Release Notes for v1.6.2

Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue where the flash context menu would throw an error when opened when fullscreen. #8739
Fixed an issue where the Buffer global would be unavailable in modules required from preload scripts when node integration was disabled. #8758
Fixed a console warning message about a potential listener leak when more than 10 <webview> tags were in a page. #8742
Fixed an issue where no such module errors would be incorrectly thrown in the renderer process referencing browser process Electron modules. #8766

Fixed an issue where Quick Look would not work correctly when opened from a file dialog. #8745

Added a new async option to the menu.popup API that causes the method to return immediately instead of after the menu is closed on all platforms and also no longer blocks rendering updates on macOS. #8702

The dialog.showMessageBox API now supports the cancelId property similar to other platforms. #8733

2017-03-01 (2635 days ago) 56.0.2924.87 7.4.0

[SECURITY] Node's Buffer class is no longer available on the window global when Node integration is disabled. #8605
Fixed an issue where certain modules, like coffee-script, threw errors when required. #8618
Fixed an issue where the focused window would lose focus when an invisible window was created. #8676
The minimumFontSize, defaultFontSize, and defaultMonospaceFontSize settings can now be configured via the webpreferences attribute of a <webview> tag. #8542
Fixed a crash where the browser context did not shutdown cleanly. #8654
Fixed a crash on file lock verification. #8679

Fixed an issue where a titleBarStyle value of hidden-inset did not work on certain OS versions. #8619
Fixed an issue where private OS APIs were being used in the Mac App Store build causing apps to be rejected. #8668
Fixed the scroll-touch-end event not firing. #8673
Fixed BrowserWindow.setVibrancy not working on certain OS versions. #8717

Added a app.getFileIcon(path, callback) API to get the native icon for a file type. #7851
The callback specified to the session.setCertificateVerifyProc API is now provided the certificate verification result and can be rejected with any error code supported by Chrome. #7955
The dialog.showMessageBox API now supports showing a checkbox with a message in the dialog. The state of the checkbox will be provided to the callback. #8590
webContents now emits a will-attach-webview event that can be used to configure the settings of a<webview> tag before it is attached. Calling event.preventDefault() will destroy the <webview>. #8584
The zoom preferences on webContents are now persisted in a session on a per-origin basis. #8537
Added support for webContents.invalidate() on non-offscreen pages to schedule a paint of the entire view. #8628

dialog.showSaveDialog now supports message, nameFieldLabel, and showsTagField options. #8556
dialog.showOpenDialog now supports a message option. #8556
dialog.showOpenDialog now supports a noResolveAliases property to disable automatic alias (symlink) resolution. #8617
Added a crashReporter.setExtraParameter API to adjust the extra data sent on crashes. #8648

2017-02-21 (2646 days ago) 56.0.2924.87 7.4.0