npm install electron@v4.0.0-beta.8
yarn add electron@v4.0.0-beta.8
Note: This is a beta release, this means it may be shipping with an unreleased version of Chromium.
Please file new issues for any bugs you find in it.
Release Notes
Features
- Added an option to
MenuItem
that makes it possible to skip accelerator registration. #15840
- Allow partial setting of window bounds. #15699
- Expose showAboutPanel for MacOS. #15680
- Feat: expose WebContents#setBackgroundThrottling. #15623
Fixes
- Bypass DOM storage quota. #15688
- Disabled CORB checks when web security preference is disabled. #15801
- Fix: osr windows now respect display scale factor. #15865
- Fix: package swiftshader binaries. #15745
- Fixed a freeze when using the GPU in some configurations. #15763
- Fixed an issue that prevented setting the
BrowserView
's background color after the first paint. #15797
- Fixed an issue with
--remote-debugging-port
not showing the devtools discovery page. #15852
- Fixed bug that caused menu accelerators to stop working on some linux. #15662
- Fixed checkboxes not rendering in mojave. #15869
- Fixed crash on exit when using BrowserView. #15640
- Fixed incorrect display of 'zoom in' accelerator on mac. #15626
- Fixed issue where
getNativeWindowHandle()
would return an empty buffer on macOS. #15644
- Fixed issue with incorrectly packaged Login Helper app, which caused issues with signing apps. #15615
- Fixed loading chrome devtools extensions with sandbox enabled. #15794
- Fixed some accelerators having
Shift
appended to them twice. #15401
- Fixed support for precision trackpad/mouse scrolling on Windows. #15831
- Fixed window close crash that was happening on macos 10.9. #15670
- Restore missing .lproj directories in macOS bundle. #15769
Other Changes
- Added v8_context_snapshot_generator to mksnapshot.zip. #15608
- Deprecated
findInPage
optionswordStart
and medialCapitalAsWordStart
. #15735
- No longer require submenu for services menuitem. #15671
Documentation
- Documentation changes: #15685, #15751, #15771