- Create adapters/types.js with comprehensive type definitions
- Create adapters/electron/fs.js for file system operations
- Prepare structure for future migration to Tauri/Flutter
This abstraction layer makes future platform migration easier
and enables better testing with mock adapters.
Amit Haridas
- Add previewDebounceTimers map to track debounce timers per tab
- Add updatePreview(tabId, immediate) with optional immediate flag
- Debounce preview updates during typing (300ms delay)
- Use immediate=true for tab switches and file loads
- Refactor _renderPreview as internal method
This significantly improves editor responsiveness when typing
in large markdown files.
Amit Haridas
- Add tab type system ('markdown' and 'pdf')
- Create PDF tabs with their own state (page, zoom, rotation)
- Update closeTab to properly clean up PDF resources
- Update updateUI to handle PDF tabs (hide toolbar, etc.)
- Add visual indicators for PDF tabs in tab bar
- Add CSS styles for PDF tab containers
Fixes: PDF and markdown multitab function not working
Amit Haridas
- Add custom EditorView.theme for CodeMirror 6 with JetBrains Mono
- Update .editor-textarea and #editor font-family to prioritize JetBrains Mono
- Update preview code blocks (#preview code, .preview-content code) to use JetBrains Mono
- Ensures consistent monospace font across editor source and markdown rendering
Amit Haridas
CSS improvements:
- Standardize dark theme selectors to body[class*="dark"] pattern
- This ensures all dark themes (theme-dark, theme-dracula, etc.)
receive consistent styling
- Add semantic color variables (--text-primary, --bg-primary, etc.)
- Replace hardcoded colors with CSS variables in:
- Tab bar component
- Toolbar separator
- Pane resizer
- Status bar
- Add fallback values for backward compatibility
This improves maintainability and makes theming more consistent.
Amit Haridas
Accessibility improvements:
- Add global focus-visible styles for keyboard navigation
- Add focus-visible for sidebar panel close button
- Add skip-link styles for screen reader users
- Add .sr-only class for visually hidden content
- Add prefers-reduced-motion support for users sensitive to motion
- Add prefers-contrast: high support for high contrast mode
Amit Haridas
CSS improvements:
- Remove duplicate CSS reset from styles-modern.css
- Add focus-visible styles for sidebar icons
- Add error/loading state components (skeleton, spinner, messages)
- Add success, warning, info message components
- Add dark theme support for new components
Code quality:
- Replace inline error style with CSS class in renderer.js
Amit Haridas
- Fix duplicate editorContainer declaration in renderer.js
- Add missing browser globals to eslint config (prompt, FileReader, etc.)
- Add global object for Jest test setup
- Replace path.basename with portable string split in logo preview
Refactor inline command palette into a proper CommandPalette class
with search highlighting, keyboard navigation, and overlay UI.
Register all app actions including formatting, file ops, and sidebar
toggles.
- Grouped toolbar buttons into logical sections: Format, Structure, Insert, View
- Added toolbar-group CSS class for visual grouping
- Updated button titles with keyboard shortcut hints
- Enhanced status bar HTML structure with left/right layout
- Restructured status bar into left/right sections with separators
- Added character count, cursor line/column position, encoding, and language mode indicators
- Added cursor position tracking via CodeMirror onUpdate callback
- Added file path display that updates on tab switch
- Simplified word count display for cleaner status bar layout
Update worker path from .js to .mjs to match the new ESM-only build
structure in pdfjs-dist v5. Core API (getDocument, getPage, render)
remains compatible.
- Update marked from ^16.2.1 to ^17.0.3
- Add marked-highlight ^2.2.3 for syntax highlighting support
- Replace deprecated marked.setOptions() with marked.use() in renderer.js
- Extract highlight config into markedHighlight() extension (required in v17)
- Update test mock to reflect new API (use instead of setOptions)
Major Features:
- Integrated PDF viewer with zoom, page navigation, and fit modes
- PDF editor toolbar with direct access to all PDF operations
- New app branding with docico1.png icon
- ConcreteInfo theme (light & dark variants)
- Comprehensive PDF editing: merge, split, compress, rotate, delete, reorder
- Watermark, encrypt, decrypt, and permissions management
- Overwrite original file option for all PDF operations
UI Improvements:
- PDF viewer takes full screen when active (hides tabs and toolbar)
- Compact modals with reduced font sizes
- Dark theme fixes for icons and dialogs
- Save/Save As options for PDF operations
- Improved PDF toolbar theming
Technical:
- Added isPdfViewerActive state tracking
- Proper PDF document lifecycle management
- Fixed hang issues when switching between PDF and markdown
- All dependencies are open-source (MIT, Apache 2.0, BSD)
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New Features:
• Export Profiles - Save and load export configurations
• Mermaid.js diagram support - Render flowcharts, sequence diagrams, and more
• Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P) - Quick access to all commands
• GitHub Light/Dark preview themes - Beautiful code preview styling
• Table Generator - Interactive table creation tool
• ASCII Art Generator - Create text banners, boxes, and templates
• Resizable Preview Pane - Drag divider to adjust editor/preview sizes
• Pop-out Preview Window - Open preview in separate window with live sync
UI/UX Improvements:
• Fixed advanced export dialog visibility (added .hidden CSS class)
• GitHub-style table headers with light grey background
• Removed gradients from table headers
• Clean, professional preview rendering
Technical Changes:
• Updated all UI components for new features
• Enhanced TabManager to support resizable panes
• Added MutationObserver for live preview sync in pop-out window
• Improved CSS styling consistency
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Fixed code block and ASCII art background to extend full paragraph width:
🔧 Background Fix:
- Moved shading (w:shd) from run level (<w:rPr>) to paragraph level (<w:pPr>)
- Background now extends full width like in the preview
- Applied to both createCodeBlockXml() and createAsciiArtXml() functions
📝 Technical Changes:
- src/wordTemplateExporter.js: Paragraph-level shading for full-width backgrounds
- Added w:ind with left="284" right="284" for consistent margins
- Removed redundant w:shd from run properties
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Fixed export of ASCII art, charts, tables, and flowcharts to match preview exactly:
🎨 ASCII Art Preservation:
- Code blocks now export exactly as shown in preview
- Each line rendered separately to preserve exact spacing and alignment
- Monospace font (Consolas) used consistently across all export formats
- Line breaks, spacing, and box-drawing characters preserved perfectly
📝 Word Template Exporter Improvements:
- createCodeBlockXml: Renders each line as separate paragraph with exact spacing
- Added <w:keepLines/> and <w:wordWrap w:val="0"/> for no-wrap behavior
- Enhanced isAsciiArt detection with more Unicode box-drawing characters
- Added support for rounded corners (╭╮╯╰), heavy box chars, more arrows
📄 PDF Export Enhancements:
- Added -V monofont="Consolas" for proper code block rendering
- Added --highlight-style=tango for syntax highlighting
- Applied to main export, fallback engines, and CLI conversion
🖨️ HTML/Electron PDF Improvements:
- Enhanced CSS: white-space: pre, word-wrap: normal
- font-family: Consolas, Monaco, 'Courier New', monospace
- Print media queries preserve code block formatting
- overflow: visible prevents content truncation
🔧 Technical Changes:
- src/wordTemplateExporter.js: Enhanced code block and ASCII art rendering
- src/main.js: Added monofont settings to all PDF export paths
- Updated version to 1.9.1
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This commit fixes the logo upload issue and adds MiKTeX to the app's PATH for LaTeX/PDF support.
**Logo Upload Fix:**
- Replaced file input with Browse button that uses dialog.showOpenDialog
- Added browse-header-footer-logo IPC handler in main process
- Now gets reliable file paths without depending on file.path property
- Added browse-btn CSS styling
**MiKTeX PATH Addition:**
- Automatically adds MiKTeX bin directory to process.env.PATH on Windows
- Enables XeLaTeX/PDFLaTeX for PDF exports with headers/footers
- Logs PATH addition for debugging
**Files Changed:**
- src/main.js: Added MiKTeX PATH setup, browse logo IPC handler
- src/renderer.js: Changed to browseForLogo() function, updated event listeners
- src/index.html: Replaced file inputs with browse buttons
- src/styles.css: Added .browse-btn styling
**Testing Notes:**
- Logo upload now works without "path undefined" errors
- DOCX exports with headers/footers confirmed working
- PDF exports should now use Pandoc+XeLaTeX with MiKTeX in PATH
- Requires MiKTeX installation and PC restart for full functionality
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This commit fixes two critical issues in the v1.9.0 header/footer feature:
1. **Logo Upload Error Fix**:
- Fixed "path undefined" error when uploading logos
- Added validation in main.js to check filePath before processing
- Added fallback in renderer.js to use webUtils.getPathForFile if file.path is undefined
- Added file existence check before copying
2. **Header/Footer Visibility Fix**:
- Added header/footer support to tryPdfFallback function (PDF fallback engines)
- Previously, only performExportWithOptions had header/footer logic
- Now all PDF export paths include headers/footers when enabled
- Fallback engines now generate fancyhdr LaTeX code for headers/footers
Technical details:
- src/main.js:667-709: Enhanced logo upload handler with error checking
- src/main.js:1289-1319: Added header/footer to tryPdfFallback function
- src/renderer.js:2661-2678: Fixed logo file path handling
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Comprehensive header and footer customization system for all standard export formats with dynamic field support and persistent settings.
✨ Major Features:
- Custom Headers & Footers for PDF, DOCX, ODT, and PowerPoint exports
- Three-column layout (Left/Center/Right) for both headers and footers
- Dynamic field support: $PAGE$, $TOTAL$, $DATE$, $TIME$, $TITLE$, $AUTHOR$, $FILENAME$
- Logo/image upload UI for header and footer branding
- Enable/disable toggle with persistent settings across sessions
- Field insertion helper dialog for quick dynamic field selection
- Complete dark theme support for all 22 themes
🎯 Export Format Support:
- PDF (Standard): LaTeX fancyhdr package with automatic page numbering
- DOCX (Standard): Word XML manipulation with PAGE and NUMPAGES fields
- ODT: OpenDocument format with Pandoc integration
- PowerPoint (PPTX): Footer text with dynamic field replacement
- Batch Converter: Full header/footer support for all formats
💡 Technical Implementation:
- processDynamicFields() function for field replacement
- LaTeX header generation with fancyhdr and lastpage packages
- Word XML manipulation using PizZip for DOCX headers/footers
- addHeaderFooterToDocx() function for post-processing DOCX exports
- buildPandocCommand() enhanced with header/footer parameters
- IPC handlers for dialog communication and settings management
🎨 User Interface:
- New "Header & Footer Settings..." menu option in File menu
- Professional configuration dialog with field previews
- Logo upload with file path display and clear buttons
- Dynamic field picker popup dialog
- Responsive grid layout for three-column design
- Smooth transitions and animations
📦 Integration Points:
- Menu system (File → Header & Footer Settings...)
- Standard export functions (PDF, DOCX, ODT, PPTX)
- Batch converter with full format support
- Settings persistence via electron-store
- Logo file management in userData directory
🔧 Code Changes:
- src/main.js: Added header/footer IPC handlers, state management, processDynamicFields(), addHeaderFooterToDocx(), enhanced buildPandocCommand() and performBatchConversion()
- src/index.html: Added header/footer dialog and field picker dialog
- src/renderer.js: Added dialog management, logo handling, field insertion
- src/styles.css: Added comprehensive dialog styling with dark theme support
- package.json: Updated version to 1.9.0
- CLAUDE.md: Documented v1.9.0 features and implementation details
📝 Note: Enhanced exports (DOCX Enhanced, PDF Enhanced) use Word templates with pre-configured headers/footers. This feature specifically targets standard (non-templated) exports.
🚀 Impact:
Users can now add professional headers and footers to all document exports with custom branding, dynamic page numbers, dates, and titles - significantly improving document presentation for business and academic use cases.
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This release includes significant improvements to PDF Editor UI, enhanced PDF/Word
export functionality, print fixes, and configurable template settings.
🎯 v1.8.1 - Streamlined PDF Editor UI:
- Clean, focused interface showing only the selected PDF operation
- Smooth fade-in animations when switching between functions
- Optimized dialog sizing (max-width 600px, max-height 85vh)
- Enhanced file list styling with better contrast
- Complete dark theme support for all PDF editor components
- Better scrolling behavior for long forms
📄 v1.8.2 - Enhanced PDF Export & Print Fix:
- New "PDF (Enhanced)" export option using Word template + LibreOffice conversion
- Added to both single-file export and batch converter
- Keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+Shift+P for enhanced PDF export
- Fixed print preview showing blank output issue
- Simplified print handler using CSS @media print rules
- Better print styling with proper element hiding/showing
⚙️ v1.8.3 - Configurable Template Settings:
- Added "Template Settings..." menu option
- Configurable start page for Word template content insertion
- Choose from Pages 1-5 or custom page number (1-100)
- Settings persisted across sessions
- Updated WordTemplateExporter to use configurable start page
- Works with both DOCX (Enhanced) and PDF (Enhanced) export
- Applied to single-file and batch conversion workflows
🔧 Technical Improvements:
- Enhanced WordTemplateExporter constructor to accept startPage parameter
- Updated insertContentAfterPage method for flexible page insertion
- Added Template Settings dialog with quick-select buttons
- IPC communication for custom page number input
- Settings stored in userData/settings.json
- Improved CSS specificity with PDF editor-specific classes
- Fixed @media print rules to ensure preview content is visible
🎨 UI/UX Enhancements:
- PDF Editor sections now animate smoothly when switching
- File lists for merge operations styled with proper contrast
- Remove buttons styled with danger color (#dc3545)
- Template settings dialog shows current template and start page
- All enhancements support all 22 existing themes
The application now provides professional-grade PDF editing, enhanced export
capabilities with full control over template-based generation, and a streamlined
user interface that makes complex operations simple and intuitive.
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Enhanced PDF Editor user experience with cleaner, more intuitive interface:
✨ UI Improvements:
- Streamlined PDF Editor dialog to show only selected function
- Removed cluttered "all functions at once" display
- Added smooth fade-in animation when showing function-specific sections
- Improved dialog sizing: max-width 600px, max-height 85vh
- Better visual separation with compact section spacing
🎨 Styling Enhancements:
- Added PDF editor-specific CSS classes for better organization
- Enhanced file list styling with better contrast
- Improved remove button styling with danger color
- Complete dark theme support for all PDF editor components
- Better scrolling behavior for long forms
🔧 Technical Improvements:
- Maintained existing show/hide logic (already working correctly)
- Enhanced CSS specificity with .pdf-editor-content and .pdf-editor-body classes
- Added @keyframes fadeIn animation for smooth transitions
- Improved overflow handling for better UX on smaller screens
🌙 Theme Support:
- Full dark mode styling for file lists and entries
- Proper color contrast for all interactive elements
- Consistent styling across all 22 themes
The PDF Editor now provides a clean, focused interface showing only the relevant
controls for each operation (merge, split, compress, rotate, delete, reorder,
watermark, encrypt, decrypt, permissions).
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