TextExpander Releases

New features

• Delay macro. Add a configurable pause inside a snippet so expansion waits before continuing. Useful when the target app needs a moment to catch up, for example a form field that loads its options after focus. Found under Keyboard macros.

Improvements

• Point font sizes survive paste and expansion. Text pasted into a snippet, and text expanded out of one, keeps its point sizes in Word, Google Docs, and Outlook on the web.
• Snippet suggestions ignore short strings. Suggestions now need at least 20 characters, which makes it far less likely TextExpander offers to save a password you typed into an unprotected field.
• Google Docs table borders come through. Copying a table from Google Docs into a snippet now picks up the cell borders instead of dropping them.
• Today is highlighted in the date picker. The current date is marked, so you have a reference point when picking a date.
• Conditional section polish. The branch switcher is now a split pill, collapsed sections read more clearly, and the caps render correctly in dark mode.
• Improved Hyperlink handling : Hyperlink targets now survive plain-text expansion, along with ability to open links in a new window.

Bug fixes

• The Request Snippet feature is now visible for snippet groups in the Shared section.
• Date and time elements can be added to fill-ins again. Clicking the calendar or clock icon inside a single-line or multi-line fill-in adds the element. Previously nothing happened.
• Tables no longer fragment around a keyboard macro. A table that contains a keyboard macro in one of its cells expands as one table.
• Typeahead in Popup fill-ins advances. Pressing the same letter repeatedly in a popup fill-in now steps through each matching entry and wraps around, instead of stopping on the first hit.
• Conditional section caps behave when copied. Copying content that includes only the opening or closing cap of a conditional section no longer leaves a cap you cannot delete.
• Branch names stick. Renaming a conditional branch no longer repopulates the original name as you delete it.

Security

• Improvements to URL handling in snippets.

New features

• Delay macro. Add a configurable pause inside a snippet so expansion waits before continuing. Useful when the target app needs a moment to catch up, for example a form field that loads its options after focus. Found under Keyboard macros.

Improvements

• Point font sizes survive paste and expansion. Text pasted into a snippet and text expanded out of one keep their point sizes in Word, Google Docs, and Outlook on the web.
• Snippet suggestions ignore short strings. Suggestions now need at least 20 characters, which makes it far less likely that TextExpander offers to save a password you typed into an unprotected field.
• Google Docs table borders come through. Copying a table from Google Docs into a snippet now picks up the cell borders instead of dropping them.
• Today is highlighted in the date picker. The current date is marked, so you have a reference point when picking a date.
• One set of spelling underlines. When TextExpander’s spelling and grammar check is on in the snippet editor, macOS stops drawing its own squiggles underneath, so you no longer see two underlines on the same word.
• Conditional section polish. The branch switcher is now a split pill, collapsed sections read more clearly, and the caps render correctly in dark mode.
• Improved Hyperlink handling: Hyperlink targets now survive plain-text expansion, along with ability to open links in a new window.

Bug fixes

• The Request Snippet feature is now visible for snippet groups in the Shared section.
• Date and time elements can be added to fill-ins again. Clicking the calendar or clock icon inside a single-line or multi-line fill-in adds the element. Previously nothing happened.
• Tables no longer fragment around a keyboard macro. A table that contains a keyboard macro in one of its cells expands as one table.
• Typeahead in Popup fill-ins advances. Pressing the same letter repeatedly in a popup fill-in now steps through each matching entry and wraps around, instead of stopping on the first hit.
• Conditional section caps behave when copied. Copying content that includes only the opening or closing cap of a conditional section no longer leaves a cap you cannot delete.
• Branch names stick. Renaming a conditional branch no longer repopulates the original name as you delete it.
• Other fixes: conditional sections render correctly in the Safari-based editor view.

Security

• Improvements to URL handling in snippets.

Note: Conditional Sections is in Phased Rollout and being enabled for accounts in stages. Contact support@textexpander.com to request earlier access.

Improvements

• Adding a branch to a conditional section places the cursor inside the new branch so you can type right away.

Bug fixes

• Conditional section branches keep their bulleted and numbered list formatting when the snippet expands. Snippets already saved without that formatting are repaired when you open them.
• Pressing Backspace on a conditional or optional section marker now asks for confirmation, keeping the marker and its matching pair intact.

Note: Conditional Sections is in Phased Rollout and being enabled for accounts in stages. Contact support@textexpander.com to request earlier access.

Improvements

• Adding a branch to a conditional section places the cursor inside the new branch so you can type right away.

Bug fixes

• Conditional section branches keep their bulleted and numbered list formatting when the snippet expands. Snippets already saved without that formatting are repaired when you open them.
• Pressing Backspace on a conditional or optional section marker now asks for confirmation, keeping the marker and its matching pair intact.

Features marked Phased Rollout are being enabled for accounts in stages. Contact support@textexpander.com to request earlier access.

New Features

• Conditional Sections in snippets (Phased Rollout). Build if/then branching directly into a snippet: wrap content in a conditional section with named branches, and the fill-in window shows a dropdown that reveals only the selected branch’s content and fill-ins. Sections nest, branches are unlimited, and you can embed other snippets inside a branch. The expanded result reads as one clean document with no leftover blank lines.
• Spell check and grammar suggestions in the snippet editor (Phased Rollout). Misspellings get a dashed red underline and grammar suggestions a wavy purple one. Click an underline to see suggestions, then apply or ignore. The checker skips macros, the spacing around them, and script snippets, and it also works in the default text fields of fill-in dialogs. Checking is English (en-US) for now.
• Sign in with your browser. The sign-in screen now offers a single “Sign in with browser” button that hands authentication to your browser session, so you never type your password into the app window. A “Sign in manually” link keeps the email and password form one click away.

Improvements

• Group sharing is easier to find. Selecting a snippet group now shows an actions menu in the header with Share, Group Settings, and Delete, replacing the buried right-click and gear-icon paths.

Bug fixes

• Fixed a crash when using Print All Groups with groups containing rich text snippets.
• Removed the Requests promotion callout that kept appearing after its promotional window ended.
• Other fixes: the snippet type dropdown is now disabled for snippets the editor cannot safely edit, matching the editor itself, and switching a snippet to a script type and back no longer strips the compatibility guard that protects newer snippets from older clients.

Features marked Phased Rollout are being enabled for accounts in stages. Contact support@textexpander.com to request earlier access.

New Features

• Conditional Sections in snippets (Phased Rollout). Build if/then branching directly into a snippet: wrap content in a conditional section with named branches, and the fill-in window shows a dropdown that reveals only the selected branch’s content and fill-ins. Sections nest, branches are unlimited, and you can embed other snippets inside a branch. The expanded result reads as one clean document with no leftover blank lines.
• Spell check and grammar suggestions in the snippet editor (Phased Rollout). Misspellings get a dashed red underline and grammar suggestions a wavy purple one. Click an underline to see suggestions, then apply or ignore. The checker skips macros, the spacing around them, and script snippets, and it also works in the default text fields of fill-in dialogs. Checking is English (en-US) for now. While it is active, the built-in system spell check turns off in that editor so you see only one set of underlines.
• Sign in with your browser. The sign-in screen now offers a single “Sign in with browser” button that hands authentication to your browser session, so you never type your password into the app window. A “Sign in manually” link keeps the email and password form one click away.

Improvements

• Clearer Secure Input status. When macOS Secure Input pauses expansion, the menu bar icon now shows a prominent red slash, and notifications identify the source more accurately, showing “macOS Secure Input” when the system itself is holding it (for example, right after waking or unlocking your Mac).
• Group sharing is easier to find. Selecting a snippet group now shows an actions menu in the header with Share, Group Settings, and Delete, replacing the buried right-click and gear-icon paths.

Bug fixes

• Fixed a crash when using Print All Groups with groups containing rich text snippets.
• Fixed date and time macros not inserting into single-line and multi-line fill-in fields.
• Fixed the Dock icon reappearing, and refusing to hide again, after opening TextExpander via Spotlight, Alfred, or Finder while it was running in the background with the Dock icon hidden.
• Fixed a small square artifact appearing in the center of the Delete Snippet confirmation dialog on some macOS versions.
• Other fixes: the snippet type dropdown is now disabled for snippets the editor cannot safely edit, matching the editor itself, and switching a snippet to a script type and back no longer strips the compatibility guard that protects newer snippets from older clients.

Improvements

• Inline Search: pressing Enter on a recent item now expands it instead of opening the main window, Shift-Tab behaves correctly, and Inline Search remembers its window size.
• Rich to plain text: switching a snippet to plain text now warns you with an Undo link before formatting is dropped.
• Date/Time Math: the macro dialog now flags an empty required field instead of silently doing nothing.
• Other: snippet groups default to “(Untitled)” when you clear the name, group-settings labels and button tooltips are clearer, and account menu items that open a page now show a loading spinner.
• Accessibility and security improvements

Bug fixes

• Fixed expansion and inline search failing in webview apps like Zoom Workplace Chat, the LinkedIn app, PowerPoint, and EMR tools.
• Improved focus handling in Microsoft apps (PowerPoint, Outlook, and Word) so snippets expand reliably.
• Fixed link-only (“smart link”) snippets showing the abbreviation as a hyperlink instead of expanding the URL.
• Restored the Enter key for expanding a snippet from a fill-in pop-up menu.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when opening a link from within the app.
• Fixed Quick Search shortcut keys not working when navigating to Recents.
• Other: corrected the window title when a snippet has no label or abbreviation, and fixed the Repeat feature dropping a fill-in entry that contained email-formatted text.

Improvements

• Inline Search: pressing Enter on a recent item now expands it instead of opening the main window, Shift-Tab behaves correctly, and Inline Search remembers its window size.
• Rich to plain text: switching a snippet to plain text now warns you with an Undo link before formatting is dropped.
• Date/Time Math: the macro dialog now flags an empty required field instead of silently doing nothing.
• Keyboard focus wrap: focus now wraps from the last element back to the first in the main window.
• Accessibility and Security Improvements.
• Other: snippet groups default to “(Untitled)” when you clear the name, group-settings labels and button tooltips are clearer, and account menu items that open a page now show a loading spinner.

Bug fixes

• Restored the Return key for expanding a snippet from a fill-in pop-up menu.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when opening a link from within the app.
• Fixed snippets expanding twice in the Firefox “Save As” dialog.
• Fixed Quick Search shortcut keys not working when navigating to Recents.
• Other: corrected the window title when a snippet has no label or abbreviation, and fixed the Repeat feature dropping a fill-in entry that contained email-formatted text.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an intermittent crash upon app startup. This was introduced in 8.4.3 and is now addressed.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed snippet expansion and inline search being broken in certain Windows apps (Zoom Workplace Chat, the LinkedIn desktop app, PowerPoint, and Acumatica CRM, etc.).