• General Changed the wording of Settings > Screenshots > Bring Floater to Front to Bring All Floaters To Front, since that's what it does. If you just want to bring the new screenshot to the front, disable this setting and enable Mark Floater as Hovering
• General Right-clicking on a note when nothing is selected will now show the insert menu
• Bug Fix Fixed issue dropping PDFs as well as images with no data directly into a note
• Bug Fix Fixed issue where updating background color of a note wouldn't immediately update color of all lines of text
• Bug Fix Fixed issue with headers that are too long for a line not correctly carrying their formatting to the next line when wrapping

• General Several performance improvements for vault syncing
• Bug Fix → Notes in vault-linked data files sometimes reset their text and margin size
• Bug Fix Small bug fixes

• Feature → Added Open Recent menu for quick access to recently opened .floaters files
• General Added 0.2 seconds options for delay when linking windows together
• General Will now clear out in-app vault logs when switching between save files
• General Opening a different save file will close the vault window if it's open
• General When creating a new vault the option to add a Vault section in main list will be unchecked by default if one already exists
• Bug Fix Fixed issue causing a crash when switching from a vault to a non-vault file
• Bug Fix Fixed issue with text boolean formatting (bold/italic/etc) not immediately refreshing the view
• Bug Fix All text formatting changes will now immediately trigger a save and vault save

Lots of quick bug fixes and improvements, mostly related to the new Markdown vault features.

• General Vault logs will now include date and time
• General More vault actions will create user visible logs
• General Markdown frontmatter will automatically clear out any extra line breaks and trim the raw content
• General Markdown vault will skip hidden folders when scanning for notes
• General Can mouse hover over a row in the vault logs to view all content if it's too long to be displayed
• General Vault logs will show shorter file paths relative from base folder if the affected file was within the vault folder.
• General When a Markdown vault file is renamed, the note in Floaters will update its title to the new file name
• Bug Fix → Markdown vault in list view should hide folders starting with a period
• Bug Fix Markdown frontmatter was sometimes adding an extra line break with each save
• Bug Fix Will now properly startup Markdown vault engine when switching from a .floaters file that does not have vault enabled to a file that does have vault enabled
• Bug Fix Fixed an issue with vault not marking notes as fully exported, causing repeated export attempts
• Bug Fix Fixed an issue where editing notes in a subfolder of the Markdown vault could sometimes cause them to be placed in the main vault folder
• Bug Fix Fixed an issue where moved files in the Markdown vault had trouble fully loading Markdown frontmatter to check for a floaters_id value

This is a HUGE update and most likely the final beta version introducing new features before 1.0 is officially released. You can now save your notes as individual files on disk as a Markdown Vault. There's also been an ton of improvements for multiple displays.

• Feature → Option to Hide Icons and Open Caret in built-in lists in list view
• Feature → Insert Link: Auto-populate editing window if text is already selected
• Feature → Convert to Link contextual menu should open editing window
• Feature → Insert Link: Replace selected text instead of inserting nearby
• Feature → Insert Link: Contextual menus
• Feature → Support Multiple Monitors
• Feature More improvements to the general look of Floaters. Refined and tweaked a lot of the small details.
• Feature Displays: New section in settings window to help deal with multiple displays and changing display configurations
• Feature → Displays: Floaters can now remember the position of each window on a per-display-configuration basis. Windows will remember their position and size when changing between, for example, having an external monitor attached or just using a laptop's built-in display
• Feature Displays: When changing to a new display configuration, Floaters can intelligently position windows to lock to edges of the screen and/or stretch to cover similar areas on the new config.
• Feature Displays: Screen boundaries can be set on a per-screen basis, allowing you to control if a floater can be moved off the edge of each screen
• Feature Displays: Can now set the default screen on which new floaters will appear on multi-screen setups
• Feature Displays: Can now set the default screen on which list windows will appear on multi-screen setups
• Feature Displays: Various window positioning features (overlap prevention, arranging, etc) will now account for and use the screen that the floater is currently on instead of defaulting to the main screen
• Feature Screenshots: Performance greatly improved. Will now use native system events to monitor the selected screenshots folder instead of polling. This will cause the screenshots to open instantly, and will produce much less background activity from the app
• Feature Screenshots: Can now choose to have floating screenshots positioned near the mouse cursor instead of centered on the screen. Useful when making screenshots of a small part of the screen.
• Feature Screenshots: Can now be deleted via Command-⌦ in addition to Command-Option-⌫ just like regular notes
• Feature Markdown: File links can now be imported/exported as Markdown.
• Feature Markdown: Frontmatter can now be detected and imported/exported in Markdown files. YAML, TOML, and JSON formats are all supported.
• Feature Can now drag and drop folders onto Floaters to open them. If they contain a .floaters file that will be opened, otherwise you will be given the option to import the items within the folder or open it as a vault
• Feature Markdown Vault: Added reveal in Finder to contextual menu for notes in lists when applicable
• Feature New List section type for Vault to show the folder structure on disk of the vault files
• Feature Can now restore notes from the trash via contextual menu
• Feature Markdown Vault: In the vault section in main lists you can now create and rename folders
• Feature Markdown Vault: Can drag and drop notes in vault into folders to change their location on disk
• Feature New contextual menu in lists to edit list sections and jump to corresponding preferences
• Feature New setting in list windows to enable/disable the slight lines between each row
• General Updated the logic for full recalculations of line/character positions. Previously, a note could get stuck with some miscalculations and require a manual refresh, but now it will automatically do a full calculation after a couple seconds of inactivity
• General Adjusted the speed that various tooltips and hovering displays appear
• General With the release of v1.0, the app will now show limitation details window on launch if it has not been registered
• General Added more documentation links into the settings window
• General Updated the welcome window that's shown on first launch
• General Reduced save frequency when moving and resizing windows to improve performance
• General Added several links within the settings window to settings in different sections to make them easier to find
• General Updated the status item icons to work properly with the newer app icon
• Bug Fix → Check for Updates: Multiple windows opening for same update
• Bug Fix → Unable to select from cursor to end of line with shift+cmd+right
• Bug Fix → Links should not have extra horizontal/vertical space compared to their text
• Bug Fix → Text drawing and line height calculations aren't perfect
• Bug Fix Versions are now listed in reverse chronological order if multiple updates are available
• Bug Fix Fixed an issue with Markdown importing where headings created via underline would be created multiple times
• Bug Fix Fixed an issue when attempting to create a new .floaters file
• Bug Fix Fixed an issue when list windows refresh and change size at the same time they would sometimes briefly display incorrectly

• General Extended beta date again
• Bug Fix Fixed several small bugs

• Feature Fully native build for Apple silicon ARM processors. Now packaged as a universal build with Intel and ARM builds.
• General Extended beta expiration date (again)

• Feature Added several settings to enable/disable line-starting auto-formatting for lists, numbered lists, tasks, code blocks, headings, and block quotes. These can be found in the Settings window under the Markdown section
• General Extended the beta period
• Bug Fix Fixed several small bugs

• General Updated app icon to a (subjectively) worse version so that it's not given an ugly gray border by macOS 26 Tahoe for not being the exact required shape.
• General Extended beta expiration date
• Bug Fix → Fix app icon for macOS 26

• Feature → Allow CMD + Delete to delete full line
• General Changed the keyboard shortcut for deleting a note to Command-Option-Delete (backspace) OR Command-⌫
• General Command-Delete will now delete from the cursor to the beginning of the current line
• General Several performance improvements

Small update to extend the beta expiration date and get out a few minor bug fixes. More of the bigger features will be out with the 0.8 release soon!

• General Extended the beta period for a while longer
• General Performance improvements when loading larger notes
• Bug Fix Fixed a few small display bugs

A few small fixes and a new feature. When dragging floaters to link together, they will now by default need to be held next to each other for a short period to successfully link. This is intended to prevent accidental linking when moving floaters around. The setting can be adjusted and disabled in Settings > Note Groupings

• Feature → Window linking delay option
• Feature Added preference to Settings > Note Groupings for amount of time required for dragged windows to link together
• Bug Fix Several small bug fixes
• Bug Fix Fixed display issue with link indicators drawing faint black squares at incorrect moments

• General Extended beta expiration date
• Bug Fix Fixed several small bugs

• Feature → Can now right-click title bar to manually rename floaters
• General Extended the beta expiration period
• Bug Fix Fixed an issue with refreshes causing flickering in some situations
• Bug Fix Fixed some slowdowns with saving larger notes

• General Extended the beta version expiration date
• Bug Fix Fixed a few small bugs

Lots of fixes, tweaks, and improvements after making the huge speed improvements from v0.7 last week.

• Bug Fix → Screenshots don't update title bar file name until hovering mouse over a control
• Bug Fix → Dragging an image/screenshot from photo mode into another floater doesn't always properly copy
• Bug Fix → Word wrap changing heights of followup lines will now work correctly.
• Bug Fix → Double-clicking a word no longer correctly selects just that word
• Bug Fix → Pasting text between floaters places the cursor incorrectly
• Bug Fix → Keyboard text selection issues
• Bug Fix Fixed issue with Command-Dragging a window not working while in picture/screenshot mode
• Bug Fix Fixes possible drawing issue for lines with no height
• Bug Fix First space on line will no longer have width when wrapping unless preceded by a line break (was reintroduced with v0.7)
• Bug Fix When there's already a selection and option-shift-left/right is used, the selection will now correctly jump by word in all directions and situations

This update is all about speed. We use Floaters every day for work, but with all of the new features being requested & added, the app started slowing down more than anticipated. The rendering engine has been overhauled and optimized, giving much quicker response times when doing basically anything in Floaters.

• General Huge performance improvements when typing, scrolling, selecting, or basically doing anything in the app. Everything in the rendering engine has been greatly optimized to make Floaters much quicker, which is kind of the whole point of the app.
• General Now will differentiate actions when determining if a character is a break in word, and have different values for keyboard navigation vs text wrap.
• General Will no longer consider an underscore a break in a word when navigating via keyboard.
• General Will now consider several other characters as breaks in words including punctuation, slashes, brackets, etc when navigating via keyboard.
• General Improved scrolling performance in other ways
• General Scrolling past the boundaries of a floater will no longer trigger a refresh
• General Changed the keyboard bindings to trigger a full refresh of the current note to Control+Option
• Bug Fix → Selecting with a keyboard should remember the direction of the selection so that the arrow keys will apply to start/end of selection
• Bug Fix → Moving cursor/selection with arrow keys acts unexpectedly sometimes

• General Copying and pasting in general is much faster
• Bug Fix → Fixed an issue with adding large pictures or chunks of text where the line height calculations could prematurely stop and place items in the wrong spots.
• Bug Fix → Fixed slowdowns when copying and pasting from within the app
• Bug Fix Deleting large items will correctly recalculate and reposition line heights for affected and following lines
• Bug Fix Fixed an issue with selected characters sometimes not updating quickly enough when performing followup actions such as paste, cut, formatting, etc.

Floaters is now available on the Mac App Store, in addition to directly from our website. We'll try to keep both versions updated simultaneously, but the non-App Store version will naturally receive updates more quickly.

• General Floaters has been updated in various ways to allow submission to the Mac App Store
• Bug Fix → Coding mode will no longer allow Markdown parsing or line-beginning autofills that would result in special characters.
• Bug Fix Fixed issue with tip of day window checkbox not showing correct saved preference

• General Improved performance some when using Auto-parsing on line changes for Markdown
• General Several improvements to the color selection contextual menu
• General Improved defaults for several preferences/settings
• General Improved default note colors for new save files
• General Heading lines will now have vertical padding based on the heading size
• Bug Fix → Markdown links not parsing if another tag is to the right of the line on the line
• Bug Fix → Markdown auto-parsing doesn't trigger when changing away from last line on document
• Bug Fix Fixed issue with Window menu > Grouping > Select window shortcuts not being enable at all times that they should be

Markdown support is here! That's right, you can now type using implemented Markdown tags and have them parsed into formatting (bold, italic, highlight, strikethrough, headings, code) and other items (links, dividers, block quotes, code blocks, tasks, lists). Check the docs for details and options!

• Feature → Markdown support with live editing and viewing
• Feature → Can now open and import .md (Markdown) files as Floaters
• Feature Heading 1 through 6 text formatting now possible
• Feature Strikethrough text formatting now possible
• Feature Highlight text formatting now possible
• Feature Inline code formatting now possible
• Feature Block code formatting now possible
• Feature New Markdown button option for title bar area
• Feature Can now click on the data file's name in the main list for a contextual menu to reveal in Finder and show backups folder
• General Rounded window setting will now apply to loading notes and a few other places
• General Extended beta expiration date
• General Improved performance when auto-saving by reducing a few calls to refresh the views
• Bug Fix Fixed an issue where formatting in a note would sometimes be applied to the title bar
• Bug Fix Fixed issue with Copy to Markdown when including content that cannot be converted to Markdown
• Bug Fix Fixed issue with line heights recalculating to slightly different values while typing
• Bug Fix Fixed an issue with newly added characters not having their width calculated on time to check for word wrapping

Block quotes! Start a new line with > and a space to create a new block quote. These can be nested, and can also contain lists. More details here.

• Feature → Can now add Block Quotes to floaters
• Feature → Can now drag pictures out of a floater while in Picture Mode
• General Reduced frequency of certain UI updates to improve performance
• Bug Fix → Task lists don't correctly indent wrapped text

Screenshots! Floaters can now automatically open your screenshots as new floaters, or add to existing floaters. A new section in the Settings window lets you decide how it all works. See how to do it here.

• Feature → Capture Screenshots
• Feature → Can now open and import plain text files into Floaters
• Feature Can now open and import jpeg/png files directly into new Floaters
• General Improved the look of the Preferences window's sections list
• General Improved calculations for imported picture sizes based on their resolution and the system's resolution
• General Will no longer show Grouping ID # in title bar if there's no custom name for the grouping
• Bug Fix Fixed display issue with long note names appearing behind right-aligned controls in title bar

• Feature → Rounded Window Corners
• Feature → Can now export notes directly to file as markdown or plain text
• Feature New Setting in Preferences → Note Windows for rounded/square window corners (defaults to rounded)
• Bug Fix → Copying a numbered list not formatted correctly
• Bug Fix Links will now correctly copy and export to Markdown format
• Bug Fix Bulleted and numbered lists will now correctly copy and export to Markdown format
• Bug Fix Dividers will now correctly copy and export to Markdown format

This version adds a few new region types in preparation for full Markdown support: dividers, bulleted lists, and numbered lists. The lists can be added like in other text editing apps by typing a dash or a number at the beginning of the line followed by a space. Dividers can be added using their prefix -- and pressing shift-return.

• Feature → Can now add numbered and bulleted lists to notes
• Feature → Ability to split note into multiple Floaters at dividers
• Feature New preference to ask for confirmation when splitting notes at dividers
• General Extended beta expiration date
• Bug Fix Fixed an issue where double-clicking selected text could remove it

• Feature → New option to hide Floaters app from dock in macOS
• Feature → New special character type: Dividers
• Feature → Use the new -- prefix with Command-Shift to create dividers
• Feature Can add dividers from the various Insert menus
• Feature Status item menu in macOS menu bar will now contain all menu items from the Floaters menu bar
• General Can now select System font as the font for a note window's title bar
• General Changed default note title bar font selection to System

This release adds several features working towards Markdown support. Notes now have customizable fonts, multiple text sizes, and several other traits required before full Markdown support can be released.

• Feature → Customizable fonts and multiple fonts within notes
• Feature → Menu bar icon on macOS
• Feature → Multiple font sizes within one floater
• Feature Can now choose a default font for newly created notes via the Settings window
• Feature Can now set custom fonts for Floater title bars, or have it match the note's font
• General Increased max font size for note title bar font setting
• Bug Fix Multiple items of varying height on the same line will now have the same selection highlight height

• General Reduced the frequency of the automatic update checks
• General → Lower minimum note font size
• Bug Fix → Global Keyboard Shortcut disappears from settings sidebar when all entries are deleted

• General Extended the beta version expiration date
• Bug Fix Fixed several small bugs

Web floaters are a great way to quickly access commonly used sites/pages. This update fixes a couple of bugs and improves behavior when using a web floater.

• General Various small improvements and tweaks
• Bug Fix → Web floaters sometimes lose their URL and don't load properly
• Bug Fix → Command-dragging a web floater doesn't work

• Feature → Can assign global keyboard shortcut actions for the in-app keyboard shortcuts
• General → View the new global keyboard shortcut actions in a new tip
• Bug Fix → Links on notes with lighter background colors aren't readable

• General Added new window to display random Floaters tips & tricks from website. Can be opened via Help menu
• General Added Show Random Tip of the day preference in settings window
• General Adjusted the backend timing system that checks for updates and various other actions
• Bug Fix → Made several improvements to the general text/note drawing engine

Our first update to the app incorporates a couple of improvements from your feedback. Please keep 'em coming!

• General → Better organization of items in the menu bar
• Bug Fix → The first space character on a line after a line break doesn’t have any width
• Bug Fix → Closing a note window doesn't update grouping's "open" icon in list window

This is the initial release of the Floaters beta. We expect for there to be bugs, so please send as much feedback as possible!