TextExpander 254.8.5.999

What's new in 254.8.5.999

What's new in TextExpander 8.5
- A new look. TextExpander 8.5 redesigns the Windows app, from the sidebar to the snippet editor. Your snippets, groups, and abbreviations stay where you left them.
- Layout and fonts. Typography, spacing, and icons are updated across the app. The editor's default font is new and larger, unless you've picked your own.
- Label and Abbreviation at the top. Both fields now sit above the snippet content instead of below it. Content type and Case move under Advanced options.
- Labeled toolbar. Editor tools show their names next to their icons: Fill-ins, Date, Time, Math, Keyboard, and Cursor. You can collapse the toolbar to give the snippet more room.
- Fits smaller windows. In a narrow window, side-by-side fields stack and less-used toolbar buttons move into a "More" menu.
- Monospace abbreviations. Abbreviations in the snippet list and editor use a monospace font, so look-alike characters are easier to tell apart.
- Dark mode. Dark mode follows your system setting and covers the whole app, including menus and dialogs.
- Snippet actions in one menu. Share, Duplicate, Move to, and Delete are in the "…" menu. When you duplicate a snippet, you can set its label and abbreviation before the copy is created.
- Preferences in the main window. Settings open inside the app instead of in a separate window.
- Updates in the background. TextExpander now keeps its interface up to date on its own. Updates download quietly and apply while you're away from the keyboard. Organizations that manage TextExpander updates through a device management solution can disable silent updates.
New features
- Nested lists. Press Tab and Shift+Tab to indent and outdent list items, and bullets and numbers change style at each level. Expanded lists keep their formatting in Gmail, Outlook, Word, Google Docs, and Slack. Lists pasted from Word come in as real nested lists.
Improvements
- Delete several Optional Sections at once. Highlight text that contains Optional or Conditional Sections, press Delete, and confirm once. One Undo brings the whole selection back.
- Other improvements: date fill-ins default to the current year, and time options are labeled 12-hour and 24-hour.
Bug fixes
- Excel Online and Google Sheets. Abbreviations typed into a selected cell now expand.
- Spelling and grammar checks work in long snippets, and their underlines stay in place as you scroll.
- Other fixes: the Active Snippets help button opens the right article.