caption: 5.1.8
created: 20150111154632954
modified: 20150111154632954
tags: ReleaseNotes
title: Release 5.1.8
type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki

//[[See GitHub for detailed change history of this release|https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/compare/v5.1.7...v5.1.8]]//

This release includes many improvements to the documentation for TiddlyWiki. Many thanks to everyone who has helped out, but especially to our prodigious new contributor Astrid Elocson.

!! Translation Improvements

* Improvements to French, Chinese and Japanese translations

* [[Added|https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/commit/5d947ed582fb9d68c01d82a334ab75498a8724ef]] Spanish translation
* [[Added|https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/commit/cb8caf6a01aeeac480bf28661888961657b0dbd8]] Czech translation

!! Usability Improvements

* [[Improved|https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/1353]] behaviour of the tag dropdown in the edit template
* [[Added|https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/commit/ea6e60e66983ee1184f09c5796ef6c8bceae703a]] automatic focusing of the search box at startup
* [[Introduced|https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/commit/4f3cb8b9aebfc4f65f40c96ef99730887d746b41]] the [[Railroad Plugin]] by Astrid Elocson (see it in action in the new [[Filter Syntax]] documentation)
* [[Migrated|https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/commit/230066eeae9ace8336612e02c78f8cdaa3f717e4]] functionality of "Sticky Titles" theme into "Vanilla"/"Snow White". This means that tiddler titles will stick to the top of the window during scrolling on browsers that support `position: sticky` (such as Safari and Firefox)
* [[Added|https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/commit/8cb7090c40489c81e8c5dfb8cbbdee2c60998c3e]] icons to [[$:/AdvancedSearch]], [[$:/ControlPanel]] and [[$:/TagManager]]
* [[Changed|https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/commit/b9129d77e99970579074bdb4f9c2ef4b77b812c6]] wording of tiddler "save" button to "store"
* [[Added|https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/issues/1103]] automatic linking of system tiddlers such as $:/ControlPanel

!! Hackability Improvements

* [[Added|https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/commit/a1ca53fa9bab218719b582bd553a578a477666c9]] IteratorVariables to the ListWidget

!! Bug Fixes

* [[Fixed|https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/1249]] version number compatibility checks for plugins
* [[Fixed|https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/commit/1adfe20508116da0ee4b5c9e72ea9742f24b60c9]] problem with repeatedly cancelling a draft

!! Node.js Changes

//These changes are only relevant to people using TiddlyWiki under Node.js//

* [[Fixed|https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/commit/cc85368fd48f1e5878018a4e00b6c17d436e67a9]] [[Highlight Plugin]] to work when generating static files under Node.js
* [[Fixed|https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/commit/c296f14210545374124df5d4ae9ffb402ed73561]] problem with case-insensitive filing systems (eg Windows)
* [[Added|https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/1354]] mobile metadata to static page templates
* [[Added|https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/1352]] added "noclean" parameter to RenderTiddlersCommand

!! Changes affecting plugin authors

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!! Contributors

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


* [[@aelocson|https://github.com/aelocson]]
* [[@Arlen22|https://github.com/Arlen22]]
* [[@BramChen|https://github.com/BramChen]]
* [[@Drakor|https://github.com/Drakor]]
* [[@dpdannemiller|https://github.com/dpdannemiller]]
* [[@evgeniy-gryaznov|https://github.com/evgeniy-gryaznov]]
* [[@felixhayashi|https://github.com/felixhayashi]]
* [[@gernert|https://github.com/gernert]]
* [[@Infurnoape|https://github.com/Infurnoape]]
* [[@Jc-L|https://github.com/Jc-L]]
* [[@tobibeer|https://github.com/tobibeer]]
* [[@twMat|https://github.com/twMat]]
* [[@welford|https://github.com/welford]]
* [[@xcazin|https://github.com/xcazin]]