Release Notes for v4.0.0-beta.7

Note: This is a beta release. Please file new issues for any bugs you find in it.

This release is published to npm under the beta tag and can be installed via npm install electron@beta, or npm i electron@4.0.0-beta.7.

Bug Fixes/Changes

• Fix missing remote object error when calling remote function created in preload script (4-0-x). #15446

• fix: explicitly set windowsHide to the old node default. #15511

• chore: publish to the latest tag correctly when releasing old versions. #15515

• docs: add Size as an option for pageSize in docs for printToPDF. #15526

• fix: use sendToAll method correctly in chrome-api. #15529

• docs: fix the "second-instance" event handler signature in the docs. #15548

• fix: honor properties.showHiddenFiles on Linux. #15506

• build: make pyyaml an optional dependency. #15566

• feat: add remote.require() / remote.getGlobal() filtering. #15562

• build: store the patches config in a json file. #15572

• fix: use NSURL path for receipt url. #15574

Release Notes for v4.0.0-beta.6

Note: This is a beta release. Please file new issues for any bugs you find in it.

This release is published to npm under the beta tag and can be installed via npm install electron@beta, or npm i electron@4.0.0-beta.6.

Fixes

• Fix: set NSResizableWindowMask at init time. #15383
• Fixed crash when showing source folder in devtools. #15397
• Fixed default trash impl on linux to use gio. #15422
• Fixed incorrect display of some GtkMessageDialog icons. #15343
• Fixed potential crash when closing windows on macOS 10.10 and10.11. #15337
• Updated fs.stat/fs.statSync for new options param. #15350

Other Changes

• Dropped support for macOS 10.9 (OS X Mavericks). #15440
• Removed unneeded pyproto files from release archives. #15398

Documentation

• Documentation changes: #15419, #15462, #15500