Version 2.7 is now available for macOS and iOS via TestFlight.
This release focuses on tags and TagCons. First launched in 2017, TagCons were designed to help you visually scan your Sidebar and quickly identify the tags you’re looking for. They’re also a simple, delightful way to give your notes a bit of character.
Over the past year, we’ve redesigned all 260 TagCons to perfectly match Bear Sans and the modern aesthetic of iOS and macOS. With version 2.7, TagCons now also appear directly inside the editor, giving your tags a beautiful, clear visual presence while you write.
A new option in General Preferences to choose whether tags are added at the top or bottom of a note
Please give it a try and let us know what you think.
Note: You may see some missing icons if you’re using a previous version of Bear alongside version 2.7.
With regards to the setting for the tag to be added at the top or bottom I do not see any difference. I tried the setting both ways and the result is the same.
Maybe I don’t understand what’s supposed to happen.
It’s an amazing update. Especially because of the option to finally place tags at the top of notes. I’ve tried every meaningful combination (with and without titles, with and without headings, with existing tags or not, with tags in the title, with text in the first line containing a tag) and everything works as expected.
When you drag and drop a note onto a tag in the sidebar, the added tag was previously appended to the end of the note. With the new option to add the tag at the top, this tag will now always appear at the top, specifically in the second line directly after the title.
The buttons in the tag editors window look too cramped because the outline has too little vertical padding. It’s not a big deal, but since Bear aims to be a pixel-perfect app, I think it’s worth pointing out.
Seeing your screenshot got me to thinking about a something I had been planning on mentioning to the Bear team. It is in the third row, fourth column. Bear Notes being a professional application - and if the tagcon is what I think it is - I don’t think it’s in good taste to have it there while also given we are missing a number of business tagcons that would be a lot better suited.
