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)
Deleted various image, PDF, and DOCX files that are no longer needed, as well as a sample YAML configuration. Updated .claude/settings.local.json to add new allowed Bash commands for local development.
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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Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Introduces IMPROVEMENT_PLAN.md outlining a comprehensive roadmap for PanConverter v3.0, including security hardening, testing infrastructure, code refactoring, developer experience, performance optimization, new features, and community building. The plan details phased implementation, success metrics, risk assessment, and resource requirements.
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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Added enhanced Word export with template support to the batch file converter,
enabling batch conversion of markdown files to professionally-styled DOCX
documents using custom templates.
New Features:
- Added "DOCX (Enhanced)" option to batch converter format selection
- Integrated WordTemplateExporter with batch conversion workflow
- Batch converter now supports template-based Word export with:
* Custom template preservation
* Professional table styling (orange headers, white data rows)
* Perfect ASCII art and flowchart alignment
* Red-colored arrows in flowcharts
* Markdown numbering stripped from headings and lists
Technical Changes:
- Modified performBatchConversion() to handle 'docx-enhanced' format
- Async/await pattern for WordTemplateExporter in batch processing
- Proper error handling and progress tracking for enhanced exports
- Updated version to v1.8.0 in package.json, main.js, and README.md
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Major Features:
- Template-based Word export with custom template selection
- File menu option to select and persist Word templates
- Table styling with orange headers and white data rows
- ASCII art and flowchart rendering with perfect alignment
- Red-colored arrows in flowcharts for enhanced visibility
- Markdown numbering stripped from headings and lists
Technical Improvements:
- Enhanced ASCII art detection for arrows and flowchart patterns
- Line-by-line rendering with no-wrap properties
- Arrow character detection and red coloring (↓→←↑)
- Template path persistence across sessions
- Word XML manipulation using PizZip
Files Modified:
- src/wordTemplateExporter.js: Enhanced ASCII art rendering, table styling
- src/main.js: Template selection function and menu integration
- CLAUDE.md: Comprehensive v1.7.9 documentation
- package.json: Version bump to 1.7.9
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- Created wordTemplateExporter.js module using docx npm package
- Added "DOCX (Enhanced)" option in File → Export menu
- Keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+Shift+W
- Full markdown support: headings, formatting, code, lists, tables
- No external dependencies (Pandoc/Python not required)
- Proper numbering configuration for lists
- Professional Word document output
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- Rewrote handlePrintPreview to explicitly hide all UI elements
- Store and restore original display values for clean restoration
- Make preview pane absolute positioned and full width for printing
- Hide toolbar, tab bar, status bar, editor pane, and dialogs
- Added proper timing for DOM updates before printing
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