aText Changelog
Please uninstall aText before installing version 1.19. The installer seems not update properly.
aText 1.21
Released on 11/5/22
- New option in Preferences → General → Fields editor window → Does not activate.
- Fixed Transformations of Script snippet does not show in version 1.20.
aText 1.20
Released on 30/4/22
- Added Transformations for Script snippet.
- Added Find and Extract to Transformations.
- New examples for Find and Extract transformation.
- Addressed several crashes.
- Changed option Force Software rendering mode.
aText 1.19.2
Released on 17/4/22
- Fixed major bugs related to Field in version 1.19.
aText 1.19.1
Released on 11/4/22
- Menu Field can be referenced in value of Number Field.
- Check for missing program file at launch.
- Handle damaged Preferences file.
aText 1.19
Released on 8/4/22
- Added Activation via aText website if aText has no internet access.
- Added PM/AM time format options in Preferences.
- Added Excluded option for Field.
- Abbreviation Parameter can be referenced in value of Number field.
- Added "Transformations" for Date/Time variable.
- Added option "Quick mode" for the Sort menu.
- Enable "Convert Rich text's Paragraph tag to Span tag" by default.
- Revert to .NET 4.6, fixed a crash because of a missing program file.
- Workaround for a keyboard focus issue of the Rich text editor.
aText 1.18
Released on 11/3/22
- Fixed a bug in the core and improved Rich text snippet expansion in Google Docs in Google Chrome.
- Fixed some bugs and rare crashes.
aText 1.17
Released on 23/1/22
- Option "Font size" in Preferences.
- Option "Ignore script output" for script snippet.
- Allow "Replacing data" when opening file.
- Support drag and drop files into the main window.
- Sorting is now locale aware.
- Added shortcuts for backup in File menu.
aText 1.16.4
Released on 13/1/22
- Workaround for the "Alt key" issue.
- Fixed crashes by Floating Menu.
aText 1.16.3
Released on 9/1/22
- Added Demo mode for Sync.
- Fixed memory leak by Fields editor.
aText 1.16.2
Released on 1/1/22
- Changed Multi-select list selector to appear like a popup menu.
- Changed the main window to improve performance and prevent the freeze issue.
- Fixed a bug of Field's Width.
aText 1.16.1
Released on 29/12/21
- Added option to force software rendering to avoid the frozen main window issue.
- Fixed another crash by Floating Menu.
aText 1.16
Released on 27/12/21
- Ability to enable and disable (or configure) aText for specific windows.
aText 1.15.1
Released on 12/12/21
- Fixed a few crashes.
- Added option "Show snippet label" in aText menu → View.
aText 1.15
Released on 6/12/21
- Floating Menu - Option "Float on screen" for snippet group.
- Added new options in Snippet Menu.
aText 1.14.3
Released on 13/11/21
- Fixed Rich Text Unicode issues.
aText 1.14.2
Released on 10/11/21
- Fixed a crash by menu/list Field in version 1.14.
- Fixed the disabled auto run option in version 1.14.
aText 1.14.1
Released on 5/11/21
- Fixed major bugs with Field variable in version 1.14.
- Allows choosing multiple keys to accept selected item in snippet menu.
aText 1.14
Released on 3/11/21
- Field variable - Menu or List - Allows adding snippet or group as items, and supports HTML item.
- Option "Default snippet type".
aText 1.13
Released on 19/10/21
- Subgroup inherits parent group's Applications setting.
- Advanced Applications config (located in Preferences and the Shortcuts menu).
- Fixed "Manual Sync".
- Fixed and addressed several crashes.
aText 1.12.2
Released on 5/10/21
- Fixed a bug with the Applications selector in version 1.12.
aText 1.12.1
Released on 3/10/21
- aText no longer saves and restores the main window's location to avoid invisible main window issue.
- Fixed and addressed several crashes.
aText 1.12
Released on 27/9/21
- One-year license option from aText's store.
- Snippet's Date Modified, options to view Date Modified (aText menu → View).
- New Sort tools.
aText 1.11
Released on 25/7/21
- Fixed a problem since version 1 when opening aText's folders of the Microsoft Store version.
- New option: Convert Rich text's Paragraph tag to Span tag when expanding to remove line spacing.
- New option: Make the Fields editor window always on top.
aText 1.10.4
Released on 20/7/21
- Added (configurable) delay before sending attachments (for Chrome Gmail). New workaround for Mail app.
aText 1.10.3
Released on 14/7/21
- Fixed a major bug in version 1.10.x, a delay was mistakenly added when sending text.
aText 1.10.2
Released on 10/7/21
- Fixed several major bugs since version 1.10.
aText 1.10
Released on 7/7/21
- Attachments.
- Big change in the core.
- Adjusted for the Windows Mail app.
- Bug fixes.
aText 1.9.3
Released on 2/7/21
- Automatically removes paragraph tag when expanding single-line Rich text snippet.
- Several bug fixes.
aText 1.9.2
Released on 28/6/21
- Removed the (intended) delay when expanding in Chrome and Edge to fix issues with Google Docs.
- Keep delimiter when triggering the snippet menu.
aText 1.9.1
Released on 23/6/21
- Fixed many issues when using field variables in Rich Text snippet. These fixes require re-editing Rich text snippet.
aText 1.9
Released on 19/6/21
- New Timer variable.
- Many new functions for Date variable. Trim transform for Clipboard variable.
- Allow line breaks in Multi-select list's separator.
- Changed Rich Text behavior to keep original HTML content when Rich text snippet contains Key and Timer variable.
aText 1.8.8
Released on 11/6/21
- Addressed a .NET's issue which causes the main window not drawing (or appearing black).
- Added delay when opening and closing the fields editor to improve compatibility (with Windows Mail app).
aText 1.8.7
Released on 5/6/21
- Fixed a bug when variables are placed at the start or the end of Rich text snippet.
- Supports Keystroke variable with modifier keys only (without normal key).
aText 1.8.6
Released on 4/6/21
- Add an option to set length of snippets menu. Use Shift modifier key for shortcuts to choose item in snippets menu if applicable.
- Add an option to choose dark / light theme based on Windows's theme.
- Revert a mistake in version 1.8.5 - switched to the HTML-base fields editor which is made for Mac version.
aText 1.8.5
Released on 26/5/21
- Major change - Revert a change in version 1.7 - Move user data from Documents folder back to AppData folder because of user permissions troubles.
- Support exact search.
- Improved pasting Picture snippet.
- Fixed unicode character in Rich text not preserved when pasting as plain text. This fix requires re-editing Rich text snippet.
- Fixed issue the Main window may be out of screen.
aText 1.8.4
Released on 22/4/21
- Fixed a major bug in version 1.8.2: Fields editor does not show if there is embedded Key variable.
- Fixed a bug with Search in the main window in a recent version.
aText 1.8.2
Released on 21/4/21
- Much improved DateTime variable.
aText 1.8.1
Released on 17/4/21
- Major change - Improved usability of variables in Rich text snippet.
- Improved "Allow using Tab key as a modifier key".
- Added options "Improve usability of Alt / Windows key".
- Removed options "Block pressing Alt / Windows key alone".
- "Key" variable now supports "Tab + key" shortcuts.
aText 1.8
Released on 9/4/21
- Added option "Allow using Tab key as a modifier key". Support using shortcuts like Tab + Space, Tab + Enter, Tab + A, etc.
- Added option for snippets menu position when the caret position is unknown.
- Added option "Use F1-F10 keys to accept the selected item in snippets menu".
- Fixed: unable to click items in the Script tab.
- Fixed: aText's hotkeys are triggered incorrectly while typing.
- Fixed: the Alt / Windows key does not work as a hotkey.
aText 1.7.3
Released on 6/4/21
- Added options "Block pressing Alt / Windows key alone" and allows using Alt key and Windows key as a hotkey.
- Added options "Suggest abbreviations while typing".
- Falls back to AppData folder if user does not have access to Documents folder.
- Fixed a few issues related to "Suggest abbreviations".
aText 1.7.2
Released on 29/3/21
- Major change - Move user data to Documents folder.
aText 1.7
Released on 17/3/21
- Allows using Ctrl key and Shift key as a hotkey.
- Suggest abbreviations after typing a snippet group prefix.
- New snippet group option: Expand after confirmation.
- New option to choose the key to accept the selected item in snippets menu.
- Other minor improvements.
aText 1.6.3
Released on 22/2/21
- Added search tools: most used, least used, most recent used, least recent used, never used.
- Fixed a bug when creating "custom" script.
- Added "General" option to not select first item after displaying snippet menu after typing an abbreviation.
- Other minor bug fixes and improvements.
aText 1.6.2
Released on 14/2/21
- Fixed a major bug when adding Menu Field in Rich text editor in version 1.6.
- Fixed a major crash with Rich text editor in recent versions.
aText 1.6.1
Released on 10/2/21
- Added new Field type: Multi-select List with separator options.
- Added Field Description.
- Fixed major bugs with Rich text editor in version 1.6. Please re-edit Rich text snippets created in version 1.6 for the issue being solved.
aText 1.6
Released on 7/2/21
- Supports Caret, Key, and Picture in script snippet.
- Changed Rich text editor to prefer stability to clean / compact HTML output.
- Saves snippet group's expand/collapse state in the main window.
aText 1.5.9
Released on 26/1/21
- Fixed and adressed several major bugs in recent versions.
- Advanced Sync - Show snippet group's name as folder's Title and Tags.
aText 1.5.8
Released on 18/1/21
- Fixed issues with multi-monitor and multi-DPI system.
- Fixed a case when aText does not work properly, such as expanding UPPERCASE.
aText 1.5.7
Released on 3/1/21
- New option to auto-start with Administrator privileges without UAC prompt.
- aText now checks for update from Microsoft Store and allows installing update from within aText.
- Improved HotKey setter.
- Minor UI improvements.
aText 1.5.6
Released on 24/12/20
- Allows showing multiple Fields Editor at the same time. User can trigger Fields Editor inside the active Fields Editor.
- Improved Advanced Sync. May fix a random UI crash.
- aText is now multi-monitor aware.
- Added context menu item "Advanced Sync" \ "Locate selected item in Explorer".
aText 1.5.5
Released on 12/12/20
- Added "week number" format to DateTime variable.
- Addressed some rare crashes.
- Disabled "suffix" sample in aText's Examples.
aText 1.5.4
Released on 13/10/20
- Fixed Shift+6 issue when Portuguese Brazil input method is used. May fix for other input methods too.
- Fixed several rare crashes.
aText 1.5.3
Released on 19/9/20
- Fixed crashes when using field since version 1.5.1.
- Fixed numeric field's functions did not work since an early version.
aText 1.5.2
Released on 17/9/20
- Fixed crash in version 1.5.1 when using Optional variable.
- Added silent activation via command line.
- Fixed security warning when loading Rich text editor on recent Windows version.
aText 1.5.1
Released on 15/9/20
- Added UTF8 support for scripting.
- New scripting examples.
- Fixes.
aText 1.5
Released on 19/8/20
- Added HotKey trigger for snippet and group.
- Added option Detect if key event monitor is suspended by the system.
- Other fixes and improvements.
aText 1.4.8
Released on 10/8/20
- Fixed a critical bug in previous update: Rich Text and HTML snippet did not work.
- Other minor fixes.
aText 1.4.7
Released on 31/7/20
- New method to detect if key event monitor is suspended by the system.
- New Sort options.
- Bug fixes and improvements.
aText 1.4.6
Released on 15/7/20
- Attempted to detect if key event monitor is suspended by system, and automatically restarts it.
- Bug fixes.
- Updated Rich text editor.
- Major internal changes to the snippet list.
- Reverted to 32-bit for smaller memory usage. Version 1.4.4 was built to run as 64-bit in order to support WSL.
aText 1.4.5
Released on 28/6/20
- Key stroke variable's Delay before and Delay between.
- Support "Shift + Left/Up/Right/Down/Insert/Home/End" key stroke variable.
aText 1.4.4
Released on 24/6/20
- Support scripting with WSL. Shell script now uses WSL bash by default.
- aText no longer uses Roaming directory. All user data is now stored in Local directory.
- Addressed a few rare crashes.
aText 1.4
Released on 8/6/20
- New Rich text editor which is much more reliable
- Added simple Troubleshoot window.
- Bug fixes.
aText 1.3.6
Released on 28/5/20
- Added new option for DateTime variable: Add English day suffix (st, nd, rd, th).
- Minor fixes.
aText 1.3.4
Released on 21/5/20
- Many internal changes.
- Attempted to improve reliability.
- Fixed a crash by "Restart aText" in a recent version.
- Addressed some rare crashes.
aText 1.3.3
Released on 18/5/20
- Fixed and addressed some rare crashes.
- Fixed crashes by Clipboard variable in version 1.3.
aText 1.3.1
Released on 14/5/20
- Added "Find and replace", "Change case" for Clipboard variable.
- Clipboard setter.
- Fixed a bug in DateTime variable.
- Fixed and addressed some crashes.
aText 1.2.8
Released on 5/5/20
- Fixed and addressed many crashes automatically reported in version 1.2.7.
- Added option "Support dead key in" to allow disabling aText's dead key support which may conflict with similar apps.
aText 1.2.7
Released on 27/4/20
- Added simple exporting for Mac OS.
- Other improvements.
aText 1.2.5
Released on 21/4/20
- Fixed a crash.
- Now user can purchase aText Premium Lifetime from aText Store.
aText 1.2.4
Released on 25/3/20
- Fixed major bugs and crashes.
- Added option "Request Administrator privileges when auto-start".
aText 1.2
Released on 14/3/20
- Ditched .NET framework's configuration management which causes too many issues. Old version's preferences will be lost.
- Emoji collection and Icon View Emoji picker.
- Rich Text editor's font list configuration.
- Improved compatibility with keyboard layouts.
- Fixed a major bug when typing Shift + delimiter after abbreviation.
aText 1.1.3
Released on 10/2/20
- Improved compatibility with keyboard layouts.
aText 1.1.2
Released on 6/2/20
- Minor bug fixes and improvements.
aText 1.1
Released on 24/1/20
- Improved compatibility with keyboard layouts.
- Added Clipboard history support.
- Added Comment Field to display comment in Fields editor.
- Major bug fixes.
aText 1.0.2
Released on 16/1/20
aText 1.0
Released on 15/1/20
aText 0.10.2
Released on 31/12/19
- Fixed a major issue with setttings and a reported crash.
aText 0.10.1
Released on 25/12/19
- Fixed a major issue since version 0.9.
- Added Workaround for some system applications. Improved compatibility with some system applications.
aText 0.10
Released on 21/12/19
- Changed main window UI.
- Fixed an issue of DateTime variable.
aText 0.9
Released on 14/12/19
- Added Import / Export CSV file.
- Major bug fixes and improvements.
aText 0.8.1
Released on 6/12/19
- Improved Capital Correction.
- A few minor UI improvements.
aText 0.8
Released on 3/12/19
- Added Capital Correction.
- Improved Abbreviation Parameter.
aText 0.7
Released on 19/11/19
- Added Advanced Sync.
- Bug fixes.
aText 0.6
Released on 4/11/19
aText 0.5.1
Released on 18/10/19
- Fixed some major UI bugs.
aText 0.5
Released on 15/10/19
- Supported unlimited-level sub snippet group.
- Added hotkeys: Show snippets menu, Make snippet from clipboard, Make snippet from selection.
- Fixed crash when user settings files become invalid.
aText 0.4
Released on 5/10/19
- Added Abbreviation Parameter, provide ability to use Abbreviation as function with parameters.
aText 0.3
Released on 27/9/19
- Added Recyle Bin function.
- Added Group's abbreviation.
- Remade DateTime variable.
- Added a few new examples.
- Added autorun option.
- Other improvements
aText 0.2
Released on 13/9/19
- Added compatibility with all keyboard layouts.
- Fixed reported issues related to Key variable, keyboard layout, crash
- Improvements
aText 0.1
Released on 8/9/19