HISTORY.md

JSON Editor - History

https://github.com/josdejong/jsoneditor

2018-01-18, version 5.13.2

• Fixed view mode opening links in a new tab instead of current tab when Ctrl key is not down. Thanks @LEW21.
• Fixed #502: code editor not showing a monospaced font some cases.

2017-12-28, version 5.13.1

• Fixed another occurrence of #494: properties not escaped in the navigation bar.

2017-12-28, version 5.13.0

• Implemented cursor position in text mode. Thanks @meirotstein.
• Fixed #494: properties not escaped in the navigation bar. Thanks @meirotstein.

2017-12-18, version 5.12.0

• Implemented #482: Include caseSensitive option for autocomplete. Thanks @israelito3000.
• Upgraded dependencies
  • ajv@5.5.2

2017-11-22, version 5.11.0

• Upgraded dependencies
  • ajv@5.4.0
  • brace@0.11.0
• Fixed dropdown for JSON Schema enums when defined inside pattern properties. Thanks @alquist.
• Fixed code containing a non UTF-8 character. Thanks @alshakero.

2017-11-15, version 5.10.1

• Some styling tweaks in the navigation bar and status bar.
• Don't display status bar in text mode (which doesn't yet support row and col counts).

2017-11-15, version 5.10.0

• Implemented a navigation bar showing the path. Thanks @meirotstein.
• Implemented a status bar showing cursor location. Thanks @meirotstein.
• Implemented repairing JSON objects containing left and right single and double quotes (which you get when typing a JSON object in Word) in text and code mode.
• Implemented repairing JSON objects containing special white space characters like non-breaking space.
• Upgraded dependency ajv to version 5.3.0.
• Fixed #481: A polyfill required DocumentType which is not defined in all environments.

2017-09-16, version 5.9.6

• Fixed displaying a dropdown for enums inside composite schemas. Thanks @hachichaud.
• Fixed #461: Urls opening twice on Firefox and Safari.

2017-08-26, version 5.9.5

• Fixed a regression introduced in v5.9.4: after using the context menu once, it was not possible to set focus to an other input field anymore.

2017-08-20, version 5.9.4

• Fixed #447: context menus not working in Shadow DOM. Thanks @tomalec.

2017-07-24, version 5.9.3

• Fixed broken multi-selection (regression).

2017-07-13, version 5.9.2

• Fixed a bug in the JSON sanitizer.

2017-07-13, version 5.9.1

• setText method of tree mode now automatically sanitizes JSON input when needed.
• Fixed #430: automatically fix unescaped control characters in JSON input.

2017-07-10, version 5.9.0

• Implemented support for JSON schema references $ref, see #302. Thanks @meirotstein.
• Fixed #429: JSONEditor no longer accepting an empty array for option modes. Thanks @trystan2k.
• Fixed JSONEditor picking the first entry of modes as initial mode instead of option mode.

2017-07-08, version 5.8.2

• Select first option from modes instead of tree when mode is not configured. Thanks @bag-man.
• Some fixes and improvements in the API of autocompletion. Thanks @israelito3000.

2017-07-03, version 5.8.1

• Fixed broken minified bundles in folder dist (again...).

2017-07-02, version 5.8.0

• Implemented support for autocompletion. Thanks @israelito3000.

2017-06-27, version 5.7.2

• Fixed broken minified bundles in folder dist (reverted to uglify-js@2.8.22 for now).

2017-06-25, version 5.7.1

• Upgraded dependency ajv to version 5.2.0. Resolves warnings in Webpack build processes.

2017-05-26, version 5.7.0

• Implemented support for template items. Thanks @israelito3000.
• Upgraded dependencies to the latest versions. Thanks @andreykaipov.

2017-04-15, version 5.6.0

• Implemented readonly option for modes text and code. Thanks @walkerrandolphsmith.
• Upgraded dependencies (brance and ajv) to the latest versions.
• Fixed not being able to move focus to enum select box when clicking a JSON Schema warning.
• Fixed #309: already loaded version of Ace being overwritten by the embedded version of JSONEditor.
• Fixed #368: Mode selection drop down not fully visible on small screen.
• Fixed #253: Optimize the input experience of Chinese IME. Thanks @chinesedfan.

2017-01-06, version 5.5.11

• Fixed embedded version of jsoneditor ace theme not being loaded in minimalist version (see #55).
• Fixed a styling issue in the SearchBox of Ace editor (mode code).
• Fixed #347: CSS more robust against global settings of div position.
• Added docs and example on how to use a custom version of Ace editor.

2016-11-02, version 5.5.10

• Fixed #85: pressing enter in an input in a form containing a JSONEditor too breaks submitting the form.

2016-10-17, version 5.5.9

• Fixed #329: Editor showing duplicate key warnings for keys defined on the Object prototype, like toString and watch.

2016-09-27, version 5.5.8

• Fixed #314: JSON schema validation throwing an error "Unexpected token ' in JSON at position 0" in specific cases. Thanks @apostrophest

2016-08-17, version 5.5.7

• Fixed #308: wrong positioning of label "empty array" when onEditable returns false.

2016-06-15, version 5.5.6

• Fixed #303: editor contents collapsed when the parent div of the JSONEditor has no height set.
• Improved example 04_load_and_save.html. Thanks @RDCH106.

2016-05-24, version 5.5.5

• Fixed #298: Switch mode button disappears when switching from text/code to tree/form/view mode when the JSON contained errors.
• Fixed enum drop downs not working when the JSONEditor is configured with a name.

2016-05-22, version 5.5.4

• Fixed #285: an issue with the enum drop down when having defined multiple enums in a JSON schema.
• Fixed a (harmless) error in the console when clicking right from an enum drop down.

2016-05-22, version 5.5.3

• Fixed #299: reverted the fix of #268 by trimming text in fields and values.

2016-04-18, version 5.5.2

• Fixed #294: Fields reset their caret location on every key press in Firefox.

2016-04-16, version 5.5.1

• Fixed enum select boxes not being rendered/removed when setting or removing a JSON schema via editor.setSchema(schema).

2016-04-16, version 5.5.0

• Implemented a dropdown for values having an JSON Schema enum. Thanks @tdakanalis.
• Fixed #291, #292: Some CSS broken when using the editor in combination with bootstrap. Thanks @nucleartide.

2016-04-09, version 5.4.0

• Upgraded all dependencies (ajv, brace, etc).
• Fixed #289: Some CSS breaking when using the editor in combination with materialize.css or bootstrap.
• Fixed #290: setText() not working in mode text or code.

2016-04-06, version 5.3.0

• Implemented support for sorting object keys naturally. Thanks @edufelipe.
• Sorting object keys or array items via the context menu is now also naturally sorted.
• Fixed #283: improved JSON schema error message in case of no additionalProperties.
• Fixed #286: Calling get() or getText() caused the editor to lose focus. A regression introduced in v5.2.0.

2016-03-20, version 5.2.0

• Implemented method editor.destroy() to properly cleanup the editor (#278).
• Fixed #268: JSONEditor now trims text in fields and values.
• Fixed #280: Some CSS issues when used in combination with bootstrap.

2016-02-15, version 5.1.5

• Fixed #272: Checkbox for boolean values visible in view mode.

2016-02-13, version 5.1.4

• Fixed broken example 04_load_and_save.html. See #265.

2016-02-03, version 5.1.3

• Fixed #264: Clicking items in the context menu not working on Firefox.

2016-01-21, version 5.1.2

• Improvements in sanitizing invalid JSON.
• Updated dependencies to the latest version.
• Fixed clicking format/compact not triggering an onChange event.
• Fixed #259: when having a JSONEditor inside an HTML form, clicking an entry in the context menu did submit the form.
• Fixed browserify build, see #260. Thanks @onip.

2016-01-16, version 5.1.1

• Fixed #257: Improving error messages for enum errors failed when the schema contains references.
• Fixed #255: Removed wrong console warning about the option search.
• Fixed error thrown when option search is false (see #256). Thanks @MiroHibler.

2016-01-14, version 5.1.0

• Implemented support for JSON schema validation, powered by ajv.
• Implemented #197: display an error in case of duplicate keys in an object.
• Implemented #183: display a checkbox left from boolean values, so you can easily switch between true/false.
• Implemented debouncing of keyboard input, resulting in much less history actions whilst typing.
• Added a minimalist bundle to the dist folder, excluding ace and ajv.
• Fixed #222: editor throwing onChange events when switching mode.
• Fixed an error throw when switching to mode "code" via the menu.
• Fixed interfering shortcut keys: changed quick keys to select multiple fields from Shift+Arrow Up/Down to Ctrl+Shift+Arrow Up/Down.

2015-12-31, version 5.0.1

• Fixed a bug in positioning of the context menu for multiple selected nodes.
• Fixed #130: option onEditable not available in mode form.
• Fixed #202: removed version field from bower.json.

2015-12-31, version 5.0.0

• New design.
• Implemented selection of multiple nodes, allowing to move/duplicate/remove multiple nodes at once (See #106).
• Implemented a new option escapeUnicode, which will show the hexadecimal unicode instead of the character itself. (See #93 and #230).
• Implemented method getMode.
• Implemented option onModeChange(oldMode, newMode).
• Implemented #203: Objects and arrays in mode form and view are now expandable by clicking the field names too.
• Replaced the PNG icon images with SVG. Thanks @1j01.
• Renamed all CSS classes They now have prefixes .jsoneditor- to prevent name collisions with css frameworks like bootstrap.
• Renamed options change, editable, error to respectively onChange, onEditable, and onError. Old options are still working and give a deprecation warning.
• Colors of values are now customizable using CSS.
• JSONEditor new throws a warning in the console in case of unknown options.
• Fixed #93 and #227: html codes like & not escaped.
• Fixed #149: Memory leak when switching mode from/to code mode, web worker of Ace editor wasn't cleaned up.
• Fixed #234: Remove dependency on a fork of the jsonlint project on github.
• Fixed: disabled Ctrl+L quick key to go to a line, instead use the default browser behavior of selecting the address bar.
• Fixed #38: clear search results after a new JSON object is set.
• Fixed #242: row stays highlighted when dragging outside editor.
• Fixed quick-keys Shift+Alt+Arrows not registering actions in history.
• Fixed #104: context menus are now positioned relative to the elements of the editor instead of an absolute position in the window.

2015-06-13, version 4.2.1

• Fixed #161: Cannot select text in Ace editor on systems using Chinese fonts.

2015-05-14, version 4.2.0

• Implemented option theme, allowing to set a custom theme for the Ace editor. Thanks @nfvs.
• Implemented option ace, which allows to pass a custom instance of the Ace instead of the embedded version.
• Fixed #186: binding issue to jsonlint.parse.
• Fixed editor.get() manipulating the code when containing an error.

2015-03-15, version 4.1.1

• Added missing file index.js to the bower package.

2015-03-15, version 4.1.0

• Implemented a function focus() for modes tree, view, and form.
• Added ./src folder to the distributed package, needed for usage via node.js/browserify.

2015-02-28, version 4.0.0

• Ace editor and jsonlint are now packed with jsoneditor.js by default. This makes the library about 4 times larger. If Ace is not needed, a custom build of the library can be done.
• The distribution files are now moved from the root to the /dist folder.
• Reworked the source code to CommonJS modules, using brace to load Ace.
• JSONP is now automatically stripped from JSON. Thanks @yanivefraim.
• Fixed bugs in the JSON sanitizer, no longer manipulating JSON-like structures inside strings.

2015-01-25, version 3.2.0

• Implemented shortcut keys Ctrl+\ to format and Ctrl+Shift+\ to compact JSON when in mode text or code.
• Before an error is thrown because of invalid text, the editor first tries to sanitize the text (replace JavaScript notation with JSON notation), and only after that throws the error.
• Fixed Node.path() not working for a JSON Object "". Thanks @tomalec.
• Minor styling improvements.
• Fixed configured indentation not being applied to Ace editor.

2014-09-03, version 3.1.2

• Some fixes/improvements in parseJS (to parse a JSON object from a JavaScript object).
• Fixed the lack of a semi colon at end of the bundled files.

2014-08-01, version 3.1.1

• Replaced parsing of JavaScript objects into JSON from eval to a dedicated parseJS function.

2014-07-28, version 3.1.0

• JSONEditor now accepts JavaScript objects as input, and can turn them into valid JSON. For example {a:2,b:'str'} can be turned into {"a":2,"b":"str"}.
• Implemented an option editable, a callback function, which allows to set individual nodes (their field and/or value) editable or read-only.
• Fixed: shortcut keys to manipulate the nodes are now disabled when mode is form or view.

2014-05-31, version 3.0.0

• Large code reorganization.
• Editor must be loaded as new JSONEditor(...) instead of new jsoneditor.JSONEditor(...).
• Css is not automatically loaded anymore when using AMD.
• Web application has been moved to another project.

2014-01-03, version 2.3.6

• Fixed positioning issue of the action menu.

2013-12-09, version 2.3.5

• Fixed a positioning issue of the action menu again.
• Fixed an issue with non-breaking space characters.

2013-11-19, version 2.3.4

• Dropped support for IE8, cleaned up legacy code for old browsers.
• Disabled saving files using HTML5 on Firefox to prevent a Firefox bug blocking cut/paste functionality in editable divs after using a.download.

2013-10-17, version 2.3.3

• Added support for search (Ctrl+F) in the code editor Ace.
• Fixed a positioning issue of the action menu when in bootstrap modal. (thanks tsash).

2013-09-26, version 2.3.2

• The web application is now available offline. Thanks ayanamist.

2013-09-24, version 2.3.1

• Fixed non-working action menu when in bootstrap modal (z-index issue).
• Fixed missing main field in package.json.

2013-09-13, version 2.3.0

• Implemented an option modes, which creates a menu in the editor where the user can switch between the selected editor modes.
• Fixed wrong title on fields with value null.
• Fixed buggy loading of files in the web application.

2013-08-01, version 2.2.2

• Fixed non working option indentation.
• Fixed css not being loaded with AMD in case of multiple scripts.
• Fixed a security error in the server side file retriever script of the web application.

2013-05-27, version 2.2.1

• Fixed undefined options in TextEditor. Thanks Wiseon3.
• Fixed non-working save function on Firefox 21. Thanks youxiachai.

2013-05-04, version 2.2.0

• Unified JSONFormatter and JSONEditor in one editor with a switchable mode.
• Urls are navigable now.
• Improved error and log handling.
• Added jsoneditor to package managers npm and bower.

2013-03-11, version 2.1.1

• Fixed an issue with console outputs on IE8, causing the editor not to work at all on IE8.

2013-03-08, version 2.1.0

• Replaced the plain text editor with code editor Ace, which brings in syntax highlighting and code inspection.
• Improved the splitter between the two panels. Panels can be hided.

2013-02-26, version 2.0.2

• Fixed: dragarea of the root node was wrongly visible is removed now.

2013-02-21, version 2.0.1

• Fixed undefined variable in the redo method.
• Removed the "hide ads" button. Not allowed by Google AdSense, sorry.

2013-02-09, version 2.0.0

• Implemented a context menu, replacing the action buttons on the right side of the editor and the inline action buttons. This gives a cleaner interface, more space for the actual contents, and more room for new controls (like insert and sort).
• Implemented shortcut keys. The JSON Editor can be used with just a keyboard.
• Implemented sort action, which sorts the childs of an array or object.
• Implemented auto scrolling up and down when dragging a node and reaching the top or bottom of the editor.
• Added support for CommonJS and RequireJS.
• Added more examples.
• Improved performance and memory usage.
• Implemented a new mode 'form', in which only values are editable and the fields are fixed.
• Minor improvements and bug fixes.

2012-12-08, version 1.7.0

• Implemented two modes: 'editor' (default), and 'viewer'. In viewer mode, the data and datastructure is read-only.
• Implemented methods set(json, name), setName(name), and getName(), which allows for setting and getting the field name of the root node.
• Fixed an issue where the search bar does not work when there is no global window.editor object.

2012-11-26, version 1.6.2

• Fixed a bug in the change callback handler, resulting in an infinite loop when requesting the contents of the editor inside the callback (issue #19).

2012-11-21, version 1.6.1

• Added a request header "Accept: application/json" when loading files and urls.

2012-11-03, version 1.6.0

• Added feature to the web application to load and save files from disk and url.
• Improved error messages in the web application using JSONLint.
• Made the web application pass the W3C markup validation service.
• Added option 'change' to both editor and formatter, which allows to set a callback which is triggered when the contents of the editor or formatter changes.
• Changed the default indentation of the JSONFormatter to 4 spaces.
• Renamed options 'enableSearch' and 'enableHistory' to 'search' and 'history' respectively.
• Added parameter 'json' to the JSONFormatter constructor.
• Added option 'indentation' to the JSONFormatter.

2012-10-08, version 1.5.1

• Replaced the paid Chrome App with a free, hosted Chrome App (with ads).

2012-10-02, version 1.5.0

• Implemented history: undo/redo all actions.
• Created menu icons (instead of text buttons).
• Cleaned up the code (removed unused params, improved comments, etc).
• Minor performance improvements.

2012-08-31, version 1.4.4

• Changed: description of advertisement now gives information about the Chrome App (without ads).
• Changed: Chrome App is now configured to be available offline.
• Fixed: When zooming your browser window, the fields/values did get wrapped on Chrome (thanks Henri Gourvest), and on Firefox sometimes the jsoneditor disappeared due to wrapping of the interface contents.

2012-08-25, version 1.4.3

• Changed: changed code for the buttons to copy from formatter to editor and vice versa, no inline javascript (gives security policy errors in chrome app).

2012-08-25, version 1.4.2

• Changed: other bootstrapping mechanism for the chrome app, in a separate javascript file, as inline javascript is not allowed (security policy).
• Fixed: drop down menu for changing the field type did throw javascript errors (did not break any functionality though).

2012-08-23, version 1.4.1

• New: Chrome app created.

2012-08-23, version 1.4.0

• New: Improved icon, logo, and interface header.

2012-08-19, version 1.3.0

• New: Added buttons next and previous to the search box in the upper right.
• New: Escape characters are automatically inserted before " and \ missing and escape character, making the string contents valid JSON. New lines are automatically replaced with \n. (Thanks Steve Clay)
• Changed: all icons have been put in a single sprite. This will improve page load times as there are much less server requests needed to load the editor.

2012-08-12, version 1.2.0

• New: Added search functionality. Search results are expanded and highlighed. Quickkeys in the search box: Enter (next), Shift+Enter (previous), Ctrl+Enter (search again).
• New: The position of the vertical separator between left and right panel is stored.
• New: Link to the sourcecode on github added at the bottom of the page.
• Changed: Refinements in the layout: fonts, colors, icons.
• Fixed: leading an trailing spaces not being displayed in the editor.
• Fixed: wrapping of long words and urls in Chrome.
• Fixed: ignoring functions and undefined values in the loaded JSON object (they where interpreted as empty object and string instead of being ignored).

2012-07-01, version 1.1.1

• Fixed global event listener for the focus/blur events, causing changes in fields and values not always being registered.
• Fixed a css issue with Firefox (box-sizing of the editor).

2012-04-24, version 1.1

• Fixed a bug. Dragging an object down which has been expanded and collapsed again did not work.
• Using a minified version of jsoneditor.js, to improve page load time and save bandwidth.

2012-04-21, version 1.0

• Values are no longer aligned in one global column, but placed directly right from the field. Having field and value close together improves readability, especially in case of deeply nested data.
• Values are colorized by their type: strings are green, values read, booleans blue, and null is purple.
• Font is changed to a monotype font for better readability.
• Special characters like \t are now handled nicely.
• Overall performance and memory usage improved.
• When clicking on whitespace, focus is set to the closest field or value.
• some other small interface tweaks.
• Fixed a bug with casting a value from type auto to string and vice versa (the value was not casted at all).

2012-03-01, version 0.9.10

• Nicer looking select box for the field types, with icons.
• Improved drag and drop: better visualized, and now working in all browers.
• Previous values will be restored after changing the type of a field. When changing the type back, the previous value or childs will be restored.
• When hovering buttons (fieldtype, duplicate, delete, add) or when dragging a field, corresponding field including its childs is highlighted. This makes it easier to see what part of the data will be edited.
• Errors are now displayed in a message window on top of the page instead of an alert which pops up.
• Fixed a bug with displaying enters in fields.
• Fixed a bug where the last trailing enter was removed when setting json in the editor.
• Added a fix to get around Internet Explorer 8 issues with vertical scrollbars.

2012-01-29, version 0.9.9

• Fields can be duplicated
• Support for drag and drop:
  • fields in the editor itself can be moved via drag and drop
  • fields can be exported from the editor as JSON
  • external JSON can be dropped inside the editor
• When changing type from array to object and vice versa, childs will be maintained instead of removed.
• Updated interface. Works now in IE8 too.

2012-01-16, version 0.9.8

• Improved the performance of expanding a node with all its childs.

2012-01-09, version 0.9.7

• Added functionallity to expand/collapse a node and all its childs. Click the expand button of a node while holding Ctrl down.
• Small interface improvements

2011-11-28, version 0.9.6

• First fully usable version of the JSON editor