The weekend is so close…so very close, we can almost touch it. As ever, TypeIt4Me has kept us busy this past month. In addition to implementing some much-requested new features, we’ve made further progress on whittling down The List of Reported Annoyances. With the font size set to 8 and the display in portrait orientation, this wince-inducing catalogue of failures is now almost short enough to view at a glance without scrolling. How about that? Anyway, if you head over to the Mac App Store you’ll see that TypeIt4Me 7.1 is now available to download. Read on for an overview of what you can expect from this latest update.
What’s New and Improved in TypeIt4Me 7.1 (203):
Added features:
- By popular request, there’s a new setting to stop the main TypeIt4Me window opening on launch.
- “New Predefined Set” has been added to the TypeIt4Me menu, for increased discoverability.
- There are several new predefined date formats to choose from when inserting a dynamic date in a snippet.
- When the “Show in Menu Bar” app icon setting is selected, you can now choose whether the TypeIt4Me icon should also show temporarily in the Dock while the main app window is open.
Bug fixes:
- Fixed a bug that would add an unwanted carriage return after expanding a prompt snippet.
- When TypeIt4Me is in the Dock but the window is closed, clicking the Dock icon now opens the window.
- Fixed a bug that would cause the TypeIt4Me icon to reappear in the Dock despite “Don’t Show App Icon” being selected in Settings.
- Fixed a bug that could prevent adding multiple fill-in options / prompts to a rich formatted snippet.
- All options in the View menu for sorting snippets now work correctly and the sort order for each set is reflected in the point-and-click menu.
- Fixed a bug that would sometimes cause the snippet formatting popover menu to close immediately when opened.
- Improved compatibility with WhatsApp.
- Fixed a bug affecting nested snippets that contain rich formatting and / or pictures. Formatting and pictures are now correctly retained on expansion.
- The position cursor special function now works correctly in rich formatted snippets.
- Fixed a bug where abbreviations would remain when expanding snippets in File > Save dialogs.
- Fixed a bug that struck when TypeIt4Me was set to show only in the Dock and the window was closed. Selecting “New Set” or “New Snippet” from the menu now opens the main TypeIt4Me window.
- When you delete a snippet while in “Show duplicates” view it no longer reverts to showing the full snippet list, so you can continue to view, edit and delete duplicates.
- Fixed a bug where the wrong fill-in option / prompt would be renamed when saving changes if more than one fill-in option / prompt with the same name was present in the snippet.
- Fixed bugs that would result in the wrong popover preview content sometimes being shown. This could happen when quickly moving the pointer over adjacent fill-in options / prompts in a rich formatted snippet.
- When adding a “Don’t expand in” or “Only expand in” rule to a set, Safari now correctly appears in the list of apps you can apply the rule to.
…Phew.
This one turned out to be quite a substantial update. Thanks again to everyone who has been in touch to suggest new features and / or to make us aware of stuff that’s not working as expected. Together, we’ll whip this app into shape yet.