Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

1. Unreleased

1.1. Added

1.2. Removed

1.3. Changed

1.4. Fixed

2. 2.0b3 - 2023-01-15

2.1. Added

  • Added swap row up, by using ``Ctrl-T``
  • Added commenting/uncommenting of content with ``\# ``, by using ``Ctrl-Shift-3`` and ``Ctrl-Shift-4``
  • Added support for editing .robot and .resource files with content before sections

2.2. Removed

  • None

2.3. Changed

  • Hiding items in Test Suites explorer with names starting with #
  • Disabled the Close button on the Test Suites explorer This was causing not being possible to restore it, unless editing the settings.cfg file. Other reason was to prevent user to closing it, after detaching the panel, and re-attaching, which has a bug making the Tree not visible.

2.4. Fixed

  1. Fixed low performance when opening large projects

    • Fixed comment and uncomment in Grid Editor when cells contain more than one variables assignement
    • Fixed console log stopping to output certain characters, like chinese and latin

3. 2.0b2 - 2022-09-05

3.1. Added

  • Added menu entry at Help → Offline Change Log to view this file on disk
  • Added skipped tests counter and corresponding colored icon on Project tree
  • Added color processing in console log, when using ``-C`` or ``--consolecolors``
  • Added minimal support to open and edit resource files in Grid Editor
  • Added multiline comment and uncomment in Text Editor
  • Added support for variables recognition in FOR and Set (*) Variable, where (\*) means Test, Task, Global, Suite, etc.
  • Added documentation and syntax color for IF, ELSE, ELSE IF, WHILE, TRY, EXCEPT, BREAK, CONTINUE
  • Added indentation for nested FOR loops
  • Added a Reformat option when saving files on Preferences → Saving
  • Added colorization in Text Editor for Tasks
  • Added a dialog to Load or Save settings to .cfg files on Preferences → General, Grid Editor, Text Editor and Test Runner
  • Added perspectives' persistence for Notebook panels, Edit, Text Editor and Run
  • Added General settings to Preferences, to change Font Size and Face, and colours
  • Added background colour globally on panels and dialogs
  • Added on Run tab a button to open the Logs Directory
  • Added on Run tab a group of elements to define Output Directory, Log and Report filenames with suite names or timestamps, and possibility to keep Console and Message logs
  • Added Python 3.8 unit test support in travis CI
  • Added menu option to ``Move Up`` and ``Move Down`` variables in Tree
  • Added menu option to ``Sort Variables`` in resources from Tree
  • Added menu option to ``Sort Tests`` and ``Sort Variables`` in suites from Tree
  • Added menu icons (visible on most operating systems)
  • Added RIDE application dock icon on MacOS
  • Added selection of keyword suggestion with TAB key on Text Editor

  • Added RIDE.app to install in Applications on MacOS

    • Also creates a symbolic link to RIDE.app on user’s Desktop
    • Users will need to edit ``/etc/paths`` to include paths for ``robot`` and other commands like ``chromedriver``, etc
  • Added an Open External File menu option, to open file in Code Editor

  • Added multiline view in Grid Editor

    • When editing, ``\n`` will be converted to newline, ``\\n`` will remain as is.
    • When editing, ``\ `` will be converted to whitespace.
    • When editing, Alt-Enter is the same as ``\n``, converted immediately.
    • When editing, Ctrl-Up and Ctrl-Down move cursor to start and end of multiline respectively.
    • When editing, Ctrl-Home and Ctrl-End move cursor to start and end of cell content respectively.
  • Added Del key to clear Grid Editor cell content when in navigation mode (clear like doing Ctrl-X)

3.2. Removed

  • Removed ``robotframeworklexer`` dependency and local copy
  • Removed alignment flag on grid cell JSON Editor (Ctrl-Shift-J)
  • Removed moving to keyword/variable definition when doing Double-Click in grid cell

3.3. Changed

  • Unit tests to use ``pytest`` and removed ``nose`` dependency. Support for Python 3.10 at unit test level.
  • Prevent expanding Tests and change selection on Project tree (when right-clicking)
  • Improved Text Edit processing of # comments
  • Improved filesystem changes detection to be less reactive
  • Changed Manage Plugins to be a dialog panel instead of being a notebook tab
  • Added more valid file extensions to Open Test Suite
  • Changed minimum number of rows and columns, because blank cells would not have correct colour
  • The Arguments, Tests filters (include/exclude), Console and Message logs are now in Expandable/Collapsable groups
  • Modified robot passed and failed icons to be easier to differentiate
  • When searching in Text Editor by using Ctrl-G the search is done from the begining of text
  • On MacOS, grid cell will not lose focus anymore when mouse is moving outside of the cell’s boundary

  • Changed moving to keyword definition to be with Ctrl-Click (keep Ctrl-B action)

    • To edit cell use F2 or Double-Click
  • Changed Enter button in navigation mode to start editing cell, and to move to right cell when in edit mode
  • Performance improvements for loading large test suites

3.4. Fixed

  • Fixed missing menu icons on Linux (was working on Windows)
  • Fixed removal of animation in Project tree when test run is interrupted
  • Fixed console log width to fit visible area, depending on font size
  • Fixed not possible to use filenames/paths with spaces in TestRunner arguments. Use double quotes for space separated values,

  • Fixed error preventing to open old format, HTML test suites:

    • Yes, we are at RF 5.0.1, but still can open HTML test suites (and then Change to .robot)
  • Fixed broken sorting Tests and Variables in Project tree (right-click menu)
  • Fixed JSON in cell editor not saving nor validating JSON
  • Fixed TestRunner crash when test use SKIP keyword
  • Fixed broken pipe errors when using ``--loglevel DEBUG:INFO``
  • Fixed various output console encoding issue in different platforms
  • Fixed errors when importing libraries with keyword only arguments (i.e. robotframework-requestschecker)
  • Fixed sys.stderr is None errors if RIDE is launched by pythonw.exe
  • Fixed RIDE cannot close properly when Screenshot library is loaded
  • Fixed incorrect title in manage plugin settings
  • Fixed search in Text Editor with wxPython 4.1.0
  • Fixed resource file will disappear after saving from Text Editor
  • Fixed duplicated resource file/folder in tree nodes
  • Fixed Ctrl-Space causing entire column to be selected in Grid Editor
  • Fixed Del key was clearing cell content on Grid Editor
  • Fixed memory leak when reloading workspace
  • Fixed RIDE desktop shortcut creation when installing by Administrator on Windows
  • Fixed location of icon on Linux RIDE.desktop
  • Fixed incorrect app windows size configuration after maximizing
  • Fixed errors raised when adding external resources
  • Fixed progress dialog is missing when adding external resources
  • Fixed missing keyword suggestions on Resource files in Text Editor
  • Fixed Del key in Text Editor, was not deleting text
  • Fixed duplicated but empty Text Editor tab when Text Editor is the only active editor Plugin
  • Fixed case will be selected invisibly after being modified from Text Editor
  • Fixed some of log messages log level are incorrect sometimes
  • Fixed some of log messages are missing sometimes
  • Fixed smart quotes replace in Grid Editor on MacOS
  • Fixed incorrect arguments parsing when launching RIDE with command ``python -m robotide.__init__``
  • Fixed RIDE startup crash when Tree or File Explorer plugins use opened=False setting
  • Fixed error occurring when deleting test cases on Tree

4. 2.0b1 - 2020-07-26

4.1. Added

  • Added CHANGELOG.adoc
  • Added ignoring log.html and report.html on reporting HTML test suites
  • Added conditions for wxPython versions equal or higher than 4.1.0
  • Added indent and de-indent with TAB for blocks of text
  • Added auto indent in Text Editor
  • Added enclosing text in Text Editor or selected text with certain symbols
  • Added enclosing text in Grid Editor or selected text with certain symbols
  • Added 8s timer to shortcut creation dialog on install
  • Added process memory limit on Messages Log

4.2. Removed

  • Python 2.7 support
  • wxPython/wxPhoenix version conditioning

4.3. Changed

  • Improved filesystem changes detection, with a confirmation dialog to reload workspace
  • Changed dependency on wx.Window on tree panel
  • Improved error and removal of old log files
  • Changed icon background to white
  • Made Project Tree and File Explorer panels, Plugins.
  • wx.NewId() to wx.NewIdRef()
  • Separated AppendText for Messages Log

4.4. Fixed

  • Fixed editing cells in Grid Editor on wxPython 4.1
  • Fixed not saving file after deleting text in Text Editor
  • Fixed elements sizing on Preferences panel
  • Fixed tree selection, because of wrong variable name
  • Fixed encodings on Windows
  • Fixed bugs on Grid Editor
  • Fixed error message on RIDE Log about missing clear_all
  • Fixed tree nodes problems
  • Fixed severe RIDE freeze when selecting all test cases in large test suites
  • Fixed activation of RIDE Log plugin
  • Fixed missing keywords documentation for dynamic libraries (i.e. SeleniumLibrary 4.4.0)
  • Fixed not possible to create new project
  • Fixed missing Save menu option
  • Fixed sounding a beep and no selection when pressing down arrow in keywords help list
  • Fixed output log showing garbled code when the name of the test case contains Chinese
  • Fixed default arguments help
  • Fixed crash when deleting tags
  • Fixed cursor position when creating variables with CTRL-1,2,5
  • Fixed pressing F2 in Grid Editor on MacOS started editor on Project Tree
  • Fixed reprocessing of %date% %time% variables on Windows
  • Fixed not editing cells with F2 and keeping focus
  • Fixed keywords arguments help
  • Fixed Python 3.8 incompatibility
  • Fixed showing Resource files with extension .resource in Tree when not used
  • Fixed RIDE not starting
  • Fixed errors at start due to setlocale()
  • Fixed Settings editor
  • Fixed blank Edit screen
  • Fixed Runner arguments parsing
  • Fixed Runner Log window Chinese and Latin encoding chars on Windows

5. 1.7.4.2 - 2020-01-20

5.1. Added

  • wxPython version locked up to 4.0.7.post2.

5.2. Removed

  • None

5.3. Changed

  • None

5.4. Fixed

  • None