caption: 5.2.4
created: 20221017165036377
modified: 20221017165036377
tags: ReleaseNotes
title: Release 5.2.4
type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki

//[[See GitHub for detailed change history of this release|https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/compare/v5.2.3...master]]//

! Plugin Improvements

* 

! Translation improvement

Improvements to the following translations:

* Chinese
* Polish
* Spanish
* Japanese

Improvements to the translation features of TiddlyWiki:

* <<.link-badge-improved "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/6882">> the [[Translators Edition|Translate TiddlyWiki into your language]] to add an option to display the original English text underneath the text area
* <<.link-badge-updated "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/6933">> "delete" button text in $:/AdvancedSearch so that it is translatable

! Accessibility Improvements

* 

! Usability Improvements

* <<.link-badge-fixed "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/commit/d62a16ee464fb9984b766b48504829a1a3eb143b">> problem with long presses on tiddler links triggering a preview on iOS/iPadOS
* <<.link-badge-improved "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/6910">> consistency of button and input elements across browsers
* <<.link-badge-fixed "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/commit/d825f1c875f5e46158c9c41c8c66471138c162d1">> edit preview to use the [[View Template Body Cascade]]
* <<.link-badge-improved "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/6970">> detection of infinite recursion errors in widgets and filters
* <<.link-badge-fixed "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/commit/36896c3db8c9678c0385a561996248a6f00a45ff">> opening a tiddler in a new window to use the [[View Template Body Cascade]]
* <<.link-badge-extended "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/6877">> default styles for [[styled runs|Styles and Classes in WikiText]]

! Widget Improvements

* <<.link-badge-added "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/6961">> new GenesisWidget that allows the dynamic construction of another widget, where the name and attributes of the new widget can be dynamically determined, without needing to be known in advance
* <<.link-badge-fixed "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/commit/127f660c91020dcbb43897d954066b31af729e74">> EditTextWidget to remove the default text "Type the text for the tiddler 'foo'"

! Filter improvements

* 

! Hackability Improvements

* <<.link-badge-added "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/6936">> new operators for reading and formatting JSON data: [[jsonget Operator]], [[jsonindexes Operator]], [[jsontype Operator]] and [[format Operator]]
* <<.link-badge-improved "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/commit/c5d3d4c26e8fe27f272dda004aec27d6b66c4f60">> safe mode to disable wiki store indexers
* <<.link-badge-fixed "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/commit/166a1565843878083fb1eba47c73b8e67b78400d">> safe mode to prevent globally disabling parser rules
* <<.link-badge-removed "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/commit/1df4c29d73073788ba3859668112e8bb46171a6c">> restriction of the LetWidget being unable to create variables whose names begin with a dollar sign
* <<.link-badge-extended "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/6735">> keyboard shortcut handling to allow to global shortcuts to override all other shortcuts


! Bug Fixes

* <<.link-badge-fixed "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/commit/fb34df84ed41882c1c2a6ff54f0e908b43ef95a3">> "new image" keyboard shortcut not to assign journal tags
* <<.link-badge-fixed "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/6987">> SelectWidget class to update if it uses a filter

! Developer Improvements

* 

! Node.js Improvements

* <<.link-badge-improved "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/6947">> console logging to avoid spaces and `<empty string>` message

! Performance Improvements

* <<.link-badge-improved "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/commit/53d229592df76c6dd607e40be5bea4d5e063c48e">> performance of `wiki.getTiddler()`
* <<.link-badge-improved "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/commit/81ac9874846b3ead275f67010fcfdb49f3d2f43c">> performance of variable prototype chain handling


! Acknowledgements

[[@Jermolene|https://github.com/Jermolene]] would like to thank the contributors to this release who have generously given their time to help improve TiddlyWiki:

<<.contributors """
bestony
BramChen
flibbles
fu-sen
Marxsal
oflg
pmario
rmunn
roma0104
tw-FRed
twMat
xcazin
""">>