Release Notes for v1.7.3

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a crash loading URLs coming from RenderFrameHostImpl::SetNavigationHandle. #9674
• Fixed an issue where the window.history.pushState() API did not behave correctly on certain pages. #9468
• Fixed an issue where document.hidden, document.visibilityState, and the visibilitychange event did not behave correctly. Also windows now report as hidden when they are occluded on macOS. #9178

API Changes

• Added support for <datalist> elements on Windows and Linux. #9535
• Added support for creating/showing Notification objects from the main process. #9269
• Added a app.getGPUFeatureStatus() API that returns the information displayed in the chrome://gpu page. #9623
• Added support for specifying a powerPreference when creating a wegbl-based <canvas> context. #9704

macOS

• Added a screen.getMenuBarHeight() API. #9572
• Added an experimental customButtonsOnHover setting to the BrowserWindow titleBarStyle option that draws custom close, minimize, and full screen buttons on hover. #8958

Release Notes for v1.7.2

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where sandboxed renderer processes would throw remote errors when reloaded. #9389
• Fixed a crash when opening a window from a <webview> tag that was using the nativeWindowOpen option. #9568
• The built-in PDF viewer plugin is now disabled if the plugins option is disabled on the BrowserWindow. #9507
• Backported a Chrome fix where inputting accented letters in <webview> tags would result in double letters. #9508
• Backported a Chrome fix where the dev tools would not work correctly in certain locales. #9551
• Backported a Chrome fix where the work area on Windows would not update or emit change events when the taskbar was moved. #9551
• Backported a Chrome fix where SVG images would not render correctly in certain locales. #9551
• Backported a Chrome fix where pressing backspace would not delete the last character in an input field using certain keyboard layouts. #9557
• Backported a Chrome fix where pinch zooming in a <webview> tag would incorrectly zoom the BrowserWindow. #9592

API Changes

• Added support for debugging the main process using --inspect and --inspect-brk and connecting via the chrome://inspect page in Chrome. #9473
• Added support for specifying a deviceName to webContents.print. #8596
• Added a webContents.getPrinters() API to get a list of the available printers. #8596
• shell.moveItemToTrash now supports the gio trash implementation on Linux. #9518
• The <webview> tag can now be enabled in windows that have nodeIntegration disabled. This is configurable via the new webviewTag option to the BrowserWindow constructor. It defaults to the value of the nodeIntegration option if unspecified. See the webview/security docs for more information. #9397
• Added a clipboard.writeBuffer(format, buffer) API to write a raw buffer to the clipboard as a custom format. #9243
• Added a new app.getAppMetrics() API that returns the memory and CPU usage information for all processes. This replaces the app.getAppMemoryInfo() API which is now deprecated. #9486