Releases

Changes in each version of Kosshi.

Updates also go out in the newsletter.

Keyboard shortcuts are now customizable with iCloud sync. Move to / Find / Find Action palettes (Cmd+Shift+M / Cmd+Shift+F / Cmd+Shift+A) speed up moving, finding, and running actions from the keyboard. Drag rows in the sidebar and between the sidebar and editor. The iOS build is currently in App Store review.

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• Customize keyboard shortcuts from Settings, including navigation, editing, formatting, and app commands
• Move to, Find, and Find Action palettes (Cmd+Shift+M / Cmd+Shift+F / Cmd+Shift+A) for moving rows, jumping, and running actions
• Insert [[ links with searchable outline previews
• Drag rows in the sidebar and between the sidebar and editor
• Multiple windows now stay in sync while you edit the same document

macOS

• Drag rows between open windows
• Cmd+Shift+H now goes to Home (document root); Highlight no longer has a default shortcut and can be reassigned in Settings
• Fixed text selection where highlight and range could get out of sync
• Fixed Duplicate Row (Cmd+Shift+D) not responding from the keyboard
• Fixed Find/Replace staying on the wrong match when the replacement contains the search term
• Fixed Cmd+N so new windows keep the previous window size

iOS

• Fixed rows on iPhone and iPad not syncing to iCloud while you type until the caret leaves the row
• Fixed the keyboard staying open over Settings and Export on iPad

Other fixes

• Fixed export preview not updating while you edit the document
• Improved backup restore reliability with iCloud sync and attachments
• You can undo a backup restore
• Fixed rows from before a backup sometimes remaining on sync targets after restore
• Fixed Find/Replace not scrolling to the current match after Replace or Next/Previous
• Fixed code block layout when moving the cursor upward into a block
• Fixed Settings appearance when switching between System and Light theme
• Fixed the welcome screen sometimes reappearing after purchase
• Fixed checkbox completion staying in sync with [ ] / [x] text, IME suggestion commits, and Enter behavior at the start of code blocks
• Fixed zoom and move display glitches, including rows briefly appearing in the wrong place

This release makes editing more dependable: quote blocks, splitting rows, moving the caret across wrapped lines, and zooming all behave the way you expect.

Both

• Collapse and jump to a row's parent with Cmd+↑ on a hardware keyboard
• Open release notes and subscribe to the newsletter from the app
• Rebuilt caret movement across wrapped lines, so pressing ↑/↓ from the end of a line no longer jumps to the start
• Many quote block editing fixes: splitting a multi-line block into independent rows, highlight alignment, and more
• Fixed deeply indented rows compressing to one character per line
• Fixed extra line spacing on rows containing [ ] in Japanese, Chinese, and Korean
• Fixed double-drawn text during zoom transitions
• Fixed Export to OPML dropping line breaks and completed state
• Fixed edits to the same row on two devices losing one side's change, and deleted rows not converging across devices

macOS

• A button appears on hover to copy just the contents of a quote or code block
• Hover feedback across the toolbar, bullets, toggles, the sidebar, and larger back and forward arrows
• Delete sidebar items from the right-click menu
• Reveal the window controls by hovering the top edge in full screen
• Fixed selection highlight lingering after a click

iOS

• The keyboard toolbar now matches the rounded iOS keyboard and follows light and dark mode
• Fixed the cursor disappearing and the keyboard becoming unusable after zooming in or out of a focused row
• Fixed pressing Return in the middle of a row reverting it to its pre-split text

Editing on iPad with a mouse or hardware keyboard now feels much closer to the Mac. The macOS build is currently in App Store review.

Both

• Choose where each @tag syncs (a Reminders list or a calendar)
• Open the user guide from the app (kosshi.app/guide)
• Fixed pasting that left an empty first line
• Fixed bookmarks that sometimes needed several presses
• Fixed the sidebar not updating right away when you edit a heading
• Fixed search text remaining in the box after clearing a filter
• Fixed Reminders sync creating duplicates when a reminder was moved between lists
• Fixed row height shifting while editing a row with a link
• Fixed select all, copy, and paste being unreliable
• Fixed Calendar sync creating duplicates when an event was moved to another calendar
• Fixed Ctrl-based shortcuts misfiring on non-QWERTY keyboard layouts such as Dvorak
• Fixed the Welcome guide's zoom-out instructions not matching the current behavior

macOS

• Renamed "Sync Now" to "Refresh from iCloud" to make its purpose clearer
• Changed the cursor over text from an arrow to an I-beam
• OPML import now preserves completion state from WorkFlowy and Dynalist exports
• Fixed missing #tag / @tag prefix on parent rows in the sidebar
• Fixed @tag parsing for tag kinds with non-ASCII characters
• Fixed duplicate inserts when using Expand All
• Fixed Search and Replace buttons showing only "..."
• Fixed the sketch lightbox background not being filled correctly

iOS

• Drag a bullet to reorder rows; drag in the margin to select rows (iPad with mouse/trackpad)
• Select text across multiple rows with a pointer
• Duplicate rows with Cmd+Shift+D
• Move selected rows with Cmd+Shift+↑/↓ on a hardware keyboard
• More responsive hardware keyboard, with the caret following along and proper key repeat
• Faster arrow-key and Shift-selection navigation
• Large outlines open, scroll, and edit much faster on iPhone and iPad
• Fixed scrolling that could turn into text selection
• Fixed arrow keys not scrolling the cursor into view at the screen edge
• Fixed the selection cursor lingering after releasing Shift
• Fixed row order breaking when moving a multi-row selection to the edges

Small improvements and bug fixes.

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• OPML import now preserves completion state from WorkFlowy and Dynalist OPML exports
• Fixed missing #tag / @tag prefix on parent rows in the sidebar
• Fixed @tag parsing for tag kinds with non-ASCII characters
• Fixed duplicate inserts when using Expand All

Search just got more powerful. Filter your outlines by status, date, or attachments — type is:bookmarked, created:today, or has:image, or pick them from the new funnel menu in the search bar. And Kosshi now speaks 9 languages: in addition to English, the app is translated into Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, German, French, Spanish, and Italian.

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• Filter search results by status (is:), date (created: / updated:), or attachments (has:)
• Funnel menu in the search bar for picking filters
• UI translation in 8 new languages, plus the Welcome guide
• Date filter syntax simplified to -after: and -before:
• Many other improvements and bug fixes

Row insertions, deletions, and collapse / expand feel more natural. Scrolling and the cursor follow each other more smoothly while you edit. iPhone launch is noticeably snappier.

Both

• More natural animations for row insert / delete and collapse / expand
• Smoother cursor-follow scrolling while editing
• The cursor is now shown on image and file attachment rows
• Fixed text not appearing when zooming into a leaf row mid-edit with Cmd+.
• Fixed delete shortcuts and arrow keys not behaving correctly during text selection
• Fixed marked text being duplicated on the new row when switching rows during Japanese IME composition
• Fixed the underline appearing too thick during Japanese IME composition
• Additional fixes for display jitter during and after Japanese IME composition
• Fixed sibling rows briefly disappearing when expanding a folded row

macOS

• Cmd+←/→ to jump to the beginning / end of the line
• Home / End / PageUp / PageDown to scroll the document
• Ctrl+T to transpose characters at the cursor
• Added a retention setting for backups in Settings > Backups
• Improved dark mode selection color
• Fixed Edit > Undo / Redo in the menu bar not reflecting the app's edit history

iOS

• Faster launch and smoother scrolling on iPhone, especially with sketch-heavy documents
• Fixed not being able to scroll to the bottom after resizing an image or inserting a new sketch
• Fixed the keyboard toolbar overlapping the safe area when using the floating keyboard
• Fixed Undo from the keyboard toolbar or an external keyboard not reverting in-progress edits
• Fixed sketches shrinking when edited on iPhone after being created on iPad
• Fixed sketch edits being overwritten by an incoming sync update