- Fixed "will-navigate" event not being emitted for sandboxed contents. #22328
- Fixed Electron apps getting rejected to Mac App Store. #22298
- Fixed
session.setSpellCheckerDictionaryDownloadURL to append the dictionary name at the end of requests instead of requesting the same URL for all dictionaries. #22384
- Fixed an issue where TypeError occurred on initializing CrashReporter. #22344
- Fixed an issue with
safeDialog preferences not being passed properly. #22377
- Fixed issue where navigating with the mouse buttons 4/5 would result in full page loads instead of in-page popstate navigations. #22205
- Removed unneccessary breakpad_symbols directory from the dsym zip file. #22218
- Reverted a change to the name of the NSPrincipalClass, which could cause issues with protocol handlers on macOS (e.g.
my-app://). #22326
- Fixed
webRequest API not working with WebSockets. #22134
- Fixed a crash in
webContents.print() with custom print margins. #22186
- Fixed a crash that could occur when visiting HTTPS sites with invalid certificates. #22124
- Fixed an issue where
undefined was printed from console.log on Window when no arguments were passed. #22172
- Fixed bug that occurred when using trafficLightPosition API in RTL mode. #22162
- Fixed flash plugin not working. #22110
- Fixed issue where renderers could crash during GC when using the
contextBridge module. #22114
- Use system default printer if none is provided. #22011
Generating release notes between origin/7-1-x and origin/8-x-y for version v8.0.0
- Upgraded to Chromium
80.0.3987.86 (New since Electron 7: Chromium 79, 80)
- Upgraded to Node
12.13.0 (New since Electron 7: Node 12.9, 12.10, 12.11, 12.12, 12.13)
- Upgraded to V8
8.0 (New since Electron 7: V8 7.9, 8.0)
- IPC between main and renderer processes now uses the Structured Clone Algorithm. #20214
- Added
--enable-api-filtering-logging command-line switch, which enables caller stack logging for desktopCapturer and remote APIs that can be blocked or filtered. #20335
- Added
app.getApplicationNameForProtocol(). #21117
- Added
app.setAboutPanelOptions() support for credits and iconPath on Windows. #19420
- Added
BrowserWindow.moveAbove(mediaSourceId). #18926
- Added
contents.getAllSharedWorkers() and contents.inspectSharedWorkerById(workerId) to allow inspection of specific shared workers. #20389
- Added
Notification() options' timeoutType property to allows users to set timeout type for Linux and Windows notifications. #20153
- Added
Notification() options' urgency property to allow customization of Linux-based notifications. #20152
- Added
session.addWordToSpellCheckerDictionary API to support custom words in the. #21297
- Added
session.downloadURL() to allow downloads to trigger without a BrowserWindow. #19889
- Added
systemPreferences.getMediaAccessStatus().screen for detecting the new macOS Catalina permissions. #21116
- Added
trafficLightPosition option in BrowserWindow API to allow custom positioning of traffic lights. #21990
- Added
tray.displayBalloon() options: iconType, largeIcon, noSound and respectQuietTime. #19544
- Added
tray.focus(), which returns focus to the taskbar notification area. #19548
- Added
tray.removeBalloon(), which removes an already displayed balloon notification. #19547
- Added
WebContents.printToPDF() support for fitToPageEnabled and scaleFactor. #20436
- Added
win.accessibleTitle property to augment the window title for screen readers. #19698
- Added options to enable customization of print page headers and footers. #19688
- Added support for picture-in-picture mode for video elements. #17686
- Added support for the built-in spellchecker. We will use the OS spellchecker on macOS and hunspell on all other platforms. #20897
- Added the ability to prevent documents from being added to recent documents on Windows in open dialogs. #19669
- Enable macOS users to fallback to item removal when when
shell.moveItemToTrash fails. #19700
- Exposed
webContents.executeJavaScriptInIsolatedWorld. #21267
- Exposing methods required by capturing a hidden webContents. #21895
- Added
BrowserWindow.will-move event support on macOS. #19641
- Improved
TouchBarButton and TouchBarLabel a11y with the new accessibilityLabel property. #20454
- Added name of module to context-aware deprecation warning (#18397). #21958
- Fixed Linux console warning about gtk_disable_setlocale(). #19986
- Don't destroy active menus created as local objects in javascript. #19427
- Fixed
BrowserWindow.fromWebContents() to return null when no window is found for consistency with other APIs. #19983
- Fixed a crash that could occur when calling
crashReporter.getUploadedReports. #20428
- Fixed a potential crash on faulty
deviceNames in webContents.print(). #21982
- Fixed an issue in the remote module which could cause the name of the Object constructor to be overwritten globally. #20637
- Fixed an issue that prevented setuid binaries from being launched from the renderer process on Linux. #19953
- Fixed an issue where
menu.closePopup() would have no effect if called too soon after menu.popup(). #20114
- Fixed an issue where
net requests with redirection mode 'error' could incorrectly follow a redirect. #20686
- Fixed an issue where microtasks could sometimes be scheduled too eagerly, causing crashes when invoking Electron APIs during promises in certain situations. #20303
- Fixed an issue where sites using
ShadowDOMV0, CustomElementsV0, or HTMLImports would not load properly. #21866
- Fixed an issue with Node.js context initialization in renderer processes. #20836
- Fixed async Node APIs not working after received IPC message. #19718
- Fixed compilation error for native modules building with VS 2015. #21960
- Fixed crash when doing redirect navigation with webRequest listener. #21841
- Fixed debug symbol files on linux not containing private symbols. #20530
- Fixed disabling color correct rendering with
--disable-color-correct-rendering. #20356
- Fixed issue with when playing videos or audio Electron would ask for accessibility access. #21998
- Fixed memory leak when using protocol.registerSchemeAsPrivileged api. #20546
- Fixed printing. #21059
- Fixed setting
content-type header with charset breaking protocol APIs. #20538
- Fixed several deprecation warnings in Electron code. #20805
- Fixed some
systemPreferences.getColor() inconsistencies on macOS. #20611
- Fixed white flash after restoring an app from the background. #19873
- Prevented 'Reopen windows?' dialog from appearing on macOS after a crash. #19584
- Re-enable DOM storage quota enforcement but change limit from 10MiB to 100MiB. #21380
- Removed unnecessary chromium patch for browser compositor on mac. #20390
setLayoutZoomLevelLimits no longer works in Electron 8, so emit a warning message when using it. The function will be removed in Electron 9. #21360- Fixed a crash that could occur if a WebContents was destroyed during a navigation event. #20099
- Fixed bug in 8.0.0 beta releases that prevented the dictionarySuggestions property from being populated correctly when the built-in spellchecker is enabled. #22015
- Added Windows on Arm (64 bit) release. #20094
- Added Windows on Arm node header files to checksum file. #20255
- Deprecated the default value of
app.allowRendererProcessReuse (See #18397). #21287
- Deprecated
<webview>.getWebContents() due to its dependency on the remote module. #21039
- Fixed first beta version choosing logic. bf66fe51
- Made strip_absolute_paths_from_debug_symbols to false in debug.gn. #21316
- No-notes. #18760, #20003
- Removed undocumented
ipcRenderer.sendToAll(). #19556
- Documentation changes: #19387, #19444, #19804, #19975, #20230, #20472, #20621, #20622, #20644, #21743, #21874
- Fixed
webRequest API not working with WebSockets. #22141
- Fixed a crash in
webContents.print() with custom print margins. #22187
- Fixed a potential issue with active Menu garbage collection. #22151
- Fixed an issue where
undefined was printed from console.log on Window when no arguments were passed. #22173
- Removed unneccessary breakpad_symbols directory from the dsym zip file. #22220
- Fixed a potential crash on faulty
deviceNames in webContents.print(). #22012
- Fixed an issue where sending complex objects over IPC could in some cases cause the renderer process to be terminated. #21922
- Fixed crash with Date.toLocaleString for invalid locale and locale of the format aa@BB. #21969
- Fixed flash plugin not working. #22109
- Fixed issue where renderers could crash during GC when using the
contextBridge module. #22112
- Fixed netLog.stopLogging returning undefined instead of the path to the log. #21988