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KeePassX Changelog

What's new in KeePassX 2.0.3

Feb 7, 2017
  • Improved error reporting when reading / writing databases fails. [#450, #462]
  • Display an error message when opening a custom icon fails.
  • Detect custom icon format based on contents instead of the filename. [#512]
  • Keep symlink intact when saving databases. [#442].
  • Fix a crash when deleting parent group of recycle bin. [#520]
  • Display a confirm dialog before moving an entry to the recycle bin. [#447]
  • Repair UUIDs of inconsistent history items. [#130]
  • Only include top-level windows in auto-type window list when using gnome-shell.
  • Update translations.

New in KeePassX 2.0.2 (Feb 7, 2017)

  • Fix regression in database writer that caused it to strip certain special
  • characters (characters from Unicode plane > 0).
  • Fix bug in repair function that caused it to strip non-ASCII characters.

New in KeePassX 2.0.1 (Feb 7, 2017)

  • Flush temporary file before opening attachment. [#390]
  • Disable password generator when showing entry in history mode. [#422]
  • Strip invalid XML chars when writing databases. [#392]
  • Add repair function to fix databases with invalid XML chars. [#392]
  • Display custom icons scaled. [#322]
  • Allow opening databases that have no password and keyfile. [#391]
  • Fix crash when importing .kdb files with invalid icon ids. [#425]
  • Update translations.

New in KeePassX 2.0 (Dec 8, 2015)

  • New features include:
  • Multiple attachments per entry
  • Add custom key/value pairs to entries
  • Open multiple database in one window
  • The important changes compared to beta 2 are:
  • Improve UI of the search edit.
  • Clear clipboard when locking databases. [#342]
  • Enable Ctrl+M shortcut to minimize the window on all platforms. [#329]
  • Show a better message when trying to open an old database format. [#338]
  • Fix global auto-type behavior with some window managers.
  • Show global auto-type window on the active desktop. [#359]
  • Disable systray on OS X. [#326]
  • Restore main window when clicking on the OS X docker icon. [#326]

New in KeePassX 2.0 Beta 2 (Sep 11, 2015)

  • Fix crash when locking with search UI open
  • Set default extension when saving a database

New in KeePassX 2.0 Beta 1 (Aug 6, 2015)

  • Changes:
  • Remember entry column sizes
  • Add translations
  • Support opening attachments directly
  • Support cmd:// URLs
  • Protect opened databases with a file lock
  • Export to csv files
  • Add optional tray icon
  • Allow setting the default auto-type sequence for groups
  • Make the kdbx parser more lenient
  • Remove –password command line option
  • Lots of bugfixes

New in KeePassX 2.0 Alpha 6 (Apr 14, 2014)

  • Add option to lock databases after user inactivity [#62]
  • Add compatibility with libgcrypt 1.6 [#129]
  • Display passwords in monospace font [#51]
  • Use an icon for the button that shows/masks passwords [#38]
  • Add an option to show passwords by default [#93]
  • Improve password generator design [#122]
  • Remember window size [#154]
  • Disallow global auto-typing when the database is locked

New in KeePassX 0.4.3 (Sep 22, 2010)

  • Fixed crash when editing groups (regression introduced in 0.4.2) (Bug #2964295)

New in KeePassX 0.4.2 (Sep 22, 2010)

  • Re-added “Close to Tray” option
  • Use icon of parent group when creating a new entry (Bug #2494084)
  • Make database file saving transactional to avoid data loss
  • Fixed build errors with MSVC compiler (Bug #2926945), Qt 4.6 (Bug #2900850) and binutils gold linker
  • Switch focus to new entries (Bug #2899867, #2928843)
  • Added Cmd-M shortcut on Mac OS to minimize window (Bug #2827152)
  • Copy to clipboard even if field is empty (Bug #2889145)
  • Fixed possible database corruption when adding a new group while the Backup group exists (Bug #2897997)
  • Don’t give up asking for the password after one decryption error when using the Twofish algorithm
  • Don’t allow to drag’n'drop between databases to fix a crash (Bug #2961045)
  • Fixed: Closing KeePassX doesn’t remove passwords from clipboard (Bug #2946601)
  • Fixed: Icons could be shown multiple times in Group dialog (Bug #2711510)
  • Fixed: Maximized state not saved when minimizing to tray [Windows] (Bug #2926367)
  • Better detection of the default directory to save the database
  • Added translations: Japanese, Portuguese, Serbian and Slovak and Ukrainian
  • Updated many translations

New in KeePassX 0.4.1 (Sep 22, 2010)

  • Added initial documentation (by Jussi Sainio)
  • Added and improved many translations
  • Added ability to drag’n'drop fields (username, password, …) to other applications [Linux]
  • Added option to show the application window always on top [Linux and Windows]
  • Seperate columns settings between normal and search results view
  • Interrupt auto-type if the focused window changed meanwhile
  • Reduced height of password generator dialog (Bug #2831504)
  • Fixed: “Key Stroke Delay” interpreted as seconds instead of ms (Bug #2716877)
  • Escape HTML chars in detail view (Bug #2836096)
  • Fixed: Mispelling of initialize in interface (Bug #2806402)
  • Fixed: Race condition on lock file (Bug #2801583)
  • Fixed: Modified entry does not refresh Entry Details Pane (Bug #2782262)
  • Fixed: Logoff doesn’t close database correctly (Bug #2726197)
  • Fixed: Incorrect auto-type keymapping when KeePassX is in autostart
  • Fixed: Workspace is being locked after auto-type
  • Fixed: compiler warning/error “format not a string literal and no format arguments” (Bug #2815290)
  • Fixed: Makefile uninstall target removes system directories (Bug #2830345)
  • Fixed key rounds benchmark to return incorrect results
  • Set default auto-type key stroke delay to 5ms
  • Removed “Close to Tray” option

New in KeePassX 0.4.0 (Sep 22, 2010)

  • Added pronounceable password generator
  • Added action “Copy URL to Clipboard”
  • Added “Tools” button to EditEntryDlg: Window List and Auto-Type sequence
  • Improved Auto-Typing: ability to type all unicode characters
  • Added option to save database after every change
  • Associate KeePassX with *.kdb files on Linux and Mac OS
  • Display warning when opening a database that is already opened
  • Distinguish between adding groups and subgroups (Bug #2194057)
  • Store list of preferred characters in password generator (Bug #2432748)
  • Implemented backup feature
  • Don’t include entries from “Backup” group in search results
  • Added menu action to sort groups (Bug #2268672)
  • Clear Klipper history when clearing clipboard
  • Use serif font for all password fields (Bug #2594868)
  • Redesigned the Settings dialog and added ability to select language
  • Added Finnish, Gallican, Italian, Norwegian and Turkish translations
  • Cache and protect MasterKey speeds up saving database
  • Added 2 new password generator options
  • Changed default config filename to “config.ini”
  • XDG compliant config location on Linux
  • Fixed: Crash on saving a database (Bug #1955677)
  • Fixed: Unnamed Database saved as “.kdb” (Bugs #2109972, #2118340)
  • Fixed: Date of Modification isn’t updated (Bugs #2108658, #2121768)
  • Fixed: Cannot open DB from KeePassX 0.2.2 (Bug #2535569)
  • Fixed: Predefined expire times don’t work (Bug #2109987)
  • Fixed: Sorting isn’t consistent (Bug #2108655)
  • Fixed: KeepassX fails to lock itself after Ctrl-V (Bug #2106604)
  • Fixed: Position of main window not properly restored (Bugs #2090649, #2371738, #2336064)
  • Fixed: No password generated using list of very special characters (Bug #2230887)
  • Fixed: Crash if minimize to systray with locked workbench on Mac OS (Bug #2482531)
  • Fixed: Exports aren’t sorted consistently (Bug #2108661)
  • Fixed: Sudden exit on bookmarking a new (not saved) file (Bug #2599802)
  • Fixed: -min parameter is sometimes ignored (Debian Bug #514414)
  • Fixed: Cloned entries are not immediately sorted
  • Fixed: Crash when moving entry to another group (Bug #2644545)
  • Fixed: Different qm files in different paths, no overruling (Bug #2657158)
  • Improved the initialization of the Windows RNG and fallback random number source (Bug #2091784)
  • Improved Mac OS bundle information (Bugs #2096992, #1921260)
  • Improve tab order in many dialogs (Bug #2130397)
  • Added nostrip qmake option

New in KeePassX 0.3.4 (Sep 22, 2010)

  • fixed crash when auto-typing special characters (Bug #2111588)
  • only allow plain text in comment field

New in KeePassX 0.3.3 (Sep 22, 2010)

  • fix an error when opening twofish encrypted databases

New in KeePassX 0.3.2 (Sep 22, 2010)

  • add default groups when creating a database
  • improved the auto-type dialog (keyboard only usage, visual selection feedback)
  • automatically try to unlock db when global auto-type key has been pressed
  • fixed password encoding problem (Bug #1687864)
  • fixed sorting of date columns (Bugs #1861726, #1922311)
  • fixed problem when restoring window after auto-type (Bug #1978861)
  • don’t use entries in ‘Backup’ group for global auto-type (Bug #1915664)
  • hide contents of search field while database is locked (Bug #1923554)
  • fixed: custom entry icons are not saved (Bug #1995561)
  • added new icons introduced in KeePass 1.11
  • improved format of date strings (Bug #1932394)
  • added missing menu accelerators (Bug #1955304)
  • fixed: line breaks are ignored in Entry Detail View (Bug #1942362)
  • master key transformations (rounds) are now computed in two threads (from KeePass 1.11)
  • added ability to measure the number of rounds that can be calculated in 1 second
  • increase and randomize the default key transformation number
  • print help if parsing the arguments fails
  • disable precompiled header on FreeBSD by default to fix compilation error (Bug #1943446)

New in KeePassX 0.3.1 (Sep 22, 2010)

  • made key/password dialog more user friendly
  • added option for automatic database locking on inactivity
  • native file dialogs are used again under Windows
  • program accepts Qt command line switches like “-style” again
  • parameter “-cfg” now accepts relative paths (Bug #1825446)
  • fixed invalid entries in .desktop file (Bug #1906875)
  • fixed potential compilation problem in AES implementation (Bug #1905810)
  • fixed crash when re-arranging groups (Bug #1754998)
  • fixed size problems of some dialogs
  • files are not longer truncated when saving fails (Bug #1648616)
  • improved seeding of the random number generator

New in KeePassX 0.3.0a (Sep 22, 2010)

  • fixed error message about missing license file when opening about dialog (Bug #1906696)

New in KeePassX 0.3.0 (Sep 22, 2010)

  • many bug fixes
  • global Auto-Type
  • fully customizable HTML based detail view
  • better structured settings dialog
  • secure random number generator based on ‘Yarrow’ including an optional entropy collector
  • new dialog to view expiered entries
  • calendar widget to edit expiration dates in a more confortable way
  • restructured password generator
  • fine tuning options for auto-type
  • system tray icon
  • workspace locking