v4.2.0b1

4.2.0b1

(Full Changelog)

New features added

• Dark High Contrast Theme for JupyterLab with Improved Sidebar Focus Indication #15623 (@m158261)

Enhancements made

• Upgrade lumino to v2024.3.25, improve CodeMirror shortcuts handling #16078 (@krassowski)
• Upgrade xterm.js from 5.1.0 to 5.5.0 #15962 (@krassowski)

Bugs fixed

• Do not notify the notebook:create-output-view command #16138 (@jtpio)
• Disable placeholder for password input #16128 (@Alanhou1222)
• Fix for existing shortcuts getting triggered while edit shortcut #16126 (@Susilkessav)
• Fix outputarea collapse expand #16124 (@FoSuCloud)
• Store the real position of the item in reactive toolbar #16111 (@brichet)
• Use smart scroll in debugger to minimize distraction #16084 (@krassowski)
• Fix scrolling to output area inputs on caret movement #16068 (@krassowski)
• Fix extension installation on Windows #16064 (@fcollonval)

Maintenance and upkeep improvements

• Bump semver from 5.7.1 to 7.6.0 #16121 (@dependabot)
• Revert traitlets pin #16118 (@krassowski)
• Use dependency_type: minimum for Minimum Versions check #16105 (@krassowski)
• Tests for sorting shortcut columns #16098 (@itsmevichu)
• Bump altair and jupyterlab-language-pack-zh-cn for tests, relax copier pin #16094 (@dependabot)
• Add tests for keyboard navigation to sidebar sections #15438 (@e218736)

Documentation improvements

• Mention JupyterLab Desktop in the installation section #16100 (@krassowski)
• Dark High Contrast Theme for JupyterLab with Improved Sidebar Focus Indication #15623 (@m158261)

Contributors to this release

(GitHub contributors page for this release)

@Alanhou1222 | @brichet | @davidbrochart | @dependabot | @e218736 | @echarles | @fcollonval | @FoSuCloud | @gabalafou | @github-actions | @itsmevichu | @jtpio | @jupyterlab-probot | @krassowski | @lumberbot-app | @m158261 | @pre-commit-ci | @Susilkessav | @welcome