Stacks Changelog

What's new in Stacks 1.9.13

Oct 25, 2022
  • What's changed:
  • Changed position of the priority icon in task card
  • What's fixed:
  • Fixed priority icon in task card when `Fixed stack hight` is turned on
  • Fixed status in Table view
  • Fixed search not working for words containing the letter `x`
  • What's improved:
  • Under-the-hood improvements and fixes

New in Stacks 1.9.12 (Sep 8, 2022)

  • What's fixed:
  • Fixed people list scrolling issue
  • What's improved
  • Improved tags visibility:
  • Overall bug fixes and improvements

New in Stacks 1.9.10 (Jul 30, 2022)

  • Added:
  • Added markdown interpretations of links with different protocols.
  • What's fixed:
  • Fixed app title bar not working on Windows and Linux after 1.9.9.
  • What's improved:
  • Improved hashtag parsing, unknown hashtags won't be converted.

New in Stacks 1.9.9 (Jul 28, 2022)

  • Added option to remember app zoom scale after a restart
  • Other minor fixes and improvements

New in Stacks 1.9.8 (Jul 18, 2022)

  • Added missing workspace tags in the Board Overview view
  • What's fixed:
  • Fixed long tag names breaking the UI
  • Fixed nested folder not deleting
  • What's improved:
  • Overall small fixes and improvements

New in Stacks 1.9.7 (Jul 6, 2022)

  • What's fixed:
  • Fixed app crashing when deleting a task from task details
  • What's improved:
  • Overall fixes and optimizations

New in Stacks 1.9.5 (Jun 30, 2022)

  • Added option to move multiple selected tasks
  • Added option to change status, tags, progress, priority of multiple selected tasks
  • Added option to mark as todo or done multiple selected tasks
  • Added autocomplete and quick assign of statuses via %statusName
  • Added autocomplete and quick assign of priority via !high

New in Stacks 1.9.4 (Jun 23, 2022)

  • What's changed:
  • Changed link to local file format instead of `file:///path/to/file` -> `</!/path/to/file>` - since markdown does not support the `file://` protocol
  • What's fixed:
  • Fixed keyboard navigation

New in Stacks 1.9.3 (Jun 22, 2022)

  • What's changed:
  • Switched places of the delete and `eye` button in checklists, Task Details
  • What's fixed:
  • Fixed deleting of global statuses
  • Fixed deleting of global tags
  • What's improved:
  • Improved performance on large projects

New in Stacks 1.9.1 (Jun 15, 2022)

  • What's changed:
  • Changed search cache - now should use SQLite WASM
  • What's improved:
  • Improved onboarding process

New in Stacks 1.9.0 (Jun 13, 2022)

  • Added multi-select task in Board View
  • Added multi-task delete (select tasks and hit Ctrl+Backspace in Windows and Linux or Cmd+Backspace in macOS)
  • Added copy selected tasks
  • Added copy format options in the Preferences
  • Added user re-assignment from the table view
  • Added fast tags assigning when writing a new task
  • Added multi-task creation when pasting multiple lines of text (each new line will create a new task)
  • Added new options to quickly assign a person by using the @ sign and selecting a person, or # for quickly assigning a tag in task details
  • Added emoji autocomplete in the task title
  • Added feedback dialog improvements
  • Added a new context menu for the document to copy the document link
  • Added new Markdown editor for task description and custom task text field
  • Added autocomplete in the markdown editor
  • :: - autocomplete emojis
  • [[ - autocomplete documents, tasks, and more
  • @ - autocomplete people
  • # - autocomplete tags
  • Added delete only task in a stack
  • Added multi-select and multi-unselect of tasks using Shift+Up/Down
  • Added new searching cache - using SQLite
  • Added task details closes when task is completed
  • What's changed:
  • Changed the priority icon in the Task Card
  • Changed maximize icon on Windows and Linux
  • Changed watermark icon/logo (visible when no document is selected)
  • Changed - removed filters from archived view (it wasn’t working with the archived tasks)
  • What's fixed:
  • Fixed hitting escape in task title and closing the task details dialog
  • Fixed losing the new subtask text when blurring the input field
  • Fixed task title not accepting multiline using Shift+Enter
  • Fixed duplicating project not working
  • Fixed text/link when a new online workspace is about to be added
  • Fixed current document reload when external change occurs
  • Fixed deleting archived tasks
  • What's improved:
  • Improved app performance - feels faster and snappier (optimized unneeded re-renders)
  • Improved keyboard navigation in Board View, scrolling is now following the selected task
  • Improved new subtask input, now accepts multiline
  • Improved new task input accepts multiline
  • Improved demo project - now uses all the new markdown syntax
  • Improved opening the Preferences - should be even faster
  • Improved feedback for newcomers (first time will show after 2-3 days)
  • Improved CSV export now contains Statuses and Tags
  • Improved tags automation - it will append tags instead of replacing them
  • Other under-the-hood improvements and fixes

New in Stacks 1.8.3 (Mar 29, 2022)

  • Added complete German translations (thanks to Marcus)
  • Added partial Czech translation (thanks to MenTom_CZ)
  • What's fixed:
  • Fixed global statuses not updating from the Project Settings
  • Fixed task copy/move, it wasn't copying over the cover image
  • Fixed attachment not opening from the Welcome demo project

New in Stacks 1.8.2 (Mar 10, 2022)

  • What's fixed:
  • Fixed error caused by missing Project Settings day span
  • What's improved:
  • Various under-the-hood fixes and improvements

New in Stacks 1.8.1 (Mar 8, 2022)

  • Fixed document edit UI issues
  • Fixed recurring task week day picker

New in Stacks 1.8.0 (Mar 4, 2022)

  • Added global project filtering (a new floating button should be visible on the bottom right corner of every project)
  • Board view rearrangeable while filtered
  • Added Project filter hotkey Ctrl+F
  • Added automatic Stack filtering when set from the Stack context - when a sorting order is set the tasks will automatically sort when tasks are changed or dropped
  • Added Sidebar "Due Today" counter and corresponding options in the Preferences
  • Added Project Settings UI
  • Added new Statuses collection (no more depending on the current tags list) NB: current global statuses might be lost
  • Added new Project settings for changing the default working day span and working week span
  • Added new Preferences UI
  • Added new Icon
  • What's changed:
  • Replaced global search hotkey from Ctrl+F to Ctrl+K
  • What's fixed:
  • Fixed Stack automations not clearing Tags and Assignees
  • Fixed filters calendar cut off by small displays
  • Fixed dates in task details attachments
  • Fixed managing subtasks when the hidden checkbox is active
  • Fixed inputs sometimes not working in the Project Settings
  • :white_check_mark: Fixed stack auto sorting when using Copy/Move
  • What's improved:
  • Improved safety & performance (update Electron and TypeScript version)
  • Improved estimated time parsing (now supports decimal numbers, months `M` and years `Y` with capital letters)
  • Improved Project Settings
  • Improved Done and Overdue tasks UI both in light and dark mode
  • Improved automations now working when adding a task

New in Stacks 1.7.6 (Feb 13, 2022)

  • Added announcements and voting system for new features
  • Improved Russian translations (thanks to our contributors)
  • What's fixed:
  • Various under the hood improvements and fixes

New in Stacks 1.7.5 (Jan 21, 2022)

  • Fixed monthly task repeat when `last day` is selected.

New in Stacks 1.7.4 (Jan 20, 2022)

  • What's fixed:
  • Fixed people table view inverted columns
  • Fixed Notepad autosave moving the mouse cursor when saved automatically
  • What's improved:
  • Improved French translation
  • People websites and social addresses are now clickable

New in Stacks 1.7.3 (Jan 12, 2022)

  • Added new markdown syntax for commenting using backticks (`)
  • Added missing menu item for adding a File document
  • What's fixed:
  • Fixed markdown code for links
  • Fixed links in the description
  • Fixed deleting a task from the task details context menu
  • Fixed styling of person initials letters in the person detail modal window
  • Fixed deleting a folder in the sidebar
  • Fixed importing the same Stacks document multiple times
  • Fixed styles of overdue tasks in the List view
  • What's improved:
  • Removed status checkbox from archived tasks in List and Table View
  • Improved markdown code when commenting
  • Improved alignment of tags in the List view

New in Stacks 1.7.1 (Jan 8, 2022)

  • Added new preference to only show warnings count in the sidebar
  • What's fixed:
  • Fixed date chip to also show the year when the date is not in the current year
  • Fixed repeat button for archived task in tasks detail
  • Fixed date button for archived task in tasks detail
  • Fixed link in the description not being rendered correctly
  • Fixed task repeat when having a start date
  • What's improved:
  • Improved hitting escape in the task description - won't close the task details any more

New in Stacks 1.7.0 (Dec 28, 2021)

  • Added Calendar improvements (24 hours, first day of week)
  • Added Calendar task schedule via new Sidebar
  • Added Calendar drag outside to unschedule a task
  • Added UI for empty Workspace
  • Added subtasks new context option to move it as a new task to the board
  • Added option in Preferences to change task Cover size
  • Added Workspace colors
  • Added Notepad autocomplete parent path/name
  • Download Stacks Version 1.7.0
  • What's fixed:
  • Fixed removing a workspace not resetting documents list
  • Fixed status not reading global tags
  • Fixed copy move without stacks
  • Fixed clearing the time input on the date picker would result in app crash
  • Fixed archiving tasks from the stack context menu
  • Fixed file document sometimes not rendering
  • Fixed moving from one task to another via the task description
  • Fixed moving a task to a Stack with minimal appearance
  • Fixed Board keyboard navigation and adding a new Tasks
  • What's improved:
  • Improved stack limit option to not consider completed tasks
  • Improved adding tasks and subtasks

New in Stacks 1.6.3 (Dec 8, 2021)

  • Added Board and List view background mouse drag
  • Added Workspace drag-and-drop reorder
  • Added a new menu to reopen the Feedback popup
  • Added an email field to the Feedback popup for follow-up

New in Stacks 1.6.2 (Dec 6, 2021)

  • Added URL interpreter in the task title
  • What's fixed:
  • Fixed search ignoring preferences for archived tasks
  • Fixed date picker not working correctly in certain time zones
  • What's improved:
  • Improved today's card background-color

New in Stacks 1.6.1 (Dec 3, 2021)

  • Fixed searching not working on new installations
  • Fixed default preferences not loading on new installations

New in Stacks 1.6.0 (Dec 3, 2021)

  • What's new:
  • Added new date picker
  • Added task repeat options
  • Added people custom types
  • Added Mac M1 builds
  • Added task counter in the sidebar (shows the number of total tasks in a project - and in red the overdue ones)
  • Added sounds - check Preferences to enable it (more to come)
  • Added a new option in the Copy/Move wizard to keep setting between multiple copies
  • Added People title (e.g. Mr, Mrs, Dr, etc)
  • Added Sidebar remembering size
  • Added basic Chinese translation
  • Added global tags
  • Added option to exclude items/sections from the search
  • Added person custom ID
  • Added persons age (auto-filled by the birthdate)
  • Added real-time updates using the open-source server
  • What's changed:
  • The preferences are now stored on a file-based system
  • What's fixed:
  • Fixed Notepad clearing doc when switching to another
  • Fixed Search with multiline Tasks
  • Fixed Table View hover and selection visual on light theme
  • Fixed preferences not loading - in certain cases workspace reference was lost
  • Fixed buttons global font family
  • Fixed Notepad autosave issues
  • Fixed moving a task to another project
  • Fixed server communication
  • What's improved:
  • Improved date chip in the task card both for the Board and List view
  • Columns in people are now saved and restored

New in Stacks 1.5.6 (Nov 11, 2021)

  • What's fixed:
  • Fixed Stack percentage calculation
  • Fixed Task cover image removal

New in Stacks 1.5.5 (Nov 2, 2021)

  • What's fixed:
  • Fixed Notepad clearing document in some cases
  • What's improved:
  • Other minor fixes and improvements

New in Stacks 1.5.4 (Oct 15, 2021)

  • Added a new info popover in the Task details to show the created, updated, completed, and archived dates
  • Added new task state checkbox in Task details, Table and List view
  • What's fixed:
  • Fixed assignees `more` component, text was not visible in dark mode
  • Fixed progress bar value when marking a task as complete
  • Fixed various values still changeable for archived tasks

New in Stacks 1.5.3 (Oct 12, 2021)

  • What's changed:
  • Date pickers in Task Details now respect min and max dates based on Start and Due date
  • What's fixed:
  • Fixed task not saving in the Board view
  • Fixed spacings in the Task Details Sidebar
  • Fixed Assignees +N bubble size
  • What's improved:
  • Overall bug fixes and improvements

New in Stacks 1.5.2 (Oct 10, 2021)

  • Fixed crashing when adding or removing a tag

New in Stacks 1.5.0 (Sep 29, 2021)

  • Added Task Status - it’s a new way of categorizing your task
  • Added Task Status automation
  • Added Table View filter by date
  • Added Table View filter by assignees
  • Added Table View filter by status
  • Added new avatar icons (you can choose a style in the Preferences)
  • Added Preferences to change the styling of the People Table View
  • Added multilayered sidebar tree
  • Added context menu on the archived task to quickly unarchive or copy as new
  • Added a new way to stop procrastination - check out the new Stack task limit option
  • Added skeleton animation while loading the table view in Projects and People
  • Added skeleton animation while loading the documents in the Sidebar
  • Added workspace custom icon

New in Stacks 1.4.7 (Aug 19, 2021)

  • What's fixed:
  • Fixed time tracking not submitting the time
  • What's improved:
  • Various under the hood fixes and bug fixes

New in Stacks 1.4.5 (Aug 5, 2021)

  • Fixed automation when toggling the state of all tasks in a Stack
  • Fixed automatic scrolling when using the Space bar to toggle the task to complete/incomplete

New in Stacks 1.4.4 (Aug 4, 2021)

  • Fixed archived all tasks in a stack
  • Fixed error reporting screen

New in Stacks 1.4.3 (Aug 3, 2021)

  • Removed error boundary screen

New in Stacks 1.4.2 (Aug 3, 2021)

  • Fixed automation when tasks are moved in the same Stack (it won't trigger the automation)
  • Other minor improvements

New in Stacks 1.4.1 (Aug 3, 2021)

  • Fixed crash on Windows with legacy project documents
  • Fixed crash screen not clickable
  • Fixed certain automation combinations not working correctly

New in Stacks 1.4.0 (Jul 30, 2021)

  • Prject autmatins
  • Added a visual indicatr that a new versin was installed
  • The selected stack can be deleted with a htkey when empty
  • Nn-Pr users can nw see the Pr features and views but cannt interact with them
  • Added a Preference ptin t view earnings based n the Spent Time instead f Estimated Time
  • Added new UI when the applicatin crashes - als added a buttn t submit any errr that might have ccurred this issue
  • Added filter by multiple tags in the Table View
  • Added htkeys t create a new Persn in the Peple dcument
  • Added preference t save ntepad dcument immediately
  • New features:
  • Add a way t disable LV2 at runtime with SCRE_DISABLE_LV2 (as currently LV2 is brken n Arch Linux)
  • Implement muse and key input fr the Windw gfx device. Fixes #395
  • What's changed
  • Task pening reverted back t duble click
  • Mved the Prject Preferences in the tlbar (t imprve visibility)
  • Task details can nw be clsed using the Escape key
  • Table view requires 1 click t pen the task
  • What's fixed:
  • Fixed search smetimes nt pening a task
  • Fixed menu nt changing lcale
  • Fixed Htkeys nt wrking n Windws (Linux)
  • Fixed Prject duplicatin
  • Fixed task nt deselecting when a new task is added
  • Fixed task cvers nt shwing after adding a new ne
  • What's imprved:
  • Imprved internal stre manager thus imprving speed and verall respnsiveness f the app
  • Imprved keybard navigatin - shuld als scrll autmatically while mving acrss tasks
  • Imprved the table view: tggle first clumn stickiness, filter by multiple tags, remved cursr pinter n nn-interactive clumns
  • Varius UI imprvements and minr bug fixes
  • Bug fixes:
  • Fix sme issues with cable deletin rder when clsing a dcument
  • Fix varius ndal prcess issues
  • Imprve penGL versin detectin
  • Fix .scre file assciatin n macS
  • Fix varius VST executin issues, in particular with all ntes ff messages
  • Clamp pacity between [0; 1] in relevant text and image prcesses

New in Stacks 1.3.5 (Jul 3, 2021)

  • Fixed crashing while setting a task tag

New in Stacks 1.3.4 (Jul 1, 2021)

  • What's fixed:
  • Fixed subtasks sometimes not saving when clicking out of the Task Details modal
  • What's improved:
  • Various under the hood fixes and improvements

New in Stacks 1.3.2 (Jun 24, 2021)

  • Fixed:
  • Hitting escape when editing on a newly created folder would delete it
  • Switching from one people document to another one would not load it

New in Stacks 1.3.0 (Jun 23, 2021)

  • Added Copy/Move wizard for both the Tasks and Stacks - this will allow users to treat tasks as templates
  • Added Tasks Table View column sorting
  • Added People Table View column sorting
  • Added option to unarchive archived tasks or to be copied as new into a selected Stack
  • Added a markdown cheatsheet in the custom text field in the task details
  • Added hotkey to quickly remove a selected task (Cmd + Backspace on Mac and Ctrl + Backspace on Windows and Linux)
  • Added Preference to quickly select a Stack and/or Task

New in Stacks 1.2.2 (May 25, 2021)

  • Added table view filter by task status

New in Stacks 1.2.1 (May 15, 2021)

  • Enabled time picker in the task date picker
  • Added table view filter by tags
  • What's fixed:
  • When adding a new task it will correspond with the location set in the preferences
  • Fixed styles of the task description in the card popup
  • Fixed document icons won't be visible anymore when the sidebar is closed
  • Clicking on the attached files should now correctly open in the default app
  • What's improved:
  • Document and Folder al fully draggable (previously only by the icon)
  • Project settings is now showing the title correctly
  • Editing the task description should work with a single click instead of a double click
  • Hitting enter on the last subtask will immediately open a new one (Escape should cancel editing)

New in Stacks 1.2.0 (May 13, 2021)

  • Added Trello Board import
  • Added Asana Project import
  • Added new menu item to create folders and documents
  • Added export document as CSV and JSON
  • Added task option to copy/duplicate the task into another stack
  • Added date locales - users may use a different date formatting scheme than the one that comes from the current language

New in Stacks 0.10.0 (Mar 15, 2021)

  • Added new feedback message
  • Fixed cancelling renaming the Board and Folder

New in Stacks 0.10.0 (Nov 18, 2020)

  • Added folders
  • Added feedback popup
  • Translations improvements
  • Duplicate board
  • Stack copy and move
  • Task cover image not updating
  • Windows initial start not finding the correct library path
  • Library watcher
  • Stack title after exited from collapsed mode
  • Other minor bug fixes and performance improvements

New in Stacks 0.9.0 (Nov 2, 2020)

  • Colored/Tinted Stack header
  • Added menu item and hotkey to reload board
  • Added Indonesian translation
  • Right click on collapsed Stack
  • Server pinging not working
  • Switching server accounts
  • Stack header/title not updating
  • Other minor bug fixes and performance improvements

New in Stacks 0.7.0 (Sep 17, 2020)

  • New: Datepicker locale based on current language
  • New: Tags in task context menu
  • Fixed: Dark mode task context menu

New in Stacks 0.6.3 (Sep 16, 2020)

  • Bottom scrollbar
  • Stack percentage when collapsed
  • Links not opening in the default browser

New in Stacks 0.6.2 (Sep 14, 2020)

  • New: Stack width adjustable from the preferences
  • Improved: Themed scrollbars
  • Fixed: Other minor bug fixes and performance improvements

New in Stacks 0.6.0 (Sep 10, 2020)

  • New:
  • Cambodian translation (partial)
  • Navigation menu
  • Task detail title and description new renders Markdown text
  • Improved:
  • Stacks can now be closed and opened via hotkeys
  • Markdown writing in the task title and description. Please check the Markdown cheatsheet window for the new syntax
  • Fixed:
  • Moving around with the keyboard while completed tasks are hidden
  • Re-ordering of tasks while completed tasks are hidden
  • Other minor bug fixes and performance improvements
  • Task info drag and drop color

New in Stacks 0.5.0 (Sep 4, 2020)

  • New:
  • Turkish translation
  • Keyboard navigation
  • Menuitem to add new task
  • Fixed:
  • Other minor bug fixes and performance improvements

New in Stacks 0.4.0 (Aug 6, 2020)

  • Spanish translation
  • Menu item to open a new Library folder
  • Menu item change the theme from light to dark
  • Window now remembers previous state
  • Menu not changing language

New in Stacks 0.3.0 (Jul 29, 2020)

  • Option add a new Stack to left or right of another Stack
  • Improved - Update process
  • Changed version number to major.minor.bugfix
  • Other minor bug fixes and performance improvements

New in Stacks 0.2.11 (Jul 27, 2020)

  • Option to collapse a Stack (double click to open)
  • Minor translation improvements
  • Other minor bug fixes and performance improvements

New in Stacks 0.2.10 (Jul 20, 2020)

  • Option to hide the "New Stack" button
  • Russian language improvements
  • Other minor bug fixes and performance improvements

New in Stacks 0.2.9 (Jul 20, 2020)

  • Extra custom text widget in task detail
  • Added French translation
  • New Stack menu not working
  • Reorder (some) widgets
  • Task description icon title new shows the complete description upon hover
  • App window can be resized to 600x400
  • Translation link (now also opens in the default browser)

New in Stacks 0.2.8 (May 13, 2020)

  • Simple way to reorder and delete checklist items from task details
  • Attachments now open on click with the default app (alternatively added button to save to a specific path)
  • Upon reopening, Stacks will maintain the last seen board
  • Start date won't be deleted upon removing the due date
  • Smaller bug fixes and improvements

New in Stacks 0.2.7 (May 11, 2020)

  • German translation
  • German demo board
  • Task progress in context menu
  • Upcomming count box in Board Overview
  • Start date UI in Task Detail

New in Stacks 0.2.6 (May 7, 2020)

  • Task start date (date picker date range - which will be used for the new GANTT view in future releases)
  • Board hourly fee and overall earning stats
  • Hourly fee overwrite per single task
  • Overall UI Improvements
  • Task estimates section not shown if only time spent is set

New in Stacks 0.2.5 (Apr 27, 2020)

  • Translated demo board
  • Romanian translation
  • Link to GitHub for contributing to Stacks translations
  • Russian typo fixes
  • UI Improvements
  • Dark mode for archived task detail