2024.09.0-103

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Release Notes

New Features

• Added improvements for Python application framework workflows for Streamlit, Dash, Gradio, FastAPI, Flash #4555, #4557, #3023, #3024, #3027
• Added copy support to plots hosted in an editor tab #4362
• Added a button to move a Data Explorer editor tab to a new window #3839
• Added Reticulate support for using Python in R sessions #3942

Bug Fixes

• Fixed focus management issues for modal dialogs #4765
• Fixed an issue with the Variables pane while formatting summaries of DuckDB objects #4777
• Fixed scrollbars for Data Explorer after resizing #4834
• Fixed the placement of the progress bar for Plots in an editor tab #4562
• Improved R installation discovery on Windows #3787
• Improved custom theme support for colors of destructive buttons in modals #3799

2024.09.0-77

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Release Notes

New Features

• Update to upstream VS Code 1.93 (#4655). This release includes a profiles editor, better accessibility for tables, and many small bugfixes and improvements. Read the release notes here: https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_93
• Pressing Play on a Python file now runs the entire file, instead of just a line (#4705)
• Python app files (e.g. Streamlit) now have a Run App in Terminal gesture in the editor context (play button) (#4625)
• Add new environment variables POSITRON_MODE and POSITRON_LONG_VERSION to help identify Positron environment (#4082)

Bugfixes

• Ensure the Console scrolls down after taking input (#4136)
• Remove incorrect diagnostic error in some R formulas (#4679)
• Address issue causing Data Explorer to occasionally open blank (#4663)
• The Enter key now dismisses all Positron modal dialogs (#3491, #4203)

2024.09.0-45

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Release notes

• Added "does not contain" filter support for Data Explorer #4375
• Removed Data Explorer Summary Hidden option now that the summary is collapsable #4672
• Fixed a focus issue for Data Explorer filter modal when window was popped out #3978
• Fixed tab navigation order when the Data Explorer was positioned in the Right side layout #4681
• Fixed Console prompt dimming on Linux #3970
• Fixed an issue with focus for Console input prompts #4136
• Fixed a Console rendering issue that could occur when the Pane was moved #2116
• Fixed how multiple arguments are passed to the shell in R tasks #4649
• Established a mechanism to propagate environment variables to known R tasks, allowing a fix for testthat:set_max_fails() #2723
• Fixed copying plots when the Positron UI is hosted in a web browser #4433
• Removed unwanted GlyphRenderer messages in the Plots pane when using Bokeh #4597
• Updated built-in extensions: Jupyter to 2024.8.1 and associated dependencies, Pyright to 1.1.379, Black Formatter to 2024.2.0, Python Debugger (debugpy) to 2024.8.0

2024.09.0-27

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Release notes

• Updated Data Explorer column summary section to be collapsible #2823
• Added support for IPyWidget Output widgets #4390
• Added a preview of experimental feature that allows a plot to load in a custom editor window. This can be enabled through the application.experimental.positronPlotsEditor setting. #4364
• Added Run Selection command for R to Command Palette, Context Menu and Toolbar Menu #2084
• Added a --quiet flag for R extension tasks #2715
• Fixed support for Bokeh plots on Windows #4397
• Fixed Bokeh plots when using Holoviews #4541
• Improved the Data Explorer performance such that grid data and column summary information can be retrieved more efficiently for large datasets #4326
• Fixed issue with tooltips appearing behind button menus #2525
• Fixed keyboard shortcut display in menus for Windows and Linux #3472

2024.09.0-1

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Release notes

• Improved support for Holoviz plots (#4365)
• Added default to R signature labels (#2779)
• Improved how R object sizes are computed (#478 and #4512)
• Added retries for R Help proxy requests (#3753)
• Removed unactionable R LSP error popups(#3467)
• Improved the refresh behavior for new Python environments (#3944)
• Added completions for .Rprofile files (#2887)
• Added a new action to open a URI in the Viewer pane (#4553)

2024.08.0-83

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Release notes

• Fixed a bug in how hyperlinks are displayed in the console (#4413)
• Fixed a bug where some URLs were being opened in the editor instead of the browser (#4297)
• Fixed how R installed via rig on Linux is detected (#4450)
• Merged upstream VS Code 1.92 (#4283)
• Improved support for interactive plots such as bokeh (#4410 and #4087)
• Fixed a problem with interactive plots consuming too much memory (#1713)
• Fixed a Data Explorer bug related to older versions of SQLAlchemy (#4347)

2024.08.0-48

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Release notes

• Fixed a bug in the Data Explorer summary panel (#4301)
• Improved how the Data Explorer handles all missing columns in pandas (#4307)
• Added support for using a label with %view in the Data Explorer (#4310)
• Added support in the Plots pane for Bokeh (#4249), Holoviz (#3880), and zooming interactive plots (#4210)

2024.08.0-31

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Release Notes

• Addresses an issue impacting some Positron Windows installations locating versions of R #4280

2024.08.0-24

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Release Notes

• Fix ipywidget message processing to support web mapping packages, including leafmap, geemap. #4181
• Add experimental support for remote SSH sessions (see notes and caveats in PR #4251). #2307
• Update Quarto extension to version 1.114.0
• Add a version of "execute command" that waits for completion. This also addressed #3256
• Fix an issue with the order of command execution when multiple commands are sent to the Console at once. #4096
• Automatically size the column widths of the Data Explorer based on column header and cell contents. #2527
• Improve rendering of the null percent component in Data Explorer column summaries. #2861 and #4291

2024.08.0-5

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Release Notes

• Quarto 1.5.55 is now bundled with Positron (#3705)
• Add support for matplotlib interactive mode ipympl (#4173)
• Add support for two-way communication in interactive ipywidgets, ipytree, ipyleaflet, anywidget, drawdata and pythreejs (#3276)
• Locate R installations on the PATH on Windows (#3702)
• Fix a focus issue for the Data Explorer after re-selecting a data variable for viewing (#4197)