CotEditor

system requirements: macOS 15 and later

Improvements

• [dev] Update the build environment to Xcode 26.2 RC.
• [beta] Add missing localizations.
• [beta] Update the user guide.

Fixes

• Fix an issue where the default syntax setting reverted to Plain Text after a short time when set to None.

system requirements: macOS 15 and later

Improvements

• [beta] Add missing localizations.
• [beta] Update the user guide.

Fixes

• Fix an issue in the Donation settings pane where the purchase button for the one-time donation didn’t work on subsequent attempts.
• Address an issue where scrolling the editor with arrow keys caused unexpected jumps.

Known Issues

• The text added to CotEditor 6.2.0 are not yet localized to Simplified Chinese and Portuguese.

Full Changelog: 6.2.0-beta.3...6.2.0-beta.4

system requirements: macOS 15 and later

New Features

• Support for importing multiple replace definitions from tab-separated values.

Improvements

• [trivial] Select the newly added settings after importing a settings file.
• [beta] Add missing Portuguese localizations.
• [beta] Update the user guide.

Fixes

• Fix an issue in CotEditor 6.1.2 where the text entered in a split editor does not match the theme's text color.

Known Issues

• The text added to CotEditor 6.2.0 are not fully localized yet.

system requirements: macOS 15 and later

New Features

• Add a feature to export and import settings to transfer them to another Mac.
• Allow opening alias and symlink documents from the file browser.
• Request file access permission from the user by the “Open in New Window” command instead of simply presenting an error when CotEditor doesn’t have permission.
• Display the original path for alias and symlink files in file preview views.

Improvements

• Syntax highlighting now takes nesting into account when highlighting symbol pairs.
• Update the Lua syntax to support nested string delimiters.
• Update the contents and layout of t

system requirements: macOS 15 and later

Improvements

• Keep the selection in the file browser when filtering by filename.
• [non-AppStore ver.] Update Sparkle from 2.8.0 to 2.8.1.

Fixes

• Fix an issue where changing the theme color while a document is in front of the Settings window immediately overwrites the editor’s text color with the selected color.
• Fix an issue where an incremental search with the global search text is automatically performed when the application becomes active.
• Fix an issue where the file browser prompts an error message when selecting a symlink or alias whose original is unavailable.

Full Changelog: 6.1.1...6.1.2

system requirements: macOS 15 and later

Improvements

• Reset filename filtering by performing the Add File/Folder commands.

Fixes

• Fix an issue where the editor doesn’t receive focus by document opening when the system keyboard navigation feature is enabled.
• Fix an issue where a focus ring appears in an empty area in the navigation bar by document opening when the system keyboard navigation feature is enabled.
• Fix an issue in the file browser where the the items are not sorted when a top-level item was renamed.
• Fix an issue in the Quick Action bar where the last input remains.
• Fix an issue in editors where the word selection doesn’t expand properly when dragging the mouse.

Full Changelog: 6.1.0...6.1

system requirements: macOS 15 and later

New Features

• Introduce the filter feature in the file browser.
• Introduce the “Insert comment delimiters after indent” option to the Edit settings pane.
• Revert the “Append a space to comment delimiter” option to the Edit settings pane.
• Add Russian localization (Thanks to Andrey!).

Improvements

• Improve the algorithm to comment out block comments.
• Ignore .git folders in the file browser.
• Prevent moving focus to the editor when selecting a document in the file browser.
• Update the Verilog syntax to support SystemVerilog.
• Update the Swift syntax.
• [trivial] Adjust the layout of the Settings window.
• [trivial] Update the Unicode block name list.
• [dev] Up

system requirements: macOS 15 and later

New Features

• Add Russian localization (Thanks to Andrey!).

Improvements

• [trivial] Adjust the layout of the Settings window.
• [trivial] Update the Unicode block name list.

Fixes

• [beta] Fixed an issue where filenames were not properly truncated when filtering in the file browser.

Full Changelog: 6.1.0-rc...6.1.0-rc.2

system requirements: macOS 15 and later

Improvements

• Update the Verilog syntax to support SystemVerilog.
• Update the Swift syntax.
• [beta] Add missing localizations.
• [beta][dev] Update the build environment to Xcode 26.1 RC.

Fixes

• Fix an issue where the counts in the status bar are occasionally unavailable when the document is opened.

Full Changelog: 6.1.0-beta...6.1.0-rc

system requirements: macOS 15 and later

New Features

• Introduce the filter feature in the file browser.
• Introduce the “Insert comment delimiters after indent” option to the Edit settings pane.
• Revert the “Append a space to comment delimiter” option to the Edit settings pane.

Improvements

• Improve the algorithm to comment out block comments.
• Ignore .git folders in the file browser.
• Prevent moving focus to the editor when selecting a document in the file browser.
• [dev] Update the build environment to Xcode 26.1 beta 3.

Full Changelog: 6.0.4...6.1.0-beta

system requirements: macOS 15 and later

Improvements

• Improve the user interface details on macOS 26.
• Enable the enhanced runtime security protections.
• Ensure that the sidebar is always displayed when opening a folder document.
• Improve the “Open with External Editor” button in file preview views to allow specifying the application to open.
• [trivial] Display a confirmation dialog after changing the “Reopen windows from last session” option in the General settings pane.
• [trivial] Make text in the information part of the About window selectable.
• [dev] Update Yams from 6.1.0 to 6.2.0.
• [dev] Update the build environment to Xcode 26.0.1.

Fixes

• Workaround an issue on macOS 26 where the editor’s scroller tracks have a d