TextExpander for Windows
8
What's New
Detailed Release Notes
8.2.6
May 1, 2025
- Bug Fix
8.2.5
April 23, 2025
- Improved focus tracking and expansion candidate classification
- Restored editor support for legacy RTF snippets to prevent crashes
- Limit the click area of the right-pane Inline Search Information link
- Expansion customization for Firefox to support the Clio Manage web application
- Disable Fill-in snippet AutoFill popups
8.2.2
February 10, 2025
- Various bug fixes and UI improvements.
8.1
October 28, 2024
- Security improvements to authentication.
- Better support for Adobe Acrobat.
- Various bug fixes and UI improvements.
8.2.6
May 1, 2025
- Fix for expansion in the Microsoft Excel desktop application
8.2.5
April 23, 2025
- Improved focus tracking and expansion candidate classification
- Restored editor support for legacy RTF snippets to prevent crashes
- Limit the click area of the right-pane Inline Search Information link
- Expansion customization for Firefox to support the Clio Manage web application
- Disable Fill-in snippet AutoFill popups
8.2.2
February 10, 2025
- Displays a view-only message on the disabled “New Snippet” button when a user doesn’t have edit permission.
- Replaces “test drive” and “demo” with “Trial” in profile alert.
- Fix for Snippet expansions in Google Docs.
- Fixes ‘New’ Outlook expansion issue – abbreviation remained after expansion.
- Fixes the URL preview showing up on the bottom left of web views.
- Preserves plaintext snippet type until formatted.
8.1
October 28, 2024
- Security improvements to authentication.
- Better support for Adobe Acrobat.
- Various bug fixes and UI improvements.
7
What's New
Detailed Release Notes
7.8
July 31, 2024
- Improves discoverability of New Snippet button
- Easier creation and editing of Rich Text snippets
- Adds hint for inline search
- Easier access to team creation and management
- Various fixes and improvements
7.7.1
November 15, 2023
- Fixes for Popup Menus
- Fix for date adjustment not being respected in excluded optional
- Fixes issue with text selection Google Docs
- Fix for using arrow keys to move into the middle of an optional section
- Additional fixes and improvements
7.7
September 19, 2023
- TextExpander for Chrome can now be run alongside TextExpander for Windows!
- Fixes ability to enter Optional Section using arrow keys
- Fixes to retain default popup option after deletion of item
- Fixes dialog Esc key behavior
- Bug fixes and optimizations
7.6.1
August 23, 2023
- Fixes potential crashes when editing certain Snippet types.
- Fixes issue with Popup Menu reordering.
7.6
July 17, 2023
- Updates and improvements to Snippet Editor
- Adds default keyboard shortcut for Quick Actions
- Improves UI navigation via keyboard
- Fixes unexpected behavior with editor drop down items
- Fixes nested snippets appearing in Quick Actions or edit last expanded Snippet
7.5.2
May 30, 2023
- Fixes display of Optional Sections in Fill-In windows
- Fixes crash at startup after editing shared Snippet Groups
- Adds customer support chat link for all users
- Fixes typing performance in large Fill-Ins
- Fixes frequent crashes experienced by some users
7.5
April 11, 2023
- Add Google Sign-in as account sign-in option
- Fixes and improvements
7.4.1
January 17, 2023
- Improved accuracy of Snippet statistics
- Add an easy, in-app way for users to give product feedback
7.4
December 13, 2022
- Live chat support in TextExpander app
- Fixes and improvements
7.3.1
October 4, 2022
- Fixes for keyboard shortcuts and navigation
- Improved responsive sizing of sign in screen
- User interface improvements
7.2
March 21, 2022
- Adds tutorial tips to main window with helpful TextExpander resources
- Adds Dutch language localization
- Includes improvements such as faster start up time, additions to the context menu, and various bug fixes
7.1
December 14, 2021
- Adds “Expand Immediately” to complement the “Keep Delimiter” and “Abandon Delimiter” snippet expansion override options
- Various fixes and improvements, notably:
- Fixes text appearance in the UI
- Fixes signing in via SSO when TextExpander isn’t already running
- Fixes various crashes
- Fixes issues where sometimes standalone snippet editors won’t show
7.0.2
November 9, 2021
- Fixes other possible crash on startup
7.0.1
October 17, 2021
- Fixes possible crash on startup
7
October 12, 2021
- Updates and unifies the user experience
- Improves main window search
- Improves performance and responsiveness
- Improves conflict management
- Broadens accessibility
- Other fixes and improvements
7.8
July 31, 2024
- Stops displaying maintenance alert once maintenance is finished, and successfully connected
- Fixes pasting into tables in the Snippet Editor
- Improves editing of links in the Snippet Editor
- Stops showing needs update message after upgrading
- Fixes backspace corrupting tables in the Snippet Editor
- Fixes copying and pasting of Optional Sections
- Fixes crash when editing lists in some circumstances
- Fixes spacing between editor elements
- Fixes closing a dialog via Esc
- Preserves first position as the default selectIon when editing Popup options in the Snippet Editor
- Requires an Abbreviation to be specified when embedding a Snippet in the Snippet Editor
- Fixes word wrapping in the date adjustment dialog box
- Fixes crash when opening Quick Actions
- Fixes intermittent bug with image insertion in snippet editor
7.7.1
November 15, 2023
- Fix for date adjustment not being respected in excluded optional
- For for using arrow keys to move into the middle of an optional section
- Fixes issue with unnamed embedded fill-ins
- Fix crash when deleting popup menu default option
- Fix crash when deleting first item in list
- Fix for text selection in Google Docs
- Fixes placeholder text when editing Fill Ins
- Fixes running on Terminal Services
7.7
September 19, 2023
- Fixes ability to enter Optional Section using arrow keys
- Update chat bubble tooltip
- Fixes to retain default popup option after deletion of item
- Fixes dialog Esc key behavior
- Fixes incorrect scripting error message in fill-in window
- Fixes expansion via keyboard shortcuts after mouse navigation in Quick Actions
7.6.1
August 23, 2023
- Fixes potential crash where users may be presented with the following error: “TextExpander has encountered an error from which it cannot recover.” after editing certain Snippet types.
- Fixes issue where “Select by default” is not following the position of associated item in Popup Menu.
7.6
July 17, 2023
- Updates to Snippet Editor
- Ensures that return key works to select toolbar items in Snippet Editor
- Adds default keyboard shortcut for Quick Actions
- Improves UI navigation via keyboard
- Fixes unexpected behavior with editor drop down items
- Fixes error handling of date adjustment macros
- Adds placeholder values in url dialog
- Improves syntax highlighting colors
- Improves color picker
- Checks for updates daily if Include Beta Builds is checked
- Fixes nested snippets appearing in Quick Actions or edit last expanded Snippet
- Includes translations for some installer buttons
- Fixes .msi deployment installation from separate account
7.5.2
May 30, 2023
- Fixes display of Optional Sections in Fill-In windows
- Fixes crash at startup after editing shared Snippet Groups
- Adds customer support chat link for all users
- Fixes typing performance in large Fill-Ins
- Fixes frequent crashes experienced by some users
7.5
April 11, 2023
- Add Google Sign-in as account sign-in option
- Fixes and improvements
- Fix for interaction causing slowdown of Firefox
- Fix for the display of in app chat feature
7.4.1
January 17, 2023
- Improved accuracy of Snippet statistics
- Add an easy, in-app way for users to give product feedback
7.4
December 13, 2022
- We are slowly rolling out live support chat to more TextExpander customers
- Improve compatibility with date adjustment macros
- Fix number parsing bug in date macros
- Fix fill-ins contained in embedded script snippets
7.3.1
October 4, 2022
- Fixes keyboard shortcut for making italic text [TEC-2403]
- Makes sign in / loading screen responsive to small sizes [TEC-2446]
- Fixes keyboard navigation to move between panes [TEC-2032]
- Evaluate %date: macros before executing scripts [TEC-1307]
- Various UI fixes
7.2
March 21, 2022
- Shows helpful tips in main window when nothing else is displayed [TEC-2053], [TEC-2054], [TEC-2055], [TEC-2056]
- Adds Dutch Localization
- Fixes display of milliseconds with date macros [TEC-1950]
- Fixes various crashes [TEC-2033]
- Fixes inconsistent firing of keyboard shortcuts [TEC-1918], [TEC-2025]
- Fixes crash in popup editor dialog [TEC-2037]
- Fixes duplication of Snippet Groups with Overridden Abbreviation Prefixes [TEC-733]
- Fixes crash in standalone snippet editor [TEC-2050]
- Fixes delete via context menu when a Snippet & Snippet Group are selected [TEC-2042]
- Fixes crashes when unsupported modifiers are used when clicking on menu items and buttons [TEC-2025], [TEC-2039]
- Adds “Resolve Abbreviation Conflicts” to Context Menu [TEC-1936]
- Fixes appearance of read-only snippet groups when dragging a snippet over them [TEC-2009]
- Shows “Loading…” instead of “Signing In…” when launching TextExpander and the user is already signed in [TEC-2000]
- Improves start-up time
- Adds (Read Only) to the header of read-only snippets [TEC-1903]
- Stops adding focus rectangle when clicking on headers [TEC-1938]
- More consistent behavior when creating new snippets [TEC-1366]
- More consistent behavior when creating new snippet groups
- Fixes closing Snippet Group settings after opening them via the context menu [TEC-2062]
- Uses Shift for force-delete with click [TEC-2040]
7.1
December 14, 2021
- Distinguishes disabled buttons from other UI elements [TEC-1455]
- Fixes various crashes in Quick Actions, Inline Search, and the
- Improves performance when viewing large script snippets [TEC-1917]
- Disables other UI elements while a modal is open [TEC-1907]
- Closes standalone editor editor when a modal is opened [TEC-1907]
- Keeps snippet group visible in list during editing [TEC-1722]
- Keep selection visible after closing search [TEC-1778]
- Focus snippet editor after cancelling a macro dialog [TEC-1676]
- Closes Group Settings, Rejected Edits and Suggestions when Escape is
- Fixes automatic scrolling of Snippet Group Categories [TEC-1984]
- Adds Expand Immediately to Snippets, alongside Keep Delimiter
- Fixes UI text appearance [TEC-1946]
- Always open standalone editor Windows when creating or editing
- Fixes SSO sign-in when TextExpander isn’t already running [TEC-350]
- Closes Preview, Duplicate, Move etc. on the Snippet Detail Pane when
- Hides the Group Detail toolbar from screen readers [TEC-1916]
- Fixes announcements of toolbars in screen readers [TEC-1916]
- Fixes Edit Last Expanded Snippet in QUick Actions [TEC-1999]
- Updates localizations
- Fixes Font appearance when printing snippets [TEC-1946]
- Fixes Font appearance in Japanese [TEC-1946]
- Fixes Font appearance with bold text [TEC-1946]
- Fixes Quick Actions being a completely black screen [TEC-1998]
- Fixes Inline Search being a completely black screen [TEC-1998]
- Fixes appearance of symbols in fonts [TEC-1946], [TEC-2005]
7.0.2
November 9, 2021
- Fixes other possible crash on startup [TEC-1958]
7.0.1
October 17, 2021
- Fixes possible crash on startup
7
October 12, 2021
- Updates and unifies the user experience
- Improves main window search
- Improves performance and responsiveness
- Improves conflict management
- Broadens accessibility
- Other fixes and improvements
2
What's New
Detailed Release Notes
2.2.1
May 18, 2020
- Fixes crash in Excel experienced by some users
- Fixes various expansion issues
- Fixes Snippet Group becoming untitled, read-only during high server load
- Fixes crash after pressing PAUSE key
- Other fixes and improvements
2.2
April 28, 2020
- Improves expansion, notably in Google Chrome and Microsoft Office
- Improves clipboard handling significantly
- Fixes various expansion issues experienced by some users
- Supports Windows 10 Clipboard History
- Fixes display location of inline search and fill-ins in Google Chrome
- Various fixes and improvements
2.1.1
January 29, 2020
- Improves performance, including startup
- Positions inline search and fill-in windows correctly on multiple monitors
- Adds snippet preview
- Improves delimiter support
- Fixes various issues with expansion
- Fixes various UI issues
- Fixes various crashes
- Other fixes and improvements
2.1
October 15, 2019
- Improves performance
- Improves snippet editor:
- Double-click to edit date and time math macros
- Replaces selected text with inserted macros
- Fixes case where fill-in name reverts to default
- Fixes fill-in expansion from Google Chrome
- Remembers fill-in window size after expansion
- Reduces memory usage
- Updates About Box and Preferences appearance
- Other fixes and improvements
2.0.19
July 7, 2019
- Resolves expansion failure after suspend/hibernate and other specific cases
- Other minor fixes and improvements
2.0.17
May 28, 2019
- Search is now case and accent insensitive
- Search is now faster and highlights better
- Fixes expansion locking up keyboard
- Adds ability to reorder items in popup fill-ins
- Increases width of filter field
- Improves editor appearance
- Fixes filtering and inline search after snippet group abbreviation prefix changes
- Fixes filtering/searching when large snippets are present
- Adds support for table borders
- Improves UI responsiveness
- Adds support for the ZOC application
- Adds support for editable Unicode date macros
- Improves expansion in a variety of cases
- Numerous other fixes and improvements
2
March 5, 2019
- New editor with visual access to:
- Dates
- Times
- Date math
- Fill-ins
- Keys
- Cursor positioning
- Clipboard
- Insert / nest other snippets
- Supports editing while offline
- Improves expansion
- Statistics
- Improves snippet preview
- Highlights syntax for JavaScript
- Other fixes and improvements
2.2.1
May 18, 2020
- Fixes crashes in Excel experienced by some users [TEC-789]
- Fixes crash at startup experienced by some users [TEC-782]
- Fixes crash after pressing PAUSE key [TEC-770]
- Fixes expansion leaving abbreviation behind [TEC-790]
- Fixes expansion of Snippets with adjacent macros [TEC-798]
- Fixes expansion of Snippets with sequential optional sections [TEC-787]
- Fixes issue where a Snippet Group would lose its name and become disabled after editing a Snippet [TEC-785]
- Fixes occasional high-cpu after disabling expansion [TEC-805]
- Fixes Inline Search after disabling expansion [TEC-806]
- Fixes excessive diagnostic logging [TEC-794]
2.2
April 28, 2020
- Fixes and improvements to expansion [TEC-635, TEC-593, TEC-144, TEC-345, TEC-409, TEC-98, TEC-558, TEC-712, TEC-534, TEC-669, TEC-741, TEC-766, TEC-83, TEC-73, TEC-3, TEC-167, TEC-39, TEC-347, TEC-381, TEC-400, TEC-669, TEC-768]
- Fixes crashes experienced by some users [TEC-564, TEC-635, TEC-392, TEC-18, TEC-562, TEC-553, TEC-180, TEC-574, TEC-547]
- Fixes and improvements to the Snippet Editor [TEC-625, TEC-208, TEC-590, TEC-537, TEC-581]
- Prevents setting problematic HotKeys [TEC-604]
- Improves preview of JavaScript snippets
- Various UI improvements [TEC-188, TEC-740]
- Removes in-app onboarding, now available on the website [TEC-714]
2.1.1
January 29, 2020
- Moves diagnostic report sending option to installer [TEC-624]
- Fixes crash that can occur under bad network conditions [TEC-639]
- Fixes crash that can occur when running in some locales [TEC-544]
- Fixes inline search crash that can sometimes occur when selecting results via keyboard shortcut [TEC-643]
- Fixes various problems that could occur when moving Snippets [TEC-646]
- Allows removal of all delimiters [TEC-492, TEC-169]
- Differentiates between main keypad and numeric keypad enter keys, when used as delimiters – they are “Return” and “Enter” respectively in the delimiter setting dialog [ TEC-493 ]
- Adds version number to installer’s filename [ TEC-519 ]
- Fixes problems with snippets created in older versions of TextExpander, with optional sections with formatted names [ TEC-212 ]
- Fixes expansion of %key% macros included in output returned by JavaScript snippets [TEC-274]
- Stops populating fill-in name when editing fill-in fields [TEC-522]
- Fixes handling of % symbols in JavaScript snippets
- Adds snippet preview
- Fixes hotkey selection
- Fixes rich text expansion with list items, line breaks and optional sections [TEC-406]
- Adds support for clearing cache if TextExpander has trouble starting
- Improves performance, including startup [TEC-386]
- Fixes various crashes
- Fixes various UI issues
- Fixes setting of blank abbreviation prefix overrides [TEC-394]
- Positions inline search and fill-in windows correctly on multiple monitors [TEC-12, TEC-436]
- Stops tab from selecting hyperlinks in fill-in windows
- Fixes expansion on some keyboard layouts with recent versions of Windows 10; specifically German, Swiss German, and Japanese Keyboard Layouts [TEC-529, TEC-164, TEC-166, TEC-161]
- Fixes crashing and unresponsiveness after initial expansion experienced by some users [TEC-420]
2.1
October 15, 2019
- Fixes miscellaneous memory issues
- Improves performance
- Fixes miscellaneous crashes
- Allows disabling of Onboarding via registry key [TEC-351, TEWIN-646]
- Allows other applications to come to foreground immediately after Inline Search Window closes
- Improves expansion with slow target applications [TEWIN-407]
- Fixes Delimiter overridding for some snippet types [TEC-315]
- Improves text appearance [TEC-172]
- Fixes “odd characters” in Preferences Window [TEC-113]
- Fixes crash during startup when Windows Account name has non-latin characters [TEC-48, TEWIN-649]
- Fixes “third-party” crash at startup [TEC-54]
- Allows resizing of Preferences, Welcome and About screens
- New About, Welcome & Preferences [TEC-196, TEC-157, TEC-156, TEC-168]
- Remembers Fill In Window size after editing snippet
- Remembers Snippets previously used in Welcome Window, when re-opening
- Opens Date/Time math editor when Date/Time math macros are clicked in Snippet editor [TEC-317]
- Closes Fill-In modal in Snippet Editor when pressing enter [TEC-255]
- Selects the edited Snippet when Opening the Main Window from the Snippet Editing Dialog [TEC-308]
- Stops clearing Main Window filter when inline search performed [TEC-307]
- Fixes inserting macros when text is selected in the editor [TEC-257]
- Fixes information loss with enter-triggered dismissal of Fill-in Modal in Snippet editor [TEC-301]
- Ensure Snippet Group is expanded in outline, when one of its snippets are selected [TEC-419]
- Sends statistics when TextExpander exits, TextExpander upgrades, turning off PC and logging out of Windows [TEC-287, TEC-452, TEC-451]
- Prompts user to send crash reports [TEC-363, TEC-76]
- Fixes some crashes when TextExpander exits
- FillIns will remain on top of other windows [TEC-13]
- Fixes spurious fetch error in logs [TEC-349]
- Exiting TextExpander is faster
- Fixes error dialog when TextExpander fails to load [TEC-437, TEC-62]
- Fixes crash at startup that affected some users [TEC-459]
- Corrects “Default Snippet Format” wording in Preferences [TEC-116]
- Adds Support for Organization-controlled updates [TEC-133]
2.0.19
July 7, 2019
- Resolves expansion failure after suspend/hibernate and other specific cases [TEC-391]
- Other minor fixes and improvements
2.0.17
May 28, 2019
- Search is now case and accent insensitive [TEWIN-673]
- Search is now faster [TEWIN-776]
- Increases Filter width [TEWIN-685]
- Improves Editor appearance
- Allows fill-in popups to be reordered in editor
- Fixes backspace macro inside fill-ins [SNIP-249]
- Clarifies OK button in fill-ins [SNIP-223]
- Fixes infinite loop in %macro parsing [SNIP-247]
- Fixes untitled fill text fields [SNIP-241]
- Removes blue border around Snippet outline [TEWIN-810]
- Improves highlighting appearance when search term is split
- Improves UI responsiveness
- Fixes Keyboard Shortcuts after Sign Out followed by Sign In [TEWIN-706]
- Normalizes clipboard when passed into Javascript snippets, so that newlines are always ‘n’ [TEWIN-798]
- Correctly describes %fillpopup with no menu items, when showing Snippet content in the outline
- Improves Fill-In appearance [SNIP-235]
- Fixes filter & inline search after sign out, followed by sign in [TEC-327]
- Fixes display of toast notifications [TEC-294]
- Fixes crash when selecting results in Inline Search [TEC-284]
- Fixes hang on exit [TEC-318]
- Fixes blank window when opening TextExpander from System Tray [TEC-29]
- Stops double-expansion when using clipboard [TEC-25]
- Stops expanding when keys like Ctrl are pressed with an abbreviation [TEC-32]
- Fixes crashes in Inline Search when using large accounts [TEC-284, TEC-338]
- Adds support for the ZOC application [TEC-57]
- Adds support for table borders [SNIP-142]
- Adds support for editable Unicode Date Macros [SNIP-205]
- Won’t insert snippet macro w/o abbreviation [TEC-268]
- Fixes insertion of unedited fill-ins
- Fixes inserting %filltop via the editor toolbar in script Snippets [SNIP-210]
- Fixes expansion when optional sections contain bold and curly quotes [TEC-212]
- Fixes expansion in Office applications swapping first and last lines [TEC-11]
- Fixes expansion when extra end optionals are present [TEC-212]
- Stops inserting fill-ins if cancel is pressed in editor [SNIP-222]
2
March 5, 2019
- New editor with visual access to:
- Dates
- Times
- Date math
- Fill-ins
- Keys
- Cursor positioning
- Clipboard
- Insert / nest other snippets
- Supports editing while offline
- Improves expansion
- Statistics
- Highlights syntax for JavaScript
- Adds options for resolving changes rejected by the server
- Moves sign in to main window
- Other fixes and improvements
1
What's New
Detailed Release Notes
1.6.13
June 12, 2018
- Resolves expansion of Fill-ins in Microsoft Edge
- Improves Fill-in performance in Firefox
- Restores selection of inline search results with the mouse
- Other fixes and improvements
1.6.11
May 24, 2018
- Resolves numerous issues expanding fill-in snippets
- Improves caret and selection placement in Microsoft Office apps
- Improves clipboard interaction when expanding
- Improves expansion in Google Chrome
- Improves handling of unlock, resume from sleep, and UAC prompting
- Improves handling when abbreviation has shifted keys
- Resolves a number of app-specific expansion issues
- Other fixes and improvements
1.5.19
March 19, 2018
- Improves response to low disk space and other types of error
- Resolves numerous edge cases
- Improves overall reliability
- Other fixes and improvements
1.5.10
February 20, 2018
- Resolves other potential hangs from version 1.5.9
1.5.9
February 16, 2018
- Resolves potential hang on launch from version 1.5.8
1.5.8
February 15, 2018
- Resolves expansion issues in Microsoft OneNote
- Adds Single Sign-On
1.4.2
November 14, 2017
- Resolves issue with setting hotkeys
- Other fixes and improvements
1.4.1
November 2, 2017
- Resolves issue with recording statistics
1.4
October 31, 2017
- Adds new offline expansion
- Improves launch speed
1.2.8
July 24, 2017
- Minor fixes and improvements
1.2.7
July 9, 2017
- Fixes interface element size issues on HiDPI devices
- Resolves issues with Tutorial snippets
- Other fixes and improvements
1.2.4
May 22, 2017
- Improves expansion performance
- Other fixes and improvements
1.2
May 4, 2017
- Adjusts to Microsoft Office “Smart Copy & Paste” when necessary
- Improves positioning and sizing of fill-in windows
- Other fixes and improvements
1.1.7
April 10, 2017
- Shows installed fonts in snippet editor
- Improves reconnection behavior
- Fixes usage of %key% macros in fill-in JavaScript snippets
- Fixes highlighting of repeated filter matches
- Other fixes and improvements
1.1.6
March 28, 2017
- Adds support for Snippet Group prefixes and Group prefix overrides
- Other minor fixes
1.1.4
March 16, 2017
- Adds support for JavaScript snippets
- Improves rich text expansion in Word and Outlook
- Improves interaction with the clipboard
- Other fixes and improvements
1.0.5
February 10, 2017
- Supports cut / copy / paste for all windows, including sign in and fill-ins
- Retains selection when applying formatting in snippet editor
- Supports expansion and fill-in / inline search placement in:
- PowerShell
- cmd.exe
- Supports expansion in:
- PuTTY
- Xshell
- ConEmu
- Other fixes and improvements
1.0.2
February 7, 2017
- Adds insert image button to snippet editor
- Adds filter/search support
- Adds rich text paste support in snippet editor
- Adds Welcome to TextExpander to Help menu
- Implements Cut, Copy & Paste menu items & keyboard shortcuts
- Improves various interface elements
- Navigate the snippet list using arrow keys
- Opens links clicked in Snippet Editor in the web browser
- Uses TextExpander icon for Installer & Add/Remove Programs
- Other fixes and improvements
1.6.13
June 12, 2018
- Resolves expansion of Fill-ins in Microsoft Edge [TEWIN-526]
- Improves Fill-in performance in Firefox [TEWIN-635]
- Restores selection of inline search results with the mouse [TEWIN-365]
1.6.11
May 24, 2018
- Fixes unresponsive clipboard preventing expansion by ignoring the clipboard if the RDPClip (Used by Remote Desktop) owns it [ TEWIN-479 ]
- Fixes Fill In flickering/crash by only showing dialog after automatic sizing is done [ TEWIN-605 ]
- Makes Fill In Dialog positioning more reliable [ TEWIN-526 ]
- Fixes Fill In Dialog in Edge [ TEWIN-526 ]
- Fixes stalled expansion after using successive Fill Ins in Office [ TEWIN-382 ]
- Fixes general expansion issues in Office [ TEWIN-193 ]
- Fixes slow typing in Outlook while TextExpander is running [ TEWIN-467 ]
- Fixes TextExpander making Microsoft Access unresponsive [ TEWIN-90 ]
- Fixes abbreviation removal when the target application processes keystrokes slower than TextExpander does [ TEWIN-134, TEWIN-117, TEWIN-40 ]
- Makes expansion more reliable after unlocking PC, resuming PC from sleep or after interaction with UAC prompts [ TEWIN-199, TEWIN-601 ]
- Improves caret and selection placement when using Microsoft Products (e.g. Outlook, Word ). [ TEWIN-173 ]
- Fixes New Snippet creation when Default Snippet is set to “Formatted Text, Pictures” on macOS [ TEWIN-613 ]
- Fixes expansion when the abbreviation has shifted keys (e.g. _, capitals, € ) [ TEWIN-620 ]
- Improves abbreviation removal when expanding Fill-In snippets [ TEWIN-117, TEWIN-134 ]
- Fixes Google Chrome crash when expanding snippets on some websites [ TEWIN-621 ]
- Fixes unresponsive machine after expanding snippets for some users [ TEWIN-626 ]
- Fixes occasional crash at startup
1.5.10
February 20, 2018
- Resolves other potential hangs from version 1.5.9
1.5.9
February 16, 2018
- Resolves potential hang on launch from version 1.5.8 [TEWIN-579]
1.5.8
February 15, 2018
- Adds Single Sign-On (SSO) for organizations
- Adds right-click context menu to fill-in windows [TEWIN-49,TEWIN-221]
- Improves launch performance
- Fixes OneNote expansion deleting to start of sentence or paragraph [TEWIN-455]
- Increases the default size of fill-in window to match macOS [TEWIN-473]
- Allows resizing of fill-in windows & remembers this on subsequent expansions for that snippet [TEWIN-8,TEWIN-456]
- Resolves rendering issues in fill-in windows [TEWIN-178]
- Stops adding horizontal scrollbars to fill-in windows, if only fillpopup options are wider than than the window [TEWIN-473]
- Fixes blank fill-in windows [TEWIN-29]
- Adds extra logging during expansion to help diagnose issues there [TEWIN-479]
- Makes exiting of previous TextExpander more reliable during install [TEWIN-493]
- Improves robustness of Sign In
- Improves accuracy of Status messages
- Improves storage of Snippet cache
- Fixes connection issues some users were experiencing [TEWIN-548]
- Removes warning about unsaved changes during computer shutdown
- Resolves some possible crashes at startup [TEWIN-312,TEWIN-158,TEWIN-545]
1.4.2
November 14, 2017
- Resolves issue with setting hotkeys [TEWIN-536]
- Disables Preferences button while offline [TEWIN-533]
1.4.1
November 2, 2017
- Resolves issue with recording statistics
1.4
October 31, 2017
- Adds local cache of Snippets from TextExpander.com
- Shows ?? in HotKey dialog if the virtual key has no physical equivalent. [TEWIN-477]
- Automatically marks stale keys as raised [TEWIN-199]
- Adds limited offline support [TEWIN-165]
- Fixes issues with saving medium to large snippets [TEWIN-332]
- Fixes issues with saving snippets during peak times [TEWIN-457]
- Fixes issues with TextExpander not reconnecting [TEWIN-76]
- Fixes issues with retrieving snippets [TEWIN-185]
- Fixes issues with connections after sleep/suspend [TEWIN-39]
- Handles initial connection failures more gracefully [TEWIN-82]
- Improves experience under intermittent internet connections [TEWIN-482,TEWIN-483]
- Improves connection error reporting
- Fixes blank Sign-In window [TEWIN-312]
- Ensures server-side user updates while offline are propagated to clients [TEWIN-528, TEWIN-82]
- Resolves crash while Signing Out when offline when visitingSnippet Group sharing URL [TEWIN-530]
1.2.8
July 24, 2017
- Retains last 10 normal log files after restart to assist support [TEWIN-458]
- Allows the standalone installer to quit TextExpander during upgrade [TEWIN-27]
1.2.7
July 9, 2017
- Adds additional options to installer [TEWIN-405, TEWIN-406]
- Resolves sizing of drag items and drop targets [TEWIN-305, TEWIN-326]
- Fixes sizing of dropdown menus on HiDPI devices [TEWIN-84, TEWIN-307]
- Resolves issues with Tutorial snippets [TEWIN-436, TEWIN-449]
- Updates build environment to Visual Studio 2017
- Updates WebKit, ICU, and Boost to latest
1.2.4
May 22, 2017
- Improves keyboard-based expansion, specifically when Keep/Abandon Delimiter is set [TEWIN-428]
- Improves fix of toggling expansion causing keylog content to expand [TEWIN-328]
- Updates logo in installer to have new tag line [TEWIN-433]
1.2
May 4, 2017
- Adds Workaround for “Smart Copy & Pase” in Microsoft Office [TEWIN-109, TEWIN-367]
- Fixes crash (at startup) affecting some Windows 7 users
- Fixes crash (at startup) when x,c,v & 1-9 missing from Keyboard
- Preserves per-PC preferences after Signing out [TEWIN-359]
- Corrects wording on Group Detail screeen [TEWIN-360]
- Corrects display of some complex Rich Text snippets in Fill-in windows [TEWIN-210]
- Ensures that the system tray menu is always visible when it is clicked
- Ensures that the fill-in window is always visible [TEWIN-86, TEWIN-391, TEWIN-71]
- Shrinks fill-in windows to minimize wasted space [TEWIN-272]
- Disables tabbing to hyperlinks in the fill-in window [TEWIN-400]
- Doesn’t expand keylog content when re-enabling expansion [TEWIN-328]
- Fixes Sign Out followed by Sign In not loading snippets [TEWIN-398]
1.1.7
April 10, 2017
- Shows installed fonts in snippet editor [TEWIN-412, TEWIN-408]
- Improves reconnection behavior [TEWIN-29]
- Changes blank screen timeout to be after 2 minutes of inactivity, not 2 minutes overall [TEWIN-29]
- Fixes usage of %key% macros in fill-in JavaScript snippets [TEWIN-402]
- Fixes highlighting of repeated filter matches [TEWIN-410]
- Disallows editing of prefixes when the user is deactivated [TEWIN-264]
- Other fixes and improvements
1.1.6
March 28, 2017
- Adds support for Snippet Group prefixes and Group prefix overrides
- Resolves failure of sign out when rapidly followed by sign in [TEWIN-398]
1.1.4
March 16, 2017
- Fixes Rich Text expansion in Word/Outlook by using keystrokes to select abbreviation [TEWIN-241]
- Reduces interference in other applications when not expanding (esp. during ThirdParty app startup) [TEWIN-83]
- Fixes cases where the clipboard isn’t set correctly during expansion [TEWIN-116, TEWIN-122]
- Fixes expansion after accepting Fill-in dialog with enter keypress [TEWIN-199]
- Load fill-in window links in web browser, once clicked [TEWIN-390]
- Stops Pause or Break keypresses from ending expansion [TEWIN-392]
- Resolves issue with rapid SignOut/SignIn [TEWIN-398]
- Fixes crash when selection macro split by %fillpart% [TEWIN-401]
1.0.5
February 10, 2017
- Supports cut/copy/paste for all windows, including sign in and fill-ins [TEWIN-348]
- Retains selection when applying formatting in snippet editor [SNIP-128]
- Supports expansion and fill-in / inline search placement in: [TEWIN-258, TEWIN-6, TEWIN-126]
- PowerShell
- cmd.exe
- Supports expansion in: [TEWIN-349, TEWIN-6]
- PuTTY
- Xshell
- ConEmu
- Reduces resource use during expansion
- Improves demo banner appearance [TEWIN-264]
- Stops unprompted restarts during installation on Windows 7 [TEWIN-137, TEWIN-297]
- Gracefully handles inline search hotkey during inline search [TEWIN-292]
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What's New
Detailed Release Notes
0.9.51
January 19, 2017
- Adds main window interface
0.9.36
September 12, 2016
- Adds support for formatted text, picture snippet expansion
- Numerous minor fixes and improvements
0.9.35
August 17, 2016
- Resolves potential deadlock during expansion
- Resolves installer issue
0.9.33
August 8, 2016
- Improves support for Excel, Microsoft Edge
- Deletes abbreviation when expanding in Powershell and the command prompt
- Uses delimiters from Expansion preferences rather than defaults
- Expands after sign out / sign in
- Adapts to title case, when abbreviation contains hyphens
- Brings inline search back to the foreground if another application hides before it is shown
- Positions inline search and fill-in windows correctly on HighDPI displays
- Updates Snippet Editor
- Resolves some crashing bugs
- Other fixes and improvements
0.9.34
August 8, 2016
- Resolves startup issue on Windows 7 64-bit
0.9.27
July 13, 2016
- Resolves keyboard / mouse lockup when closing fill-ins without expanding
0.9.26
July 12, 2016
- Expands large snippets much faster
0.9.23
June 8, 2016
- Create snippets using New Snippet… menu item
- Edit last expanded snippet using Edit Last Expanded Snippet… menu item
- Adds About TextExpander window
- Improves reliability of installer
- Other fixes and improvements
0.9.18
May 2, 2016
- Improves proxy support
- Improves connection reliability
- Ensures TextExpander remains in the system tray/notification area when Windows Explorer is restarted
- Updates TextExpander tooltip when it is reconnecting to TextExpander.com
- Resolves issue occasionally preventing Inline Search from being shown
0.9.16
April 25, 2016
- Adds preliminary proxy support
- Improves connection reliability
0.9.12
April 13, 2016
- Adds inline search using control-/
0.9.14
April 13, 2016
- Improves placement of inline search windows
- Uses correct time when expanding date/time macros
- Uses correct timezone when expanding date/time macros
- Improves stability
- Sends %key:enter% as numpad enter
- Expands more reliably in Google Chrome
- Shows error page when Sign In can’t be accessed
- Other minor fixes and updates
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