Release Notes for v8.0.0-beta.3

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@8.0.0-beta.3.

Features

Added screen to systemPreferences.getMediaAccessStatus() for detecting the new macOS Catalina permissions. #21116
Added app.getApplicationNameForProtocol() API. #21117
Deprecated <webview>.getWebContents() as it depends on the remote module. #21039

Fixed <webview>.capturePage() resolving with an empty object instead of NativeImage instance. #21103
Fixed nativeTheme not accessible via the remote module. #20953
Fixed shell.openExternal() option workingDirectory not working with Unicode characters. #20906
Fixed webRequest module unable to modify CORS headers. #21122
Fixed a memory leak issue when setting Tray images. #20936
Fixed an issue where custom protocols registered using registerStreamProtocol would sometimes fail to complete the response when the stream ended. #21180
Fixed broken globalShortcut.registerAll() on Windows and Linux. #20984
Fixed context menu disappearing when showing. #21224
Fixed crash on exit in aura platforms with webview. #21035
Fixed exiting HTML fullscreen for cross-origin iframes (e.g. YouTube) while in macOS fullscreen. #21042
Fixed flickering when maximizing and restoring frameless windows. #21201
Fixed improper label internationalization for the recentDocuments MenuItem. #20956
Fixed incorrect size of windows on differently scaled monitors. #21139
Fixed issue where app.setAppLogsPath did not work when you provided a valid path. #20985
Fixed issue where proxied remote promises might not resolve if Bluebird was installed in the renderer. #20946
Fixed printing. #21059
Fixed the 'login' event not being emitted when HTTP Basic auth was requested from a WebContents. #21098
Removed __esModule = true inadvertently exported by the electron module. #20952

2019-11-20 (1627 days ago) 80.0.3955.0 12.13.0

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@8.0.0-beta.2.

Added support for the built-in spellchecker. We will use the OS spellchecker on macOS and hunspell on all other platforms. #20897

Fixed a crash in Menus related to menu.popup(). #20785
Fixed a label mismatch on open and save dialogs on GTK. #20883
Fixed an issue with Node.js context initialization in renderer processes. #20836
Fixed crashes when calling webContents.printToPDF() multiple times. #20802
Fixed devtools extensions not loading due to "Connect to unknown extension [object Object]" errors. #20842
Fixed flicker when switching between BrowserViews. #20847
Fixed memory leaks caused by callbacks not being released when the remote module is used in sub-frames (<iframe> or scriptable popup). #20813
Fixed several deprecation warnings in Electron code. #20805

2019-11-01 (1646 days ago) 79.0.3931.0 12.13.0