2024.9.1

Highlights

• Selenium Grid support
  • Session creation and attaching to existing sessions are both supported
• New button to save element screenshot
• Upgrade embedded Electron version from v13.6.9 to v31.6.0
  • Many security fixes and performance improvements

What's Changed

📦 Platform Support

• ⚠ macOS: drop support for macOS < 10.15
• ⚠ Windows: drop support for Windows < 10

🚀 New Features

• feat: support creating sessions for Selenium Grid devices by @eglitise in #1632
• feat: add button to save element screenshot by @eglitise in #1676
• feat: support attaching to Selenium Grid sessions by @eglitise in #1690

🛠 Fixes

• fix: improve flow when importing session file by @eglitise in #1651
• fix: fix support for Attach to Session for LambdaTest server by @Delta456 in #1656
• fix: resolve some screenshot Coordinates Mode issues by @eglitise in #1695
• fix: adjust calculation of element highlighter positions by @eglitise in #1698
• fix: prevent Coordinates Mode from intercepting modals by @eglitise in #1699

📖 Documentation

• docs: add note about CORS in dev mode by @eglitise in #1633

🌐 Localization

• chore: Update translations by @github-actions in #1639
• chore: Update translations by @github-actions in #1666

🔍 Other Changes

• chore: upgrade Electron from v13.6.9 to v31.4.0 by @eglitise in #1659
• chore: Electron-related refactoring/dependency changes by @eglitise in #1634, #1646, #1655, #1663, #1664, #1667, #1668 and #1669
• chore: migrate to ESLint flat config and adjust rules by @eglitise in #1673 and #1675

New Contributors

• @Delta456 made their first contribution in #1656

Full Changelog: v2024.8.2...v2024.9.1

2024.8.2

Highlights

• Gestures can now be imported and exported
• Saved gestures are now shown over the screenshot on hover, not click
• New infobox when selecting an element at snapshotMaxDepth
• Upon opening the attach to session tab, session discovery is now run automatically
• The filepath input type in the capability fields has been removed (the file picker cannot work in the browser version)

What's Changed

🚀 New Features

• feat: add infobox for elements at snapshotMaxDepth by @eglitise in #1596
• feat: replace native confirmation popups with antd popconfirms by @eglitise in #1611
  • These are used when deleting a saved capability set or gesture
• feat: improve UX for attaching to existing session by @eglitise in #1607
  • Automatically retrieve sessions upon opening the Attach to Session tab
  • List discovered sessions in reverse order (newest to oldest)
  • Add more details in session description
• feat: add support for export/import gestures in json format by @sudharsan-selvaraj in #1491
  • Multiple gesture files can be uploaded at the same time
  • Detailed error messages are shown if the uploaded gesture files are invalid
• feat: add or update tooltips to various buttons by @eglitise in #1597, #1607, #1616, #1620, #1627
• feat: improve presentation of saved gestures table by @eglitise in #1623
  • Table height is now limited by the Inspector window height - the new gesture button no longer needs to be scrolled into view if the user has many gestures
  • Visualising a gesture over the screenshot now only requires hovering instead of clicking

🛠 Fixes

• fix: update WDIO generated code for tap/swipe actions by @eglitise in #1541
• fix: adjust syntax for .NET codegen by @eglitise in #1540
• fix: disable Inspector tabs until screenshot has loaded by @eglitise in #1545
• fix: do not generate code for element searches if recording is turned off by @eglitise in #1586
• fix: retrieve disableIdLocatorAutocompletion from settings instead of capabilities by @eglitise in #1595
• fix: open most recent server type tab on app launch by @eglitise in #1613
• fix: do not add prefix to webSocketUrl capability by @eglitise in #1617
• fix: prevent deletion of default pointer in gesture by @eglitise in #1621
• fix: adjust saved session JSON height to fit in container by @eglitise in #1625

📖 Documentation

• docs: tune gesture builder docs by @eglitise in #1629

🌐 Localization

• chore: Update translations by @github-actions in #1535
• chore: Update translations by @github-actions in #1599
• chore: Update translations by @github-actions in #1612
• chore: Update translations by @github-actions in #1628

🔍 Other Changes

• chore: remove filepath input type in capability builder by @eglitise in #1531
• chore: fix i18next warnings by @eglitise in #1574, #1630
• chore: migrate from Parcel v1 to Vite by @eglitise in #1558
  • As a side effect, the app now opens notably faster!
  • Also switch from mocha/chai to vitest
  • Refer to #1453 for all the refactoring changes made to achieve this
• chore: store session settings in Redux by @eglitise in #1592

Full Changelog: v2024.6.1...v2024.8.2

2024.6.1

What's Changed

🚀 New Features

• feat: add locator details to find element results by @sudharsan-selvaraj in #1485
  • This information is only shown if no results are found

🛠 Fixes

• fix: fix updater by @eglitise in #1407
  • Currently only manual update checking is supported. For more details, check the documentation.
• fix: replace newlines in element properties with \n by @miwtoo in #1442
• fix: do not add appium: for undefined capability keys by @KazuCocoa in #1480
• fix: add validation for duplicate capability set name by @sudharsan-selvaraj in #1483
  • This does not affect already existing capability sets with duplicate names

🌐 Localization

• chore: Update translations by @github-actions in #1410
• chore: Update translations by @github-actions in #1428
• chore: Update translations by @github-actions in #1439
• chore: Update translations by @github-actions in #1449
• chore: Update translations by @github-actions in #1463
• chore: Update translations by @github-actions in #1495

🔍 Other Changes

• chore: use .jsx and .module.css file extensions where appropriate by @eglitise in #1444
• chore: refactor by @eglitise in #1447

New Contributors

• @miwtoo made their first contribution in #1442

Full Changelog: v2024.3.4...v2024.6.1

2024.3.4

What's Changed

📦 Platform Support

• ℹmacOS: replaced universal builds with separate x64 and arm64 builds
• ⚠Windows: removed ia32 builds (please create an issue if you would like these to be re-added)
• 🎉Windows: added arm64 builds
• 🎉Linux: added tar.gz format
• 🎉Linux: added arm64 builds

🚀 New Features

• feat: add suggested selector for UiAutomator strategy by @eglitise in #1394

🛠 Fixes

• fix: add pcloudy:options for setting the 'source', username and apikey capability for pCloudy to comply with W3C by @shibupanda in #1388
• fix: generate suggested locators upon selecting element instead of upon retrieving source by @eglitise in #1389
  • Depending on your app source, this may speed up the source retrieval by anywhere from 100ms to several seconds or even more! ⚡
• fix: show spinner for element ID property until it is retrieved by @eglitise in #1390
• fix: use horizontal scrolling for selected element table values by @eglitise in #1394
• fix: fallback to default server tab when unselecting current provider by @eglitise in #1396
• fix: rename TestingBot key and secret to username and accessKey by @jochen-testingbot in #1401

🌐 Localization

• chore: Update translations by @github-actions in #1393

🔍 Other Changes

• ci: update electron-builder and Azure pipeline configurations by @eglitise in #1404

New Contributors

• @shibupanda made their first contribution in #1388
• @jochen-testingbot made their first contribution in #1401

Full Changelog: v2024.3.1...v2024.3.4

2024.3.1

What's Changed

🛠 Fixes

• fix: correctly account for position and scroll values of webviews by @jlipps in #1378

🌐 Localization

• chore: Update translations by @github-actions in #1357

Full Changelog: v2024.2.2...v2024.3.1

2024.2.2

What's Changed

🛠 Fixes

• fix: resolve 't' error on saved caps tab by @eglitise in #1345
  • This affected users with one or more unnamed saved capability sets

Full Changelog: v2024.2.1...v2024.2.2

2024.2.1

What's Changed

🚀 New Features

• feat: update menu bar by @eglitise in #1338
  • add buttons for Delete, Zoom (macOS only), Zoom In, Zoom Out, Reset Zoom, link to Appium Discuss
  • remove Save button (same as Save As)
  • show the Edit menu for non-macOS

🛠 Fixes

• fix: resolve issue with Start Session sometimes needing a second click by @orionlize in #1299
• fix: improve scaling of screenshot width for larger window sizes by @eglitise in #1306
• fix: reduce getSession endpoint calls in hybrid mode by @KazuCocoa in #1330
• fix: update menu bar immediately after changing language by @eglitise in #1338

📖 Documentation

• docs: add MkDocs documentation by @eglitise in #1312
  • Check out the documentation at https://appium.github.io/appium-inspector/
• docs: update Mobitru docs link by @vliubezny in #1283
• docs: update README by @eglitise in #1322
• docs: address possible removal in cloud providers by @KazuCocoa in #1324

🌐 Localization

• feat: enable Arabic, French, Turkish, Traditional Chinese translations by @eglitise in #1323
• fix: add remaining translation keys by @eglitise in #1319
• fix: rename Desired Capabilities to Capability Builder by @eglitise in #1332
• chore: Update translations by @github-actions in #1271
• chore: Update translations by @github-actions in #1315
• chore: Update translations by @github-actions in #1340

New Contributors

• @orionlize made their first contribution in #1299

Full Changelog: v2023.12.2...v2024.2.1

2023.12.2

What's Changed

• fix: adjust highlighter positions again by @eglitise in #1259
  • this problem affected Android devices which had one of the screen dimensions below 1000px, and the other above 1000px
• fix: undefined value reference by @KazuCocoa in #1208
  • this problem affected the process of attaching to an existing session
• style: remove custom anticon :hover style by @ath0mas in #1224

New Contributors

• @ath0mas made their first contribution in #1223

Full Changelog: v2023.11.1...v2023.12.2

2023.11.1

What's Changed

• feat: major recorder updates by @eglitise in #1147, #1155, #1157, #1161, #1164, #1167, #1172, #1173, #1179, #1180, #1181, #1182, #1183, #1187
  • enhance recorder GUI: move functionality to a dedicated tab, adjust buttons and icons
  • update code generation for Java, Python, Ruby, Robot, WDIO, Oxygen frameworks
  • add new recorders for Java JUnit5 and .NET NUnit frameworks
  • remove recorder for wd framework
• feat: add Mobitru cloud provider by @vliubezny in #1171
• feat: add Hungarian language support by @KazuCocoa in #1176
• fix: re-enable syntax highlighting by @eglitise in #1183
• fix: adjust element highlighters for Android tablets by @eglitise in #1162 and #1163
• fix: improve error for invalid JSON in command argument by @eglitise in #1152
• fix: allow relaxed syntax for executeScript JSON argument by @eglitise in #1158
• refactor: update Crowdin API to v2 by @mykola-mokhnach in #1177
• various dependancy updates and changes

New Contributors

• @mykola-mokhnach made their first contribution in #1177
• @vliubezny made their first contribution in #1171

Full Changelog: v2023.10.4...v2023.11.1

2023.10.4

What's Changed

• fix: update xpath selector selection logic again by @jlipps in #1135

Full Changelog: v2023.10.3...v2023.10.4