See GitHub for detailed change history of this release

Incompatible Changes

See Notes for upgrading to 5.0.8-beta for more details of these changes:

• Changed rules for parsing content of HTML elements
• Switched SiteTitle and SiteSubtitle to $:/SiteTitle and $:/SiteSubtitle
• Changes to commands used with TiddlyWiki on Node.js
• Changes to naming of some editions
  • Notably clientserver has changed to server

Documentation Improvements

• Improved documentation for TiddlerFilters, including a notation of the TiddlerFilter Formal Grammar contributed by @Tikkoneus
• Improved documentation for WidgetMessages
• Tiddlers on tiddlywiki.com now have a link to the original source on GitHub for pull requests (see the "Sources" tab of the tiddler info panel)

Usability Improvements

• Added automatic saving on editing a tiddler and a warning when attempting to close the window with unsaved changes
• Added confirmation dialogue when deleting tiddlers
• Add support for switchable (and editable) ColourPalettes
• Added TranslationMechanism and translations for:
  • Deutsch (Österreich and Deutschland) by @pmario
  • Français (France) by @xcazin
  • Chinese (Simplified and Traditional) by @BramChen
• Add error alerts when syncing to a server
• Rejigged $:/ControlPanel to use nested tabs
• Added $:/TagManager for easy management of tags
• Added experimental KeyboardWidget, including support for ctrl-enter (or cmd-enter) to finish editing a tiddler
• Added number of tags to control panel Basics tab
• Enhanced link handling so that control/command clicking a link opens the target tiddler without navigating to it
• Importing tiddlers via drag and drop no longer opens all the tiddlers

Scalability Improvements

• Added support for LazyLoading of images
• Extended RevealWidget to allow control over content retention

Hackability Improvements

• Added HelpCommand and InitCommand for TiddlyWiki on Node.js
• Extended ButtonWidget to allow navigating to a tiddler
• Added experimental support for building plugins in the browser: How to create plugins in the browser
• Extend the TranscludeWidget to display its content as a fallback if the tiddler or field is missing
• Add logging and AlertMechanism
• Added a Filter tab to advanced search
• Add indexes filter operator
• Control over line width and colour for EditBitmapWidget
• Add support for .multids MultiTiddlerFiles
• Extend ViewWidget so that it works with indexes
• Added support for Tank, a new service built on TiddlyWeb: https://tank.peermore.com
• Extend relative dates to work in the future

Bug Fixes

• Fixed problem with pasting items into the browser
• Fixed problem with colour pickers not showing correct colour in Chrome
• Fixed problem with tag pills not working inside table cells
• Fixed problem in client server configuration with % in tiddler titles
• Fixed problem with not using placeholder text when editing missing tiddlers
• Fixed problem with test data in certain time zones
• Fixed problem with non-breaking space characters being converted into '@' symbols
• Fixed problem with highlighting plugin only working in the browser
• Fixed crash when wiki/themes folder contains files that are not themes