Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

1. Unreleased

1.1. Added

  • Added menu entry at Help → Offline Change Log to view this file on disk
  • Added skipped tests counter and corresponding colored icon on Project tree
  • Added color processing in console log, when using ``-C`` or ``--consolecolors``
  • Added minimal support to open and edit resource files in Grid Editor
  • Added multiline comment and uncomment in Text Editor
  • Added support for variables recognition in FOR and Set (*) Variable, where (\*) means Test, Task, Global, Suite, etc.
  • Added documentation and syntax color for IF, ELSE, ELSE IF, WHILE, TRY, EXCEPT, BREAK, CONTINUE
  • Added indentation for nested FOR loops
  • Added a Reformat option when saving files on Preferences → Saving
  • Added colorization in Text Editor for Tasks
  • Added a dialog to Load or Save settings to .cfg files on Preferences → General, Grid Editor, Text Editor and Test Runner
  • Added perspectives persistance for Notebook panels, Edit, Text Editor and Run
  • Added General settings to Preferences, to change Font Size and Face, and colours
  • Added background colour globally on panels and dialogs
  • Added on Run tab a button to open the Logs Directory
  • Added on Run tab a group of elements to define Output Directory, Log and Report filenames with suite names or timestamps, and possibility to keep Console and Message logs
  • Added Python 3.8 unit test support in travis CI
  • Added menu option to ``Move Up`` and ``Move Down`` variables in Tree
  • Added menu option to ``Sort Variables`` in resources from Tree
  • Added menu option to ``Sort Tests`` and ``Sort Variables`` in suites from Tree
  • Added menu icons (visible on most operating systems)
  • Added RIDE application dock icon on MacOS
  • Added selection of keyword suggestion with TAB key on Text Editor

  • Added RIDE.app to install in Applications on MacOS

    • Also creates a symbolic link to RIDE.app on user’s Desktop
    • Users will need to edit ``/etc/paths`` to include paths for ``robot`` and other commands like ``chromedriver``, etc
  • Added an Open External File menu option, to open file in Code Editor

  • Added multiline view in Grid Editor

    • When editing, ``\n`` will be converted to newline, ``\\n`` will remain as is.
    • When editing, ``\ `` will be converted to whitespace.
    • When editing, Alt-Enter is the same as ``\n``, converted immediately.
    • When editing, Ctrl-Up and Ctrl-Down move cursor to start and end of multiline respectively.
    • When editing, Ctrl-Home and Ctrl-End move cursor to start and end of cell content respectively.
  • Added Del key to clear Grid Editor cell content when in navigation mode (clear like doing Ctrl-X)

1.2. Removed

  • Removed ``robotframeworklexer`` dependency and local copy
  • Removed alignment flag on grid cell JSON Editor (Ctrl-Shift-J)
  • Removed moving to keyword/variable definition when doing Double-Click in grid cell

1.3. Changed

  • Unit tests to use ``pytest`` and removed ``nose`` dependency. Support for Python 3.10 at unit test level.
  • Prevent expanding Tests and change selection on Project tree (when right-clicking)
  • Improved Text Edit processing of # comments
  • Improved filesystem changes detection to be less reactive
  • Changed Manage Plugins to be a dialog panel instead of being a notebook tab
  • Added more valid file extensions to Open Test Suite
  • Changed minimum number of rows and columns, because blank cells would not have correct colour
  • The Arguments, Tests filters (include/exclude), Console and Message logs are now in Expandable/Collapsable groups
  • Modified robot passed and failed icons to be easier to differentiate
  • When searching in Text Editor by using Ctrl-G the search is done from the begining of text
  • On MacOS, grid cell will not lose focus anymore when mouse is moving outside of the cell’s boundary

  • Changed moving to keyword definition to be with Ctrl-Click (keep Ctrl-B action)

    • To edit cell use F2 or Double-Click
  • Changed Enter button in navigation mode to start editing cell, and to move to right cell when in edit mode
  • Performance improvements for loading large test suites

1.4. Fixed

  • Fixed missing menu icons on Linux (was working on Windows)
  • Fixed removal of animation in Project tree when test run is interrupted
  • Fixed console log width to fit visible area, depending on font size
  • Fixed not possible to use filenames/paths with spaces in TestRunner arguments. Use double quotes for space separated values,

  • Fixed error preventing to open old format, HTML test suites:

    • Yes, we are at RF 5.0.1, but still can open HTML test suites (and then Change to .robot)
  • Fixed broken sorting Tests and Variables in Project tree (right-click menu)
  • Fixed JSON in cell editor not saving nor validating JSON
  • Fixed TestRunner crash when test use SKIP keyword
  • Fixed broken pipe errors when using ``--loglevel DEBUG:INFO``
  • Fixed various output console encoding issue in different platforms
  • Fixed errors when importing libraries with keyword only arguments (i.e. robotframework-requestschecker)
  • Fixed sys.stderr is None errors if RIDE is launched by pythonw.exe
  • Fixed RIDE cannot close properly when Screenshot library is loaded
  • Fixed incorrect title in manage plugin settings
  • Fixed search in Text Editor with wxPython 4.1.0
  • Fixed resource file will disappear after saving from Text Editor
  • Fixed duplicated resource file/folder in tree nodes
  • Fixed Ctrl-Space causing entire column to be selected in Grid Editor
  • Fixed Del key was clearing cell content on Grid Editor
  • Fixed memory leak when reloading workspace
  • Fixed RIDE desktop shortcut creation when installing by Administrator on Windows
  • Fixed location of icon on Linux RIDE.desktop
  • Fixed incorrect app windows size configuration after maximizing
  • Fixed errors raised when adding external resources
  • Fixed progress dialog is missing when adding external resources
  • Fixed missing keyword suggestions on Resource files in Text Editor
  • Fixed Del key in Text Editor, was not deleting text
  • Fixed duplicated but empty Text Editor tab when Text Editor is the only active editor Plugin
  • Fixed case will be selected invisibly after being modified from Text Editor
  • Fixed some of log messages log level are incorrect sometimes
  • Fixed some of log messages are missing sometimes
  • Fixed smart quotes replace in Grid Editor on MacOS
  • Fixed incorrect arguments parsing when launching RIDE with command ``python -m robotide.__init__``
  • Fixed RIDE startup crash when Tree or File Explorer plugins use opened=False setting
  • Fixed error occurring when deleting test cases on Tree

2. 2.0b1 - 2020-07-26

2.1. Added

  • Added CHANGELOG.adoc
  • Added ignoring log.html and report.html on reporting HTML test suites
  • Added conditions for wxPython versions equal or higher than 4.1.0
  • Added indent and de-indent with TAB for blocks of text
  • Added auto indent in Text Editor
  • Added enclosing text in Text Editor or selected text with certain symbols
  • Added enclosing text in Grid Editor or selected text with certain symbols
  • Added 8s timer to shortcut creation dialog on install
  • Added process memory limit on Messages Log

2.2. Removed

  • Python 2.7 support
  • wxPython/wxPhoenix version conditioning

2.3. Changed

  • Improved filesystem changes detection, with a confirmation dialog to reload workspace
  • Changed dependency on wx.Window on tree panel
  • Improved error and removal of old log files
  • Changed icon background to white
  • Made Project Tree and File Explorer panels, Plugins.
  • wx.NewId() to wx.NewIdRef()
  • Separated AppendText for Messages Log

2.4. Fixed

  • Fixed editing cells in Grid Editor on wxPython 4.1
  • Fixed not saving file after deleting text in Text Editor
  • Fixed elements sizing on Preferences panel
  • Fixed tree selection, because of wrong variable name
  • Fixed encodings on Windows
  • Fixed bugs on Grid Editor
  • Fixed error message on RIDE Log about missing clear_all
  • Fixed tree nodes problems
  • Fixed severe RIDE freeze when selecting all test cases in large test suites
  • Fixed activation of RIDE Log plugin
  • Fixed missing keywords documentation for dynamic libraries (i.e. SeleniumLibrary 4.4.0)
  • Fixed not possible to create new project
  • Fixed missing Save menu option
  • Fixed sounding a beep and no selection when pressing down arrow in keywords help list
  • Fixed output log showing garbled code when the name of the test case contains Chinese
  • Fixed default arguments help
  • Fixed crash when deleting tags
  • Fixed cursor position when creating variables with CTRL-1,2,5
  • Fixed pressing F2 in Grid Editor on MacOS started editor on Project Tree
  • Fixed reprocessing of %date% %time% variables on Windows
  • Fixed not editing cells with F2 and keeping focus
  • Fixed keywords arguments help
  • Fixed Python 3.8 incompatibility
  • Fixed showing Resource files with extension .resource in Tree when not used
  • Fixed RIDE not starting
  • Fixed errors at start due to setlocale()
  • Fixed Settings editor
  • Fixed blank Edit screen
  • Fixed Runner arguments parsing
  • Fixed Runner Log window Chinese and Latin encoding chars on Windows

3. 1.7.4.2 - 2020-01-20

3.1. Added

  • wxPython version locked up to 4.0.7.post2.

3.2. Removed

  • None

3.3. Changed

  • None

3.4. Fixed

  • None