basalt/v0.12.5

0.12.5 (May, 16 2026)

Added

• d8eb23e Add experimental vault path override via BASALT_EXP_VAULT_PATH by @erikjuhani

Allows opening an arbitrary directory as a vault by setting the env var,
skipping the splash screen and going straight to the explorer.

• 9bb26d8 Add scrollbar to vault selector by @erikjuhani

The scrollbar is now visible in both splash screen and the vault
selector modal. It's not optimal, but I realized that vault selection
needs a rewrite, thus I didn't bother to do this properly for example
the scrollbar is always shown if we have more than 4 items regardless if
we have space to show all items and not needing a scrollbar.

• 8e248e7 Add basalt CLI layer

Initial CLI layer with --version and --help flags. The version output is
in a "standard" format similar to cargo version output 0.12.5 (abc123def 2026-05-15).

The values are populated by a build phase (compile time) using env vars.

Changed

• 022d988 Add indentation to floating rename input by @erikjuhani

The rename input in explorer pane was fixed to left border of explorer
pane, and forced vision to jump in deeply nested fields. This commit
adds indentation to the floating rename input which is calculated by the
depth of the explorer item. Additionally added depth field to items.

• f53a500 Create new notes and folders under the selected folder by @erikjuhani

CreateUntitledNote and CreateUntitledFolder now resolve a target
directory from the explorer's current item (the directory itself, a
file's parent, or the vault root as fallback) instead of always creating
at the vault root. After creation the explorer expands that directory so
the new item is visible.

Add an explorer Open message that always expands a directory rather than
toggling, backed by a new ExplorerState::open. The existing toggle
behavior moves to a Select message, and the ExplorerOpen command and
shell-return path now map to Select. toggle_item_in_tree takes an
always_open flag to support both.

• 44e673e Bump basalt-core to 0.9.0 and update CHANGELOG by @erikjuhani

Bump basalt-core to 0.9.0 version in basalt`

Dependencies

• c2e878a Pin dependencies by @renovate-updater[bot]

datasource	package	from	to
crate	indoc	2.0.7	2.0.7
crate	insta	1.46.3	1.43.2
crate	tempfile	3.26.0	3.23.0

• 2fac95c Update Rust crate insta to v1.47.2 by @renovate-updater[bot]

datasource	package	from	to
crate	insta	1.43.2	1.47.2

Fixed

• ca05c25 Merge with previous block when backspacing at block start by @erikjuhani

Backspace at the start of a block's text buffer used to do
nothing. It now merges the current block into the previous one,
preserving in-progress edits. The merge is a no-op when previous
and current block indices coincide, so backspace at the start of
the first block does not collapse the only AST node.

Supporting changes:

• Add previous_block_idx, rename current_block to
  current_block_idx. Both return owned usize.
• Add TextBuffer::insert_at_start, which prepends bytes and
  moves both the live and original source range starts so a
  later commit overwrites the joined region.
• Walk children recursively in shift_nodes via a new
  ast::Node::children_as_mut. Without this the cursor lands on
  a stale child range after editing a paragraph above a list.
• commit_text_buffer re-parses on buffer.modified rather
  than on content change, since the merge mutates ast_nodes in
  place and a buffer that round-trips needs a re-parse.
• In update_layout's deferred init, pick the editing block by
  cursor source offset, not by a stale virtual_row lookup.
• Rename insertion_offset to source_pos.

• f06575f Render trailing content after a heading in edit mode by @erikjuhani

A heading's source range can include a paragraph that follows it
when the user types a newline mid-edit. The raw renderer treated
the whole range as one heading line, so the new content was
invisible until exit. Split on the first newline in raw mode and
render the rest with render_raw.

Also drop the synthetic empty trailer in raw mode so paragraphs
don't gain a stray blank row when entering edit mode.

• 78c7299 Account for meta header rows when scrolling the editor by @erikjuhani

ensure_cursor_visible was comparing cursor.virtual_row
against viewport.top() and a viewport.bottom() shrunk by
meta_len. The meta rows live above the content, so the cursor's
screen row is virtual_row + meta_len. The old comparison
scrolled the editor up too early when the meta header was
visible, hiding the first content rows.

Add meta_len to the cursor's screen position before comparing
against the viewport bounds, thread it through CursorWidget so
it draws at the same offset, and add Viewport::scroll_up so
vertical motion that consumes more rows than the viewport
contains scrolls the document.

• db69b04 Preserve nested file depth in explorer refresh by @erikjuhani

map_to_item handled VaultEntry::File via Item::from, which
hardcodes depth: 0. Files still rendered correctly, but the rename
input modal positions from Item::depth(), placing it flush-left for
nested files.

• 6da6548 Preserve note scroll position when toggling explorer folders by @erikjuhani

Toggling a folder open or closed re-emitted SelectNote for the currently
selected note, which rebuilt the note editor and reset its viewport
scroll position.

Explorer state open() and select() now report (bool) whether a note
was actually selected, and the explorer only emits SelectNote in that
case, which then effectively retains the scroll position of the
viewport.

• 79082f3 Use config symbols for status bar component badge by @erikjuhani

Pass the configured symbol preset into StatusBar so the active component
badge falls back to ASCII-safe glyphs when the Ascii preset is selected.