Even after the v4.9.9 inline-modal fix the user kept reporting 'no fix still'
because hidden right-click context menus and window.prompt calls remain
unreliable in Electron renderer contexts. This release ships a *visible*
floating selection toolbar inside the canvas panel so the primary
interactions are not hidden behind modals or context menus.
- New <div id="fc-selection-toolbar"> inside #canvas-host, hidden until a
node or edge is selected. Renders:
* 5 shape buttons (Process / Decision / Terminator / Subroutine /
Document) when a node is selected, calling store.setNodeKind on
click. The active shape is highlighted.
* 3 edge-kind buttons (Solid / Dotted / Thick) when an edge is
selected, calling store.setEdgeKind.
* An always-visible label input that mirrors the selected item's
label and writes back via store.setNodeLabel / store.setEdgeLabel
with a 100ms debounce.
* A red Delete button calling store.removeNode / store.disconnect.
- Selection state now tracked at the controller level (_selectedId +
_selectedKind) and exposed via window.FlowchartController so the
keyboard Delete/Backspace shortcut and the toolbar share one source
of truth.
- Console-log instrumentation on every canvas event (pointerdown with
altKey, pointerup with drag result, dblclick, contextmenu, selection
changes, and every bootstrap phase) so the user can open DevTools
(Ctrl+Shift+I) and verify Alt+drag and double-click actually fire.
- promptInline / confirmInline kept as advanced fallback for the
right-click 'change shape' path; the toolbar is now the primary
interaction surface.
- Preview-render pane now shows a static info card explaining that the
canvas on the left is the rendered chart (previously blank).
- 6 new tests in tests/flowchart-controller.test.js — toolbar hidden
by default, selecting a node populates shape buttons + label input +
Delete, clicking a shape button updates the kind, label input is
debounced, edge selection populates edge-kind buttons, Delete button
removes the selected node.
Total tests: 1127 passing (was 1121; +6 new). The 11 pre-existing
PDFOperations failures are unrelated to this change.
Electron renderer contexts return undefined from window.prompt/window.confirm,
so shape change, edge kind, edge label, and reset confirmation did nothing.
Bundle now ships promptInline/confirmInline (custom DOM overlay modals) and
uses them in onEdgeClick / onShapeMenu / reset handler. Exposed as
window.FlowchartModals for jsdom tests.
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Each pure module's UMD wrapper assigned window.FlowchartXxx only in the else branch — when 'module' was undefined. But the renderer runs with nodeIntegration:true, so 'module' is always truthy and the else branch never ran. The standalone Flowchart Generator window then aborted with 'Flowchart pure modules not loaded'.
Fix: append 'if (typeof window !== undefined) window.FlowchartXxx = exported;' after the CommonJS branch in all 4 pure modules (store, shapes, mermaid, canvas). Both branches can run now; the legacy sidebar panel still loads them via require() and the renderer unconditionally exposes the global.
Regression guard: 4 new source-grep tests in tests/flowchart-controller.test.js assert each module's source contains the 'window.FlowchartXxx = exported' assignment.
Attribution: Amit Haridas
Five fix rounds (v4.9.1 → v4.9.5) couldn't make the sidebar flowchart
panel feel right — at 280 px sidebar with canvas + preview cramped to
~175 px each, plus the editor-container hide/show dance the
maximize/restore toggle required, the panel kept presenting as
cramped and unreliable at runtime. Strategy pivot: the flowchart
editor now lives in its own BrowserWindow, matching the ASCII Art
Generator pattern.
- src/flowchart-generator.html — new standalone HTML with header,
toolbar (Insert at Cursor / Reset), canvas host, and preview host.
Stylesheet hrefs are src/-relative (no ../). Forced light surface
via background/color !important rules — mirrors the v4.9.5 CSS fix.
- src/renderer/flowchart-controller.js — pure browser IIFE. Hydrates
from <userData>/flowchart-session.json once on mount, persists on
every mutation with 500 ms debounce. Insert at Cursor wraps the
generated Mermaid source in a fenced ```mermaid block and sends
it through the existing insert-content IPC.
- src/main.js — openFlowchartGenerator() launches the standalone
BrowserWindow (1100×720, contextIsolation:true, nodeIntegration:false).
Tools menu entry 'Flowchart Generator' with Cmd/Ctrl+Alt+F.
- src/preload.js — new window.electronAPI.flowchart.* namespace with
getUserDataPath/readFile/writeFile/insertAtCursor, reusing the
existing thin text-file IPC handlers.
- The four pure modules (flowchart-shapes.js, flowchart-mermaid.js,
flowchart-store.js, flowchart-canvas.js) gained a tiny UMD wrapper
so they work both as CommonJS (legacy sidebar) and as browser
globals (standalone window). No behavioural change to the 73
flowchart unit tests in tests/flowchart-*.test.js.
- src/renderer.js — sidebar registerPanel('flowchart', ...) and the
commandPalette entry are now commented out. Legacy panel file
(src/sidebar/flowchart-panel.js) preserved for rollback.
Tests:
- tests/flowchart-controller.test.js — 10 new tests covering
stylesheet paths (no ../ escape), bootstrap wiring
(getUserDataPath once, reads flowchart-session.json), hydration
from a saved session, Insert-at-Cursor fenced block format,
Reset (with and without confirm), and two regression tests that
src/renderer.js no longer has a live sidebar registration.
All 1122 tests pass; lint + format clean.
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v4.9.4 shipped three interaction bugs in the Flow Chart panel that combined to make it look broken at runtime: (1) .flowchart-preview-render had no min-height, so the Mermaid SVG clipped to 0 when the sidebar flex column shrank; (2) the canvas + preview hosts inherited the body.theme-concreteinfo dark theme, producing dark-on-dark nodes; (3) .flowchart-node.selected only set a 2px stroke on the rect's existing dark fill, which was effectively invisible.
Fix: styles-sidebar.css adds min-height: 120px on .flowchart-preview-render; forces a light background on .flowchart-canvas-host / .flowchart-preview-host with !important so theme inheritance cannot override it; forces explicit white fills and dark strokes on .flowchart-node rect/polygon/text and .flowchart-edge so labels read against any background; selection now changes fill (#e3f0ff) AND bumps stroke-width to 3 on both nodes and edges. renderer.js renderFlowChartMermaid now always initializes Mermaid with theme: 'default' regardless of body class — keeps the Mermaid SVG light to match the CSS-forced canvas surface.
Three new CSS regression tests in tests/flowchart-panel.test.js read the shipped stylesheet and assert the three structural invariants (non-zero min-height on render target, !important light background on canvas+preview hosts, fill + stroke-width >= 3 on .flowchart-node.selected).
Tradeoff: the flowchart surface is now always light, diverging from body theme. Visibility of a working editor is the priority per user direction.
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- Add opts.onNodeClick + surgical applySelectionHighlight() so node/edge clicks immediately paint .selected and mirror id into panel state (Delete/Backspace works on freshly-clicked node).
- Add Maximize/Restore button to flowchart toolbar: toggles .main-content.flowchart-takeover which hides .editor-container and lets the canvas + preview split the full window width instead of the 280px sidebar.
- destroy() clears the takeover class so the editor stays usable after leaving the panel.
- 8 new tests in tests/flowchart-panel.test.js for selection wiring and takeover.
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The flowchart preview pane accumulated raw Mermaid source when the user
fired several addNode mutations within the 250ms debounce window —
mermaid.run({nodes:[div]}) is async, so the previous render's
<div class="mermaid"> (still carrying the source text) sat in
.flowchart-preview-render when the next render cleared the target. The
first render's eventual element.innerHTML=svg landed on a detached node,
but the visible preview pane had a stack of stale <div class="mermaid">
elements carrying the source.
Fixed by switching renderFlowChartMermaid (src/renderer.js) to
replaceChildren() and adding a per-target WeakSet in-flight tracker so
the new render always starts from a clean slate and the previous render's
eventual innerHTML=svg is harmless on a detached node.
Added a second regression test that fires 7 mutations inside the debounce
with a renderMermaid mock that mimics mermaid.run's async innerHTML=svg
closure.
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- src/ascii-generator.html line 7: ../fonts.css -> fonts.css (src/-relative;
fixes silent stylesheet miss — same class as the v4.9.0->v4.9.1 script-tag fix)
- src/renderer/ascii-controller.js: wire all 3 mode tabs, 18 template
buttons, and the 3 box form fields. setMode() toggles .active on tabs
and matching .mode-section. Templates route through the orchestrator's
template:<id> font namespace. Box mode renders text with single/double/
rounded/bold/ascii borders via a pure renderBox() helper. All 11 T9
behaviours preserved.
- tests/ascii-controller.test.js: 6 tests covering stylesheet path,
pure box renderer, mode-tab switching, and template button wiring.
- package.json 4.9.1 -> 4.9.2; README + UPDATES updated.
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The flowchart panel keyboard handler in src/sidebar/flowchart-panel.js only
handles Ctrl+Z, Ctrl+Shift+Z, Delete, and Backspace. There is no Insert-key
branch, so the README row documenting it was a lie. Remove the row until the
behaviour is actually implemented.
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Two step-by-step TDD plans derived from the 2026-09-14 design specs:
* theme-registry: 9 tasks, 70+ steps. Creates src/main/ThemeRegistry.js
(pure module), bootstrap with 37 themes, buildThemeMenu for main.js,
migrates 25 existing per-theme CSS blocks into src/styles/themes/<id>.css,
rewrites the renderer apply-theme function to toggle <link disabled>,
adds 12 new theme CSS files using shared token vocabulary.
* flowchart-editor: 8 tasks, 41 TDD steps. Pure renderer-side feature
(no main-process modules). Pure data store with IO injection, 5 SVG
shape functions, Mermaid translator, hand-rolled SVG canvas with
pointer events, sidebar panel wiring with debounced preview (250ms)
+ debounced persistence (500ms) + panel-scoped keyboard shortcuts.
Three minimal userData-path-validated IPC channels added for
persistence (renderer can't reach <userData> under the current
nodeIntegration:true security model without them).
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Export themes:
- Six presets in the export dialog (basic + advanced modes) for PDF/DOCX:
Default, Modern, Classic, Sepia, Minimal, Elegant
- PDF: LaTeX header (xcolor/titlesec) recolors headings, adds section
rules and colored links — core-TeX packages only, hex-literal only
(no injection surface)
- DOCX: styles.xml surgery recolors Heading1-6/Title/Subtitle/Hyperlink
and swaps heading/body fonts; verified end-to-end against a real
pandoc-produced docx
- Themes ride along in export presets (unknown ids fall back to Default)
Windows CI fixes:
- pdfjs standardFontDataUrl now a file:// URL (backslash paths failed
pdfjs's trailing-slash validation, breaking extractText/extractImages)
- sharp temp cleanup EPERM retries; path-separator assertions; pdfjs
test timeouts raised; batch suite testTimeout 30s
648/648 tests green; 4.7.1 linux+win artifacts rebuilt.
Branding:
- All app icons regenerated from the new vector brand kit (M↓ mark):
icon.png/icon@2x (app + packaging), favicon.png, tray-icon.png, and the
full assets/icons/ size set — generate-icons.js now rasterizes
app-icon.svg directly (docico1.png removed)
- index.html gets proper favicon/apple-touch links from the kit
- Welcome tab hero shows the new mark; README gets the horizontal wordmark
- assets/logo.png (ConcreteInfo) intentionally untouched
CI release fixes (win/mac jobs were failing):
- FiraCode download moved from moving raw/master URLs (hash drifted
upstream, tripping the pin) to the immutable 6.2 release asset; repo
fonts updated to the pinned 6.2 bits
- macOS pandoc extractor locates the binary in the archive instead of
assuming a bin/ layout that the macOS zip doesn't have
Stray upload archive (markdown-converter-assets (1).zip) excluded.
Bundle (v4.7.0):
- MarkItDown frozen to a single ~75MB per-platform binary (PyInstaller via
npm run bundle:markitdown; ML extras excluded) — built and verified
locally: HTML/XLSX/PDF conversions pass through the bundled binary, and
the app resolves bin/linux/markitdown first at runtime
- Packaging copies bundled markitdown alongside Pandoc for win/mac/linux;
FFmpeg/sharp/KaTeX/fonts were already bundled
Legal artifacts:
- THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES.md: complete license inventory of everything
distributed (binaries, npm runtime deps, fonts, embedded Python packages)
- SOURCES.md: GPL §3(b) written source offers for Pandoc 3.9.0.2,
ffmpeg-static's GPL build, and the PyInstaller bootloader; LGPL relinking
note for libvips
- third-party-licenses/: canonical GPL-2.0, LGPL-2.1, MPL-2.0, Apache-2.0,
OFL-1.1, PSF-Python texts
- Help > Third-Party Notices & Licenses: in-app viewer for both documents
- README: 'Bundled Dependencies, Legal Notices & Credits' section
Hardening:
- download-tools.js now SHA-256 pins every artifact, verifies after
download AND against the cache on every run, and hard-fails on mismatch
(closes security finding D6)
Large tools intentionally not bundled (documented): LibreOffice,
MiKTeX/TeX Live, ImageMagick, PlantUML+JRE, Calibre.
637/637 tests green; lint clean; clean boot; bundled binary verified.
- File → Import with MarkItDown (Any Format)…: PDF, DOCX, PPTX, XLSX,
Outlook .msg/.eml, EPUB, images, CSV/JSON/XML, ZIP (audio/OCR via the
[all] extras) — verified live against HTML, XLSX (our own exporter's
output), and PDF fixtures
- Command auto-resolution with caching: markitdown binary → python -m
markitdown → python3 -m markitdown
- SEC-1 argv discipline (execFile only, user paths never through a shell),
50MB cap, 120s timeout, sanitized errors that surface markitdown's own
"pip install 'markitdown[pdf]'" hints for missing format extras
- Output lands next to the source as <name>.md (numeric suffix, never
overwrites) and opens in a new tab; markitdown:available/convert IPC
allowlisted for renderer flows
- Help → Dependencies lists MarkItDown; README/UPDATES updated (v4.6.1)
12 new tests (629 green); lint clean; clean app boot
- AI Assistant plugin: multi-provider chat (OpenAI/Anthropic/Ollama/LM Studio),
summarize/improve/translate commands, proofread via ai:analyze; calls
proxied through main so API keys stay out of the renderer
- Collaboration plugin: anchor-based comments in .comments/ sidecars with
drift detection and F8 navigation
- Local knowledge base: [[wiki-links]] with click-to-create + Backlinks panel
- Crash recovery: debounced session snapshots with restore prompt on launch
- Version history: pre-save snapshots, History panel with restore/diff/delete
- Real PDF encryption: swap pdf-lib for @cantoo/pdf-lib (probe-driven UI)
- XLSX export (native workbooks via JSZip), ODT headers/footers + page size
- Offline KaTeX (bundled CSS+fonts), local-first PlantUML rendering
- Editor: vim mode toggle, snippet Tab-expansion, zen word-goal setter,
writing heatmap, writing-studio panels wired with rail icons
- Quick Note global scratchpad (Ctrl+Alt+Q), markdownconverter:// deep links,
REPL first-run confirmation
- Fix: Ctrl+Shift+P collision, pandoc converter availability check, CLI
dangling --css/--reference-doc flags, dead converter button
8 new test suites; 613 tests green; lint clean
Monospace font embedding feature release. Adds bundled JetBrains Mono +
Fira Code TTFs (asarUnpack), preview/print font picker with ligatures
toggle, and embedded fonts in PDF (xelatex fontspec), DOCX (OOXML
surgery), EPUB (--epub-embed-font + OPF manifest), and HTML (sidecar
CSS with base64 data URI).
- Normalize pandoc command parsing with path.basename() to support bundled binary paths
- Use bundled pandoc binary in convertWithPandoc instead of relying on PATH
- Forward includeSubfolders checkbox state from renderer to main process
- Add pandoc availability check before batch conversion
- Re-enable Start button when batch conversion completes
- Clean up obsolete dist build artifact causing test snapshot warning
- Bump version to 4.4.4
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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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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Version 1.5.7 - Bug Fix Release
Fixed Issues:
- Real-time preview updates: Preview pane now updates instantly while typing
- Toolbar markdown functions: All toolbar buttons now work correctly
* Bold, Italic, Code, Link text wrapping
* Heading, List, Quote line prefixes
* Table insertion
- File opening: Fixed file loading via menu and double-click association
- Cross-platform path handling for Windows backslashes
Technical Changes:
- Added direct input event listeners to editor textareas
- Implemented wrapSelection() and insertAtLineStart() helper methods
- Fixed IPC communication between main and renderer processes
- Improved event delegation for multi-tab support
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Major improvements including optional advanced export options, removed proprietary dependencies for better open-source compatibility, and comprehensive new features for enhanced user experience.
🔧 Export Functions & Advanced Options:
• Fixed export function issues after advanced options integration
• Added optional advanced export checkbox (unchecked by default)
• Clean UI separation between simple and advanced export workflows
🏗️ Open Source Compatibility:
• Removed bundled Pandoc binaries - requires system installation
• Replaced proprietary XLSX with open-source CSV export
• Eliminated licensing concerns with bundled dependencies
✨ Advanced User Experience Features:
• Auto-save system with visual indicators every 30 seconds
• Enhanced document statistics (lines, paragraphs, sentences, reading time)
• Recent files menu with persistent storage (last 10 files)
• Mathematical expression support with KaTeX rendering
• Improved export dialog with better user experience
📚 Updated documentation with new dependency requirements and features
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- Add comprehensive Find & Replace with match highlighting
- Add toggleable line numbers with theme support
- Implement full undo/redo functionality with keyboard shortcuts
- Add smart auto-indentation for lists and code blocks
- Enhanced keyboard shortcuts for productivity
- Advanced tab handling for indentation/outdentation
- Updated About dialog with v1.2.0 and complete feature list
- Add Find & Replace to Edit menu
- Updated README.md with comprehensive feature documentation
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