New in Nova

New for Extensions

• Dynamic Task Providers
  • Extensions can now provide tasks to a project dynamically, based on nearly anything, without requiring user configuration in Nova
  • Tasks are built and delivered using the new Task and TaskProcessAction object classes with a new assistant type
• LSP: Support for Code Actions
  • Code actions can be shown from compatible language servers using the (by default) shortcut of Shift-Cmd-A
  • An indicator can be displayed at the head of a line when code actions are available for the insertion point or selection
• LSP: Support for WorkspaceEdits
  • Language servers can now use the applyEdit method to instruct Nova to perform a wide-scale edit on multiple files simultaneously
• LSP: Support for Jump to Definition
  • Jump to definition will prioritize language servers above the workspace index when available
• LSP: Support for Signature Help
• LSP: Added the ability to include custom initializationOptions in the LanguageClient.clientOptions
• LSP: Added proper support for the triggerCharacters completion request property
• Extensions: Added CompletionItem.additionalTextEdits and TextEdit APIs
  • Completion items may now define additional edits, beyond the primary edit, such as automatically adding imports
• Extensions: Added support for a funding property to the extension manifest
  • An author may define a URL at which users may contribute or fund the extension’s development
  • When present, an additional “Sponsor” button will be shown on the extension’s library page

New

• Added an “Open in Nova” system service, intended to make opening folders a bit easier from Finder
• Key Bindings can now be imported and exported via Preferences > Key Bindings
• Added better support for EditorConfig wildcard entries, especially those using {} brackets
• Editor: Added the ability to disable insertion point blink
• Problem Reporter: Added support for directing extension-related issues to extension authors
• Added the ability to invoke completions with a specified key binding
• PHP: Added completions for multi-byte string functions
• Updated extension template READMEs to be more templated that authors may follow
• Syntax Inspector: Added the ability to show the specific CSS theme styles applied to the text

Improved

• Renamed the View → Pane menu items to View → Split for better consistency
• Installation of the CLI tool should no longer requires an escalation prompt when using an admin user
• Project Settings: Renamed the “Environment” section to “Extensions” for better clarity
• Project Settings: Project toolbar icon now matches the project folder color
• Find/Replace: Allow use of newline escape sequences if the regex option is enabled
• A maximum length/height has been set for workspace notifications
• Launcher: Filtering is now cleared when creating a new project

Fixed

• Fixed a potential crash when documents are being parsed
• Fixed an issue with auto-indentation on paste, especially within Python, JavaScript, and HTML documents
• Files Sidebar: Disabling Show Navigation Controls now re-navigates to the project root
• Fixed an issue where a duplicate copy would be uploaded when using Save As with remote files
• Resolved an issue with binding the Delete key to menu items
• Fixed Custom File Associations not opening with a single click
• Fixed an issue with SCSS variable completions
• Fixed the Tasks sheet changing width when switching to the Arguments tab
• Multiline copy now inserts line breaks between selections
• Fixed an issue with “Save in Keychain” checkbox not working as expected in file browser tabs
• Preferences: Theme items now expose proper accessibility metadata
• Terminal: Number pad enter key no longer unexpectedly cancels the command being executed
• Editor: Status View line number is no longer incorrect when the cursor is positioned on a trailing line fragment
• JavaScript: Auto-complete will now offer console instead of the Console class
• TypeScript: Fixed an issue that could prevent certain functions from being displayed in the Symbols sidebar
• Command Line Tool: Piping output from an async command should now wait properly
• Terminal: Fixed potential drawing issues after displaying a long interactive output
• Launcher: Fixed an issue that could cause project folders to always use the color red
• Launcher: Tooltip for Remote Projects now displays the server address instead of a local path
• Launcher: Fixed the “g” character descender from being truncated on folder initials
• Launcher: Resolved an issue where the wrong project could be opened from the Touch Bar when projects were being filtered
• Extension Library: Resolved an issue that prevented copying text via the Edit menu
• Extension Library: Release notes now display the most recent changes without needing to update the extension
• Extension Library: “Version” is no longer displayed twice when a new update is available
• Extensions: Fixing an issue with the IssueParser API that could incorrectly report an issue’s line basis
• Extensions: Paths returned from nova.workspace.path should now always match document URIs prefixes
• Extensions: Fixed the completions API not respecting range of item when computing filtering text
• Extensions: Added a new event listener API to inform extensions when its language server quits
• Extensions: Fixed common cases where LanguageClient.running would return an incorrect value if the language server quits
• Extensions: Fixed a potential crash when passing * selector to AssistantsRegistry.registerIssueAssistant
• Extensions: Fixed properly handling a Promise return from TextEditor.onWillSave callback
• Extensions: Fixed a potential issue with syntaxes parsing issues when in development mode
• Extensions: Fixed JSProcess JSON-RPC error handling not rejecting with a ProcessMessage object
• LSP: Completion snippet placeholders are now respected for textEdit changes in addition to insertText
• LSP: document/hover requests returning the deprecated MarkedString content are now unescaped properly
• macOS 11: Improved the appearance of Preferences > Transfers
• macOS 11: Fixed a potential hang when signing into, or out of, Panic Sync
• German Localization: Fixed Sync Preferences referring to Transmit instead of Nova when you are in Trial Mode