v2.1.1

Robot Framework IDE 2.1.1

Please see the complete release notes here.

Below is an excerpt of it:

RIDE (Robot Framework IDE) v2.1.1 is a new release with some enhancements and bug fixes. The reference for valid arguments is Robot Framework installed version, which is at this moment 7.1.1. However, internal library code is originally based on version 3.1.2, but adapted for new versions.

This version supports Python 3.8 up to 3.13.

There are some changes, or known issues:

• 🐞 - When upgrading RIDE and activate Restart, some errors are visible about missing /language file, and behaviour is not normal. Better to close RIDE and start a new instance.
• 🐞 - Problems with COPY/PASTE in Text Editor have been reported when using wxPython 4.2.0, but not with version 4.2.1 and 4.2.2, which we now recommend
• 🐞 - Some argument types detection (and colorization) is not correct in Grid Editor.
• 🐞 - RIDE DOES NOT KEEP Test Suites formatting or structure, causing differences in files when used on other IDE or Editors. The option to not reformat the file is not working.

New Features and Fixes Highlights

• Fixed long arguments in fixtures appearing splitted in Grid Editor. Still, arguments info will not be correct at calling step.
• Fixed double action on Linux when pressing the DEL key.

Linux users are advised to install first wxPython from .whl package at wxPython.org, or by using the system package manager.

=========================================

RIDE v2.1.1 was released on 14/November/2024.

v2.1

Robot Framework IDE 2.1

Please see the complete release notes here.

Below is an excerpt of it:

RIDE (Robot Framework IDE) v2.1 is a new release with important enhancements and bug fixes. The reference for valid arguments is Robot Framework installed version, which is at this moment 7.1. However, internal library code is originally based on version 3.1.2, but adapted for new versions.

This version supports Python 3.8 up to 3.12.

There are some changes, or known issues:

• ❌ - Removed support for Python 3.6 and 3.7
• ✔ - Fixed recognition of variables imported from YAML, JSON and Python files.
• ✔ - Added a setting for a specific Browser by editing the settings.cfg file. Add the string parameter browser in the section [Plugins][[Test Runner]].
• ✔ - Fixed on Text Editor when Saving the selection of tests to run in Test Suites (Tree) is cleared.
• ✔ - Added Korean language support for UI.
• ✔ - Added caret style to change insert caret to 'block' or 'line' in Text Editor, by editing settings.cfg. The color of the caret is the same as 'setting' and will be adjusted for better contrast with the background.
• ✔ - Allow to do auto-suggestions of keywords in Text Editor without a shortcut, if you want to enable or disable this feature you can config in Tools -> Preferences -> Text Editor -> Enable auto suggestions.
• ✔ - Added support for Setup in keywords, since Robot Framework version 7.0.
• ✔ - Added support for new VAR marker, since Robot Framework version 7.0.
• ✔ - Added to Grid Editor changing Zoom In/Out with Ctrl-Mouse Wheel and setting at Preferences.
• ✔ - Fixed plugin Run Anything (Macros) not showing output and broken actions.
• ✔ - Added actions on columns of Grid Editor: Double-Click or Right Mouse Click, allows to edit the column name for Data Driven or Templated; Left Mouse Click, selects the column cells.
• ✔ - Added command line option, --settingspath, to select a different configuration.
• ✔ - Added different settings file, according the actual Python executable, if not the original installed.
• ✔ - Added a selector for Tasks and Language to the New Project dialog.
• ✔ - Added UI localization prepared for all the languages from installed Robot Framework version 6.1, or higher. Major translations are: Dutch, Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese. Still missing translation of some elements.
• ✔ - Added support for language configured test suites, with languages from installed Robot Framework version 6.1, or higher.
• ✔ - On Text Editor, pressing Ctrl when the caret/cursor is near a Keyword will show a detachable window with the documentation, at Mouse Pointer position.
• ✔ - RIDE tray icon now shows a context menu with options Show, Hide and Close.
• ✔ - Highlighting and navigation of selected Project Explorer items, in Text Editor.
• ✔ - When editing in Grid Editor with content assistance, the selected content can be edited by escaping the list of suggestions with keys ARROW_LEFT or ARROW_RIGHT.
• ✔ - Newlines in Grid Editor can be made visible with the filter newlines set to False.
• 🐞 - Problems with COPY/PASTE in Text Editor have been reported when using wxPython 4.2.0, but not with version 4.2.1 and 4.2.2, which we now recommend
• 🐞 - Some argument types detection (and colorization) is not correct in Grid Editor.
• 🐞 - RIDE DOES NOT KEEP Test Suites formatting or structure, causing differences in files when used on other IDE
  or Editors.

New Features and Fixes Highlights

• Fixed recognition of variables imported from YAML, JSON and Python files.
• Added a setting for a specific Browser by editing the settings.cfg file. Add the string parameter browser in the section [Plugins][[Test Runner]].
• Fixed validation of multiple arguments with default values in Grid Editor.
• Added color to Test Runner Console Log final output, report and log since RF v7.1rc1.
• Fixed on Text Editor when Saving the selection of tests to run in Test Suites (Tree) is cleared.
• Added Korean language support for UI.
• Fixed wrong item selection, like Test Suite, when doing right-click actions in Project Explorer.
• Fixed delete variable from Test Suite settings remaining in Project Explorer.
• Added caret style to change insert caret to 'block' or 'line' in Text Editor, by editing settings.cfg. The color of the caret is the same as 'setting' and will be adjusted for better contrast with the background.
• Fixed obsfuscation of Libraries and Metadata panels when expanding Settings in Grid Editor and Linux systems.
• Allow to do auto-suggestions of keywords in Text Editor without a shortcut, if you want to enable or disable this feature you can config in Tools -> Preferences -> Text Editor -> Enable auto suggestions.
• Added support for Setup in keywords, since Robot Framework version 7.0.
• Fixed multiline variables in Variables section. In Text Editor they are separated by ... continuation marker. In Grid Editor use | (pipe) to separate lines.
• Added support for new VAR marker, since Robot Framework version 7.0.
• Added configurable style of the tabs in notebook pages, Edit, Text, Run, etc. Parameter notebook theme takes values from 0 to 5. See wxPython, demo for agw.aui for details.
• Added UI localization and support for Japanese configured test suites, valid for Robot Framework version 7.0.1 or higher.
• Fixed keywords Find Usages in Grid Editor not finding certain values when using Gherkin.
• Improved selection of items from Tree in Text Editor. Now finds more items and selects whole line.
• Changed output in plugin Run Anything (Macros) to allow Zoom In/Out, and Copy content.
• Added to Grid Editor changing Zoom In/Out with Ctrl-Mouse Wheel and setting at Preferences.
• Fixed plugin Run Anything (Macros) not showing output and broken actions.
• Added actions on columns of Grid Editor: Double-Click or Right Mouse Click, allows to edit the column name for Data Driven or Templated; Left Mouse Click, selects the column cells.
• Added command line option, --settingspath, to select a different configuration.
• Added different settings file, according the actual Python executable, if not the original installed.
• Fixed headers and blank spacing in Templated tests.
• Added context option Open Containing Folder to test suites directories in Project Explorer.
• Added a setting for a specific file manager by editing the settings.cfg file. Add the string parameter file manager in the section [General]
• Added minimal support to have comment lines in Import settings. These are not supposed to be edited in Editor, and new lines are added at Text Editor.
• Added a selector for Tasks and Language to the New Project dialog. Still some problems: Tasks type changes to Tests, localized sections only stay translated after Apply in Text Editor.
• Added UI localization prepared for all the languages from installed Robot Framework version 6.1, or higher. Language is selected from Tools->Preferences->General.
• Removed support for HTML file format (obsolete since Robot Framework 3.2)
• Added support for language configured test suites. Fields are shown in the language of the files in Grid Editor. Tooltips are always shown in English. Colorization for language configured files is working in Text Editor.
• Fixed New User Keyword dialog not allowing empty Arguments field
• Fixed escaped spaces showing in Text Editor on commented cells
• Improved keywords documentation search, by adding current dir to search
• Improved Move up/down, Alt-UpArrow/Alt-DownArrow in Text Editor, to have proper indentation and selection
• Added auto update check when development version is installed
• Added menu option Help->Check for Upgrade which allows to force update check and install development version
• Added Upgrade Now action to update dialog.
• Added Test Tags field (new, since Robot Framework 6.0) to Test Suites settings. This field will replace Default and Force Tags settings, after Robot Framework 7.0
• Improved RIDE Log and Parser Log windows to allow Zoom In/Out with Ctrl-Mouse Wheel
• Improved content assistance in Text Editor by allowing to filter list as we type
• Fixed resource files disappearing from Project tree on Windows
• Fixed missing indication of link for User Keyword, when pressing Ctrl in Grid Editor
• Added content help pop-up on Text Editor by pressing Ctrl for text at cursor position or selected autocomplete list item
• Added Exclude option in context nenu for Test files, previously was only possible for Test Suites folders
• Added exclusion of monitoring filesystem changes for files and directories excluded in Preferences
• Added support for JSON variables, by using the installed Robot Framework import method
• Colorization of Grid Editor cells after the continuation marker ... and correct parsing of those lines
• Colorization of Grid Editor cells when contents is list or dictionary variables
• Added indication of matching brackets, (), {}, [], in Text Editor
• Improved project file system changes and reloading
• Added context menu to RIDE tray icon. Options Show, Hide and Close
• Added synchronization with Project Explorer to navigate to selected item, Test Case, Keyword, Variable, in Text Editor
• Control commands (FOR, IF, TRY, etc.) will only be colorized as valid keywords when typed in all caps in Grid Editor
• Newlines in Grid Editor can b...

v2.1b1

Robot Framework IDE 2.1b1

Please see the complete release notes here.

Below is an excerpt of it:

RIDE (Robot Framework IDE) v2.1b1 is a new release with important enhancements and bug fixes. The reference for valid arguments is Robot Framework installed version, which is at this moment 7.1. However, internal library code is originally based on version 3.1.2, but adapted for new versions.

This version supports Python 3.8 up to 3.12.

There are some changes, or known issues:

• ❌ - Removed support for Python 3.6 and 3.7
• ✔ - Added caret style to change insert caret to 'block' or 'line' in Text Editor, by editing settings.cfg. The color of the caret is the same as 'setting' and will be adjusted for better contrast with the background.
• ✔ - Allow to do auto-suggestions of keywords in Text Editor without a shortcut, if you want to enable or disable this feature you can config in Tools -> Preferences -> Text Editor -> Enable auto suggestions.
• ✔ - Added support for Setup in keywords, since Robot Framework version 7.0.
• ✔ - Added support for new VAR marker, since Robot Framework version 7.0.
• ✔ - Added to Grid Editor changing Zoom In/Out with Ctrl-Mouse Wheel and setting at Preferences.
• ✔ - Fixed plugin Run Anything (Macros) not showing output and broken actions.
• ✔ - Added actions on columns of Grid Editor: Double-Click or Right Mouse Click, allows to edit the column name for Data Driven or Templated; Left Mouse Click, selects the column cells.
• ✔ - Added command line option, --settingspath, to select a different configuration.
• ✔ - Added different settings file, according the actual Python executable, if not the original installed.
• ✔ - Added a selector for Tasks and Language to the New Project dialog.
• ✔ - Added UI localization prepared for all the languages from installed Robot Framework version 6.1, or higher. Major translations are: Dutch, Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese. Still missing translation of some elements.
• ✔ - Added support for language configured test suites, with languages from installed Robot Framework version 6.1, or higher.
• ✔ - On Text Editor, pressing Ctrl when the caret/cursor is near a Keyword will show a detachable window with the documentation, at Mouse Pointer position.
• ✔ - RIDE tray icon now shows a context menu with options Show, Hide and Close.
• ✔ - Highlighting and navigation of selected Project Explorer items, in Text Editor.
• ✔ - When editing in Grid Editor with content assistance, the selected content can be edited by escaping the list of suggestions with keys ARROW_LEFT or ARROW_RIGHT.
• ✔ - Newlines in Grid Editor can be made visible with the filter newlines set to False.
• 🐞 - Problems with COPY/PASTE in Text Editor have been reported when using wxPython 4.2.0, but not with version 4.2.1 and 4.2.2, which we now recommend
• 🐞 - Some argument types detection (and colorization) is not correct in Grid Editor.
• 🐞 - RIDE DOES NOT KEEP Test Suites formatting or structure, causing differences in files when used on other IDE
  or Editors.

New Features and Fixes Highlights

• Fixed validation of multiple arguments with default values in Grid Editor.
• Added color to Test Runner Console Log final output, report and log since RF v7.1rc1.
• Fixed on Text Editor when Saving the selection of tests to run in Test Suites (Tree) is cleared.
• Added Korean language support for UI.
• Fixed wrong item selection, like Test Suite, when doing right-click actions in Project Explorer.
• Fixed delete variable from Test Suite settings remaining in Project Explorer.
• Added caret style to change insert caret to 'block' or 'line' in Text Editor, by editing settings.cfg. The color of the caret is the same as 'setting' and will be adjusted for better contrast with the background.
• Fixed obsfuscation of Libraries and Metadata panels when expanding Settings in Grid Editor and Linux systems.
• Allow to do auto-suggestions of keywords in Text Editor without a shortcut, if you want to enable or disable this feature you can config in Tools -> Preferences -> Text Editor -> Enable auto suggestions.
• Added support for Setup in keywords, since Robot Framework version 7.0.
• Fixed multiline variables in Variables section. In Text Editor they are separated by ... continuation marker. In Grid Editor use | (pipe) to separate lines.
• Added support for new VAR marker, since Robot Framework version 7.0.
• Added configurable style of the tabs in notebook pages, Edit, Text, Run, etc. Parameter notebook theme takes values from 0 to 5. See wxPython, demo for agw.aui for details.
• Added UI localization and support for Japanese configured test suites, valid for Robot Framework version 7.0.1 or higher.
• Fixed keywords Find Usages in Grid Editor not finding certain values when using Gherkin.
• Improved selection of items from Tree in Text Editor. Now finds more items and selects whole line.
• Changed output in plugin Run Anything (Macros) to allow Zoom In/Out, and Copy content.
• Added to Grid Editor changing Zoom In/Out with Ctrl-Mouse Wheel and setting at Preferences.
• Fixed plugin Run Anything (Macros) not showing output and broken actions.
• Added actions on columns of Grid Editor: Double-Click or Right Mouse Click, allows to edit the column name for Data Driven or Templated; Left Mouse Click, selects the column cells.
• Added command line option, --settingspath, to select a different configuration.
• Added different settings file, according the actual Python executable, if not the original installed.
• Fixed headers and blank spacing in Templated tests.
• Added context option Open Containing Folder to test suites directories in Project Explorer.
• Added a setting for a specific file manager by editing the settings.cfg file. Add the string parameter file manager in the section [General]
• Added minimal support to have comment lines in Import settings. These are not supposed to be edited in Editor, and new lines are added at Text Editor.
• Added a selector for Tasks and Language to the New Project dialog. Still some problems: Tasks type changes to Tests, localized sections only stay translated after Apply in Text Editor.
• Added UI localization prepared for all the languages from installed Robot Framework version 6.1, or higher. Language is selected from Tools->Preferences->General.
• Removed support for HTML file format (obsolete since Robot Framework 3.2)
• Added support for language configured test suites. Fields are shown in the language of the files in Grid Editor. Tooltips are always shown in English. Colorization for language configured files is working in Text Editor.
• Fixed New User Keyword dialog not allowing empty Arguments field
• Fixed escaped spaces showing in Text Editor on commented cells
• Improved keywords documentation search, by adding current dir to search
• Improved Move up/down, Alt-UpArrow/Alt-DownArrow in Text Editor, to have proper indentation and selection
• Added auto update check when development version is installed
• Added menu option Help->Check for Upgrade which allows to force update check and install development version
• Added Upgrade Now action to update dialog.
• Added Test Tags field (new, since Robot Framework 6.0) to Test Suites settings. This field will replace Default and Force Tags settings, after Robot Framework 7.0
• Improved RIDE Log and Parser Log windows to allow Zoom In/Out with Ctrl-Mouse Wheel
• Improved content assistance in Text Editor by allowing to filter list as we type
• Fixed resource files disappearing from Project tree on Windows
• Fixed missing indication of link for User Keyword, when pressing Ctrl in Grid Editor
• Added content help pop-up on Text Editor by pressing Ctrl for text at cursor position or selected autocomplete list item
• Added Exclude option in context nenu for Test files, previously was only possible for Test Suites folders
• Added exclusion of monitoring filesystem changes for files and directories excluded in Preferences
• Added support for JSON variables, by using the installed Robot Framework import method
• Colorization of Grid Editor cells after the continuation marker ... and correct parsing of those lines
• Colorization of Grid Editor cells when contents is list or dictionary variables
• Added indication of matching brackets, (), {}, [], in Text Editor
• Improved project file system changes and reloading
• Added context menu to RIDE tray icon. Options Show, Hide and Close
• Added synchronization with Project Explorer to navigate to selected item, Test Case, Keyword, Variable, in Text Editor
• Control commands (FOR, IF, TRY, etc.) will only be colorized as valid keywords when typed in all caps in Grid Editor
• Newlines in Grid Editor can be made visible with the filter newlines set to False, by editing settings.cfg
• Improve Text Editor auto-suggestions by using: selected text, text at left or at right of cursor

We hope to implement or complete features and make fixes on next major version 2.1 (in mid Autumm of 2024).

Linux users are advised to install first wxPython from .whl package at wxPython.org, or by using the system package manager.

===================================

RIDE v2.1b1 was released on 22/September/2024.

v2.1a3

Robot Framework IDE 2.1a3

Please see the complete release notes here.

Below is an excerpt of it:

RIDE (Robot Framework IDE) v2.1a3 is a new release with important enhancements and bug fixes. The reference for valid arguments is Robot Framework installed version, which is at this moment 7.0.1. However, internal library code is originally based on version 3.1.2, but adapted for new versions.

This version supports Python 3.8 up to 3.12.

There are some changes, or known issues:

• ❌ - Removed support for Python 3.6 and 3.7
• ✔ - Added support for Setup in keywords, since Robot Framework version 7.0.
• ✔ - Added support for new VAR marker, since Robot Framework version 7.0.
• ✔ - Added to Grid Editor changing Zoom In/Out with Ctrl-Mouse Wheel and setting at Preferences.
• ✔ - Fixed plugin Run Anything (Macros) not showing output and broken actions.
• ✔ - Added actions on columns of Grid Editor: Double-Click or Right Mouse Click, allows to edit the column name for Data Driven or Templated; Left Mouse Click, selects the column cells.
• ✔ - Added command line option, --settingspath, to select a different configuration.
• ✔ - Added different settings file, according the actual Python executable, if not the original installed.
• ✔ - Added a selector for Tasks and Language to the New Project dialog.
• ✔ - Added UI localization prepared for all the languages from installed Robot Framework version 6.1, or higher. Major translations are: Dutch, Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese. Still missing translation of some elements.
• ✔ - Added support for language configured test suites, with languages from installed Robot Framework version 6.1, or higher.
• ✔ - On Text Editor, pressing Ctrl when the caret/cursor is near a Keyword will show a detachable window with the documentation, at Mouse Pointer position.
• ✔ - RIDE tray icon now shows a context menu with options Show, Hide and Close.
• ✔ - Highlighting and navigation of selected Project Explorer items, in Text Editor.
• ✔ - When editing in Grid Editor with content assistance, the selected content can be edited by escaping the list of suggestions with keys ARROW_LEFT or ARROW_RIGHT.
• ✔ - Newlines in Grid Editor can be made visible with the filter newlines set to False.
• 🐞 - On Text Editor when Saving the selection of tests in Test Suites (Tree) is cleared.
• 🐞 - Problems with COPY/PASTE in Text Editor have been reported when using wxPython 4.2.0, but not with version 4.2.1, which we now recommend.
• 🐞 - Some argument types detection (and colorization) is not correct in Grid Editor.
• 🐞 - RIDE DOES NOT KEEP Test Suites formatting or structure, causing differences in files when used on other IDE or Editors.

New Features and Fixes Highlights

• Added configurable style of the tabs in notebook pages, Edit, Text, Run, etc. Parameter notebook theme takes values from 0 to 5. See wxPython, demo for agw.aui for details.
• Added UI localization and support for Japanese configured test suites, valid for Robot Framework version 7.0.1 or higher.
• Fixed keywords Find Usages in Grid Editor not finding certain values when using Gherkin.
• Improved selection of items from Tree in Text Editor. Now finds more items and selects whole line.
• Changed output in plugin Run Anything (Macros) to allow Zoom In/Out, and Copy content.
• Added to Grid Editor changing Zoom In/Out with Ctrl-Mouse Wheel and setting at Preferences.
• Fixed plugin Run Anything (Macros) not showing output and broken actions.
• Added actions on columns of Grid Editor: Double-Click or Right Mouse Click, allows to edit the column name for Data Driven or Templated; Left Mouse Click, selects the column cells.
• Added command line option, --settingspath, to select a different configuration.
• Added different settings file, according the actual Python executable, if not the original installed.
• Fixed headers and blank spacing in Templated tests.
• Added context option Open Containing Folder to test suites directories in Project Explorer.
• Added a setting for a specific file manager by editing the settings.cfg file. Add the string parameter file manager in the section [General]
• Added minimal support to have comment lines in Import settings. These are not supposed to be edited in Editor, and new lines are added at Text Editor.
• Added a selector for Tasks and Language to the New Project dialog. Still some problems: Tasks type changes to Tests, localized sections only stay translated after Apply in Text Editor.
• Added UI localization prepared for all the languages from installed Robot Framework version 6.1, or higher. Language is selected from Tools->Preferences->General.
• Removed support for HTML file format (obsolete since Robot Framework 3.2)
• Added support for language configured test suites. Fields are shown in the language of the files in Grid Editor. Tooltips are always shown in English. Colorization for language configured files is working in Text Editor.
• Fixed New User Keyword dialog not allowing empty Arguments field
• Fixed escaped spaces showing in Text Editor on commented cells
• Improved keywords documentation search, by adding current dir to search
• Improved Move up/down, Alt-UpArrow/Alt-DownArrow in Text Editor, to have proper indentation and selection
• Added auto update check when development version is installed
• Added menu option Help->Check for Upgrade which allows to force update check and install development version
• Added Upgrade Now action to update dialog.
• Added Test Tags field (new, since Robot Framework 6.0) to Test Suites settings. This field will replace Default and Force Tags settings, after Robot Framework 7.0
• Improved RIDE Log and Parser Log windows to allow Zoom In/Out with Ctrl-Mouse Wheel
• Improved content assistance in Text Editor by allowing to filter list as we type
• Fixed resource files disappearing from Project tree on Windows
• Fixed missing indication of link for User Keyword, when pressing Ctrl in Grid Editor
• Added content help pop-up on Text Editor by pressing Ctrl for text at cursor position or selected autocomplete list item
• Added Exclude option in context nenu for Test files, previously was only possible for Test Suites folders
• Added exclusion of monitoring filesystem changes for files and directories excluded in Preferences
• Added support for JSON variables, by using the installed Robot Framework import method
• Colorization of Grid Editor cells after the continuation marker ... and correct parsing of those lines
• Colorization of Grid Editor cells when contents is list or dictionary variables
• Added indication of matching brackets, (), {}, [], in Text Editor
• Improved project file system changes and reloading
• Added context menu to RIDE tray icon. Options Show, Hide and Close
• Added synchronization with Project Explorer to navigate to selected item, Test Case, Keyword, Variable, in Text Editor
• Control commands (FOR, IF, TRY, etc) will only be colorized as valid keywords when typed in all caps in Grid Editor
• Newlines in Grid Editor can be made visible with the filter newlines set to False, by editing settings.cfg
• Improve Text Editor auto-suggestions by using: selected text, text at left or at right of cursor

We hope to implement or complete features and make fixes on this final version 2.1 (in the end of 2024).

Linux users are advised to install first wxPython from .whl package at wxPython.org, or by using the system package manager.

===================================

RIDE v2.1a3 was released on 22/July/2024.

v2.0.8.1

Robot Framework IDE 2.0.8.1

Please see the complete release notes here.

Below is a short excerpt of it:

RIDE (Robot Framework IDE) v2.0.8.1 is a new release with minor enhancements and bug fixes. The reference for valid arguments is Robot Framework installed version, which is at this moment 6.1.1. However, internal library is based on version 3.1.2, to keep compatibility with old formats.

This version supports Python 3.6 up to 3.11.

There are some changes, or known issues:

• On Text Editor, pressing Ctrl when the caret/cursor is near a Keyword will show a detachable window with the documentation, at Mouse Pointer position.
• RIDE tray icon now shows a context menu with options Show, Hide and Close.
• Highlighting and navigation of selected Project Explorer items, in Text Editor.
• When editing in Grid Editor with content assistance, the selected content can be edited by escaping the list of suggestions with keys ARROW_LEFT or ARROW_RIGHT.
• Newlines in Grid Editor can be made visible with the filter newlines set to False.
• On Text Editor when Saving the selection of tests in Test Suites (Tree) is cleared.
• Test Suite with ** Comments ** can be edited but newlines are introduced.
• Problems with COPY/PASTE in Text Editor have been reported when using wxPython 4.2.0, but not with version 4.2.1, which we now recommend.
• Some argument types detection (and colorization) is not correct in Grid Editor.
• RIDE DOES NOT KEEP Test Suites formatting or structure, causing differences in files when used on other IDE or Editors.

New Features and Fixes Highlights

• Fixed escaped spaces showing in Text Editor on commented cells
• Improved keywords documentation search, by adding current dir to search
• Improved Move up/down, Alt-UpArrow/Alt-DownArrow in Text Editor, to have proper indentation and selection
• Added auto update check when development version is installed
• Added menu option Help->Check for Upgrade which allows to force update check and install development version
• Added Upgrade Now action to update dialog.
• Added Test Tags field (new, since Robot Framework 6.0) to Test Suites settings. This field will replace Default and Force Tags settings, after Robot Framework 7.0
• Improved RIDE Log and Parser Log windows to allow Zoom In/Out with Ctrl-Mouse Wheel
• Hide continuation markers in Project Tree
• Improved content assistance in Text Editor by allowing to filter list as we type
• Fixed resource files disappearing from Project tree on Windows
• Fixed missing indication of link for User Keyword, when pressing Ctrl in Grid Editor
• Added content help pop-up on Text Editor by pressing Ctrl for text at cursor position or selected autocomplete list item
• Added Exclude option in context menu for Test files, previously was only possible for Test Suites folders
• Added exclusion of monitoring filesystem changes for files and directories excluded in Preferences
• Fixed exception when finding GREY color for excluded files and directories in Project Tree
• Added support for JSON variables, by using the installed Robot Framework import method
• Colorization of Grid Editor cells after the continuation marker ... and correct parsing of those lines
• Colorization of Grid Editor cells when contents is list or dictionary variables

We hope to implement or complete features and make fixes on next major version 2.1 (in the end of 2023).

Linux users are advised to install first wxPython from .whl package at wxPython.org, or by using the system package manager.

===================================

RIDE v2.0.8.1 was released on 1/Nov/2023.

v2.0.7

Robot Framework IDE 2.0.7

Please see the complete release notes here.

Below is a short excerpt of it:

RIDE (Robot Framework IDE) v2.0.7 is a new release with minor enhancements and bug fixes. The reference for valid arguments is Robot Framework installed version, which is at this moment 6.1.1. However, internal library is based on version 3.1.2, to keep compatibility with old formats.

This version supports Python 3.6 up to 3.11.
There are some changes, or known issues:

• RIDE tray icon now shows a context menu with options Show, Hide and Close
• Highlighting and navigation of selected Project Explorer items, in Text Editor
• When editing in Grid Editor with content assistance, the selected content can be edited by escaping the list of suggestions with keys ARROW_LEFT or ARROW_RIGHT.
• Newlines in Grid Editor can be made visible with the `filter newlines` set to False.
• On Text Editor when Saving the selection of tests in Test Suites (Tree) is cleared.
• Test Suite with ** Comments ** can be edited but newlines are introduced.
• When editing resource files in Text Editor, item may disappear from Project Explorer and content may be lost if clicking Apply. Better to use the Save action, so changed content is not lost.
• Some argument types detection (and colorization) is not correct in Grid Editor.
• RIDE DOES NOT KEEP Test Suites formatting or structure, causing differences in files when used on other IDE or Editors.

New Features and Fixes Highlights

• Added indication of matching brackets, (), {}, [], in Text Editor
• Fixed non syncronized expanding/collapse of Settings panel in Grid Editor, on Linux
• Fixed not working the deletion of cells commented with # in Grid Editor with Ctrl-Shift-D
• Fixed empty line being always added to the Variables section in Text Editor
• Improved project file system changes and reloading
• Added context menu to RIDE tray icon. Options Show, Hide and Close
• Added sincronization with Project Explorer to navigate to selected item, Test Case, Keyword, Variable, in Text Editor
• Control commands (FOR, IF, TRY, etc) will only be colorized as valid keywords when typed in all caps in Grid Editor
• Newlines in Grid Editor can be made visible with the filter newlines set to False, by editing settings.cfg
• Improve auto-suggestions of keywords in Grid Editor by allowing to close suggestions list with keys ARROW_LEFT or ARROW_RIGHT
• Improve Text Editor auto-suggestions by using: selected text, text at left or at right of cursor

We hope to implement or complete features and make fixes on next major version 2.1 (in the end of 2023).

Linux users are advised to install first wxPython from .whl package at wxPython.org, or by using the system package manager.

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RIDE v2.0.7 was released on 13/Aug/2023.

v2.0.6

Robot Framework IDE 2.0.6

Please see the complete release notes here.

Below is a short excerpt of it:

RIDE (Robot Framework IDE) v2.0.6 is a new release with minor enhancements and bug fixes. The reference for valid arguments is Robot Framework installed version, which is at this moment 6.0.2. However, internal library is based on version 3.1.2, to keep compatibility with old formats.

This version supports Python 3.6 up to 3.11.
There are some changes, or known issues:

• When editing in Grid Editor with content assistance, the selected content can be edited by escaping the list of suggestions with keys ARROW_LEFT or ARROW_RIGHT.
• Newlines in Grid Editor can be made visible with the filter newlines set to False.
• On Text Editor when Saving the selection of tests in Test Suites (Tree) is cleared.
• Test Suite with ** Comments ** can be edited but newlines are introduced.
• Some argument types detection (and colorization) is not correct in Grid Editor.
• RIDE DOES NOT KEEP Test Suites formatting or structure, causing differences in files when used on other IDE or Editors.

New Features and Fixes Highlights

• Newlines in Grid Editor can be made visible with the filter newlines set to False, by editing settings.cfg
• Improve auto-suggestions of keywords in Grid Editor by allowing to close suggestions list with keys ARROW_LEFT or ARROW_RIGHT
• Improve Text Editor auto-suggestions by using: selected text, text at left or at right of cursor

We hope to implement or complete features and make fixes on next major version 2.1 (in the end of 2023).

Linux users are advised to install first wxPython from .whl package at wxPython.org, or by using the system package manager.

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RIDE v2.0.6 was released on 10/Jun/2023.

v2.0.5

Robot Framework IDE 2.0.5

Please see the complete release notes here.

Below is a short excerpt of it:

RIDE (Robot Framework IDE) v2.0.5 is a new release with minor enhancements and bug fixes. The reference for valid arguments is Robot Framework
installed version, which is at this moment 6.0.2. However, internal library is based on version 3.1.2, to keep compatibility with old formats.

This version supports Python 3.6 up to 3.10.
There are some changes, or known issues:

• Newlines in Grid Editor are not visible when in navigation mode, but visible in edit mode.

• Auto suggestions in Grid Editor can be enabled to not use shortcut to show list.

• On Text Editor when Saving the selection of tests in Test Suites (Tree) is cleared.

• Test Suite with ** Comments ** can be edited but newlines are introduced.

• Some argument types detection (and colorization) is not correct in Grid Editor.

• RIDE DOES NOT KEEP Test Suites formatting or structure, causing differences in files when used on other IDE or Editors.

  New Features and Fixes Highlights

• Added FOR scope markers (IN, IN RANGE, IN ENUMERATE, IN ZIP) to auto-complete list

• Added support to read environment variable ROBOT_VERSION to apply some conditions

• Added notes on Test Timeout Grid Editor field and in Preferences of Test Runner

• Keywords auto-suggestion in grid editor does not need shortcut anymore, if you want to enable or disable this feature you can config in Preferences -> Grid Editor -> Enable auto suggestions

• Made \n visible when editing cells in Grid Editor (problematic in Windows)

• Changed alias marker on library imports to consider variable ROBOT_VERSION. If version is lower than 6.0, uses WITH NAME, otherwise will use AS

• Fixed auto-indent on block commands in Text Editor

• Fixed missing auto-enclosing when in Cell Editor in Linux

We hope to implement or complete features and make fixes on next version 2.1 (in the end of 2023).

Linux users are advised to install first wxPython from .whl package at wxPython.org, or by using the system package manager.

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RIDE v2.0.5 was released on 08/May/2023.

v2.0.3

Robot Framework IDE 2.0.3

Please see the complete release notes here.

Below is a short excerpt of it:

RIDE (Robot Framework IDE) v2.0.3 is a new release with minor enhancements and bug fixes. The reference for valid arguments is Robot Framework installed version, which is at this moment 6.0.2. However, internal library is based on version 3.1.2, to keep compatibility with old formats.

This version supports Python 3.6 up to 3.10.
There are some changes, or known issues:

• Newlines in Grid Editor are not visible when in navigation mode, but visible in edit mode.
• Auto suggestions in Grid Editor can be enabled to not use shortcut to show list.
• On Text Editor when Saving the selection of tests in Test Suites (Tree) is cleared.
• Test Suite with ** Comments **** can be edited but newlines are introduced.
• Some argument types detection (and colorization) is not correct in Grid Editor.
• RIDE DOES NOT KEEP Test Suites formatting or structure, causing differences in files when used on other IDE or Editors.

New Features and Fixes Highlights

• Keywords auto-suggestion in grid editor does not need shortcut anymore, if you want to enable or disable this feature you can config in Preferences -> Grid Editor -> Enable auto suggestions
• Made \n visible when editing cells in Grid Editor (problematic in Windows)
• Fixed missing auto-enclosing when in Cell Editor in Linux
• Fixed RIDE will crash when using third party input method in Mac OS
• Fixed missing color definition for keyword call in Text Editor
• Fixed clearing or emptying fixtures (Setups, Teardowns), now removes headers and synchronizes Text Editor
• Fixed selection and persistance of colors in File Explorer and Project Tree panels
• Fixed not using defined color for help and HTML content
• Fixed missing newlines in sections separation

We hope to implement or complete features and make fixes on next version 2.1 (in the end of 2023).

Linux users are advised to install first wxPython from .whl package at wxPython.org, or by using the system package manager.

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RIDE v2.0.3 was released on 16/Apr/2023.

v2.0

Robot Framework IDE 2.0

Please see the complete release notes here.

Below is a short excerpt of it:

This is the first version without support for Python 2.7. The last version with support for Python 2.7 was 1.7.4.2.
Support for Python 3.6 up to 3.10. The minimal wxPython version is, 4.0.7, and RIDE supports the current version, 4.2.0.

There are some important changes, or known issues:

• On MacOS to call autocomplete in Grid and Text Editors, you have to use Alt-Space (not Command-Space).
• On Linux and Windows to call autocomplete in Grid and Text Editors, you have to use Ctrl-Space.
• On Text Editor the TAB key adds the defined number of spaces. With Shift moves to the left, and together with Control selects text.
• Text Editor also accepts the old : FOR loop structure, but recommended is FOR and END.
• On Grid Editor and Linux the auto enclose is only working on cell selection, but not on cell content edit.
• On Text Editor when Saving the selection of tests in Test Suites (Tree) is cleared.
• Test Suite with *** Comments **** can be edited but newlines are introduced.
• Some argument types detection (and colorization) is not correct in Grid Editor.
• RIDE DOES NOT KEEP Test Suites formatting or structure, causing differences in files when used on other IDE or Editors.

New Features and Fixes Highlights

• Auto enclose text in {}, [], "", ''
• Auto indent in Text Editor on new lines
• Block indent in Text Editor (TAB on block of selected text)
• Ctrl-number with number, 1-5 also working on Text Editor:
  _1. create scalar variable
  _2. create list variable
  _3. Comment line (with Shift comment content with #)
  _4. Uncomment line (with Shift uncomment content with #)
  _5. create dictionary variable
• Persistence of the position and state of detached panels, File Explorer and Test Suites
• File Explorer and Test Suites panels are now Plugins and can be disabled or enabled and made Visible with F11 ( Test Suites with F12, but disabled for now)
• File Explorer now shows selected file when RIDE starts
• Block comment and uncomment on both Grid and Text editors
• Extensive color customization of panel elements via Tools>Preferences
• Color use on Console and Messages Log panels on Test Run tab
• In Text Editor the same commands as in Grid Editor are now supported: Move Up/Down Rows, Insert or Delete Rows and Insert or Delete 'Cells'

We hope to implement or complete features and make fixes on next version 2.1 (in the end of 2023).

Linux users are advised to install first wxPython from .whl package at wxPython.org, or by using the system package manager.

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RIDE 2.0 was released on Tuesday March 1, 2023.