This release candidate is currently in the testing phase, to learn more read https://support.delta.chat/t/help-testing-the-upcoming-1-29-x-release/2091

You now need node version >=16 for building desktop

Fixed

• Fix: exit search when using it to create a dm chat from an email address (new contact)
• Fix "Send Message" does not always open chat view #2592
• Fix contact name has color in quote when replying with sticker
• Fix startup crash when spam clicking on app icon on mac.
• fix webxdc content not visible in gallery
• unexpected click behavior in gallery/document view #2626
• fix prev/next media had seperate list for images and gifs
• fixed height for webxdc icons in messages
• Better empty gallery tab messages
• allow internal webxdc navigation (multiple html files)
• fix random search result position (#2631)
• fix: signature field in Edit Profile is not labeled when empty (#2579)
• Keyboard shortcut preview for "Send on Enter" setting
• Keyboard shortcut reference dialog (cheatsheet), accessible via Ctrl + / or Cmd + /
• display video/quicktime videos
• Fix chatlist item showed wrong timestamp (jan 1 1970) if there was no timestamp
• Fix bring back get provider info

Added

• Implement expandable settings
• jump to message from gallery ("show in chat") #2618
• add Webxdc tab to gallery
• handle mailto links in webxdc content in deltachat
• add images to quotes #2628

Changed

• Move node-fetch to devDependencies
• Update emoji-mart to ^3.0.1
• Update @types/emoji-mart to ^3.0.9
• Update deltachat-node to v1.79.3
• ENTER + SHIFT and ENTER + CTRL in the composer do now the same thing: they send or add a newline depending on the enterKeySends user preference
• update webxdc setUpdateListener api
• Remove dependency tempy
• Update @blueprintjs/core to 4.1.2
• use forked version of react-qr-reader (@deltachat/react-qr-reader@4.0.0)
• nicer webxdc start button #2723
• update nodejs to version 16
• update electron to 18.0.3
• upgrade electron builder to 23.0.4
• ENTER + SHIFT and ENTER + CTRL in the composer do now the same thing: they send or add a newline depending on the enterKeySends user preference
• Metadata text color is now white on sent media messages

Removed

• remove dependency react-qr-svg

Downloads under: https://download.delta.chat/desktop/v1.29.0