code 8.0.0 Released

Improvements:

• A new gutter is added for adding/removing edit marks that can be navigated between with keyboard shortcuts
• Remote branches may now be opened from the "Branch" menu
• Options to overwrite or cancel are given when switching branch with uncommitted changes
• The network can now be accessed from within the Flatpak
• The branch names in the "Branch" submenus are now sorted alphabetically
• The extension list now has switches instead of checkboxes in order to provide a larger target
• The terminal pane now implements smart copy-paste and follows the "natural-copy-paste" setting of Terminal
• The Vala symbol pane now gives more information in the tooltips

Minor updates:

• Launcher actions now have icons
• Opening and immediately closing a new document no longer prevents further documents being opened
• The Vala symbol pane may only block the UI for a limited time if there are a large number of symbols
• The "Open in …" menu is no longer empty when running as Flatpak
• The search term now persists until editing or closing the search bar.
• No longer allow the parent or child of an open project to be itself opened as a project
• The active project dropdown now keeps in sync
• Numbered lists are now handled correctly by Markdown plugin
• The highlighting plugin now works with selections of more than one word
• The "Open in …" menu is now sorted and includes a "Terminal Pane" entry
• Folders containing may items now expand faster without blocking the UI
• Symbol Pane now always scrolls document to selected symbol
• Updated translations

What's Changed

• Reliably open documents from sidebar by @jeremypw in #1465
• Update Document.vala by @2hexed in #1505
• Sort Apps for "Open in ..." by @jeremypw in #1519
• Rework word completion: Split out PrefixNode class by @jeremypw in #1529
• Confirm overwriting uncommitted changes on branch change by @jeremypw in #1524
• Do not allow simultaneous opening of projects with parent-child relationship by @jeremypw in #1500
• Store and restore active-project-path explicitly by @jeremypw in #1472
• Rework word completion: Start to prepare PrefixNode for dynamic updating by @jeremypw in #1532
• Remove unneeded check in Vala Symbol pane by @jeremypw in #1514
• WelcomeView: use resourced icon for project by @danirabbit in #1535
• Fix closing an empty temporary document by @jeremypw in #1538
• Actions: bump flatpak to 6.4 by @danirabbit in #1540
• CI: run arm workflows on arm runner by @davidmhewitt in #1541
• CloseProjectsConfirmationDialog: Correct ngettext format by @ryonakano in #1542
• OverwriteUncommittedConfirmationDialog: Correct icon name and buttons order by @ryonakano in #1544
• CloseProjectsConfirmationDialog: Don't use printf in the plural form by @ryonakano in #1543
• Handle error thrown while checking out a branch by @jeremypw in #1537
• Fix "Open in" submenu when running as Flatpak by @jeremypw in #1512
• Speed up closing and opening tabs when editor-config plugin is active by @jeremypw in #1334
• SymbolPane: Always scroll view when symbol item clicked by @jeremypw in #1504
• Increase maximum selection length for highlighting by @jeremypw in #1470
• Move Open in Terminal option by @jeremypw in #1518
• Minor FolderManager code improvements by @jeremypw in #1489
• Lose unused function by @jeremypw in #1546
• Limit time vala symbol pane takes to parse and display symbols by @jeremypw in #1515
• Implement checkout of remote branches by @jeremypw in #1516
• Vala Symbol Pane: Correct tooltip message by @jeremypw in #1547
• Persist current search term until intentionally changed by @jeremypw in #1509
• Bump flatpak/flatpak-github-actions from 6.4 to 6.5 by @dependabot in #1552
• Silence some warnings by @jeremypw in #1488
• Rework word-completion: Update construction of completion provider by @jeremypw in #1528
• Implement navigation between edit points by @jeremypw in #1138
• Load sidebar folder children asynchronously after docs finished loading by @jeremypw in #1522
• Fix regressions in search bar behaviour by @jeremypw in #1551
• Migrate to libpeas-2 by @jeremypw in #1501
• Allow network access from Flatpak by @jeremypw in #1555
• README: Replace libsoup2.4-dev with libsoup-3.0-dev by @ryonakano in #1557
• Launcher: add icons to actions by @danirabbit in #1559
• Markdown: fix numbered list by @jeremypw in #1474
• PluginManager: cleanup listbox, add accessible name by @danirabbit in #1561
• PluginsManager: cleanups by @danirabbit in #1562
• PluginManager: bump license header by @danirabbit in #1563
• BracketsCompletion: misc cleanup by @danirabbit in #1564
• Install as different application by @jeremypw in #1568
• Revert "Install as different application" by @jeremypw in #1569
• Increase target size in plugin list by @jeremypw in #1567
• Meson: Fix deprecations by @danirabbit in #1579
• SourceView: remove unused variables by @danirabbit in #1580
• Jeremypw/plugins/fix libpeas2 by @jeremypw in #1566
• Sort branch lists alphabetically by @jeremypw in #1576
• Follow natural-copy-paste behaviour of pantheon-terminal by @jeremypw in #1578
• Fix global search - load children synchronously when expanding sidebar to path by @jeremypw in #1571
• Fix natural copy-paste in terminal - native behaviour when no selection/empty clipboard. by @jeremypw in #1588
• Show more information in Vala symbol tooltip by @jeremypw in #1565
• Reapply use switch instead of CheckBox after accidental reversion by @jeremypw in #1589
• Prepare for release 8.0.0 by @jeremypw in #1573
• Fix crash from Document get_slice () on start up under some conditions by @jeremypw in #1591
• Fix crash when too many symbols by @jeremypw in #1598
• Release v8.0.0 by @jeremypw in #1590

New Contributors

• @2hexed made their first contribution in #1505

Full Changelog: 7.4.0...8.0.0