we have an update for the testers. Version 2.3.11 includes the anticipated 4 new themes along with another small but requested feature: Read Only mode.
By using the right-click/long press on the note list or the ... menu > more > Make Read Only inside the note is now possible to make the note uneditable. An icon will appear in the toolbar and on the note list. By clicking on the toolbar is possible to quickly return to the editable state.
Here is the full change log. Let us know if you experience any issues with this build.
coreOS
Read-only mode for notes
4 new themes
Fixed editor crash with collapsed sections
macOS
file:// links correctly open the Finder on macOS Sequoia
Fixed bug preventing attachments of archived notes to be opened
Shortcut export action bug corrected
Fixed issues with lists and dictation
Small fix for print not preserving the image sizes in some conditions
⠀iOS
Images inserted via the iOS sharing extension are properly synchronized
Backlinks Pane on iOS now has a correct scrolling behavior
Opening a note while a search is active in the Notes List correctly scrolls you to the first result and focuses it
Now notes are correctly created when the Notes List has an active search containing a “-”
Fixing the search term edit in the Notes List when it contains color-changing special characters
Properly handling the visibility of the Editor left border on iOS
Notes in the Trash and Archive don’t show the BIU keyboard button on selection anymore
Improved the tappable area for resizing images on iPad
Removed crashes while using Sketcher
Leaving the current pane visible in the Editor when changing Apps on iOS
The disclosure button in the Backlinks pane is always correctly visible
Love the new Read Only mode, have been waiting for that for a long time. Thank you very much
Issues:
Bear MacOS beta missing … ?
Setting read only mode stops syncing of that note (between iPad and iPhone) even after tuning it off again. Have the new beta on both iPad and iPhone …
Read only mode is pretty nice handy. Would it be possible to get a shortcut for it? Would be hand to be able to toggle it - if cmd+enter toggles editing perhaps something say, cmd+shift+enter, could toggle unlock/edit and edit / lock?
Hi @roar, I am not in beta testing list of the app so really curious about how the read only mode works. Is it on per note basis ? Or you can just set into reading mode and browse all your notes in reading mode only (I will prefer later). Really excited for this small qol improvement.
The read-only mode doesn’t just prevent the note from being edited but also the sections (headings, lists, …) are not (un)foldable anymore. The triangle carets nevertheless are displayed although without any function. In a read-only mode there is no way to unfold a section to see its content.
If they doesn’t work I would remove them from sight as they provoke the expectation that they would. However, in my eyes the best would be to exclude the folding completely from read-only mode. The folding and unfolding of sections is not a process of editing a note but is related to how a note is shown. Although being in read only mode the collapsing of headings should remain available as they are useful further on
Yeah. Creating or deleting double brackets for wiki links on iOS and iPadOS crashes the app. However, you can highlight the text and select the wiki link toolbar button without crashing.
Edit: I can’t edit any text block with a wiki link without Bear crashing.
Don’t think so, and discovered another bug related to that:
When double tapping a word in bold or italics in read only mode, selection gets skewed @trix180
Sorry I’m in India at the moment with very slow mobile internet via VPN. So seems that updates happened after some time – or it’s seems still to be a bit iffy after turning read only on/off
So, seems like updates are synced after all (or maybe not ), except that read only status does not sync.
Expected read only to sync like pinned state does, unless read only is meant to be per device and not global?
