Release v26.11.0

26.11.0

• Dialogs that load data now open right away and show a loading overlay with a spinner,
  a progress bar, the elapsed time and a Cancel button
  (for #3825)
  • This covers the Nextcloud / ownCloud note versions and trash dialogs, the
    Nextcloud Bookmarks import and the Nextcloud Deck dialog
  • Canceling or closing the dialog aborts the request to the server
  • The Git note versions dialog shows how many versions were already gathered
    and can be canceled too
• Fixed Nextcloud Deck boards being loaded twice when opening the Nextcloud Deck dialog
• Fixed Nextcloud Deck cards being loaded twice when toggling the display of archived cards
• Polished the Nextcloud Deck dialog with a cleaner layout and clearer card states
  • The board / stack selection is now above the search field, and the card list shows
    how many cards are listed or match the search
  • The editor shows whether a new or existing card is being edited, with a hint when
    no card is selected
  • The due date adjustment buttons are in one compact row and are disabled without a due date
  • Archived cards are shown muted and in italics, cards due today are shown in bold
  • The Reload button now reloads directly instead of opening a menu
  • Fixed the Ctrl + S shortcut for saving a card not working
  • The splitter position between the card list and the editor is now remembered
  • New cards can now be created without inserting a link into the current note and
    without closing the dialog, so you can keep managing your cards
    (for #3828)
    • Create card (Ctrl + Shift + S) creates the card and selects it in the list
    • Create and insert link (Ctrl + S) still inserts a link into the current
      note and closes the dialog, like before
    • Fixed the dialog closing when creating a new card failed
• Polished the note versions dialogs and the local and Nextcloud / ownCloud trash dialogs
  • A header above the preview shows the selected version or trashed note, the trash dialogs
    also show when a note was trashed or where it will be restored to
  • The lists show how many versions or trashed notes there are, and how many match the search
  • Actions like restoring or deleting are only enabled when something is selected
  • The local trash dialog shows dates in your locale format, marks unreadable files with a
    warning icon and got a Close button
  • The preview gets more room by default, and the panes can no longer be collapsed by accident
• Polished the todo dialog with a cleaner layout and clearer todo item states
  • The todo list selection is now above the search field, and the list shows how many
    todo items are listed or match the search
  • The editor shows a header and a hint when no todo item is selected, and uses labeled fields
  • The priority is shown as translated text next to the slider
  • The reminder date is disabled instead of hidden when no reminder is set
  • Completed todo items are shown muted and crossed out, overdue todo items in red
    and todo items due today in bold
• Polished the stored images and stored attachments dialogs
  • A header above the preview shows the selected file name, the stored images dialog
    also shows the image size in pixels, the file size and the modification date
  • The lists show how many files there are and how many match the search
  • Files that are not used in any note are shown muted, attachments show a file type icon
  • The notes list shows how many notes are using the selected file
  • Actions like deleting or adding files to the current note are only enabled
    when something is selected
  • Large images are scaled down to fit into the preview
  • The OK button was replaced by a Close button
• Polished the dialogs that show text differences, like the dialog for notes that
  were modified outside of QOwnNotes
  • Added and removed text is now readable in dark mode too, and the differences are
    grouped to whole words, so they are easier to read
  • A legend explains what the colored text means
  • The external modification dialog got Reload from disk and Keep current text
    buttons instead of Yes and No
  • The note versions dialog uses the same readable colors for its differences
• Polished the new note dialog
  • The OK button is now called Create note and is disabled when the note name is empty
  • The note name field shows a placeholder text and a clear button
• Polished the add tag dialog
  • The OK button is now called Add tag and is disabled when the tag name is empty
  • Surrounding whitespace is removed from the tag name and the dialog got a sensible minimum width
• Polished the note encryption password dialog
  • The OK button is disabled as long as no password was entered
  • The dialog only takes as much height as it needs, and long texts are wrapped
  • The "Passwords don't match!" warning uses a red that is readable in dark mode too
• Polished the note bookmarks dialog
  • The Jump to bookmark and Delete bookmark buttons are only enabled when a bookmark is selected
  • The first bookmark is selected when the dialog opens, and the selection is kept when reloading
  • The dialog shows how many bookmarks there are, or a hint how to store bookmarks
  • The note path is shown as tooltip and the redundant row numbers were removed
• Polished the Find action dialog
  • Menus are shown as bold section headers, shortcuts use a muted color
    that is readable in dark mode too
  • The first matching action is selected while searching and can be triggered
    with Return directly from the search field
  • Actions that are currently disabled are shown as disabled and can't be triggered
• Polished the Nextcloud Bookmarks import dialog
  • The dialog shows to which note the bookmarks will be added, or a message
    if no bookmarks were found on the server
  • After importing, the dialog shows how many bookmarks were added and the
    Import bookmarks button gets disabled to prevent importing them twice
  • The dialog got a Close button
• Polished the share note dialog
  • The shared link field got buttons to copy the link to the clipboard and to open it in the browser
  • The dialog got a Close button
• Polished the browser extension security token dialog
  • The dialog now shows when the token was copied to the clipboard
  • The token is shown in a fixed width font, so similar looking characters can be told apart
  • The OK and copy buttons are disabled when the token is empty
• Added a Copy version information button to the about dialog, to easily add the
  version, build number, release and Qt version to bug reports
• Polished the insert image dialog
  • The dialog shows the size of the image in pixels and the file size, or a message
    why an image can't be loaded, like a missing file or a failed download
  • The OK button is now called Insert image and is only enabled when there
    is an image to insert
  • The title field shows that the title is optional
• Polished the insert attachment dialog
  • The dialog shows the file name, size and type, a message if the file doesn't exist
    or a hint that a URL will be downloaded
  • The OK button is now called Insert attachment and is only enabled when there
    is a file or URL to insert
  • The title field shows that the title is optional and that the file name is used otherwise
• Polished the link dialog
  • The OK button is now called Insert link and is only enabled when a URL was
    entered or a note is selected, so no link to a random note is inserted by accident
  • Searching for notes selects the first matching note, so a note that is hidden
    by the search can't be linked anymore
  • The note list shows how many notes there are and how many match the search
  • A hint is shown instead of an empty heading list, if the selected note has no headings,
    then Return in the note list inserts the link right away
  • Both search fields now look the same, and a text is shown while the title of a webpage is fetched
• Polished the insert table dialog
  • The OK button is now called Insert table and is only enabled when there is
    a table to create or a CSV file or clipboard text to import
  • A message is shown if the clipboard doesn't contain any text to import
  • Only existing files can be selected for the CSV import
  • Temporary files of clipboard imports are now cleaned up
• Polished the edit Markdown table dialog
  • The header row is shown in bold and labeled as header, the cells are aligned
    like their columns, so the grid looks more like the rendered table
  • The buttons to remove rows and columns are only enabled when the selected
    row or column can be removed
  • The OK button is now called Update table
• Polished the update dialog
  • The dialog now also shows which version you are currently using
  • The new version is shown as a larger header, and the "Version" text can now be translated
  • The buttons got tooltips that explain what they do, hints are shown in a muted color
• Polished the dictionary manager dialog
  • Dictionaries that were already downloaded are marked in the list of available dictionaries
  • A hint is shown when no dictionaries were downloaded yet, and after changes
    the dialog tells you that a restart is needed to use them
  • Deleting dictionaries now needs to be confirmed
  • The Download dictionary button is no longer enabled after canceling a download
    without a selected dictionary
  • The panes can no longer be collapsed by accident
• Polished the Evernote and Joplin import dialogs
  • The dialogs now show how many notes were imported, or why nothing could be imported
  • The Import notes button is only enabled when a file or directory was selected
  • The dialogs got a Close button and hints are shown in a muted color
• The note dialog, that shows a note in a separate window, now shows the folder and the
  modification date of the note, the full file path as tooltip and a hint if the note
  is encrypted and can't be decrypted
• Polished the script repository dialog
  • Installed scripts are marked in the script list, scripts that aren't supported
    explain why in their tooltip and use a muted color that is readable in dark mode too
  • The list shows how many scripts there are and how many match the search, and a message
    is shown if no script matches or the script repository couldn't be loaded
  • Fixed the first script not being selected after searching
  • The dialog got a Close button and the panes can no longer be collapsed by accident
• Polished the issue assistant dialog
  • The dialog shows on which step of the assistant you are
  • A hint explains what is still missing when the Next button is disabled
  • Fixed the Next button not being updated when changing the issue type
• Polished the welcome dialog
  • The dialog shows on which step you are, like "Step 1 of 4: Note folder"
  • Return opens the next step, or finishes the dialog on the last step
  • Note folder errors are wrapped and use a red that is readable in dark mode too
• Polished the search in the settings dialog
  • If the current settings page doesn't match the search, the first matching page is shown
  • A hint is shown below the settings list if no settings match the search
  • Texts outside of the settings pages, like the page headline, are no longer highlighted
    by the search
• Polished the command bar
  • The search field shows a search icon and a placeholder text
  • The selected action is now readable with every color scheme, because its text uses
    the highlighted text color, the menu names use a muted color from the color scheme
  • Actions that are currently disabled are shown muted and can't be triggered
  • A hint is shown instead of an empty list if no action matches the search
• The text search in the note preview and the update dialog now shows how many
  matches there are and which of them is selected, like "2 of 5"
• Fixed the text search in the note preview and the update dialog ignoring the
  regular expression mode when the search wrapped around to the start of the text
• The backlinks in the navigation panel are now sorted by note name instead of being shown
  in random order, and the linking notes are shown in bold to stand out from their links
• The match count in the note editor search now uses a color from your color scheme,
  shows "No matches" if nothing was found and explains itself in a tooltip
• There was a new release of QOwnNotes for Android,
  v26.10.10
  • Search the text of trashed notes in the Remote trash dialog, with match counts,
    highlighted excerpts and a preview that lets you step between matches
  • The filter menu can limit the search to note names
  • Releases now use year, month and a monthly release counter like QOwnNotes desktop;
    existing installations can update normally

Released files

• QOwnNotes-x86_64.AppImage: Portable Linux AppImage build with Qt 6
• QOwnNotes-x86_64.AppImage.sha256sum: SHA-256 checksum for the AppImage
• QOwnNotes-amd64.snap: Linux Snap build with Qt 6
• QOwnNotes-amd64.snap.sha256sum: SHA-256 checksum for the Qt 6 Snap package
• QOwnNotes.zip: Windows ZIP package built with Qt 6
• QOwnNotes.zip.sha256: SHA-256 checksum for the Qt 6 Windows ZIP package
• QOwnNotes.zip.sha256sum: Alternative SHA-256 checksum file for the Qt 6 Windows ZIP package
• QOwnNotes.msi: Windows installer built with Qt 6
• QOwnNotes.msi.sha256sum: SHA-256 checksum for the Qt 6 Windows installer
• QOwnNotes.dmg: macOS disk image built with Qt 6
• QOwnNotesQt5.dmg: macOS disk image built with Qt 5 for older systems