Version 2.10.8

Release Date: November 10, 2020

• Add support for macOS Big Sur.
• Bug Fixes.

Version 2.10.2

Release Date: September 24, 2018

• Support for Dark Mode in macOS Mojave.

Version 2.10.0

Release Date: August 27, 2018

Sidebar improvements

• The maximum width of sidebar columns are increased greatly.
• Outlinely now remembers the widths of sidebar columns and restores them correctly when re-launch.
• New: Double click on a document to open it in a new Single Pane Window.

New feature: Keep windows Always-on-Top

• For Single-pane windows, to toggle between normal mode and Always-on-Top mode, click the Always-on-top icon on the top-right corner of the window.
• For normal windows, go to main menu > Window > Always on Top.

Other improvements

• Preferences: New Indent Width option: 80pt.
• Fix: The last line of an document sometimes can’t be scrolled to when the cursor moves to the title bar.

Version 2.9.0

Release Date: August 11, 2018

Major new features

• New feature: Image Attachments. Now you can insert images directly to your outline by drag-and-drop. Or, select Edit > Insert > Image from main menu.
• New file format: Rich Outline (*.richoutline). To support images, we introduce a new outline file format. Similar to an RTFD package, a Rich Outline document is a folder contains the main outline file and image files.
• New export format: RTFD. Images can be exported to RTFD.

Other improvements

• Fix: Line numbers are misaligned if the last paragraph is too long.
• New Word Count mode: Characters And Lines.
• Updated Sample Documents.

Version 2.8.0

Release Date: August 3, 2018

Improvements

• New: Indent Width Setting in Preferences Panel.
• New: Option to show Formatting mode (Markdown/RichText) in Wordcount bar.
• Hanging indent for lines with checkbox. The wrapped line (or note) will be aligned after the checkbox.
• Auto-numbering: Now Outlinely will try to automatically correct the numberings of your outline as often as possible.
• Folders in Library are now sorted alphabetically.
• Autocomplete emojis: Emoji names that match at the beginning are sorted higher in suggestion list.
• Various UI improvements.

Fixes

• Fix: Line Numbers not aligned correctly after entering/exiting fullscreen mode
• Fix: Remove markup when export markdown documents to RTF/DOC
• Fix: Export Markdown: Add empty line before a heading
• Fix: Child groups lose associated icons after renaming parent group

Version 2.7.8

Release Date: June 19, 2018

Export PDF dialog

Export PDF dialog (access from File > Export): PDF outputs can be customized with many customization options.

Multi-level numbering

Auto generate multiple-level numbering (such as 1.a.b..) when entering a new line.

Fixes

• Fix: Printing results in a blank page.

Version 2.7.2

Release Date: May 25, 2017

Emoji Support

Emoji Support has arrived! Now you can add Emoji characters to your outlines and Outlinely would have no problems handling the Emojis. They won't disappear after reloading!

Fixes

• Fix: Clicks on X-Callback-Url links in editor are handled properly.
• Fix: Correct the Preview text when Zooming In.

Version 2.7.0

Release Date: May 12, 2017

Icons for Groups

Now you can customize your Library’s folders with more than 500 beautiful icons. Simply right-click (or control-click) on the group and select “Change Icon” from popup menu to change group icon.

URL Schemes

X-Callback-Url support is ready! Supported actions are listed at X-Callbark-Url.

Copy & Paste

With hierarchical content (paragraphs are indented with whitespaces), Outlinely will parse and preserve the hierarchical info when pasting the text.

Enhancements

• Preferences panel: New settings to increase note font size.
• Preferences panel: New settings to hide/show storage sources (On My Mac, Shared Folders) in sidebar.
• Added “Copy Callback URL” to context menu when right-clicking on a document’s name.
• Printing: Themes do not affect print colors and paper size/orientation can be controlled with “Page Setup...“ dialog.
• And various other small improvements!

Version 2.6.0

Release Date: January 2, 2017

New Features

• UI Themes: Themes now work uniformly on both Mac and mobile version. Changing theme will also update the looks and feels of: Sidebar, Document Browser panel, Auto-complete Dialog, Open-Quickly panel, Search&Navigate panel. There are 7 unique UI Themes in this update: Light, Dark, Thinkspace Golden, Maestro, Cobalt, Solarized Light, Zenburn.
• Previewing: On Document Browser panel, you can preview the first two sections of each outline.
• Make Numbered List, Make Lettered List: Two new menu items is added to the context menu when you right click on a text selection.

Improvements:

• Outlinely can automatically create new documents by clicking on a wiki-style link when the linked outline does not exist.
• Multiple-level numberings are highlighted (e.g. 1.2.a.b.c)
• Collapse All: nested topics are also collapsed.
• In both Rich Text and Markdown mode, line with text “—“ is highlighted with divider color.
• Import Outlines (OPML, Outlinely formats) from application’s main menu.
• Import OPML document to Inbox folder by right clicking on Inbox item on Sidebar.
• On Open-Quickly panel, a “Search in progress” indicator bar is displayed when searching.

Fixes

• Fix: Editor’s cursor position when moving cursor up/down in a paragraph.
• Fix: A bug when opening a Rich-text document while current document is in Markdown mode.
• Fix: Window’s state is restored correctly when app is relaunched.

Version 2.5.0

Release Date: November 24, 2016

New features

• Search & Navigate Dialog: This powerful dialog allows you to type the search text and all topics containing the matching text will be diplayed hierarchically; and you can navigate to the containing topic even if its is folded.
• Embedded Link to other documents: If you type [[Link]], clicking on the link between the double brackets will open the linked document. This feature is enhanced by Auto-completion.
• Recents group is added to Library sidebar : Show modified documents within 30 days.

Improvements

• Project is upgraded to Swift programing language version 3.
• If app is launched with no restored windows, a new window is created with “No Documents” state.
• Support hsb(h,s,b) color format in custom themes.
• Show alert dialog when opening an invalid document.
• Open Quickly dialog: Results with exact matches in title are now placed higher in search results.
• Open Quickly dialog: Type “intext:searchterm” to search only in contents.
• Open Quickly dialog: Open document in new Editor-only window with Alt-Command-Enter.

Fixes

• Fix: Trash Folder items with correct modification date.
• Fix: Small editable area in Full screen mode on certain models.
• Fix: Rare text-wrapping issue when expanding/collapsing sidebar.
• Fix: Remove the white line at the left edge of full-window editor on dark themes.
• Fix: Visiblity of New Group button on sidebar on macOS Sierra.
• Fix: Drag a Group into another group in iCloud.

Version 2.4.0

Release Date: August 4, 2016

New features

• Paragraph Number: An intuitive way to count or locate your contents. You can toggle it from menu View > Paragraph Number.
• Auto Numbering: Number/letter sequences can be optionally auto-corrected when you add a new line.
• Open In Standalone Editor. This menu item is added to the context menu of the Listview.
• Listview now displays folder name for documents in All/Favorites/Trash groups.
• Nested folders: You can now add sub-folders to the Library. Drag & Drop is also supported.

Improvements

• Show confirmation dialog before converting document to Markdown, to prevent accidental conversions.
• Library: Sort mode of Listview is saved and restored after relaunch.
• Auto Numbering: numbers/letters followed by a comma are highlighted.
• Make topic size smaller/larger/standard size commands apply to entire selection.

Fixes

• Correct hit-test area of word counter view if the search bar is visible.

Version 2.3.0

Release Date: June 8, 2016

New features:

• Typewriter mode: In Typewriter mode, the line you’re typing is always kept centered on the screen. Typewriter mode gives you a more enjoyable editing experience. To toggle this mode on/off, use shortcut Shift+Command+T.
• Word count, character count: Outlinely now displays document’s statistics as you type (word count, character count, topic count). You can switch between display formats (count words, count characters, count words and characters..) by clicking on the counter label. You can hide or show the Statistics bar by using shortcut Control+Command+K or by selecting menu item View > Show Counter.
• Strikethrough style: You can use tilde characters in Markdown mode to add strikethrough style to text (word). In Rich Text mode, use Cmd-Y to add strikethrough style to selection.

Improvements

• Open Quickly Dialog: Press Command-Enter to open selected document in a new window.
• The shortcut keys of command “Make Text Standard Size” are now Option-Command–0.
• Theme: Color definition for search result’s background color.
• Roman numerals at the beginning of line are highlighted.
• (Outlinely Express) Smaller window size when creating new documents.

Fix

• Manage Custom Themes Panel: Display custom themes with long name correctly

Version 2.2.0

Release Date: May 26, 2016

New features:

• Checkbox: Now you can create beautiful checklists right inside Outlinely. Insert checkboxes by: Keyboard shortcut (Shift-Cmd-C), menu command (Outline > Add Checkbox), or type “- [ ]” to expand.
• Tag Auto Complete: Auto Complete Dropdown is displayed as you are typing the tag.
• Text highlight: Text can be highlighted with a different background color. Add highlight by: Keyboard shortcut(Shift+Cmd-H), menu command (Format > Highlight). In Markdown mode, type ::text:: to add highlight.
• Custom Themes: Now you can create your own theme for Outlinely and import your theme to Outlinely (File > Import Custom Theme). To learn how to create your custom theme, choose Help > How to create a custom theme.
• Adjustable font size for individual topics: Font size can be increased or decreased for each individual topic. The keyboard shortcuts are: Option-Command-= (Make bigger), Option-Command-Minus (Make smaller). The commands are also available in the menu Format .

Improvements:

• Open Quickly Dialog: Cleaner style for matched text (underline style is removed and bold style is added).
• Checkbox syntax (- [ ], -[x]) is highlighted.
• Improvements to preinstalled themes: Color definitions for selected text and highlighted text.
• Preferences panel: New option to turn on/off Checkbox Expanding.
• Style Popover: Redesigned and it also displays theme count, custom themes.

Fixes:

• Fix: Fix a memory leak when closing window.
• Fix: Scrolling glitch when editing text at the bottom of the editor.
• Fix: Automatically choose between Markdown or Richtext mode based on user’s preference when creating a new document.

Version 2.1.0

Release Date: May 7, 2016

New features:

• Open Quickly (shortcut: Shift-Cmd-O). Searching and opening documents in Outlinely is faster than ever by just typing a few keystrokes. Outlinely will search for documents in Library that contain the search string in title or in content.
• Adjustable Line height and Paragraph spacing. Now you can fit even more content on your screen. You can go to File > Preferences and configure these settings.
• Import documents to Groups: Now you can easily import .outline, .opml files to Outlinely by right clicking the Group (on Sidebar) > Import…
• Show Groups location in Finder: Quickly locate the location of a group by right clicking the Group (on Sidebar) > Show In Finder.

Improvements:

• Outlinely’s iCloud Drive folder is publicly accessible in Finder.
• “New In Library” action is mapped to Cmd N.
• When opening a document, Outlinely makes sure it is highlighted in the Document List pane.
• Keyboard Shortcuts Panel is updated to accommodate with many new improvements.

Bug fixes:

• Correct the Asterisk’s position (the Document Edited indicator) after selecting a new font.

Version 2.1.0 (Express version)

Release Date: May 7, 2016

New features:

• Adjustable Line height and Paragraph spacing. Now you can fit even more content on your screen. You can go to File > Preferences and configure these settings.

Improvements:

• Keyboard Shortcuts Panel is updated to accommodate with many new improvements.

Version 2.0

This is the biggest update to Outlinely ever! Outlinely has reached level 2.0:

• A completely new user interface.
• Introduce the Library: You can store, organize all your outlines into Folders, quickly write a draft in Inbox, or make a document “Favorited”.

Many other improvements:

• Now you can delete a line with keyboard shortcut Shift+Cmd+K.
• Insert timestamp string with keyboard shortcut Cmd+T, insert datetime with keyboard shortcut Option+Cmd+T
• In Richtext mode, (+,-) bullets, numbering letters such as 1. 2. 3, a. b. c are highlighted.
• Press Esc to zoom out to parent topic.
• Numbers, dash (-), parenthesis, brackets characters are valid characters for tags.
• And various minor improvements.