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WriteMapper Changelog

What's new in WriteMapper 4.2.0

Dec 11, 2023
  • Better Performance:
  • WriteMap view is now very much more performant for mind maps with more than a couple dozen nodes, in all layouts.
  • App windows now open much quicker, and inter-window communication is now faster.
  • Other code-level optimization and rewritten algorithms.
  • Reduced time delay for beginning edits on newly added nodes.
  • Updated backend code libraries.
  • Ask AI:
  • Integrated OpenAI writing assistant that allows you to employ the help of AI content generation throughout the process of your writing work.
  • Settings for entering your own OpenAI API key to enable this feature, as well as configuring how you'd like to use it, including providing your own system prompt.
  • New Views and Layouts:
  • Nested Layout - A new mind map layout that provides a visual hierarchy of the WriteMap that's even more suited to the outline, nested style of writing.
  • Document View - The windowed editor and Live Preview features have been neatly combined into a new view, allowing you to review your work in its entirely while also being able to make text edits.
  • New Quick Search:
  • The quick search interface design has now been streamlined and improved, no matter if you're searching from the WriteMap, content editor, or document view.
  • Content matches are now more clearly denoted within the Quick Search function, for matches in both the node topic and contents.
  • New Animations:
  • Improved animations when interacting with the mind map's nodes.
  • Smoother transition from the intro view into a new WriteMap when creating one.
  • New and improved opening content editor animations, with an animation speed setting.
  • New Colors:
  • Added two new theme colors available for use in WriteMaps: Indigo and Brown.
  • Importing from other file formats now also categorises node colors, instead of using a uniform color.
  • In the intro view, the "Default Node Color" setting now also sets the "CREATE" button's color.
  • Improved Pan & Zoom:
  • Smoother autoscroll algorithm when dragging a node to the mind map's edge.
  • More flexible scrolling and panning behaviour for smaller WriteMaps.
  • Added the 'Center Root Node' option to several relevant menus.
  • A 'Return To WriteMap' button is shown when the WriteMap is out of view.
  • Smooth zoom: Use the pinch gesture on a trackpad, or hold the ctrl key and scroll to zoom.
  • Improved Spellcheck Capabilities:
  • Spellcheck can now also learn new spellings via the right-click menu's "Add to Dictionary" option.
  • To unlearn spelling, right-click a word previously added to your dictionary and select "Remove from Dictionary".
  • Improved UI/UX Design:
  • On macOS, right-clicking text now also highlights it then shows the right-click menu in the editor.
  • Swapped default keyboard shortcuts for "Quick Add Sibling Node" (now Shift + Enter), and "Quick Edit Title" (now Enter)
  • Allowed the right-click menu to show even when no text is selected in the content editor.
  • Added more robust options for exporting to the clipboard.
  • Improved title bar functionality on Windows.
  • Improved dark mode scrollbars on Windows.
  • Request Trial Extension:
  • Added a built-in method to extend your trial period, so you now have more time to discover how WriteMapper works best for you.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed malformed links within blockquotes in DOCX exports.
  • Fixed emojis not appearing in full or missing in some cases in DOCX exports.
  • Fixed lists in DOCX exports not showing correctly in Microsoft Word.
  • Fixed invalid characters present in writemaps causing DOCX exports to not work.
  • Removed images from RTF exports, as the file format does not strictly support images.
  • Fixed arrow key inputs being swallowed by keyboard shortcuts, unable to navigate in dialogs.
  • Fixed autocorrect erroneously correcting symbols and characters.
  • Fixed a bug where TXT exports included HTML-formatted links in some instances.
  • Corrected paragraph text size formatting for PDF exports.
  • Fixed a bug where undo/redo actions could show search highlighting in the editor.
  • Fixed a bug where node position in the WriteMap view could sometimes be inaccurate.
  • Fixed mind map bug where arrow key navigation would sometimes not work after a period of use.
  • Fixed mind map bug where collapsing a node then performing drag and drop could have unintended effects.
  • Fixed an external monitor window positioning bug occurring on Windows.
  • Fixed a node selection bug when using pointers or touch on Windows.

New in WriteMapper 3.1.0 (Mar 9, 2023)

  • Improvements and bug fixes:
  • Text highlighted in the content editor now also matches the node’s color.
  • Improved autocorrect now detects emojis and does not treat it as misspelt.
  • Autocorrect now doesn’t modify words or terms that have at least one capital letter.
  • Fixed link popover’s input background color in dark mode.

New in WriteMapper 3.0.8 (Feb 24, 2023)

  • Fixed scrollbars not showing in dark mode when using a mouse, without a trackpad.
  • Fixed consistently opening a node's editor with it fully scrolled to the top.
  • Fixed retaining the scroll position in the editor when pasting text.
  • Fixed visual styling of editor animation on Windows.
  • Fixed autocorrect wrongly correcting anything involving symbols.
  • And improvements in upgraded backend code libraries.

New in WriteMapper 3.0.7 (Sep 20, 2022)

  • Fixed a bug that prevented the Live Preview function from working on Windows.

New in WriteMapper 3.0.6 (Nov 27, 2021)

  • Prevented autocorrect and spellcheck from acting on words comprised of only integers (e.g. “2021”).

New in WriteMapper 3.0.5 (Oct 20, 2021)

  • Fixed a bug that caused the content editor of duplicated nodes to replicate edits made in the original node

New in WriteMapper 3.0.4 (Jul 26, 2021)

  • Fixed an erroneous inclusion of an extra menu item in the content editor’s right-click menu.

New in WriteMapper 3.0.3 (Jun 5, 2021)

  • Made links clickable from the Live Preview window, which will now open in your device's default browser.
  • Fixed a bug where links would not open in your default browser from the windowed editor, after clicking the link in the pop-up.

New in WriteMapper 3.0.2 (Jun 2, 2021)

  • Updated the list of spellcheck languages available from the Preferences window, in the Editing tab, which fixes an issue where the selected language would get stuck on the default setting.

New in WriteMapper 3.0.1 (May 31, 2021)

  • Fixed an issue with the spellcheck feature causing a blank screen to show on M1 Macs. Do note that the settings for spellcheck languages in the Preferences window is now slightly different.
  • Fixed an issue causing some users coming from WriteMapper 2 to not be able to access the 7-day free trial on WriteMapper 3. Upgrading to this 3.0.1 version should take care of it.

New in WriteMapper 2.10.0 (Mar 27, 2020)

  • Improvements:
  • Made the “Full Document Preview” export option more obviously located in the menu bar on desktop.
  • Added mention of License Manager on license settings tab in desktop versions, for easier access.
  • Updated monospace font for Windows version to the recently-created Cascadia Code font.
  • Updated some code framework libraries used in the backend on the desktop version.
  • Increased the frequency of periodic autosaving of your work by the app.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed an issue where block embeds in the content editor were sometimes hard to exit out of.
  • Fixed a bug on iPadOS and iOS where search results would be obscured in certain situations.
  • Fixed issue on iPad and iPhone where tooltip menus were shown misaligned in some scenarios.
  • Fixed a word count bug in the content editor on desktop versions.

New in WriteMapper 2.9.1 (Nov 27, 2019)

  • This update contains the following bug fixes and improvements:
  • Fixed “Tab” and “Shift+Tab” keys not working as custom keyboard shortcuts on the desktop version.
  • Fixed bug where WriteMaps that contain multiple images might not export the images to a Word document in the same order.
  • Fixed issue where exported images sometimes export nodes with ellipses when they actually shouldn’t.
  • Fixed bug on iPad and iPhone where WriteMaps that had certain characters in the title would not actually save the file.
  • Fixed bug where tapping the cursor while creating new WriteMap on iPad and iPhone didn’t reveal the expected menu.
  • In the ‘custom keyboard shortcut is occupied’ error message, also include info of which shortcut is currently occupying it.
  • Updated some code framework libraries used in the backend on the desktop version.

New in WriteMapper 2.9.0 (Oct 4, 2019)

  • Spellcheck & Autocorrect:
  • The key focus in this version was to rewrite the content editor's Spellcheck implementation on desktop versions, creating a more efficient and consistent writing experience for our customers. Spellcheck now finds suggestions quicker when you right-click a misspelling. Also, styled text now retain their attributes when corrected.
  • We've also built an Autocorrect mechanism into the content editor, allowing for an even smoother typing experience. Autocorrect also uses a smart algorithm to determine if your typing should be corrected, based on the similarity of the suggested correction. You can enable or disable this behaviour from the Preferences window, where it's enabled by default on macOS.
  • Other Improvements:
  • Enable pinch-to-zoom on the iPad to also pan to the zoomed in local region.
  • Select the root node when “Toggle Node Info” is tapped, if in WriteMap view.
  • Improve visual look of toolbar buttons on iPad by removing its outline border after tapping it.
  • On desktop, improved how Snapshots handles different files that have the same header topic name.
  • Set minimum zoom more consistently on iOS and iPadOS across both portrait and landscape orientations.
  • Added a link to the User Guide in tutorial WriteMaps.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed an issue preventing images from being exported on the iPad version.
  • Fixed an issue causing dark mode to not work on the new public release of iPadOS.
  • Removed stray temporary message elements caused by overlapping triggers on iPad and desktop.
  • Fixed a bug to do with the title bar not updating to new file names on Windows.
  • Fixed an error on the desktop version when clicking the cancel option in the open file dialog.
  • On iPhone, fixed selecting Cancel from the Select Snapshot menu showing an empty menu.
  • Fixed misalignment of Preferences menu items on 5.8-inch iPhone screens.
  • On iPhone, prevent situations where new node topic text entry on the WriteMap view is blocked by the toolbar.
  • Corrected a bug on Windows where spellcheck sometimes deviates from the selected language.

New in WriteMapper 2.7.1 (Aug 27, 2019)

  • Fixed a bug where the open and save file dialogs were not working as expected on desktop versions of the app.

New in WriteMapper 2.7.0 (Aug 26, 2019)

  • Notable Improvements:
  • Added new Categorize Node Colors option to right-click/long-press menu of root node, which sets a distinct color for each H2 node (and their children).
  • Added option to change color tags of individual nodes, without affecting its child nodes.
  • On desktop, added new setting for indicating the language to be used for spellcheck.
  • Better recent file management on iPad, reducing number of files displayed to three, and added an option to clear the list.
  • Dark mode integration with iPadOS, where dark mode in the app will now sync with the dark mode setting of iPadOS.
  • Also search each node’s contents in the Quick Search feature.
  • Other Improvements:
  • Integrated new three-finger swipe to undo/redo and pinch to copy/paste iPadOS gestures into content editor and WriteMap views.
  • Default behaviour of setting the node theme from the content editor now changes the theme for that node only.
  • Hid the scrollbars in the WriteMap view on iPad for a cleaner visual effect.
  • Use Fluent Design System's Acrylic Material for the title bar on Windows.
  • Updated "See What’s New" links in the About section of the Help menu to "Learn More" instead.
  • Removed "Add to Dictionary" from spellcheck menu option on macOS as it tended to not function in a consistent fashion.
  • iPadOS dark mode for file picker, share sheet, file destination selector, keyboard, and list picker views.
  • Improved wording of option on desktop versions to "open or import".
  • Added app icon used in new iPadOS app slide over multitasking views.
  • Integrated new cursor/caret manipulation behaviour on iPadOS.
  • On Windows, added Ctrl+W keyboard shortcut to the editor window.
  • On desktop, improved spellcheck performance.
  • Added link to User Guide in Help menus.
  • Updated tutorial WriteMaps to reflect changes in this version.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed bug on Windows where scrolling momentum would overflow to WriteMap and cause an unwanted zoom action to trigger.
  • Fixed bug where redo-ing an add sibling node action doesn’t reposition the node correctly.
  • Fixed bug in quick search where the root node could not be selected from the search results.
  • Fixed bug where scrolling quick search results on the iPad would sometimes cause it to close.
  • Made it such that no single color should appear more than twice for first 8 H2 nodes.
  • If the random node color preference is enabled, also apply it to files are imported.
  • Corrected issue with dark mode on macOS Catalina.

New in WriteMapper 2.6.0 (Jul 25, 2019)

  • Improvements & Bug Fixes:
  • Updated some code package libraries in anticipation of the upcoming iPadOS public release.
  • Fixed issue with undo/redo keyboard shortcuts not working consistently in WriteMap view on Windows version.
  • Corrected Header Letter Casing export option to also apply to Header Numbering setting, when set to Decimal.
  • Removed the question mark character from file names when saving files.
  • Updated autosave message wording on iPad to give clearer information.

New in WriteMapper 2.4.0 (May 30, 2019)

  • Furthering our attention on improving the robustness of WriteMapper as a productivity app that helps you meet your writing deadlines comes this update which brings a few new features to aid your work towards that goal.
  • Quick Edit Node:
  • You can now edit the contents of a node in a scaled-down editor mode, designed for making it easier to jump into jotting down some words without having to open the full editor. Quick Edit Node is accessible via a new keyboard shortcut, Ctrl+Cmd+E on the macOS and iPad versions, as well as on Alt+Ctrl+E on Windows.
  • Export Options:
  • More granular export configurations are now available in WriteMapper, allowing you to customise how your WriteMap should translate to the exported text document. A new "Export" section has been added to the preferences panel, from which you can adjust these new settings to your liking.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Changed "+" to "=" for the zoom in keyboard shortcut to remove the need to also hold the Shift key on macOS.
  • Applied the "Export Header Numbering" setting to OPML export, on both desktop and iPad versions.

New in WriteMapper 2.3.1 (Apr 30, 2019)

  • Improvements:
  • Added method to easier include app and platform version info for debugging purposes in the Help menu.
  • New image export format.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • If quick search leads to a node that is collapsed, expand before selecting it.
  • Corrected an inconsistent behaviour that occurred in the “Collapse Other Nodes” option.
  • Fixed hitting Cmd+E causing a glitch while in the windowed editor on the macOS version.
  • Fixed OPML export bug that occurs when there are nodes with empty contents.
  • Fixed issue with zoom on Windows when triggered from trackpad or mouse wheel.
  • Fixed bug on desktop where arrow keys would traverse nodes during Quick Search.

New in WriteMapper 2.3.0 (Apr 12, 2019)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • Double clicking a node now works with the “Tap twice and drag to multi-select” setting for Windows trackpads.
  • Prevented the white collapse/expand button from glitching when clicked.
  • Fixed error that occurred when trying to select nodes above/below the root node.
  • Fixed overlapping elements in the Shortcuts tab of the Preferences window.
  • Corrected scrollbar from showing in the update window.

New in WriteMapper 2.2.0 (Mar 22, 2019)

  • Snapshots:
  • WriteMapper now keeps a backup of a history of your work with this new feature. The five most recent versions of the five most recently saved WriteMaps are saved to Snapshots, which can be accessed from the “File” menu, and from the “Open” button on the iPad. There also exists the option to remove all Snapshots, if you’re worried about them occupying disk space.
  • Export As OPML:
  • We’ve added another export format, on top of the five existing ones. Adding OPML format export, with the app already supporting import of OPML files, will enable you to move your work in and out of WriteMapper and use it with other programs that support the format.
  • Quick Search:
  • Finally, you can now search an entire WriteMap’s node topics at once, and find exactly what you were looking for. Quick Search is accessible from the WriteMap view in the menu bar on desktop under the “Node” menu, the toolbar’s more options button (•••) on iPad, and with keyboard shortcuts on both (Cmd/Ctrl+F).
  • Improvements:
  • On desktop, added optimisations for improving performance of viewing and editing WriteMaps with numerous nodes.
  • Added padded clearance of the cursor from the bottom edge of the content editor as the editor auto-scrolls while you type.
  • Increased content editor’s maximum font size upwards to 26px.
  • Added a separator to the zoom toolbar menu on desktop.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed a bug where a link’s destination would not show up in WriteMaps created from imported files.
  • On desktop, fixed a bug where images could not be inserted when the editor wasn’t yet focused.
  • Prevented source information of images getting lost whenever the content editor was opened/closed.
  • Character count in Full Document Preview now does not count spaces and newline characters.
  • Set ‘mins’ to singular (‘min’) instead of plural if the estimated read time info is one (1) minute.

New in WriteMapper 2.1.0 (Mar 2, 2019)

  • Other Improvements:
  • New setting added to preferences options for choosing between fixed or relative width of the content editor.
  • Enabled WriteMap to scroll as a node is dragged to the bounds of the WriteMap’s edges.
  • Added link to License Manager page to the Help section of the menu bar of desktop versions.
  • Adjusted layout and height of the Preferences window on desktop to fit better on smaller screens.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed a bug where imported PNG and GIF images might not be formatted in the right encoding.
  • In the Windows version, fixed the height of the general tab of the Preferences window.
  • Remedied issue where the Windows desktop version would not correctly handle images imported from a local file.
  • Fixed errant white flash when showing a new window on macOS, in dark mode.
  • On macOS, corrected how buttons for modifier keys might not display correctly in the custom keyboard shortcuts section of Preferences.
  • Corrected a typo in the tutorial WriteMap.

New in WriteMapper 2.0.2 (Feb 8, 2019)

  • This update fixes a bug that caused the auto update mechanism to not work.
  • Also, the Full Document Preview option was added to the menu bar, alongside the existing export options to help make it more accessible.