Electron Releases - v5.0.0-beta.8

npm install electron@v5.0.0-beta.8
yarn add electron@v5.0.0-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

Fixes

  • DevTools Extensions now load correctly. #17616
  • Fixed a bug which caused global shortcuts with the Windows key not to work properly on Windows. #17566
  • Fixed an issue with netLog module properties not being returned correctly. #17545
  • Fixed issue where preload scripts would sometimes run twice in the same process in different contexts resulting in broken native node module loading. #17597
  • Fixed offscreen rendering not working with viz compositor. #17572
  • Fixed the handling of the escape key in dialogs created by window.confirm. The "Cancel" button is now triggered by the escape key, and the "OK" button is now triggered by the return key. #17578
  • Injected chrome extensions that have content scripts with a . in the pattern field now treat it as a raw . instead of a wildcard. #17594

Other Changes

  • Updated Chromium to 73.0.3683.101. #17656
  • Updated Chromium to 73.0.3683.104. #17692

Documentation

  • Documentation changes: #17663