] added handling of internal open calls with the OpenerService #6921
• [monaco] added handling to only focus the editor if it is revealed #7903
• [monaco] fixed issue to detect languages on mime association changes #7805
• [monaco] fixed the border color for the find widget #7835
• [navigator] added handling to select newly created files/folders in the explorer #7762
• [output] improved the output-view display #7827
• [plugin] added handling of quick pick/input cancellations #6921
• [plugin] added support for CompletionItem.range shape #7820
• [plugin] added support for explorer.newFolder command #7843
• [plugin] added support for workbench.action.revertAndCloseActiveEditor API #7702
• [plugin] added support for the vscode.workspace.fs APIs for registered filesystem providers only (not yet real file system) #7824
• [plugin] added support for the workbench.action.openRecent command #7812
• [plugin] added support for the workspace API onDidCreateFiles #7718
• [plugin] added support for the workspace API onDidDeleteFiles #7718
• [plugin] added support for the workspace API onDidRenameFiles #7718
• [plugin] added support for the workspace API onWillCreateFiles #7718
• [plugin] added support for the workspace API onWillDeleteFiles #7718
• [plugin] added support for the workspace API onWillRenameFiles #7718
• [plugin] added support for the command terminal.kill #7906
• [plugin] added support for the command terminalSendSequence #7906
• [plugin] added support for when-closures for the quick-view palette #6921
• [plugin] fixed registerCommand API incompatibilities #7296
• [plugin] fixed issue where contributed views had blank square icons on reload #7756
• [plugin] fixed leaking filesystem resource #6921
• [plugin] fixed potential activation deadlock #6921
• [plugin] fixed synching of visible and active editors #6921
• [plugin] fixed the computing of external icon urls #6921
• [plugin] fixed the tree-view reveal #6921
• [plugin] fixed the update of quick-pick items #6921
• [plugin] updated handling of plugin folder paths #7799
• [plugin] updated handling to not require non-existing plugin main #7852
• [preferences] improved the preferences widget user-interface #7105
• [scm] added scm.defaultViewMode preference to control the display of the scm widget #7717
• [scm] added handling to refresh widget on activation #7880
• [scm] added support for displaying the scm view as a tree #7505
• [scm] fixed missing commit and amend functionality when opening a new workspace #7769
• [scm] fixed restoring last commit message #7818
• [task] added support for user-level task configurations #7620
• [task] fixed task execution on macOS with zsh #7889
• [task] improved order of task configurations #7696
• [task] updated the when-closure when executing Run Last Task #7890
• [terminal] added handling to detach the TerminalSearchWidget before disposing the TerminalWidget #7882
• [workspace] added the workspaceState when-closure context #7846

Breaking changes:

• [application-package] moved disallowReloadKeybinding under the electron subsection #7803
• [core] KeybindingRegistry registers a new keybinding with a higher priority than previously in the same scope #7839
• [scm] added support for tree view mode in the scm view #7505
  • classes that currently extend ScmWidget will likely require changes.
• [task] removed taskId from TaskTerminalWidgetOpenerOptions #7765

v1.1.0 - 30/04/2020

• [application-manager] added meta tag to enable fullscreen on iOS devices #7663
• [application-package] added warning if an unknown target is provided #7578
• [application-package] updated default application name from 'Theia' to 'Eclipse Theia' #7656
• [cli] improved the download:plugins script including performance and error handling #7677
• [cli] updated the download:plugins script to include colors for better visibility #7648
• [core] added functionality to prevent pasting into the active editor when closing a tab with a middle mouse click #7565
• [core] added support to allow providing a custom node for ReactWidget #7422
• [core] aligned max listeners check with VS Code expectations #7508
• [core] fixed 'recently used commands' to be only added when triggered by the quick-command palette #7552
• [core] fixed 'recently used commands': #7562
  • added sorting of commands based on their human-readable label
  • fixed issue where recently used commands where not correctly separated by a border and groupName
• [core] fixed issue where menu args where unnecessarily wrapped into another array #7622
• [core] fixed leaking DisposableCollection.onDispose event #7508
• [core] fixed release of leaking editor from quick-open and goto references #7508
• [core] improved display for the 'Remove Folder from Workspace` dialog #7449
• [core] upgraded nsfw to 1.2.9 #7535
• [core] upgraded vscode-uri to version ^2.1.1 #7506
• [core] upgraded to LSP 6.0.0 #7149
• [documentation] updated developing documentation for Windows #7640
• [editor] updated binding of EditorCommandContribution and EditorMenuContribution #7569
• [electron] added functionality to fork the backend unless --no-cluster flag is specified #7386
• [electron] added functionality to pass arguments to the backend process #7386
• [electron] fixed setting process.versions.electron for sub-processes #7386
• [git] disabled the 'Git Initialize Repository' action when no workspace is opened #7492
• [git] updated successExitCodes and expectedErrors to arrays to fix serialization #7627
• [keymaps] updated the keybindings-widget sorting, and added category as part of the label if applicable #7532
• [monaco] added handling to respect editor.maxTokenizationLineLength preference #7618
• [monaco] fixed incorrect isChord call #7468
• [monaco] reworked Monaco commands to align with VS Code #7539
• [monaco] upgraded onigasm to version ^2.2.0 fixing syntax-highlighting #7610
• [monaco] upgraded to Monaco version 0.19.3 #7149
• [outline-view] fixed keybinding collision between toggling the outline-view and performing 'format document' on Linux #7694
• [output] added Select All in the output-view #7523
• [output] added optional argument severity to OutputChannel.appendLine method for coloring #7549
• [plugin-ext] fixed custom icon themes and icons for Electron #7583
• [plugin] added ability to override built-in commands #7592
• [plugin] added additional vscode.execute... commands #7563
• [plugin] added functionality preventing F1 and ctrlcmd+p hotkeys in a webview iframe #7496
• [plugin] added functionality which makes env.appName reuse the value of applicationName (as defined in the package.json) #7642
• [plugin] added sorting of plugin in the plugins-view #7601
• [plugin] added support for SelectionRange and SelectionRangeProvider VS Code API #7534
• [plugin] aligned message-service behavior with VS Code #7500
• [plugin] fixed error handling when selecting an invalid node for hosted-plugins #7636
• [plugin] fixed incompatibility issues with SaveFileDialog #7461
• [plugin] fixed late textmate-grammar activation #7544
• [plugin] fixed overriding of built-in Monaco commands #7539
• [plugin] fixed parsing of DAP messages to match VS Code API #7517
• [plugin] removed filtering of duplicate tasks #7676
• [plugin] removed registration of commands provided by Monaco #7592
• [plugin] removed unused injections of ResourceProvider #7595
• [plugin] updated the VS Code API version to 1.44.0 #7564
• [preferences] added functionality which defers change events in the same tick #7676
• [scm] fixed overviewRuler and minimap theming for SCM decorations #7330
• [task] added functionality which saves the scope as part of the TaskService.lastTask #7553
• [task] added functionality which sets focus to the terminal that the attached task is running from #7452
• [task] added support for presentation.clear in the task configuration schema #7454
• [task] added support for presentation.echo in the task configuration schema #7503
• [task] added support for presentation.panel in the task configuration schema #7260
• [task] added support for presentation.showReuseMessage in the task configuration schema #7454
• [task] added support for modifying existing problem matchers #7455
• [task] added support for user-defined labels for detected tasks #7574
• [task] fixed presentation.reveal and presentation.focus for detected tasks #7548
• [task] fixed issue to only allow running selected texts in a user terminal #7453
• [terminal] added new terminal preferences #7660
  • terminal.integrated.shell.linux
  • terminal.integrated.shell.osx
  • terminal.integrated.shell.windows
  • terminal.integrated.shellArgs.linux
  • terminal.integrated.shellArgs.osx
  • terminal.integrated.shellArgs.windows
• [test] added API tests for the TypeScript language #7265
• [test] fixed API tests on Windows #7655
• [vsx-registry] fixed minor font-family inconsistency with the download count #7380
• [vsx-registry] fixed rendering of rating and downloads if they have no value #7380
• [vsx-registry] updated styling of extension information #7439
• [workspace] added normalization of workspace root paths #7598
• [workspace] fixed incorrect statusbar color when in a multi-root workspace without any root folders #7688

Breaking changes:

• [core] CommandRegistry.registerHandler registers a new handler with a higher priority than previously #7539
• [plugin] deprecated is now PluginModel.packagePath and PluginModel.packageUri should be used instead #7583
• [plugin] removed configStorage argument from PluginManager.registerPlugin #7265
  • use PluginManager.configStorage property instead. #7265
• [process] TerminalProcess doesn't handle shell quoting, the shell process arguments must be prepared from the caller #6836
  • Removed all methods related to shell escaping inside this class. You should use functions located in @theia/process/lib/common/shell-quoting.ts in order to process arguments for shells.
• [process/terminal] moved shell escaping utilities into @theia/process/lib/common/shell-quoting and @theia/process/lib/common/shell-command-builder for creating shell inputs #6836

v1.0.0 - 26/03/2020

• [core] added functionality to ensure that nodes are refreshed properly on tree expansion #7400
• [core] added loading state for trees #7249
• [core] added the ability to customize the layout of view-containers #6655
• [core] added the ability to customize the stored state of view-containers #6655
• [core] fixed keybindings for special numpad keys in editors #7329
• [core] fixed missing progress events #7314
• [core] updated 'close' commands to respect widget.closable property #7278
• [core] updated inputValidation theming #7351
• [core] updated command execution to always use CommandService.execute #7326
• [debug] added functionality to lazily update of stack frames of all threads in all-stop mode #7281
• [documentation] updated prerequisites to include build-essential #7256
• [documentation] updated the readme of individual extensions to include additional information, and links to generated API docs #7254
• [electron] updated token check to use timingSafeEqual #7308
• [file-search] updated ripgrep to search files in hidden folders #7333
• [git] fixed duplicate entries for 'Git History' on merge operations #7188
• [markers] added foreground coloring of nodes in the explorer to reflect problem markers #6863
• [markers] added sorting of diagnostic markers for a given resource #7313
• [markers] updated format of diagnostic markers in the problems-view #7344
• [messages] updated to disallow arbitrary HTML in message content #7289
• [mini-browser] updated MiniBrowserEndpoint.defaultHandler() response for non mime-db files #7356
• [navigator] added busy progress for the explorer #7249
• [plugin] added workbench.action.addRootFolder command #7350
• [plugin] added workbench.action.openSettings command #7320
• [plugin] added frontend APIs to listen when plugins are initially loaded #6655
• [plugin] added functionality to ensure that node-based debug adapters spawn the same node version as the framework #7294
• [plugin] added support for User-defined plugins #6655
• [plugin] added support for killing sub-threads run by shell scripts #7391
• [plugin] added support for loading plugins from symbolic links #7242
• [plugin] exposed frontend API to access loaded plugins metadata #6655
• [plugin] fixed 'find all references' for the typescript built-in plugin #7055
• [plugin] fixed storagePath to return undefined when necessary #7394
• [plugin] fixed leaking plugins (codelens) #7238
• [preferences] added a new preference to silence notifications #7195
• [scm] fixed focus border for commit message textarea #7340
• [terminal] added new terminal.integrated.cursorBlinking preference #7284
• [terminal] added new terminal.integrated.cursorStyle preference #7284
• [terminal] added new terminal.integrated.cursorWidth preference #7284
• [terminal] added new terminal.integrated.drawBoldTextInBrightColors preference #7284
• [terminal] added new terminal.integrated.fastScrollSensitivity preference #7284
• [terminal] fixed home, page-up, page-down shortcuts #7305
• [terminal] fixed color theming #7325
• [terminal] upgraded xterm dependency #7121
• [vsx-registry] added a new vsx-registry extension to manage plugins #6655
• [workspace] fixed issue where NEW_FILE and NEW_FOLDER could not be triggered under certain conditions #7302

Breaking changes:

• [debug] renamed debuggingStaturBar to debuggingStatusBar #7409
• [plugin] renamed CancelationTokenImpl to CancellationTokenImpl #7409
• [plugin] renamed VIEW_ITEM_INLINE_MNUE to VIEW_ITEM_INLINE_MENU #7409
• [scm | git] moved the GitHistoryWidget (History View), and GitNavigableListWidget to a new packaged named scm-extra #6381
  • Renamed GitHistoryWidget to ScmHistoryWidget
  • CSS classes have been also been moved, and renamed accordingly
• [task] removed TaskAttachQuickOpenItem #7392
• [task] removed TaskService.taskProviderRegistry #7418
• [task] renamed TaskRestartRunningQuickOpenItem to RunningTaskQuickOpenItem #7392
• [terminal] renamed handleWroleWordOptionClicked to handleWholeWordOptionClicked #7409
• [workspace] renamed toDiposeOnUpdateCurrentWidget to toDisposeOnUpdateCurrentWidget #7409

v0.16.0 - 27/02/2020

• [cli] added an additional flag to the download:plugins script #7123
  • p=true: plugins should be preserved as they are (compressed).
  • p=false (default): plugins should be uncompressed.
• [cli] added API to create integration test pages #7029
• [core] added a new React-based dialog type ReactDialog #6855
• [core] added ability to make the application data folder configurable #7214
• [core] added additional commands to close main area widgets #7101
• [core] added handling to dismiss any active menu when the quick palette is opened #7136
• [core] added handling to ensure that disabled keybindings do not shadow enabled ones #7022
• [core] added support for icons in a submenu #7091
• [core] fixed 'out of sync' error #7139
• [core] fixed import in lsp-types.ts #7075
• [core] fixed set selection on right-click #7147
• [core] fixed the TOGGLE_MAXIMIZED command #7012
• [core] fixed the search-box for trees #7089
• [core] fixed tree highlighting foreground color #7025
• [core] updated RecursivePartial to allow arrays #7201
• [core] updated the AboutDialog to include the applicationName #7135
• [core] updated the DialogProps to include: #7080
  • maxWidth: control the maximum width allowed for a dialog.
  • wordWrap: control the word wrapping behavior for content in the dialog.
• [core] updated the THEIA_ENV_REGEXP_EXCLUSION #7085
• [debug] added ability to lazily update frames of all threads in all-stop mode #6869
• [debug] fixed issue where breakpoints were incorrectly rendered on column 1 #7211
• [documentation] updated code of conduct #7161
• [editor] updated the log level for the NavigationLocationService #7042
• [electron] added default properties for OpenDialog #7208
• [electron] added handling so only the BrowserWindow can access backend HTTP services #7205
• [electron] updated stat check handling for the save dialog #7197
• [filesystem] updated the handling of deletions triggered by a user #7139
• [git] added additional handling when a user attempts to amend without a previous commit #7033
• [keymaps] updated the keyboard shortcuts widget font-size #7060
• [markers] improved marker node descriptions #7209
• [markers] updated marker tooltips to display full path to resource #7207
• [mini-browser] added additional HtmlHandler support #6969
• [monaco] added handling to activate a grammar only for languages with a registered grammar #7110
• [monaco] added support for array snippet prefixes #7177
• [monaco] close an active menubar dropdown when the quick palette is launched #7136
• [monaco] implemented support for multiple workspace folders in MonacoWorkspace #7182
• [plugin] added ability to customize the plugin host process #7181
• [plugin] added functionality to expose the metadata scanner to the API #7134
• [plugin] added functionality to show progress on plugin activation #7017
• [plugin] added handling to activate a language based on created mode #7110
• [plugin] added handling to gracefully terminate plugin host processes without an rpc connection #7192
• [plugin] added handling to prevent error on disabled performance API #7175
• [plugin] fixed window.showTextDocument to allow opening resources with untitled schema #6803
• [plugin] implemented readFile for workspace filesystem #6980
• [plugin] implemented writeFile for workspace filesystem #6980
• [preferences] added functionality to use text models to update content #7110
• [preferences] fixed display of file icons #7011
• [preview] added ability to render .markdown files #7234
• [repo] added two new npm scripts: #7096
  • test:references: fails if typescript references are out of sync.
  • prepare:references: updates typescript references, if required.
• [repo] the prepare script now updates typescript references.
• [repo] updated the prepare script so it now updates typescript references #7096
• [scm] fixed alignment of file icons #7041
• [scm] fixed incorrect icon colors on hover #7044
• [terminal] added a search widget to terminals #5471
• [core] from now on, downstream projects can refine where the configuration files (such as settings.json, keymaps.json, recentworkspace.json, etc.) will be stored by Theia. #4488
  The default location remains the same: ~/.theia, however it can be customized by overriding the #getConfigDirUri method of the EnvVariablesServer API. The easiest way is to subclass the EnvVariablesServerImpl and rebind it in your backend module:

  // your-env-variables-server.ts:
  
  import { injectable } from 'inversify';
  import { EnvVariablesServerImpl } from '@theia/core/lib/node/env-variables';
  
  @injectable()
  export class YourEnvVariableServer extends EnvVariablesServerImpl {
  
      async getConfigDirUri(): Promise<string> {
          return 'file:///path/to/your/desired/config/dir';
      }
  
  }
  
  // your-backend-application-module.ts:
  
  import { ContainerModule } from 'inversify';
  import { EnvVariablesServer } from '@theia/core/lib/common/env-variables';
  import { YourEnvVariableServer } from './your-env-variables-server';
  
  export default new ContainerModule((bind, unbind, isBound, rebind) => {
      rebind(EnvVariablesServer).to(YourEnvVariableServer).inSingletonScope();
  });

Breaking changes:

• [core] fixed typo (highligh -> highlight) in caption highlight fragment #7050
• [terminal] added new abstract methods to the TerminalWidget[#7179]: scrollLineUp, scrollLineDown, scrollToTop, scrollPageUp, scrollPageDown
• The release includes the removal of language-specific Theia extensions and other Theia extensions that are or can be replaced by equivalent VS Code extensions.
  • Migration steps are available at the following wiki page Consuming Builtin and External VS Code Extensions.
  • [debug-nodejs] removed the @theia/debug-nodejs extension #6933
    • The extension will no longer be maintained by the project and remains in the Git history for anyone who would like to reference it or maintain it.
  • [editorconfig] removed the @theia/editorconfig extension #6933
    • The extension will no longer be maintained by the project and remains in the Git history for anyone who would like to reference it or maintain it.
  • [java] removed the @theia/java extension #6933
    • The extension will no longer be maintained by the project and remains in the Git history for anyone who would like to reference it or maintain it.
    • Please view the theia-apps theia-java image for an example application which has been updated to use VS Code extensions instead of @theia/java.
  • [java-debug] removed the @theia/java-debug extension #6933
    • The extension will no longer be maintained by the project and remains in the Git history for anyone who would like to reference it or maintain it.
    • Please view the theia-apps theia-java image for an example application which has been updated to use VS Code extensions instead of @theia/java-debug.
  • [merge-conflicts] removed the @theia/merge-conflicts extension #6933
    • The extension will no longer be maintained by the project and remains in the Git history for anyone who would like to reference it or maintain it.
  • [python] removed the @theia/python extension #6933
    • The extension will no longer be maintained by the project and remains in the Git history for anyone who would like to reference it or maintain it.
    • Please view the theia-apps theia-python image for an example application which has been updated to use VS Code extensions instead of @theia/python.
  • [textmate-grammars] removed the @theia/textmate-grammars extension #6933
    • The extension will no longer be maintained by the project and remains in the Git history for anyone who would like to reference it or maintain it.
  • [tslint] removed the @theia/tslint extension #6933
    • The extension will no longer be maintained by the project and remains in the Git history for anyone who would like to reference it or maintain it.
  • [typescript] removed the @theia/typescript extension #6933
    • The extension will no longer be maintained by the project and remains in the Git history for anyone who would like to reference it or maintain it.
    • Please view the theia-apps theia-typescript image for an example application which has been updated to use VS Code extensions instead of @theia/typescript.

v0.15.0 - 30/01/2020

• [application-manager] added config to disable reloading windows #6981
• [application-manager] added meta viewport tag #6967
• [application-manager] fixed the circular dependency exclude path on Windows #6893
• [console] fixed the debug console user input alignment #6958
• [core] fixed XSS vulnerability in the browser sidebar #6988
• [core] fixed issue to close the websocket channel when a language server connection is closed #6854
• [core] fixed issue to exclude numpad keys from the keyboard mapping #6881
• [core] improved formatting of performance values in the logs #6858
• [core] updated handling of ApplicationShell.getAreaFor for tabbars #6994
• [core] updated keybinding check in case full and partial bindings are registered #6934
• [core] updated logic to collapse panels on toggle view #6963
• [debug] added exception breakpoints support #5774
• [debug] added function breakpoints support #5774
• [debug] added inline breakpoints support #5774
• [debug] added watch expression support #5774
• [debug] fixed styling issues with the debug hover #6887
• [documentation] updated developing documentation for Windows #6893
• [editor] added toggle minimap command and menu item #6843
• [editor] added toggle render whitespace command and menu item #6843
• [editor] added toggle word wrap command and menu item #6843
• [editor] added missing statusbar tooltip for go to line #6770
• [editor] added missing statusbar tooltip for select encoding #6770
• [editor] added missing statusbar tooltip for select end of line sequence #6770
• [editor] added missing statusbar tooltip for select indentation #6770
• [editor] added missing statusbar tooltip for select language mode #6770
• [editor] updated the go to line statusbar item to trigger the go to line command directly #6770
• [file-search] improved the results obtained when performing a file search #6642
• [filesystem] fixed icon and file name alignment #6973
• [filesystem] improved the 'file has changed' dialog #6873
• [git] updated the git checkout statusbar tooltip similarly to VS Code #6779
• [git] updated the version of find-git-repositories #6850
• [keybindings] fixed an issue allowing users to change default keybindings #6880
• [keymaps] fixed column spacing for the keybindings-widget #6989
• [markers] added statusbar tooltip displaying the number of current problem markers by severity #6771
• [merge-conflicts] fixed the typo present in the merge-conflicts command category #6790
• [monaco] added normalization of textmate colors #6966
• [monaco] fixed issue with the quick-pick when there are no items #6870
• [monaco] fixed missing await on workspace edits file creation #6851
• [monaco] fixed the inspect developer token command #6966
• [navigator] fixed race condition on contribution initialization #6817
• [plugin] added ability to handle vscode.openFolder command #6928
• [plugin] added parallel resolution of plugin entries #6972
• [plugin] added the automatic removal of old session logs #6956
  • By default only the last 10 (configurable using --plugin-max-session-logs-folders=N) session folders are retained.
• [plugin] fixed workbench.action.closeActiveEditor command #6978
• [plugin] fixed header container alignment in the plugins-view #6983
• [plugin] fixed implementation of showTextDocument API #6824
• [plugin] fixed issue where tree-views were not properly displayed #6939
• [plugin] fixed issue with DocumentsMainImpl.toEditorOpenerOptions #6824
• [plugin] fixed self-hosting on Windows #6316
• [preferences] fixed an indentation issue when using the preferences tree widget to add new preferences #6736
• [scripts] added the ability to perform parallel lerna execution on Windows #6893
• [search-in-workspace] improved the overall search performance #6789
• [task] added processId and terminalId to the TaskExitedEvent #6825
• [task] added a new command to restart running task #6811
• [task] added support for presentation.reveal and presentation.focus #6814
• [task] updated private accessibility of restartTask so it can be called by others #6811
• [task] updated private accessibility of terminateTask so it can be called by others #6811
• [terminal] added handling to always open terminal links on touchevents (e.g. when tapping a link on iPad) #6875
• [terminal] fixed an issue regarding the onDidChangeCurrentTerminal event #6799
• [terminal] fixed an issue which prevents re-using integrated terminals which have child processes spawned #6769
• [terminal] improved the display of new terminal in a multi-root workspace #6876
• [testing] added API Integration testing framework #6852
• [workspace] fixed XSS vulnerability in the new file dialog #6977

Breaking changes:

• [application-manager] updated ApplicationPackageManager.start* to return an instance of a server child process instead of promise #6852.
• [callhierarchy] updated CallHierarchyService to align with VS Code API #6924:
  • Use LanguageSelector instead of language id.
  • Use position instead of range for lookup of root symbol.
  • Changed data structures to be like VS Code API.
• [cli] renamed generated webpack config to gen-webpack.config.js #6852. webpack.config.js is generated only once. It can be edited by users to customize bundling, but should be based on gen-webpack.config.js to pick any changes in the generated config. If it does not have a reference to gen-webpack.config.js then it will be regenerated.
• [core] removed virtual-renderer. react-renderer should be used instead #6885
• [core] removed virtual-widget. react-widget should be used instead #6885
• [core] renamed method registerComositionEventListeners() to registerCompositionEventListeners() #6961
• [debug] removed @theia/json dependency. Applications should explicitly depend on @theia/json instead #6647
• [plugin] renamed gererateTimeFolderName to generateTimeFolderName #6956
• [preferences] removed @theia/json dependency. Applications should explicitly depend on @theia/json instead #6647
• [task] renamed method getStrigifiedTaskSchema() has been renamed to getStringifiedTaskSchema() #6780
• [task] renamed method reorgnizeTasks() has been renamed to reorganizeTasks() #6780
• Support VS Code icon and color theming. #6475
  • Theming: Before input, textarea, select and button elements were styled in an ad-hoc manner, i.e. some were styled globally for a tag, other per a component and third with a dedicated css class name. Now Theia does not style these elements by default, but an extension developer should decide. Theia comes though with predefined css class names: theia-input, theia-select and theia-button to style input/textarea, select and button elements correspondingly. Existing components were refactored to use them.
  • Theming: Theia css colors are replaced with VS Code colors.
    • One can reference VS Code color in css by prefixing them with --theia and replacing all dots with dashes. For example widget.shadow color can be referenced in css with var(--theia-widget-shadow).
    • One can resolve a current color value programmatically with ColorRegistry.getCurrentColor.
    • One can load a new color theme:

      • in the frontend module to enable it on startup

            MonacoThemingService.register({
                id: 'myDarkTheme',
                label: 'My Dark Theme',
                uiTheme: 'vs-dark',
                json: require('./relative/path/to/my_theme.json'),
                includes: {
                    './included_theme.json': require('./relative/path/to/included_theme.json')
                }
            });

      • later from a file:

            @inject(MonacoThemingService)
            protected readonly monacoThemeService: MonacoThemingService;
        
            this.monacoThemeService.register({
                id: 'myDarkTheme',
                label: 'My Dark Theme',
                uiTheme: 'vs-dark',
                uri: 'file:///absolute/path/to/my_theme.json'
            });

      • or install from a VS Code extension.

    • One should not introduce css color variables anymore or hardcode colors in css.
    • One can contribute new colors by implementing ColorContribution contribution point and calling ColorRegistry.register. It's important that new colors are derived from existing VS Code colors if one plans to allow installation of VS Code extension contributing color themes. Otherwise, there is no guarantee that new colors don't look alien for a random VS Code color theme. One can derive from an existing color, just by plainly referencing it, e.g. dark: 'widget.shadow', or applying transformations, e.g. dark: Color.lighten('widget.shadow', 0.4).
    • One can though specify values, without deriving from VS Code colors, for new colors in their own theme. See for example, how Light (Theia) theme overrides colors for the activity bar.
  • Labeling: LabelProvider.getIcon should be sync and fast to avoid blocking rendering and icon caching. One has to pass more specific elements to get a more specific icon. For example, one cannot answer precisely from a URI whether a folder or a file icon should be used. If a client wants to get a proper result then it should pass FileStat for example or provide own LabelProviderContribution which derives FileStat from a custom data structure and then calls LabelProvider.getIcon again.
  • Labeling: LabelProviderContribution methods can return undefined meaning that the next contribution should be tried.
  • Tree: TreeNode.name, TreeNode.description and TreeNode.icon are deprecated and will be removed later. One has to provide LabelProviderContribution implementation for a custom tree node structure. Before these attributes have to be computed for all nodes and stored as a part of the layout. From now on they will be computed only on demand for visible nodes. It decreases requirements to the local storage and allows to invalidate node appearance by simply re-rendering a tree.
• Updated example-browser and example-electron applications to remove extensions which are instead contributed by VS Code builtin extensions #6883
  • Extensions removed from the example applications are deprecated and will be removed in the future. If adopters/extenders would like to continue using the deprecated extensions, they must be self-maintained and can be accessed through the repository's Git history.
  • In order to fetch plugins remotely, the @theia/cli script download:plugins can be used:
    • In your package.json you can define:
      • theiaPluginDir: to specify the folder in which to download plugins, in respect to your package.json
      • theiaPlugins: to specify the list of plugins in the form of "id": "url"

v0.14.0 - 19/12/2019

• [application-manager] removed unnecessary bunyan dependency #6651
• [bunyan] removed @theia/bunyan extension #6651
• [core] added handling preventing scrolling when closing dialogs #6674
• [core] fixed noWrapInfo classname in applications with a subset of extensions #6593
• [core] fixed infinite recursion when the tree root is refreshed #6679
• [core] fixed the dispatching of keybindings when editing composition texts #6673
• [core] removed unnecessary @types/bunyan dependency #6651
• [core] updated Close Editor keybinding #6635
• [core] updated Close Window keybinding #6635
• [core] updated noopener when opening windows to avoid sharing event loops #6683
• [core] updated handling of parting keybindings based on current context #6752
• [core] updated the Close All keychord when running in Electron #6703
• [electron] added support to explicitly close the socket when calling onStop #6681
• [electron] updated menu to explicitly use application name #6726
• [filesystem] fixed external URIs of map editor icons #6664
• [languages] updated keybinding for Open File #6690
• [messages] added tooltip to notifications statusbar item #6766
• [messages] fixed timeout issue for notifications without actions #6708
• [navigator] fixed eagerly load of model root before the workspace service is ready #6679
• [plugin] added implementation to get the default shell for hosted plugins #6657
• [plugin] added miscellaneous updates to support VS Code emacs extension #6625
• [plugin] added miscellaneous updates to support VS Code vim extension #6687
• [plugin] added support for allow-forms #6695
• [plugin] added support to install VS Code extension packs #6682
• [plugin] fixed TaskExecution instantiation #6533
• [task] added prompt asking users to terminate or restart active tasks #6668
• [task] added support for TaskIdentifier #6680
• [task] added support for background tasks #6680
• [task] added support for compound tasks #6680
• [task] added support for tasks of detected tasks which have the same label, and different scopes in a multi-root workspace #6718
• [task] fixed bug where custom tasks schemas were not properly updated #6643
• [task] fixed circular dependencies #6756
• [terminal] added mapping of localhost links to proper external links #6663
• [workspace] updated New File keybinding #6635
• [workspace] updated keybinding for Open Workspace #6690

Breaking changes:

• [core] updated browser windows spawned through the opener-service to have noopener set which ultimately preventing them from accessing window.opener. openNewWindow will no longer return a Window as a result #6683
• [debug] renamed command COPY_VARAIBLE_AS_EXPRESSION to COPY_VARIABLE_AS_EXPRESSION #6698
• [debug] renamed command COPY_VARAIBLE_VALUE to COPY_VARIABLE_VALUE #6698
• [debug] renamed getter method multiSesssion to multiSession #6698
• [task] added taskDefinitionRegistry and taskSourceResolver to the constructor of TaskRunQuickOpenItem and ConfigureBuildOrTestTaskQuickOpenItem #6718
• [task] changed the data structure of ProvidedTaskConfigurations.tasksMap #6718
• [terminal] renamed TerminalCopyOnSelectionHander to TerminalCopyOnSelectionHandler #6692

v0.13.0 - 28/11/2019

• [console] added filtering support based on severity #6486
• [core] added functionality so that label providers can now notify that element labels and icons may have changed and should be refreshed #5884
• [core] added functionality to expose all handlers for a given command #6599
• [core] aligned Open Preferences and Save As keybindings with VS Code on Mac OS #6620
• [core] fixed the display of toolbar item icons #6514
• [core] switched the frontend application's shutdown hook from window.unload to window.beforeunload. #6530
• [core] updated dependency injection cycle between LabelProvider and its contributions #6608
• [core] updated handling when access is denied to the clipboard #6516
• [core] updated scrolling of widgets when re-setting their focus #6621
• [core] upgraded reconnecting-websocket to latest version #6512
• [core] aligned New File, Close Editor and Close Window keybindings with VS Code across OSes #6635
• [cpp] moved the cpp extension to the theia-cpp-extensions repo #6505
• [debug] added ability to re-use the terminal based on label and caption #6619
• [debug] added reloading of child variable nodes on setValue call #6555
• [debug] fixed breakpoint context menu behavior #6480
• [debug] generalized the allThreadStop event #6627
• [dockerfile] removed example dockerfile #6586
• [documentation] updated 'outline-view' extension documentation #6454
• [documentation] updated package name for libX11 for Red Hat based OS #6632
• [editor-preview] removed unnecessary dependency to the navigator extension #6648
• [editorconfig] updated trim whitespace to be respected during manual saving #6417
• [electron] updated error logging of the rebuild #6538
• [git] added support for alwaysSignOff #6402
• [git] updated dugite-extra dependency #6602
• [git] updated find-git-exec dependency #6602
• [json] moved JSON grammar to the textmate-grammars extension #6622
• [keymaps] removed the display of internal commands from the widget #6594
• [monaco] added mappings from VS Code commands to internal commands #5590
• [monaco] fixed incorrect command palette cursor position #6435
• [monaco] fixed registration of CodeActionProviders #6556
• [plugin-metrics] introduced the plugin-metrics extension #6303
• [plugin] added ability to use upload services #6554
• [plugin] added functionality to restart hosted instance if restart is called before start #6521
• [plugin] fixed executeCommand argument passing #6537
• [plugin] fixed bad type conversion with code actions #6559
• [plugin] removed unnecessary dependency to the mini-browser extension #6644
• [plugin]added ability to configure borders in the quick pick items list #6487
• [preferences] added better handling for schema changed events #6510
• [process] added handling for onClose event #6595
• [process] updated process spawning to use defaults #6561
• [scm] added handling when opening diff-editors to respect preference workbench.list.openMode #6481
• [scm] added support to open diff-editors with a single-click #6481
• [search-in-workspace] updated decorations when clearing search #6511
• [search-in-workspace] updated resizing of results #6576
• [task] added ability to add task sub-schemas #6566
• [task] added ability to create launch.json automatically #6490
• [task] added handling for invalid task configurations #6515
• [task] added prompt to users to configure tasks #6539
• [task] added support for group in the task config #6522
• [task] added support for creating tasks.json from templates #6391
• [task] added support for multiple user-defined problem matchers in the tasks.json #6616
• [task] added support for task types in the tasks schema #6483
• [task] updated task schemas for extensions and plugins #6492
• [terminal] added implementation to copy text on selection #6536
• [terminal] added support for integrated terminals #6508
• [workspace] added path when creating a new file #6545
• [workspace] added path when creating a new folder #6545

Breaking changes:

• [core] renamed preference list.openMode to workbench.list.openMode #6481
• [monaco] removed monaco prefix from commands #5590
• [plugin] re-implemented webviews to align with VS Code browser implementation #6465
  • Security: vscode.previewHTML is removed, see https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_33#_removing-the-vscodepreviewhtml-command
  • Security: Before all webviews were deployed on the same origin allowing them to break out and manipulate shared data as cookies, local storage or even start service workers for the main window as well as for each other. Now each webview will be deployed on own origin by default.
    • Webview origin pattern can be configured with THEIA_WEBVIEW_EXTERNAL_ENDPOINT env variable. The default value is {{uuid}}.webview.{{hostname}}. Here {{uuid}} and {{hostname}} are placeholders which get replaced at runtime with proper webview uuid and hostname correspondingly.
    • To switch to un-secure mode as before configure THEIA_WEBVIEW_EXTERNAL_ENDPOINT with {{hostname}} as a value. You can also drop {{uuid}}. prefix, in this case, webviews still will be able to access each other but not the main window.
  • Remote: Local URIs are resolved by default to the host serving Theia. If you want to resolve to another host or change how remote URIs are constructed then implement ExternalUriService.resolve in a frontend module.
  • Content loading: Webview HTTP endpoint is removed. Content loaded via WebviewResourceLoader JSON-RPC service with properly preserved resource URIs. Content is only loaded if it's allowed by WebviewOptions.localResourceRoots, otherwise, the service won't be called. If you want to customize content loading then implement WebviewResourceLoaderImpl in a backend module.
  • Theming: Theia styles are not applied to webviews anymore instead VS Code way of styling should be used. VS Code color variables also available with --theia prefix.
  • Testing: Webview can work only in secure context because they rely on service workers to load local content and redirect local to remote requests. Most browsers define a page as served from secure context if its url has https scheme. For local testing localhost is treated as a secure context as well. Unfortunately, it does not work nicely in FireFox, since it does not treat subdomains of localhost as secure as well, compare to Chrome. If you want to test with FireFox you can configure it as described here.
• [task] updated TaskSchemaUpdater.update() from asynchronous to synchronous #6483

v0.12.0 - 31/10/2019

• [cli] added explicit yargs dependency #6443
• [cli] enabled static compression of build artifacts #6266
  • to disable pass --no-static-compression to theia build or theia watch
• [core] fixed handling of URI#getAllLocation for paths without parents #6378
• [core] fixed issue allowing valid properties to be registered despite schemas containing issues #6341
• [core] updated quick-open menus to not perform validation when first opened #6281
• [cpp] fixed task labels #6419
• [cpp] fixed the execution of tasks #6419
• [cpp] improved the installation documentation for clangd #6271
• [cpp] updated overall documentation of the C/C++ extension #6364
• [debug] added support for preLaunchTask and postDebugTask #6247
• [electron] added option to only allow single instances of an Electron application #6280
• [electron] fixed confirmExit for Electron applications #6285
• [electron] fixed lossy storage in Electron #6313
• [electron] upgraded Electron to version 4 #6307
• [filesystem] fixed error handling of nsfw RENAMED events #6283
• [git] added support for amending initial commits #5451
• [git] improved git watchers to ensure they do not leak #6352
• [json] provided empty initializationOptions for the JSON language server #6398
• [keymaps] updated overall documentation of the keymaps extension #6369
• [messages] added logic hiding the notification center when the last notification is removed #6356
• [messages] aligned default message with VS Code #6345
• [mini-browser] updated mini-browser to open without URL encoding #6388
• [monaco] fixed command execution for inline editors #6328
• [monaco] fixed incorrect preference initialization #6450
• [monaco] rebinded keybinding for 'Go to Definition' #6411
• [plugin] improved tree views: #6342
  • added logic to not execute commands on selection change
  • added better handling of undefined 'treeItem.label'
  • added better styling support for item actions
  • added better support for descriptions
  • fixed styling issues
• [plugin-ext] added OutputChannelRegistry interface and add it into the rpc #6413
• [plugin-ext] added configuration attribute to DebugSession #6382
• [plugin-ext] added logic to pass pluginInfo through the output channel append method #6312
• [plugin-ext] added support for globalStoragePath Plug-in API #6354
• [plugin-ext] added support for vscode.executeDocumentSymbol Plug-in API #6291
• [plugin-ext] added the ability to use HTTP resources for tab title icons #6270
• [plugin-ext] added the disposal of webviews by handle and not widget ID #6326
• [plugin-ext] fixed WorkspaceEdit conversion #6304
• [plugin-ext] fixed cancellable option for withProgress notifications #6365
• [plugin-ext] fixed broken 'html base href' logic in webviews #6279
• [plugin-ext] fixed incorrect type conversion for language server types #6351
• [plugin-ext] fixed issue where document listening started before all clients were ready #6321
• [plugin-ext] improved error message when a plugin node crashes #6293
• [plugin-ext] improved plugins crash error to be dependent on error type #6335
• [plugin-ext] initialized extension storage proxy earlier avoiding sending events to the plugin manager before it is ready #6323
• [plugin] fixed unnecessary return type of the $executeCommand which wrapped a Promise in another Promise #6290
• [preferences] updated preferences widget so it can be rebinded #6397
• [preview] fixed the resolution of relative links in markdowns #6403
• [scm] fixed default selected SCM nodes #6426
• [task] added content assist for input variables in tasks #6334
• [task] added registered problem matchers to the tasks schema #6422
• [task] added support for input variables in tasks #6331
• [task] added the ability to access task configurations as preferences #6268
• [terminal] added preference to control default rendering option for terminals #6471
• [terminal] fixed the hover tooltip to always be displayed above the canvas #6318
• [textmate-grammars] added better language support for js, ts and jsx files #5976
• [workspace] deprecated getDefaultWorkspacePath on the WorkspaceService as the method name was misleading. Use getDefaultWorkspaceUri instead #6432

Breaking changes:

• [core | monaco | task] aligned ActionProvider related entities with VS Code 6302
• [plugin] added handling to not block web socket with many plugins 6252
  • PluginModel does not have anymore contributes and dependencies to avoid sending unnecessary data
    • use PluginReader.readContribution to load contributes
    • use PluginReader.readDependencies to load dependencies
  • PluginMetadata does not have anymore raw package.json model to avoid sending excessive data to the frontend
    • theia.Plugin.packageJSON throws an unsupported error for frontend plugins as a consequence. Please convert to a backend plugin if you need access to it
  • PluginManagerExt.$init does not start plugins anymore, but only initialize the manager RPC services to avoid sending excessive initialization data, as all preferences, on each deployment
    • please call $start to start plugins
  • PluginDeployerHandler.getPluginMetadata is replaced with PluginDeployerHandler.getPluginDependencies to access plugin dependencies
  • HostedPluginServer.getDeployedMetadata is replaced with HostedPluginServer.getDeployedPluginIds and HostedPluginServer.getDeployedPlugins to fetch first only ids of deployed plugins and then deployed metadata for only yet not loaded plugins
  • HostedPluginDeployerHandler.getDeployedFrontendMetadata and HostedPluginDeployerHandler.getDeployedBackendMetadata are replaced with HostedPluginDeployerHandler.getDeployedFrontendPluginIds, HostedPluginDeployerHandlergetDeployedBackendPluginIds and HostedPluginDeployerHandler.getDeployedPlugin to fetch first only ids and then deployed metadata fro only yet not loaded plugins
  • PluginHost.init can initialize plugins asynchronous, synchronous initialization is still supported
  • HostedPluginReader.doGetPluginMetadata is renamed to HostedPluginReader.getPluginMetadata
  • PluginDebugAdapterContribution.languages, PluginDebugAdapterContribution.getSchemaAttributes and PluginDebugAdapterContribution.getConfigurationSnippets are removed to prevent sending the contributions second time to the frontend. Debug contributions are loaded statically from the deployed plugin metadata instead. The same for corresponding methods in DebugExtImpl
• [task] removed watchedConfigFileUris, watchersMap watcherServer, fileSystem, configFileUris, watchConfigurationFile() and unwatchConfigurationFile() from TaskConfigurations class 6268
• [task] removed configurationFileFound from TaskService class. 6268

v0.11.0 - 29/09/2019

• [core] added ENTER event handler to the open button in explorer #6158
• [core] added firing of JSON schema changed events if an underlying in-memory resource is changed #6035
• [core] added clipboard plugin API #5994
• [core] added command and toolbar item to disable auto sync #5986
• [core] added handling to only update the menu if the frontend is ready #5140
• [core] added handling to reject invalid preference schemas #6110
• [core] added schema check to statically typed APIs #6090
• [core] added the passing of the current widget to react tabbar toolbar items #6220
• [core] added visual feedback to clicked toolbar items #6099
• [core] extracted the top-panel removal into it's own method for extensibility #6261
• [core] fixed the command palette filter to accept leading whitespaces #6225
• [core] fixed webview theme styles #6155
• [core] improved application initialization performance #6172
• [core] improved warning message for 'potential memory leak' #6173
• [core] optimized tabbar decorations rendering #6044
• [core] added handling to prevent the default browser drag-and-drop behavior when dragging a file from the filesystem into the application #6188
• [core] updated inversify to 5.0.1 #6184
• [core] updated the alignment of tabbar icons for consistency #6199
• [core] updated the display of menus to better represent the availability of menu items #6199
• [core] updated the main area to have a default background #6196
• [core] upgraded LSP version to 5.3.0 #5901
• [cpp] added handling to force language client contribution restart on reconnect #6205
• [debug] added electron backend and composite electron launch configurations #6226
• [debug] ignored additional breakpoints returned by setBreakpoints request #6044
• [docs] updated documentation on how to profile #6087
• [docs] updated documentation to include new debug launch configurations #6241
• [docs] updated documentations on how to debug the plugin host #6081
• [getting-started] added ability to tab links in the getting-started widget #6162
• [git] added better handling for attempting to perform a sign-off without the proper git config settings #6222
• [git] fixed a bug which prevented creating branches #6071
• [git] fixed issue to only show the list of amended commits for the correct parent #6242
• [git] updated the git diff list to use perfect scrollbar #6085
• [languages] added handling to avoid activation on startup if there is no other activation events #6164
• [languages] added registration of language features even if a language is not registered #6145
• [markers] fixed false positive tabbar decorations #6132
• [markers] optimized problem status rendering #6044
• [monaco] added registration of Monaco keybindings in reverse order #6170
• [monaco] updated semantic highlighting styles and tokenization #5941
• [monaco] upgrade Monaco version to 0.17.0 #5901
• [plugin-dev] fixed restart instance on debug restarts #6131
• [plugin-ext] added onURI as a supported activation event #6044
• [plugin-ext] added ability to set active editor on startup #6152
• [plugin-ext] added better mapping of dependencies to VSCode built-ins #6207
• [plugin-ext] added handling to wait for a workspace to be ready before computing the storage paths for plugins #6248
• [plugin-ext] added plugin ID to register commands #6214
• [plugin-ext] added support for contribute.keybindings to accept objects or arrays #6243
• [plugin-ext] added support for vscode.extension.contributes.configuration to be an array #6078
• [plugin-ext] ensured that command arguments are safely passed via jsonrpc #6044
• [plugin-ext] extracted method in PluginReader to handle missing plugin resources #6126
• [plugin-ext] fixed SCM statusbar commands #6236
• [plugin-ext] fixed issue where document change rangeOffset was not properly passed #6044
• [plugin-ext] fixed the disposal of deploy listeners on close #6127
• [plugin-ext] implemented SCM repository selected event #6150
• [plugin-ext] implemented Plugin.isActive check #6044
• [plugin-ext] implemented registerDeclarationProvider API #6173
• [plugin-ext] implemented vscode.env.openExternal API #6044
• [plugin-ext] implemented selection and visible tree view APIs #6044
• [plugin-ext] refactored languagesMain and outputChannelRegistry to use dependency injection #6148
• [plugin-ext] updated hidden view containers to remain hidden on startup #6141
• [plugin-ext] updated plugin host to not crash on activation errors #6097
• [plugin-ext] updated plugin unzipping logs to be less verbose #6149
• [plugin] fixed issue where withProgress would not start task immediately #6123
• [preferences] added handling to prevent closing preference editors with the middle mouse click #6198
• [preferences] fixed issue where workspace configurations contributed by VSCode extensions did not take effect #6090
• [scm] removed hover background on scm inline action buttons #6094
• [scm] updated scm widget styling #6116
• [search-in-workspace] improved the display of the search-in-workspace widget #6199
• [search-in-workspace] updated search-in-workspace widget styling #6116
• [task] added tasks.fetchTasks() and tasks.executeTask() Plug-in APIs #6058
• [task] added ability to prompt user to choose parser to parse task output #5877
• [textmate] updated handling to not warn if the same grammar is registered multiple times #6125
• [vscode] added parsing view contribution when contexts #6068
• [vscode] added support for active/focus view or panel when clause context #6062
• [vscode] updated default vscode API version to 1.38.0 #6112

Breaking changes:

• [core][monaco][plugin] added handling to reload plugins on reconnection #6159
  • Extenders should implement Disposable for plugin main services to handle reconnection properly
  • Many APIs are refactored to return Disposable
• [core][plugin] added support for alternative commands in context menus #6069
• [monaco] added support for monaco.languages.ResourceFileEdit #4723
• [workspace] enable the preference workspace.supportMultiRootWorkspace by default #6089

Misc:

This repo was moved to the eclipse-theia organization. Though GitHub automatically redirects from the old repo to the new one, we'll use the new one from now on in this file.

v0.10.0 - 29/08/2019

• [core] added ability to execute tasks via keybindings #5913
• [core] added better handling for the SingleTextInputDialog onEnter #5868
• [core] added handling for command handler errors #5894
• [core] added propagation of phosphor events to view container widgets #5817
• [core] added support for HTML titles for widgets in the sidebar #5948
• [core] added support for path normalization #5918
• [core] added the optional flag runIfSingle for QuickPickOptions #6059
• [core] fixed issue where the last visible view container was not preserved #5817
• [core] fixed menu bar color #6014
• [core] improved QuickInput and QuickInputBox APIs #5187
• [core] supported diagnostic marker in the tab bar #5845
• [cpp] added support for multiple root cpp build configurations #4603
• [cpp] enabled better semantic highlighting support #5850
• [cpp] moved cpp grammars from the @theia/cpp extension to the @theia/textmate-grammars extension #5803
• [debug] added progress indicator for the debug widget #6009
• [debug] ensured that terminate flags are properly restarted #5954
• [debug] fixed issue where the debug icons remain opaque after a debug session has terminated #5933
• [debug] removed superfluous scrollbars #5879
• [editor] added support for tab details to disambiguate identical tabs #5775
• [editor] added support to re-open files with different encodings #5371
• [editor] added support to set default file encoding #5371
• [editor] updated editor tabbar captions for better multi-root support #5924
• [file-search] improved Windows support #6029
• [git] added progress indicators for scm/git operations #5830
• [git] added support to initialize a workspace as a git repository #6008
• [git] fixed the git-diff widget header details alignment #5998
• [git] updated ls-files so it works with Git >= 2.16 #5851
• [keymaps] fixed clumsy auto-suggestion dropdown #5990
• [markers] added problem markers to editor tabs #5845
• [markers] added the preference problems.decorations.enabled to control the display of problem markers in tree widgets #6021
• [messages] reworked messages and added a notification center #5830
• [mini-browser] added support for editor/title context menus for webviews #6030
• [monaco] aligned snippet completion logic with VSCode #5931
• [navigator] added support for multi-file copy #5864
• [navigator] added the toolbar item more actions... for the explorer #5953
• [navigator] added the toolbar item refresh to force a refresh of the explorer #5940
• [outline] added OutlineViewTreeModel for the outline view tree widget #5687
• [outline] added the toolbar item collapse-all for the outline widget #5687
• [outline] updated the keybinding for toggle outline view to avoid conflict #5707
• [plugin-ext] added ignoreFocusOut parameter support for the QuickPick #5900
• [plugin-ext] added automatic downloading of extensionDependencies #5379
• [plugin-ext] added support for theming webview content #5981
• [plugin-ext] fixed leaking java debug process #5281
• [plugin-ext] fixed plugin-ext file path error #5929
• [plugin] added additional support for QuickPick API #5766
• [plugin] added better error handling for plugins that cannot find files #6002
• [plugin] added cache for command arguments to safely pass them over JSON-RPC #5961
• [plugin] added view containers support #5665
• [search-in-workspace] added display of leading and trailing whitespaces in the search-in-workspace results #5989
• [search-in-workspace] added progress indicator for search-in-workspace #5980
• [search-in-workspace] fixed clumsy auto-suggestion dropdown #5990
• [search-in-workspace] fixed the alignment in the search-in-workspace result note #5802
• [search-in-workspace] modified replace-all functionality to save changes to editors without opening them #5600
• [task] added display of process tasks in the terminal #5895
• [task] added multi-root support to "configure task" and customizing tasks in tasks.json #5777
• [task] added support for VSCode task contribution points: taskDefinitions, problemMatchers, and problemPatterns #5777
• [task] added the display of configured tasks when executing configure tasks... #5472
• [task] allowed users to override any task properties other than the ones used in the task definition #5777
• [task] changed the way that "configure task" copies the entire task config, to only writing properties that define the detected task plus #5777problemMatcher, into tasks.json
• [task] displayed the customized tasks as "configured tasks" in the task quick open #5777
• [task] fixed the problem where a detected task can be customized more than once #5777
• [task] notified clients of TaskDefinitionRegistry on change #5915
• [task] updated isVisible and isEnabled handling for Run Selected Text #6018
• [task] added support for removing all data from tasks.json #6033
• [task] updated compare task to use task definitions #5975
• [terminal] added a preference terminal.integrated.scrollback to control the terminal scrollback #5783
• [vscode] added support for command variable substitution #5835
• [vscode] added support for config variable substitution #5835
• [vscode] added support for execPath variable substitution #5835
• [vscode] added support for inputs variable substitution for debug #5835
• [vscode] added support for selectedText variable substitution #5835
• [vscode] added support for when closure for views #5855
• [vscode] added support for environment variable substitution #5811
• [vscode] added support for workspace scoped variable substitution #5835
• [vscode] fixed resolution of environment variables #5835

Breaking changes:

• [core] refactored TreeDecoration to WidgetDecoration and moved it to shell, since it is a generic decoration that can be used by different types of widgets (currently by tree nodes and tabs) #5845
• [plugin]refactored files from 'plugin-ext/src/api' moved to 'plugin-ext/src/common', renamed 'model.ts' to 'plugin-api-rpc-model.ts', 'plugin-api.ts' to 'plugin-api-rpc.ts'
• [shell][plugin] integrated view containers and views #5665
  • Source Control and Explorer are view containers now and previous layout data cannot be loaded for them. Because of it the layout is completely reset.
• [task] TaskService.getConfiguredTasks() returns Promise<TaskConfiguration[]> instead of TaskConfiguration[] #5777
• [task] ensured that plugin tasks are registered before accessing them 5869
  • TaskProviderRegistry and TaskResolverRegistry are promisified
• [task] removed filterDuplicates() from TaskConfigurations class #5915
• [vscode] completed support of variable substitution #5835
  • inline VariableQuickOpenItem

v0.9.0 - 25/07/2019

• [core] added theia-widget-noInfo css class to be used by widgets when displaying no information messages #5717
• [core] added additional options to the tree search input #5566
• [core] added fix to prevent the IDE from scrolling along with the text on mobile (e.g. on iPad) #5742
• [core] added view container layout changes #5536
• [core] fixed the alignment of the expansion icon #5677
• [core] fixed the toolbar item comparator #5624
• [core] updated quick-open UI #5733
• [cpp] added the ability to run clang-tidy as a task #5533
• [debug] fixed behavior of creating launch configurations always under the '.theia' folder #5678
• [debug] updated to ensure that node-based debug adapters spawn the same node executable as Theia #5508
• [doc] updated node.js prerequisites #5643
• [editor] added Toggle Minimap command #5633
• [filesystem] disposed the clipboard copy listener #5709
• [filesystem] fixed file dialog opening folder #4868
• [filesystem] fixed scaling issues of save and file dialogs in small viewports #5688
• [filesystem] improved the download of large files #5466
• [git] improved the support for empty Git repositories in the Git and Git History view #5484
• [keymaps] added the Reset button directly when attempting to update a command's keybinding #5603
• [keymaps] aligned the keybindings widget with VSCode #5545
• [markers] added support for Information diagnostic severity #5763
• [markers] enabled single-click and keyboard arrow selection to navigate problem markers #5646
• [messages] fixed the button positioning when displaying messages with a multiple lines of text #5657
• [monaco] added re-detect languages on new grammar #5754
• [monaco] fixed textmate highlighting when changing themes #5728
• [monaco] fixed the alignment of the file icon in the quick-open menus #5725
• [plugin-dev] added the path in the PluginFolder notification #5731
• [plugin-dev] fixed the run/debug flow on Windows #5608
• [plugin-ext] fixed the display of webview icons in the sidepanel #5723
• [plugin-ext] fixed workspace name getter when no folders are opened #5588
• [plugin] added support of debug activation events #5645
• [plugin] fixed converting circular structure to JSON error #5661
• [plugin] fixed auto detection of new languages #5753
• [plugin] fixed plugin loading to better support modules that have immutable exports #5520
• [plugin] improved node.js error handling #5695
• [scm] fixed the alignment of the status item #5729
• [search-in-workspace] added 'title' to search result nodes #5628
• [search-in-workspace] added the search.collapseResults preference to the search-in-workspace widget #5686
• [search-in-workspace] fixed issue which displayed 'No results found' while a user types their search #5701
• [search-in-workspace] improved the ordering of the search results #5669
• [search-in-workspace] updated the Replace All disabled state #5611
• [security] updated the version of lodash.mergewith from 4.6.1 to 4.6.2 #5700
• [task] added support for Linux and OSX specific command properties #5579
• [task] added support for VSCode task contribution points: taskDefinitions, problemMatchers, and problemPatterns #5024
• [task] disposed task listeners and emitters when necessary #5024
• [terminal] implemented Show All Opened Terminals quick-open menu #5577
• [terminal] updated processId and cwd to return a rejected promise instead of throwing an error #5553
• [vscode] added unzipping of node_modules for built-in extensions #5756
• [workspace] added handling to not re-open a workspace that is currently opened #5632
• [workspace] fixed path variables on Windows #5741

Breaking changes:

• [plugin] activate dependencies before activating a plugin #5661
• [plugin] added basic support of activation events #5622
  • HostedPluginSupport is refactored to support multiple PluginManagerExt properly
  • Theia plugins should declare the "activationEvents": ["*"] entry in the root of the package.json. Otherwise, they won't start at app startup. See #5743 for more details.
• [plugin] added support of workspaceContains activation events #5649
• [plugin] fixed typo in 'HostedInstanceState' enum from RUNNNING to RUNNING in plugin-dev extension #5608
• [plugin] removed member processOptions from AbstractHostedInstanceManager as it is not initialized or used #5608

v0.8.0 - 27/06/2019

• [core] added bépo keyboard layout
• [core] added sorting to the extension names in the about dialog
• [core] added sorting to the prefixed quick-open commands
• [core] added support for octicon icons in the statusbar
• [core] allowed passing of command args to context menus
• [core] added the ability to rebind the BrowserMenuBarContribution
• [core] fixed issue with webview resizing
• [core] fixed label encoding for diff uris
• [cored] added TextareaAutosize for textarea resizing
• [debug] added throttling to the debug console output
• [debug] fixed breakpoint resizing error in the debug-widget
• [editor] added the ability to rebind the EditorWidgetFactory
• [editor] implemented Show All Opened Editor command and quick-open menu
• [editor] removed the 'dirty' state of an editor if changes are reverted
• [electron] fixed issue when exiting Electron based applications
• [electron] improved startup performance
• [filesystem] improved animation when dragging and dropping multiple files
• [keymaps] added a toolbar item to open the keymaps.json
• [keymaps] added command to Open Keyboard Shortcuts (JSON)
• [keymaps] added toolbar item to clear keybindings-widget search
• [keymaps] enhanced the keybindings-widget search to support different key orders
• [keymaps] fixed the display of key chords in the keybindings-widget
• [keymaps] updated the UI of the keybindings-widget when resizing
• [monaco] fixed overflow with editor hints
• [navigator] added VSCode-like compare for files
• [navigator] added ability to select for compare
• [plugin] added VSCode API to register DebugAdapterTrackerFactory
• [plugin] added setTextDocumentLanguage Plug-in API
• [preview] added scrolling synchronization between editor and preview
• [preview] fixed issue where preview images were broken
• [problems] added copy and copy message features to the problems-widget
• [problems] fixed the problem-widget markers from wrapping when resizing
• [task] added the ability to add comments in tasks.json
• [task] added the display of the source folder name for detected tasks in the quick-open
• [task] added the task label in the terminal title when executing tasks
• [task] implemented Show Running Tasks... command and quick-open menu
• [terminal] implemented Terminate Task... command and quick-open menu

Breaking changes:

• [core] scheme is mandatory for URI
  • URI.withoutScheme is removed, in order to get a path use URI.path
• [core] SelectionCommandHandler.getMulitSelection() is renamed into SelectionCommandHandler.getMultiSelection()
• [debug] align commands with VS Code #5102
  • debug.restart renamed to workbench.action.debug.restart
• [plugin] 'Hosted mode' extracted in plugin-dev extension
• [preferences] removed constructor from the FolderPreferenceProvider class
• [preferences] renamed overridenPreferenceName to overriddenPreferenceName
• [task] cwd, which used to be defined directly under Task, is moved into Task.options object
• [workspace] isMultiRootWorkspaceOpened() is renamed into isMultiRootWorkspaceEnabled()
• [filesystem] Changed FileDownloadService API to support streaming download of huge files.

v0.7.0 - 30/05/2019

• [console] added Clear Console command and toolbar item
• [console] fixed issue where the debug console auto-scrolls when is it located at the bottom
• [core] added command to manually choose a keyboard layout
• [core] added functionality for the toolbar to respond to mouse events
• [core] added launch preferences support
• [core] added preference to control the number of recently used items to display
• [core] added support for recently used commands
• [core] added support for several international keyboard layouts
• [core] added the command Clear Command History
• [core] fixed issue allowing the load of Theia in an iframe over a protected connection
• [core] implemented auto-detection of keyboard layout based on pressed keys
• [core] updated monaco configurations on default preference changes
• [cpp] added support for OpenCL file types
• [debug] added support for debug configuration prefixed quick-open menu
• [electron] added the command Close Window
• [file-upload] fixed reporting uploaded URIs
• [filesystem] added support for multiple files drag and drop
• [java] added new preference to add command line arguments when starting language server
• [markers] added Collapse All toolbar item to the problems-widget
• [mini-browser] fixed issue where the mini-browser resizes unnecessarily
• [monaco] removed overriding dark-plus theming
• [navigator] added the command Collapse Folders in Explorer
• [navigator] fixed the commands Remove Folder and Add Folder
• [outline] added informative tooltips to outline view items
• [plugin-ext] added onDidEndTaskProcess Plug-in API
• [plugin-ext] added onDidStartTaskProcess Plug-in API
• [plugin-ext] added ability to match browser displayed nodes with the plugin created node
• [plugin-ext] added additional command to install VSCode extensions
• [plugin-ext] added support for inline actions
• [plugin-ext] aligned views with Theia styles
• [plugin-ext] fixed he loading of icons
• [plugin-ext] fixed issue of overriding preferences
• [plugin-ext] fixed issue to support single source deployment state
• [plugin-ext] fixed issue where the hosted plugin instance did not properly stop
• [plugin-ext] fixed plugin folder path in Windows
• [plugin-ext] fixed the rendering of png icons
• [plugin-ext] implemented command workbench.action.reloadWindow
• [plugin] added file management vscode commands
• [plugin] fixed plugin export
• [preferences] added additional information to the preference tooltips
• [process] added link matcher for local files
• [process] normalized task types and processes
• [tabbar] fixed widget leaking via phosphor VDOM
• [terminal] added ability to activate links with cmd + click
• [terminal] added support for basic link matching
• [terminal] fixed random 1px white border in Firefox
• [typescript] fixed broken code actions
• [workspace] allowed WorkspaceCommandContribution to be re-bindable by extensions
• [xterm] upgraded xterm to fix terminal dragging between areas

Breaking changes:

• [filesystem] extracted FileUploadService and refactored FileTreeWidget to use it #5086
  • moved FileDownloadCommands.UPLOAD to FileSystemCommands.UPLOAD
• [git] bind Git UI to SCM
• [output] moved the channel selection and clear icons to the toolbar.
  • The CLEAR_BUTTON and OVERLAY constants are no longer available. Furthermore OutputChannelManager API has changed.
• [preferences] refactored to integrate launch configurations as preferences
• [scm] added Source Control Model
• [core] renamed the src/electron-main folder to src/electron-node in @theia/core. Removed preventStop from the FrontendApplication API. Move the DefaultWindowService class into its own module.

v0.6.0 - 30/04/2019

• Allowed the creation of sub-files and/or sub-folders if name has /
• [core] added files.enableTrash preference
• [core] added support for custom React toolbar widgets
• [core] added support for tail decorators
• [core] aligned the statusbar styles with VSCode
• [core] updated the prefix quick-open service to support actionProviders
• [cpp] added support for block comment auto-closing pairs
• [editor-preview] fixed error at application startup if no preview editors are opened
• [editor-preview] fixed the goToDefinition failure when in editor preview mode
• [electron] added the ability to run plugins by binding the components on the backend
• [electron] added the configure Plug-ins option to the start script
• [electron] updated Electron to include a minWidth and minHeight
• [electron] upgraded version of Electron used to version 3
• [filesystem] added the menu item Upload Files... to easily upload files into a workspace
• [filesystem] implemented Save As including a save dialog, and new command
• [filesystem] updated the handling when attempting to perform copying when the source and target are the same
• [git] added ability to toggle Git History widget
• [git] fixed Discard All alignment when the Git widget is too narrow
• [git] fixed Git History widget alignment and behavior issues
• [git] updated the ahead/behind icons on the statusbar
• [keyboard] aligned the file and event naming conventions
• [languages] updated error type for backwards compatibility
• [plugin-ext] fixed the Plug-in path selection dialog for the hosted instance
• [plugin] added CodeActionKind intersects Plug-in API
• [plugin] added necessary Webview Plug-in APIs
• [plugin] added propagation of thisArg on registerCommand
• [plugin] added support for Gulp, Jake, Grunt Plug-in extensions
• [plugin] added support for extensions without activation functions
• [plugin] added the ability to choose through the CLI which VSCode API version to use
• [plugin] aligned window.setStatusBarMessage with VSCode
• [plugin] fixed vscode.open command by adding checks on arguments
• [plugin] fixed implementation of vscode.diff command
• [plugin] fixed issue where webviews were not focused or revealed properly
• [plugin] fixed memory leak on Plug-ins reload
• [plugin] fixed serialization of Range object
• [plugin] fixed the registration of text decoration keys
• [plugin] updated Plug-in language services to hook in monaco cancellation tokens
• [preferences] added ability to override default application preference values
• [search-in-workspace] added the ability to pass the currently selected editor text when searching
• [security] fixed XSS vulnerability
• [task] added command to clear task history
• [task] added support to configure tasks
• [task] added the ability to configure tasks
• [task] added the ability to display recently used tasks
• [task] updated the tasks quick-open menu including alignment, category labels and borders
• [terminal] updated terminal preference's minimum value for lineHeight and fontSize
• [textmate-grammars] added php grammar
• [textmate-grammars] added rust grammar
• [textmate-grammars] fixed incorrect jsx scope
• [tree] added support for icons in node tail decorators
• [workspace] allowed the creation of files and folders using recursive paths
• [workspace] fixed incorrect file-icon when displaying recent workspaces

Breaking changes:

• [core] added support native keyboard layouts #4724
• [dialog] updated validate and accept methods so they are now Promisified #4764
• [editor] turned off autoSave by default to align with VSCode #4777
  • default settings can be overridden in application package.json:

  {
    "private": true,
    "name": "myapp",
    "theia": {
      "frontend": {
        "config": {
          "preferences": {
            "editor.autoSave": "on"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }

• [electron] removed cluster mode and startup timeout setting
• [electron] updated Electron to make runtime dependencies optional #4873
• [extension-manager] deprecated #4876
• [node] moved to using Node.js version 10, dropping support for Node.js version 8

v0.5.0 - 28/03/2019

• Added scope to task configurations to differentiate 3 things: task type, task source, and where to run tasks
• [core] added implementation for toolbar support for sidepanels and changed sidepanel tabs
• [core] added new keybinding alt+shift+w to close all main area tabs
• [core] added the ability to make sidebar widgets closable
• [core] fixed ToolbarAwareTabBar detachment errors
• [core] fixed broken wheel listener
• [core] improved scrollbar styling
• [core] updated tabbar toolbar to use VSCode icons
• [core] updated the UI with numerous improvements including sidepanel icons, better alignment, tabbar and menu size
• [cpp] added new cpp.clangTidy and cpp.clangTidyChecks preferences to lint cpp program when clangd v9+ is used
• [cpp] fixed properly restarting clangd language server when changing cpp build configurations
• [debug] added new debug preferences to control view, console, and location appearance
• [editorconfig] added support to apply properties to monaco editor when opening/switching editors
• [file-search] improved ordering and consistency of file search results
• [filesystem] added files.associations property
• [filesystem] improved the performance when deleting large directories
• [filesystem] upgraded nsfw file-watching dependency from vscode-nsfw to Axosoft/nsfw which fixes memory leaks as well as fixes issues where files are not being properly watched outside the main watched directory
• [git] fixed issue where Theia did not refresh the git view after deleting the only repository
• [git] improved the git diff navigation header to be static
• [java] improved handling of incomplete classpath commands
• [keybindings] improved the keybindings widget search and table header to be static
• [mini-browser] improved error handling of iframe errors
• [navigator] added Collapse All toolbar item
• [navigator] updated the navigator to handle multi-root workspaces better
• [plugin-ext] added workspace.onDidRenameFile Plug-in API
• [plugin-ext] added workspace.onWillRenameFile Plug-in API
• [plugin-ext] added workspace.registerFileSystemProvider Plug-in API
• [plugin-ext] added workspace.saveAll Plug-in API
• [plugin-ext] added workspace.updateWorkspaceFolders Plug-in API
• [plugin-ext] added ability to proceed runInTerminal requests in sidecar containers
• [plugin-ext] added the ability to get selection context after executing a command
• [plugin-ext] fixed VSCode Plug-in API incompatibilities for the onDidChangeActiveTextEditor event
• [plugin-ext] fixed firing the onWillSaveTextDocument event
• [plugin-ext] fixed issue of re-deploying already initialized plugins
• [plugin] workspace.openTextDocument API now respects the contributed FileSystemProviders
• [plugin] added support for multiple windows per backend
• [plugin] fixed progress creation
• [plugin] improved the view container to use the native toolbar
• [preferences] fixed content assist when editing settings.json
• [preferences] fixed parsing of settings from workspace files
• [preferences] improved overriding of default configurations
• [preview] fixed issue when opening images
• [search-in-workspace] added a new preference search.lineNumbers to control whether to show line numbers for search results
• [task] added ability to Run Selected Text
• [task] added new command to re-run the last task
• [task] added schema support for tasks.json
• [typehierarchy] added the new type hierarchy extension
• [typehierarchy] improved typehierarchy to use all levels the language server sends if available
• [workspace] added new package.json properties newFIleName and newFileExtension to specify default file name and extension when creating a new file
• [workspace] improved performance of the file rename action for large directories

Breaking changes:

• [editor] computation of resource context keys moved to core #4531
• [plugin] support multiple windows per a backend #4509
  • Some plugin bindings are scoped per a connection now. Clients, who contribute/rebind these bindings, will need to scope them per a connection as well.
• [quick-open] disable separate fuzzy matching by default #4549
• [shell] support toolbars in side bars #4600
  • In side bars a widget title is rendered as an icon.

v0.4.0 - 28/02/2019

• [application-manager] added support for pre-load HTML templates
• [console] added support for console when contexts
• [core] added support for os when contexts
• [core] added support for shell when contexts
• [core] added support for vscode closure contexts
• [core] fixed bad vertical resizing behavior
• [core] improved scrollbar visibility for the command palette
• [core] improved tab-bar display (display 'X' (close) on dirty editors when hovering over dirty icon)
• [core] improved tab-bar display (display 'X' (close) only when current editor is active, or has hover)
• [cpp] fixed CPP_CLANGD_COMMAND and CPP_CLANGD_ARGS environment variables
• [cpp] fixed the update of the active build config statusbar when preferences are updated
• [cpp] implemented the command Create New Build Configuration
• [cpp] implemented the command Reset Build Configuration
• [cpp] removed duplicate json config entry generated by the command New Build Config
• [debug] added support for debug mode when contexts
• [editor] added Clear Editor History command
• [editor] added support for editor when contexts
• [editor] added support for resource when contexts
• [editor] registered editor to navigation location stack when onCurrentEditorChange event is fired
• [electron] improved opening markdown links by opening them in the OS' default browser
• [electron] stored the last state of window geometry
• [file-search] added separator between recently opened items, and file results when executing the quick file open
• [file-search] added support for ignored globs and limit in file search
• [file-search] improved quick open file sort order
• [file-search] removed git diff editors from displaying the quick file open
• [file-search] added support for glob file searches
• [file-search][plugin-ext] updated exclude of file search
• [git] added the following git commands: Stash, Apply Stash, Apply Latest Stash, Pop Stash, Pop Latest Stash and Drop Stash
• [git] enhanced Git Remote command to obtain complete data
• [git] fixed refreshing the GitView when git repo changes
• [git] fixed the command Git Reset
• [git] removed bundled git from dugite
• [languages] fixed clash in language server session ids
• [messages] added support for notification when contexts
• [mini-browser] added ability to pass argument for openUrl command
• [monaco] added support for quick open when contexts
• [monaco] added support for snipped mode when contexts
• [navigator] added support for explorer when contexts
• [navigator] fixed updating the navigator context menu on supportMultiRootWorkspace preference change
• [plugin-ext-vscode] added ability to handle vscode.diff and open diff editor commands
• [plugin-ext-vscode] added vscode setContext command
• [plugin-ext-vscode] fixed local resource loading in webviews
• [plugin-ext] fixed TreeView widget registration
• [plugin-ext] fixed onDidSelectItem behavior for the quick pick widget
• [plugin-ext] fixed command conversions for code lens
• [plugin-ext] fixed issue of OutputChanel.show not displaying
• [plugin-ext] fixed miscellaneous issues in golang plugin
• [plugin-ext] implemented onWillSaveTextDocument event handler
• [plugin-ext][markers] added support to use problem manager to handle plugin markers
• [plugin] added tasks.onDidEndTask Plug-in API
• [plugin] added tasks.taskExecutions Plug-in API
• [plugin] added ability to display webview panel in 'left', 'right' and 'bottom' area
• [plugin] added support for menus.commandPalette contribution point
• [plugin] added support for vscode.previewHtml command
• [plugin] added support for read-only configuration index access
• [plugin] fixed issue of ensuring statusbar entry uniqueness
• [plugin] implemented inspect configuration command
• [plugin] refactored the Command interface by splitting into two: CommandDescription and Command
• [plugin][debug] added ability to connect to a remote debug server
• [preferences] added support for language specific preferences
• [preferences] aligned preference default values by type with vscode
• [search-in-workspace] added support for search when contexts
• [search-in-workspace] fixed keybinding for Search in Workspace widget
• [terminal] added support for font preferences
• [terminal] added support for terminal when contexts
• [vscode] added support for OS specific keybindings
• [vscode] implemented commands.getCommands
• [vscode] implemented commands.registerTextEditorCommand
• [vscode] implemented workspace.rootPath
• [workspace] added support for easier overriding of the DefaultWorkspaceServer
• [workspace] added support for workspace when contexts
• [workspace] fixed displaying the Open With... context menu only when more than one open handler is present
• [mini-browser] improved handling of iframe errors and time-outs

Breaking changes:

• menus aligned with built-in VS Code menus #4173
  • navigator context menu group changes:
    • 1_open and 4_new replaced by navigation group
    • 6_workspace renamed to 2_workspace group
    • 5_diff renamed to 3_compare group
    • 6_find renamed to 4_search group
    • 2_clipboard renamed to 5_cutcopypaste group
    • 3_move and 7_actions replaced by navigation group
  • editor context menu group changes:
    • 2_cut_copy_paste renamed to 9_cutcopypaste group
• [debug] align commands with VS Code #4204
  • debug.breakpoint.toggle renamed to editor.debug.action.toggleBreakpoint
  • debug.start renamed to workbench.action.debug.start
  • debug.thread.continue renamed to workbench.action.debug.continue
  • debug.start.noDebug renamed to workbench.action.debug.run
  • debug.thread.pause renamed to workbench.action.debug.pause
  • debug.thread.stepin renamed to workbench.action.debug.stepInto
  • debug.thread.stepout renamed to workbench.action.debug.stepOut
  • debug.thread.next renamed to workbench.action.debug.stepOver
  • debug.stop renamed to workbench.action.debug.stop
  • debug.editor.showHover renamed to editor.debug.action.showDebugHover
• multi-root workspace support for preferences #3247
  • PreferenceProvider
    • is changed from a regular class to an abstract class
    • the fireOnDidPreferencesChanged function is deprecated. emitPreferencesChangedEvent function should be used instead. fireOnDidPreferencesChanged will be removed with the next major release.
  • PreferenceServiceImpl
    • preferences is deprecated. getPreferences function should be used instead. preferences will be removed with the next major release
  • having properties property defined in the PreferenceSchema object is now mandatory
  • PreferenceProperty is renamed to PreferenceDataProperty
  • PreferenceSchemaProvider
    • the type of combinedSchema property is changed from PreferenceSchema to PreferenceDataSchema
    • the return type of getCombinedSchema function is changed from PreferenceSchema to PreferenceDataSchema
  • affects function is added to PreferenceChangeEvent and PreferenceChange interface
• navigator.exclude preference is renamed to files.exclude #4274

v0.3.19 - 22/01/2019

• [core] added hostname alias
• [core] added new editor.formatOnSave preference, to format documents on manual save
• [core] added support for setting end of line character
• [cpp] added new cpp.clangdExecutable and cpp.clangdArgs to customize language server start command
• [debug] added node debugger as a Plug-in
• [debug] added support for source breakpoints
• [git] added discardAll command
• [git] added stageAll command
• [git] added unstageAll command
• [git] added new git pull command, to pull from default configured remote
• [git] added new git push command, to push from default configured remote
• [git] added the ability to refresh git repositories when a change is detected within a workspace
• [java] allow the ability to rebind JavaContribution
• [languages] enabled INI syntax highlighting for .properties and .toml files
• [monaco] fixed cross editor navigation
• [monaco] fixed document-saving that took too long
• [monaco] improved MonacoWorkspace.fireWillSave performance
• [plugin] added globalState and workspaceState Plug-in API
• [plugin] added registerColorProvider Plug-in API
• [plugin] added registerRenameProvider Plug-in API
• [plugin] added tasks.onDidStartTask Plug-in API
• [plugin] added basic support of snippets
• [plugin] added common service to handle when expressions
• [plugin] added debug Plug-in API
• [plugin] added support for terminal APIs on window
• [plugin] added the ability to debug VS Code extensions
• [plugin] added the ability to get operating system connected to Plug-in
• [plugin] added the ability to provide a way to initialize workspace folders when Theia is started
• [plugin] added the ability to set the visibility of menu items through when expressions
• [plugin] added workspace symbols Plug-in API
• [plugin] fixed spreading of command arguments
• [preferences] added the ability to update settings schema resource on schema changes
• [search-in-workspace] fixed issue regarding child root in search-in-workspace when there is a multiple-root workspace
• [search-in-workspace] removed duplicates from search-in-workspace tree
• [security] updated xterm.js to 3.9.2
• [task] added support to run tasks from multiple-roots
• [task] fixed cwd path
• [workspace] added multiple-root support for WorkspaceService.getWorkspaceRootUri()

v0.3.18 - 20/12/2018

• [core] added a preference to define how to handle application exit
• [core] added a way to prevent application exit from extensions
• [core] added functionality to prevent application exit if some editors are dirty
• [core] allowed the ability to scope bindings per connection
• [core] fixed @theia/core/lib/node/debug#DEBUG_MODE flag to correctly detect when the runtime is inspected/debugged
• [cpp] fixed clangd being prematurely started when a build config is active
• [electron] implemented HTTP-based authentication for Git
• [electron] updated Electron to ^2.0.14
• [electron] updated Git for Electron to fall back to embedded Git if no Git is found on the PATH
• [file-search] added ability to search files from multiple-root workspaces
• [file-search] improved handling when attempting to open non-existent files from the quick-open-file
• [filesystem] added the ability to convert URIs to platform specific paths
• [git] updated Git view to display short hash when on detached state
• [java-debug] added major enhancements to java-debug
• [keybinding] normalized key sequences to US layout
• [languages] added a preference for every language contribution to be able to trace the communication client <-> server
• [languages] allowed the ability to provide Language Server start options
• [languages] fixed leaking language clients
• [languages][java] reuse jdt.ls workspace
• [monaco] fixed keybindings on OSX
• [plug-in] added Plug-in API for language server contributions
• [plug-in] added storagePath Plug-in API
• [plug-in] added tasks.registerTaskProvider Plug-in API
• [plug-in] added window.withProgress Plug-in API
• [plug-in] added ability to register keybindings from a Plug-in's package.json
• [plug-in] added open link command
• [plug-in] added support for context menus in contributed views
• [plug-in] implemented API to get workspace folder by a given file URI
• [plug-in][languages] added ability to register a document highlight provider
• [search-in-workspace] added ability to perform 'Find in Folder...' with multiple folders simultaneously
• [search-in-workspace] added match and file count to search-in-workspace
• [search-in-workspace] added support for multiple-root workspaces
• [search-in-workspace] fixed path issues by instead using URIs
• [terminal] added ability to choose terminal root location when a workspace contains multiple roots
• [workspace] fixed long label computations for multiple-root workspaces
• [xterm] updated Xterm to 3.9.1

v0.3.17 - 29/11/2018

• Added better widget error handling for different use cases (ex: no workspace present, no repository present, ...)
• Addressed multiple backend memory leaks
• Prefixed quick-open commands for easier categorization and searching
• Refactored Task menu items into the new Terminal menu
• [core] added theia.applicationName to application package.json and improved window title
• [core] added graceful handling of init and re-connection errors
• [core] added the keybinding ctrl+alt+a and ctrl+alt+d to switch tabs left/right
• [core] added the menu item Find Command... to easily trigger quick-open commands
• [core] added toolbar support for tab-bars
• [core] updated the status-bar display when offline
• [cpp] updated the keybinding for Switch Header/Source from Option+o to Option+Command+o when on macOS
• [debug] added the ability to fork a debug adapter
• [debug] added the ability to trace the debug adapter communication
• [debug] implemented major frontend and backend debug improvements
• [electron] miscellaneous stability and usability improvements on Electron
• [getting-started] added Getting Started Widget - used to view common commands, recent workspaces, and helpful links
• [lsp] added new symbol types and increased existing workspace symbol resilience
• [lsp] registered 'Restart' commands for each language server started for miscellaneous purposes
• [markers] added the context menu item Collapse All for problem markers
• [mini-browser] miscellaneous mini-browser improvements
• [plug-in] added Plug-in API to communicate between Theia and plugins
• [plug-in] added languages.registerCodeLensProvider Plug-in API
• [plug-in] added languages.registerDocumentSymbolProvider Plug-in API
• [plug-in] added window.showTextDocument Plug-in API
• [plug-in] added ability to provide custom namespaces for the Plug-in API
• [plug-in] registered a type definition provider
• [plug-in] added tasks.registerTaskProvider Plug-in API
• [preview-editor] added the ability to open editors in preview mode
• [process] added the ability to create new node processes through forking
• [search-in-workspace] prompted users when performing Replace All... to limit accidental triggering
• [search-in-workspace] fixed issue when selecting a file, the command Find in Folder... searches from the node's closest parent
• [terminal] added the menu item and command Split Terminal
• [workspace] added the ability to open multiple files simultaneously from the file navigator
• [workspace] added the context menu item Collapse All for the file navigator
• [workspace] included workspace path as part of the URL fragment

v0.3.16 - 25/10/2018

• Reverted [cpp] Add debugging for C/C++ programs. This feature will come back in its own cpp-specific repo
• [callhierarchy][typescript] adapt to hierarchical document symbols
• [core] added methods to un-register menus, commands and keybindings
• [debug] decoupled debug model from UI + clean up
• [markers] added ability to remove markers
• [output] added a button to clear output view
• [plug-in] Terminal.sendText API adds a new line to the text being sent to the terminal if addNewLine parameter wasn't specified
• [plug-in] added DocumentLinkProvider Plug-in API
• [terminal] added 'open in terminal' to navigator
• [windows] implemented drives selector for the file dialog

v0.3.15 - 27/09/2018

• [cpp] added debugging for C/C++ programs
• [debug] added debug toolbar
• [debug] resolved variables in configurations
• [debug] updated debug session views to act like panels
• [keymaps] added new View Keybindings Widget - used to view search and edit keybindings
• [languages] added TCL grammar file
• [plug-in] added menus contribution point
• [workspace] added multi-root workspace support with vscode compatibility

v0.3.13 - 30/08/2018

• Re-implemented additional widgets using React
• Re-implemented miscellaneous components using React
• [cpp] added a status bar button to select an active cpp build configuration
• [cpp] implemented watch changes to compile_commands.json
• [git/blame] added support for convert to toggle command
• [markers] fixed #2315: fine grain marker tree computation
• [markers] improved performance by no longer storing markers in browser local storage by default
• [terminal] updated to xterm.js 3.5.0
• [textmate] added C/C++, Java, Python, CSS, html, less, markdown, shell, xml, yaml
• [tree] improved performance by not rendering collapsed nodes
• [ts] added support for one ls for all JavaScript related languages
• [workspace] added support for recently opened workspaces history

v0.3.12 - 28/06/2018

• New Plugin system !
  • See design and documentation for more details.
• Introducing Task API.
  • Note, the format of tasks.json has been changed. For details, see the Task extension's README.md.
• Added an UI when developing plugins
• Migrated widgets to react
• Theia alerts you when the opening of a new tab is denied by the browser
• [core] added quick option to toggle the autosave feature
• [filesystem] added File Download feature
• [git] git commit now alerts the user if no files are staged
• [git] fixed git unstaging feature
• [languages] added textmate syntax coloring support (works on .ts files for now until more grammars are registered)
• [search-in-workspace] added new command Search In Folder...
• [search-in-workspace] added the missing Search menu item
• [workspace] fixed issue to prevent workspace root from being be deleted
• .md files that are edited in diff mode now correctly open with the editor
• HTML files now open in the editor by default

v0.3.11 - 06/06/2018

• Added search and replace widget
• Added the ability to delete files on OSX with cmd+backspace
• Added the ability to set more finely grained logger levels
• Fixed several memory leaks.
• [editor] changed the font in the editor
• [editor] fixed the capital R key (shift + r) not working in the editor
• [file-search] added support for search in hidden files
• [git] added git sync and git publish actions
• [navigator] added the ability to toggle hidden files in the navigator
• jdt.ls download on postinstall