Release Notes for v8.0.0

Generating release notes between origin/7-1-x and origin/8-x-y for version v8.0.0

Breaking Changes

• Upgraded to Chromium 80.0.3987.86 (New since Electron 7: Chromium 79, 80)
• Upgraded to Node 12.13.0 (New since Electron 7: Node 12.9, 12.10, 12.11, 12.12, 12.13)
• Upgraded to V8 8.0 (New since Electron 7: V8 7.9, 8.0)
• IPC between main and renderer processes now uses the Structured Clone Algorithm. #20214

Features

• Added --enable-api-filtering-logging command-line switch, which enables caller stack logging for desktopCapturer and remote APIs that can be blocked or filtered. #20335
• Added app.getApplicationNameForProtocol(). #21117
• Added app.setAboutPanelOptions() support for credits and iconPath on Windows. #19420
• Added BrowserWindow.moveAbove(mediaSourceId). #18926
• Added contents.getAllSharedWorkers() and contents.inspectSharedWorkerById(workerId) to allow inspection of specific shared workers. #20389
• Added Notification() options' timeoutType property to allows users to set timeout type for Linux and Windows notifications. #20153
• Added Notification() options' urgency property to allow customization of Linux-based notifications. #20152
• Added session.addWordToSpellCheckerDictionary API to support custom words in the. #21297
• Added session.downloadURL() to allow downloads to trigger without a BrowserWindow. #19889
• Added systemPreferences.getMediaAccessStatus().screen for detecting the new macOS Catalina permissions. #21116
• Added trafficLightPosition option in BrowserWindow API to allow custom positioning of traffic lights. #21990
• Added tray.displayBalloon() options: iconType, largeIcon, noSound and respectQuietTime. #19544
• Added tray.focus(), which returns focus to the taskbar notification area. #19548
• Added tray.removeBalloon(), which removes an already displayed balloon notification. #19547
• Added WebContents.printToPDF() support for fitToPageEnabled and scaleFactor. #20436
• Added win.accessibleTitle property to augment the window title for screen readers. #19698
• Added options to enable customization of print page headers and footers. #19688
• Added support for picture-in-picture mode for video elements. #17686
• Added support for the built-in spellchecker. We will use the OS spellchecker on macOS and hunspell on all other platforms. #20897
• Added the ability to prevent documents from being added to recent documents on Windows in open dialogs. #19669
• Enable macOS users to fallback to item removal when when shell.moveItemToTrash fails. #19700
• Exposed webContents.executeJavaScriptInIsolatedWorld. #21267
• Exposing methods required by capturing a hidden webContents. #21895
• Added BrowserWindow.will-move event support on macOS. #19641
• Improved TouchBarButton and TouchBarLabel a11y with the new accessibilityLabel property. #20454

Fixes

• Added name of module to context-aware deprecation warning (#18397). #21958
• Fixed Linux console warning about gtk_disable_setlocale(). #19986
• Don't destroy active menus created as local objects in javascript. #19427
• Fixed BrowserWindow.fromWebContents() to return null when no window is found for consistency with other APIs. #19983
• Fixed a crash that could occur when calling crashReporter.getUploadedReports. #20428
• Fixed a potential crash on faulty deviceNames in webContents.print(). #21982
• Fixed an issue in the remote module which could cause the name of the Object constructor to be overwritten globally. #20637
• Fixed an issue that prevented setuid binaries from being launched from the renderer process on Linux. #19953
• Fixed an issue where menu.closePopup() would have no effect if called too soon after menu.popup(). #20114
• Fixed an issue where net requests with redirection mode 'error' could incorrectly follow a redirect. #20686
• Fixed an issue where microtasks could sometimes be scheduled too eagerly, causing crashes when invoking Electron APIs during promises in certain situations. #20303
• Fixed an issue where sites using ShadowDOMV0, CustomElementsV0, or HTMLImports would not load properly. #21866
• Fixed an issue with Node.js context initialization in renderer processes. #20836
• Fixed async Node APIs not working after received IPC message. #19718
• Fixed compilation error for native modules building with VS 2015. #21960
• Fixed crash when doing redirect navigation with webRequest listener. #21841
• Fixed debug symbol files on linux not containing private symbols. #20530
• Fixed disabling color correct rendering with --disable-color-correct-rendering. #20356
• Fixed issue with when playing videos or audio Electron would ask for accessibility access. #21998
• Fixed memory leak when using protocol.registerSchemeAsPrivileged api. #20546
• Fixed printing. #21059
• Fixed setting content-type header with charset breaking protocol APIs. #20538
• Fixed several deprecation warnings in Electron code. #20805
• Fixed some systemPreferences.getColor() inconsistencies on macOS. #20611
• Fixed white flash after restoring an app from the background. #19873
• Prevented 'Reopen windows?' dialog from appearing on macOS after a crash. #19584
• Re-enable DOM storage quota enforcement but change limit from 10MiB to 100MiB. #21380
• Removed unnecessary chromium patch for browser compositor on mac. #20390
• setLayoutZoomLevelLimits no longer works in Electron 8, so emit a warning message when using it. The function will be removed in Electron 9. #21360
• Fixed a crash that could occur if a WebContents was destroyed during a navigation event. #20099
• Fixed bug in 8.0.0 beta releases that prevented the dictionarySuggestions property from being populated correctly when the built-in spellchecker is enabled. #22015

Other Changes

• Added Windows on Arm (64 bit) release. #20094
• Added Windows on Arm node header files to checksum file. #20255
• Deprecated the default value of app.allowRendererProcessReuse (See #18397). #21287
• Deprecated <webview>.getWebContents() due to its dependency on the remote module. #21039
• Fixed first beta version choosing logic. bf66fe51
• Made strip_absolute_paths_from_debug_symbols to false in debug.gn. #21316
• No-notes. #18760, #20003
• Removed undocumented ipcRenderer.sendToAll(). #19556

Documentation

• Documentation changes: #19387, #19444, #19804, #19975, #20230, #20472, #20621, #20622, #20644, #21743, #21874