For Nova 7 we decided to focus on something truly important to our editor: syntax and grammars. As a result, this release has a large number of PHP and TypeScript syntax improvements we think you'll appreciate. We also sped up Open Quickly, and fixed a lot of issues. Read on!
PHP syntax improvements
PHP 8 union types; highlighting of complex variables and SQL keywords in strings
TypeScript syntax improvements
Better parsing of type expressions and generics
Improved Open Quickly performance
Up to 7x faster for large projects
Improved
Added the ability to create new folders from “Open” panels (e.g. when choosing a publishing destination)
Fixed
CSS: Completions are no longer displayed immediately after a ‘{’ bracket
Terminal: Remote panes no longer fail to connect when an initial path is specified
Fixed a potential problem with annotation issue tooltips disappearing unexpectedly in some circumstances
Ctrl-A keybinding now works as expected when a text selection is present
Git Sidebar: Multiple selected files can now be opened simultaneously
PHP: Added support for parsing functions that return by reference
JSX: Tag expressions within arrow function bodies should now parse properly
CSS: Completion of custom property names within var() functions now work as expected
YAML: Fixed an issue parsing items contained within lists
LESS: !Important autocomplete no longer adds an extra ! character
Ruby: Improved highlighting of certain function argument arrangements
JavaScript: Parsing of regular expression literals as object fields now works as expected
JavaScript: Symbolication of quoted object properties containing spaces should work properly
JavaScript: Improved highlighting of arrow function expressions being used as arguments to a named function call
TypeScript: Improved parsing of some complex object types and interface declarations
Resolved an issue that caused delay of search results when using the command palette
Remote Files Sidebar: Corrected an issue with opening or saving files in an external editor
Addressed an issue with workspaces not restoring remote files that were opened using drag and drop
Resolved an issue when moving selection by paragraph using Option+Shift+Up/DnArrow
Launcher: Fixed the color swatch in quick edit panel from being clipped on macOS 10.15 and earlier
Version7
June 23, 2021
New
Added a preference for adjusting letter spacing in the editor
PHP: Highlighting of cURL environment variables in double-quoted strings
PHP: Highlighting of SQL keywords in double-quoted strings
PHP: Support for complex template string expressions
PHP: Autocomplete support for PHP 8
PHP: Support for Union Types
JavaScript/TypeScript: Path autocompletion for ‘import’ statements
New for Extensions
Grammars: Keywords may now be defined using multiple subcategories for better theming:
keyword.construct: Language construct keywords, such as function, class, interface
keyword.condition: Conditional keywords, such as if, for, and case
keyword.modifier: Modifier keywords, such as public, private, and async
keyword.statement: Statement keywords, such as return, throw, and eval
keyword.operator: Operator keywords, such as and, or, and not
keyword.self: Internal object reference keywords, such as self, this, and super