🚀 Bear 2.3.11: Read-only mode and new themes

Announcement
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Bear 2.3.11 is here with new features, fixes, and a little extra polish. :wink:

:open_book: Read-Only Mode

Sometimes, you just want to read your notes without accidentally editing them. With Read-Only Mode, you can scroll through your thoughts and ideas effortlessly—perfect for focused reading or quiet reflection.

To enable it, open the ⫶ menu and select “Make Read-Only”. You’ll see a read-only icon appear in the top-right corner. When you’re ready to make changes again, just click or tap the icon and select “Make Editable.”

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:art: 4 New Themes

Introducing Shibuya Jazz, Shibuya Lo-fi, Everforest Light, and Everforest Dark. Shibuya Jazz and Lo-fi are two similar themes as Dieci with absolute black #000000 background, perfectly designed for AMOLED screens. The Everforest light and Everforest dark are based on the Vim theme Everforest made by Sainnhe, bringing you a warm and soft tone with mild contrast. Check out more themes here: Bear’s themes

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:lady_beetle: Full Changelog

As always, we’ve squashed some bugs to keep your experience smooth and reliable. Check the full Changelog here:

coreOS

  • Read-only mode: By using the ⫶ menu inside a note > More or Long press/right-click on a note you can set a note to not being editable
    • Folding can be toggled for read-only notes by using the Side Actions.
  • 4 new themes: Shibuya Jazz, Shibuya Lo-fi, Everforest Dark, Everforest Light
  • @readonly special search
  • Fixed editor crash with collapsed sections
  • Opening a note while a search is active in the Notes List correctly scrolls you to the first result and focuses it

macOS

  • file:// links now correctly open the Finder on macOS recent releases
  • Fixed bug preventing attachments of archived notes to be opened
  • Shortcut export action bug corrected
  • Fixed dictation issue with lists
  • Small fix for print not preserving the image sizes in some conditions

iOS

  • Images inserted via the iOS sharing extension are now properly synchronized
  • Corrected the Backlinks Panel scrolling behavior
  • 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’s left border
  • Notes trashed, archived, or read-only don’t show the BIU keyboard button on the selection
  • Improved the tappable area for resizing images on iPad
  • Removed crashes concerning the sketcher
  • Leaving the current panel visible in the Editor when switching apps
  • The disclosure button in the Backlinks pane is always visible
  • Patched issue with text copied from chatGPT

Download Bear 2.3.11 now!

:iphone: ‎Bear - Markdown Notes on the App Store
:computer: ‎Bear: Markdown Notes on the Mac App Store

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I really like the idea of “Read Only Mode”. I will definetely try it out. Thanks for adding it.

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