Added

• Action "pasteText" to programmatically add text in an input using custom mappings
• New themes: verticaltabsright, catppuccin, light-catppuccin
• Key <gt> as an optional alternative to just > for more readable commands if preferred
• Setting "insertleavetimeout" to automatically leave insert mode after not interacting for a set amount of time

Changed

• Preload loading location, so that it also includes service workers without using deprecated Electron options
• Privacy overrides to remove the userAgentData API from pages
• Privacy overrides now run inside iframes too if allowed
• Follow mode to be faster by doing the visibility checks before observing the elements and using maps/sets more
• Action "editWithVim" to include the domain name in the filename if available

Fixed

• Error pages and filebrowser not rendering the styling in the previous release
• Firefox useragent not overriding the platform correctly which rarely blocks page loads since last release
• Follow mode not checking for elements with JavaScript page events set directly via attributes nor input labels
• Contextmenu not working in recursive shadow roots
• Follow mode click detection not working well with events set directly on elements as properties since last release
• Elements in nested same-domain iframes not being aligned correctly in follow in some cases
• Mouse movements not being registered in same-domain iframes correctly
• Permission check for media devices being mixed up with microphone and video types in some cases since last release
• Readerview not working with images for released builds

Versions

• Electron 38.0.0 (was 37.2.5)
• Chromium 140.0.7339.41 (was 138.0.7204.168)

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For startup help see the frequently asked questions.

Changed

• Follow mode event listener detection now uses data attributes to work around contextIsolation
• Follow mode to be slightly faster on pages with lots of elements outside of view
• Privacy overrides to use contextBridge for overriding sensitive APIs, dialogs and enumerateDevices

Fixed

• Incorrect type detection for video and audio device detection checks

Security

• Enabled contextIsolation to solve remote code execution via untrusted URLs, see this report

Versions

• Electron 37.2.5 (was 36.2.0)
• Chromium 138.0.7204.168 (was 136.0.7103.49)

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For startup help see the frequently asked questions.

Added

• More adblocker default blocklists, mainly the yearly ublock lists

Fixed

• Pointer not displaying in the right place when used in a split that's not in the topleft area
• Focussing non-supported inputs (like number) showing errors on selection for insertAtFirstInput action
• Translation for openexternal ask permission dialog not showing the url

Versions

• Electron 36.2.0 (was 34.0.0)
• Chromium 136.0.7103.49 (was 132.0.6834.83)

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For startup help see the frequently asked questions.

Changed

• History and favicon storage to be async for reducing temporary freezes

Fixed

• Command mkviebrc still using single quotes to generate full output

Versions

• Electron 34.0.0 (was 33.2.0)
• Chromium 132.0.6834.83 (was 130.0.6723.118)

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For startup help see the frequently asked questions.

Changed

• Adblock resources file handling, now uses the JSON format for increased coverage

Fixed

• Argument interface scale not accepting fractional scaling in some cases
• Occasional scaling issue that affected the position of the menu suggestions
• Safer check for document.head.innerText to prevent errors in page console
• Missing space in "New tab" wording of English translation
• Startup not working for users who never used custom settings before 12.0.0

Versions

• Electron 33.2.0 (was 30.0.6)
• Chromium 130.0.6723.118 (was 124.0.6367.207)

For more details see the CHANGELOG.
For startup help see the frequently asked questions.

Added

• Setting "lang" with partial translation support
• Default mappings for navbar modes to select suggestions with C-j and C-k
• Default mappings for cancelling recordings using q<Esc> and q<C-[>
• Clone tab buttons to mouse menu of a tab, to either edit or navigate directly
• Actions "p.mediaFaster" and "p.mediaSlower" to control audio/video playback speed
• Experimental optional DRM builds to the build script (default release is not affected)
• Setting "adblockernotifications" to control which notifications should be shown for the adblocker
• Build option for compressing just an asar file of the app to run directly with Electron
• Tab and system audio sharing option support to the improved display capture popup

Changed

• Greasemonkey scripts to work with single match argument instead of multiple include statements
• Download pausing and removal to be via uuid instead of index to be more reliable
• Special pages to no longer use a reversed rendering order, making selecting and styling easier
• Special pages to no longer use a fixed minimum width
• Additional cut/copy/paste keys to also work in the navbar (S-del, C-Insert & S-Insert)
• Styling category to be correct for filebrowser (previously page, now file)
• Stored urls of closed tabs to also be in human readable format to better account for special pages
• Special pages to always use the vieb:// prefix again for simpler datafolder switching
• Shift modifier to be less strict for popup input keys
• Display capture popup to be outside of the page as a proper notification

Fixed

• Greasemonkey scripts that broke when the header was directly next to the script
• Greasemonkey scripts not working if multiple match the same domain by using an IIFE
• Setting "mouse" not working at all in 11.0.0 due to incorrect setting type
• Downloads not kept on restart since V10
• Startup urls not opening in existing instance if the protocol was missing
• String settings not accepting double quote escaping properly in 11.0.0
• Markdown local images not loading properly on Windows due to Windows file paths being weird
• File explorer not working on Windows since 10.4.0 due to Windows file paths being weird
• Root url actions breaking the file explorer on Windows by navigating above the root

Versions

• Electron 30.0.6 (was 28.0.0)
• Chromium 124.0.6367.207 (was 120.0.6099.56)

For more details see the CHANGELOG.
For startup help see the frequently asked questions.

Added

• Settings of type list and object, that can also be set with lists or objects with ":set"
• Setting "loadingindicator" to control where the page load status should be shown
• Setting "passthroughkeys" to send keys to the page per site/domain/regex without leaving normal mode
• Option to write command to save pages as MHTML instead of just HTML
• Setting "windowfullscreen" to allow the fullscreen state to be kept after restart (default "restore")
• Setting clear syntax from booleans ":set noexample", to work for objects, arrays and numbers too

Changed

• Default value for "dialogconfirm" to "notifyallow"
• Default value for "nativetheme" to "dark"
• Disabled favicons to be empty instead of showing the broken image indicator
• Mapsuggest and notification alignment in default colorscheme
• Table of contents to be always open, it is either opened and shown or not shown at all
• Table of contents to remember the scroll position on hide, until the page is reloaded, for easy toggling
• Default theme suggest position to be below the tabs
• Setting "mousevisualmode" now works with double and triple click selections
• Default screenshot suggestions, highlight behavior and styling to be more prominent
• Setting "modifiers" to use full key names: for example <Ctrl> instead of just Ctrl

Removed

• Setting "suspendplayingtab" in favor of "suspendtimeoutignore" with the right range
• Option "system" for "nativetheme"
• Option "ask" for "permissionmediadevices"
• Setting "restorewindowmaximize" in favor of "windowmaximize" with value "restore"
• Setting "restorewindowposition" in favor of "windowposition" with value "restore"
• Setting "restorewindowsize" in favor of "windowsize" with value "restore"

Fixed

• Download success notification showing in info color instead of success color
• Occasional error popup when viewing SVGs directly because of style injection refusal
• Markdownviewer not supporting local images due to file access limits
• GUI-related settings not hiding after follow and pointer actions due to pointer being in mouse override position
• Mapped insert mode inputs with shifted keys sending the keys twice or not at all when unshifted variant exists
• Non-recursive insert mode special keys not always being called with the correct name (hence arrows not working)

Versions

• Electron 28.0.0 (was 27.1.0)
• Chromium 120.0.6099.56 (was 118.0.5993.144)

For more details see the CHANGELOG.
For startup help see the frequently asked questions.

Added

• Settings "windowmaximize" to replace "restorewindowmaximize" and allow fixed defaults
• Settings "windowposition" to replace "restorewindowposition" and allow custom positions
• Settings "windowsize" to replace "restorewindowsize" and allow custom sizes

Changed

• Revert deprecation of "tocpages", current empty default wil remain in 11.x.x
• More setting related errors to show the incorrect value

Deprecated

• Setting "restorewindowmaximize" (will be removed in 11.x.x) in favor of using "windowmaximize" with "restore"
• Setting "restorewindowposition" (will be removed in 11.x.x) in favor of using "windowposition" with "restore"
• Setting "restorewindowsize" (will be removed in 11.x.x) in favor of using "windowsize" with "restore"

Fixed

• Nativetheme not updating correctly because of incorrect deprecation statement in previous release

Versions

• Electron 27.1.0 (was 27.0.4)
• Chromium 118.0.5993.144 (was 118.0.5993.129)

For more details see the CHANGELOG.
For startup help see the frequently asked questions.

Added

• Setting "suspendtimeoutignore" to specify ranges to exclude from the "suspendtimeout" setting

Deprecated

• Setting "suspendplayingtab" (will be removed in 11.x.x) in favor of using "suspendtimeoutignore" with the right range
• Default value for "dialogconfirm" being "notifyblock" (will change to "notifyallow" in 11.x.x)
• Default value for "nativetheme" being "system" (will change to "dark" in 11.x.x, "system" will be removed)
• Default value for "tocpages" being "" (will change to "vieb://help" in 11.x.x)
• Option "ask" for "permissionmediadevices" (will be removed in 11.x.x)

Fixed

• Table of contents background being transparent
• Cache not being cleared correctly on quit on Windows resulting in background processes remaining

Versions

• Electron 27.0.4 (was 27.0.0)
• Chromium 118.0.5993.129 (was 118.0.5993.54)

For more details see the CHANGELOG.
For startup help see the frequently asked questions.

Added

• Clickable headers to the filebrowser to go up multiple directories at once
• Extra CSS color variables names for filebrowser, still using the same default colors
• Entry "top" in the toc to go back to the top of the page
• Argument "--execute" to run arbitrary runtime commands from the CLI and get its output
• Option "allowkind" to setting "permissionmediadevices" to only list the device type/kind without labels or ids
• Startup flag "--devtools-theme" and ENV var VIEB_DEVTOOLS_THEME to control devtools theme (default remains dark)
• Command "buffers" to list all the open tabs as "index: url"

Changed

• Eslint rules to be more strict with better jsdoc and types
• Url modification functions for subdomain and parent urls to be more accurate
• Clicks on tabs while inside navbar modes to switch tab instead of only going to normal mode

Fixed

• Rare error popup on quit on some Linux desktop environments
• Location mock not being accurate leading to broken functionality on Gitlab and other sites
• Command "tabnewcontainer" not opening with the right name if using "containernewtab=s:external"
• Extra horizontal scrollbar on failedload and filebrowser pages since last release
• Some selections with email addresses being encoded as if a url on copy
• Setting explorehist not working since 10.0.0 due to incorrect import
• Potential duplicate ids in toc generation if a page already has the generated id
• Config file read from ENV VIEB_CONFIG_FILE always being changed to lowercase
• Chrome pages not being styled directly when changing colorscheme
• Pages without div or main incorrectly using colorscheme instead of a white background
• Permission mediadevices throwing an error instead of returning an empty list for blocking media device list
• Colorscheme verticaltabs breaking the history page layout due to duplicate ids

Versions

• Electron 27.0.0 (was 27.0.0-alpha.3)
• Chromium 118.0.5993.54 (was 118.0.5949.0)

For more details see the CHANGELOG.
For startup help see the frequently asked questions.