Electron Releases - v4.0.0-beta.8

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