ZenNotes

ZenNotes v1.0.4 is a stability and UX polish release focused on editing flow, note management correctness, and update discoverability.

Highlights

• Smoother split editing and preview rendering, with cached/deferred markdown updates and less visible churn while typing
• More reliable note-management flows, including immediate rename propagation across breadcrumbs, tabs, and the sidebar
• Better keyboard-first behavior around new notes, floating windows, and tab navigation
• Clearer update UX through the app menu, command palette, notifications, and release-note rendering

Fixes and Improvements

Editor and preview

• Improved split-view rendering behavior to reduce blinking and visual resets while typing
• Tightened edit/preview typography parity so split mode feels more consistent
• Improved Vim block cursor rendering to better track the rendered glyph instead of using a generic fixed box
• Fixed tab-strip keyboard navigation so focus and highlighting behave correctly when moving between tabs and the editor

Note creation and renaming

• New notes now focus the breadcrumb title immediately so you can name the file first and start writing after pressing Enter
• Renaming a note now updates the breadcrumb, sidebar, open tabs, and cached note metadata immediately instead of waiting for a later refresh
• When there is no active note/tab, the app now falls back to Inbox instead of creating new notes inside a stale previously selected folder
• Sidebar new-note creation now prefers the active note context, then falls back to Inbox

Dialogs, menus, and updates

• Replaced native destructive confirm dialogs with an in-app confirm flow to avoid focus/input issues after delete and trash operations
• Added app links to the native Help menu and command palette
• Added Check for Updates… to the command palette and improved the native menu update flow
• Improved updater feedback so “up to date”, “update available”, and error states are explicit instead of looking like no-op actions
• Normalized GitHub release-note rendering in-app so raw HTML tags do not show up in the About/Updates surface
• Added background update notifications when a newer version is available or ready to install

Platform and packaging polish

• Improved Linux icon/packaging behavior for installed builds
• Hardened Debian post-install handling around chrome-sandbox
• Fixed floating-window close behavior for Cmd+W / Ctrl+W

Notes

• macOS, Windows, and Linux assets are published through the release workflow attached to this tag
• In-app updates continue to use the GitHub release feed for ZenNotes

Thanks to everyone filing detailed bugs and screenshots. They directly shaped this release.