credit:"""Congratulations to [[StS|https://talk.tiddlywiki.org/u/StS]] for their winning design for the banner for this release (here is the [[competition thread|https://talk.tiddlywiki.org/t/new-release-banner-competition-for-tiddlywiki-v5-2-6/6403/3]] and the [[voting thread|https://talk.tiddlywiki.org/t/vote-for-the-tiddlywiki-banner-v5-2-6/6469]]).
* <<.link-badge-updated "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/6528">> the [[Markdown Plugin]] to use the newer and better maintained [[markdown-it|https://github.com/markdown-it/markdown-it]] library. The previous Markdown plugin remains available as "markdown-legacy"
!! Better Handling of Loss of Network Connectivity with Client Server Configuration
* <<.link-badge-added "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/7169">> integration between the [[BrowserStorage Plugin]] and the client-server configuration to allow changes to be made while offline and then later resynchronised with the server
* <<.link-badge-added "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/7290">> three new operators exposing previously hidden features of the [[Diff-Match-Patch|https://neil.fraser.name/software/diff_match_patch]] library that is integrated with TiddlyWiki:
** new [[levenshtein Operator]] to calculate the similarity of two strings as the number of characters that need to be inserted, deleted or modified in order to turn one into the other
** new [[makepatches Operator]] and [[applypatches Operator]] that can be used to make and apply patches that represent the difference between two different texts. See the [[examples|makepatches and applypatches Operator (Examples)]]
* <<.link-badge-fixed "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/7176">> [[Innerwiki Plugin]] to allow the `<$data>` widget to override existing tiddler fields
* <<.link-badge-fixed "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/7207">>, <<.link-badge-here "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/commit/c39ef398bffae12c0ed7324d9b6d9d29f0f2f9ff">> and <<.link-badge-here "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/commit/8f7441f296351a4dd0852c3c782f8874d398e052">> problem preventing [[Share Plugin]] from working properly
* <<.link-badge-fixed "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/commit/81f514116657d0d567be7a4c45762a85beaa8bc0">> Dynannotate plugin crash when using the fake DOM used for static rendering
* <<.link-badge-fixed "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/7281">> bug where pasting text into the CodeMirror editor also opened an `$:/Import` tiddler
* <<.link-badge-improved "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/7232">> appearance of save wiki button so that it is accessible to users without colour vision
* <<.link-badge-improved "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/7217">> consistency of tiddler deletion by allowing missing tiddlers to be 'deleted', which just results in them being closed
* <<.link-badge-improved "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/commit/34643a42790777f1b235f57b5093bb29bd0b3a14">> layout switcher to include an optional icon for each layout
* <<.link-badge-removed "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/commit/c0615e20ecf7d5d5e66d8a2acd28b80e8d59688d">> [[improvements to table layout|https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/7010]] from v5.2.5 that have proved to not be backwards compatible
* <<.link-badge-extended "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/7222">> EditTextWidget to support `focusSelectFromStart` and `focusSelectFromEnd` attributes to give better control over text selection
* <<.link-badge-extended "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/7121">> [[encodeuricomponent Operator]] to encode characters such as `*` that are illegal in Windows filenames
* <<.link-badge-extended "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/7185">> the [[pragma|Pragma]] syntax to allow them to be indented with whitespace
* <<.link-badge-improved "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/7118">> readability of [[tag-picker Macro]] and [[keyboard-driven-input Macro]]
* <<.link-badge-improved "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/7129">> reliability of [[list-links-draggable Macro]] and [[list-tagged-draggable Macro]] by using the new GenesisWidget instead of textual substitution
* <<.link-badge-improved "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/7210">> [[external JavaScript core support|Using the external JavaScript template]] to make it possible to save an external JS wiki as a standard single file wiki
* <<.link-badge-added "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/7007">> a warning message in the browser console when the Zoomin storyview fails due to the tiddler view template lacking a single containing element
* <<.link-badge-fixed "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/6622">> bug with the DropzoneWidget that prevented all the available formats being pasted
* <<.link-badge-updated "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/7102">> PDF rendering to use an `<iframe>` instead of the older `<embed>`
* <<.link-badge-fixed "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/commit/8ef6d78beffb6496fe5daa2c81a529a79046ba3c">> issue with `.tid` files with fieldnames containing hash characters by saving such tiddlers in `.json` format
* <<.link-badge-fixed "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/7212">> rendering of $:/core/ui/MoreSideBar/Tags when viewed within the story river
* <<.link-badge-fixed "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/7156">> undefined variable crash in [[reduce Operator]], [[filter Operator]] and [[sortsub Operator]]
* <<.link-badge-improved "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/issues/7153">> GenesisWidget not to create anything if the `$type` attribute is blank or missing
* <<.link-badge-fixed "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/7230">> GenesisWidget to pass `isBlock` flag to the generated widget
* <<.link-badge-fixed "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/issues/7160">> crash using [[jsonget Operator]] with "fixed" as key name
* <<.link-badge-fixed "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/commit/0b39e47ce88c7620b7a66c1553a71efaff06edb9">> importing of MP3 files to match current browser implementations
* <<.link-badge-fixed "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/7122">> crash when attempting to create an element with a blank tag name
* <<.link-badge-fixed "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/7224">> layout issue with "save tiddler" button
* <<.link-badge-fixed "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/commit/3d0ec5b1bdc157f87d65b8c9b76e681c14337eb4">> (and <<.link-badge-here "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/commit/4e5c957e975459350cd7df3038e5fb3c7aea859f">>) handling of whitespace in lists to cover all Unicode whitespace characters
* <<.link-badge-fixed "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/7228">> test spacing of parser rule checkboxes in control panel
* <<.link-badge-fixed "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/commit/f249b79e81e51d48364ea8147fe27850df9f577f">> CSS classes assigned to edit toolbar buttons
* <<.link-badge-fixed "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/issues/7247">> usage of broken CSS class `tc-storyview-zoomin-tiddler` in Zoomin story view
* <<.link-badge-fixed "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/7243">> usage of `importTitle` and `autoOpenOnImport` options for [[WidgetMessage: tm-import-tiddlers]]
* <<.link-badge-fixed "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/7276">> fixed text editor refresh when the palette is changed
* <<.link-badge-fixed "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/issues/7270">> crash with LetWidget when referencing a variable that exists but has an undefined value
* <<.link-badge-fixed "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/issues/7354">> unwanted double braces around tags specified in $:/config/NewTiddler/Tags when using "new here" button
* <<.link-badge-fixed "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/7130">> duplicate fields in internal templates used in client-server configuration
* <<.link-badge-fixed "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/issues/7138">> lazy loading not triggering a sync from the server
* <<.link-badge-fixed "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/commit/bf8e1ca5b0587787bf80692b0213bb7b038c7868">> crash on creating a new tiddler if anonymous users manage to create syncable tiddlers in a read only wiki
* <<.link-badge-improved "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/commit/95e61688397ff1bc9be04193bc4ce2e3c8c48dce">> handling of logout in the client-server configuration to avoid 404 errors
* <<.link-badge-fixed "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/issues/7238">> problem with saving tiddlers with `_canonical_uri` field as `.tid` files
* <<.link-badge-fixed "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/6953">> missing meta viewport to static river template
[[@Jermolene|https://github.com/Jermolene]] would like to thank the contributors to this release who have generously given their time to help improve TiddlyWiki:
