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caption: 5.2.6
created: 20230320184352916
modified: 20230320184352916
released: 20230320184352916
tags: ReleaseNotes
title: Release 5.2.6
type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki
//[[See GitHub for detailed change history of this release|https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/compare/v5.2.5...v5.2.6]]//
<<.banner-credits
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]]).
"""
url:"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/3a2831870b4418b8b01d155b057db5b7485562c1/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/images/New%20Release%20Banner.png"
>>
! Major Improvements
!! Improved Markdown Plugin
* <<.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
!! New Diff-Match-Patch Primitives
* <<.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)]]
! Translation Improvements
Improvements to the following translations:
* Chinese
* German
* Italian
* Polish
! Plugin Improvements
* <<.link-badge-fixed "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/7176">> [[Innerwiki Plugin]] to allow the `<$data>` widget to override existing tiddler fields
* <<.link-badge-fixed "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/7207">>, <<.link-badge-here "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/commit/c39ef398bffae12c0ed7324d9b6d9d29f0f2f9ff">> and <<.link-badge-here "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/commit/8f7441f296351a4dd0852c3c782f8874d398e052">> problem preventing [[Share Plugin]] from working properly
* <<.link-badge-updated "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/commit/524cee1489f260375cac8cfe878fdc5942a4596e">> [[XLSX Plugin|XLSX Utilities Edition]] to handle importing numeric fields
* <<.link-badge-fixed "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/commit/81f514116657d0d567be7a4c45762a85beaa8bc0">> Dynannotate plugin crash when using the fake DOM used for static rendering
* <<.link-badge-fixed "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/7281">> bug where pasting text into the CodeMirror editor also opened an `$:/Import` tiddler
* <<.link-badge-improved "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/7334">> documentation for the [[Railroad Plugin]]
! Accessibility Improvements
* <<.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
! Usability Improvements
* <<.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-added "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/7323">> support for `&dollar;` HTML entity
! Widget Improvements
* <<.link-badge-extended "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/7222">> EditTextWidget to support `focusSelectFromStart` and `focusSelectFromEnd` attributes to give better control over text selection
! Filter improvements
* <<.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-added "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/commit/89fd8871b6217634c9896b9402069757ca5ea189">> [[encodebase64 Operator]] and [[decodebase64 Operator]]
! Hackability Improvements
* <<.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
! Bug Fixes
* <<.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/7121">> (and <<.link-badge-here "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/7219">>) overriding `toc-caption` macro for [[Table-of-Contents Macros]]
* <<.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
! Node.js Improvements
* <<.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
! Performance Improvements
* <<.link-badge-improved "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/7299">> field indexer to more efficiently process lookups
! 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 """
andrigamerita
AnthonyMuscio
BramChen
btheado
cdruan
CrossEye
cs8425
EvidentlyCube
fkmiec
flibbles
GameDungeon
hffqyd
jeffrey4l
joebordes
kookma
linonetwo
m42e
Marxsal
mateuszwilczek
newmedicine
michsa
pippep
pmario
saqimtiaz
Telumire
twMat
wincentbalin
yaisog
""">>