Tot Version History
macOS:
Text mode is now synced across devices: if you switch to plain text on
your phone, your desktop will also switch.
Updated Settings to match Apple Style Guide. [Yay John!] - Fixed a
problem with the dynamic dock icon’s drop shadow. [Yay Anthony!] •
Increased contrast of help text for better readability. [Yay John!] •
Cleaned up help text – its great now. [Yay John, Dan, and TJ!] •
Straight quote obliteration. [Fricken’ Gruber!] - Selecting Tot with
Cmd-Tab will now reopen its window if needed. - Popover window no longer
animates from menu bar. Snappy. [Yay Fredrik!] - A detached popover
window’s size is saved and used the next time you click on the menu bar
icon. [Yay Jordan!] - Added a “Display as Floating Window” option in
Window menu. [Yay Kevin!] - New Edit > Add Link… (⌘K) can used to
create or edit links in rich text mode. - Arrow keys can now navigate in
Help.
iOS:
Text mode is now synced across devices: if you switch to plain text on
your phone, your desktop will also switch.
Cleaned up help text – its great now. - Straight quote obliteration.
[Fricken’ Gruber!] - Delete button no longer causes a crash a first
character. [Yay Matthew!] - Fixed check for adding sample content: you
may see it once more, but then it will only occur after a new install. •
Text editing now adapts to new dynamic text size without having to
relaunch. - The keyboard is no longer tinted when Colored Backgrounds
are set to OFF - Additional keyboard shortcuts to match Safari muscle
memory: ⌘⇧[ to show previous dot, ⌘⇧] to show next dot. [Thanks
Erik!]
Tot 1.0.2
macOS:
- AutoList™: lines with leading tabs or a symbol and a space are
automatically replicated to make maintaining lists easier. [Yay Ben!]
- Cmd-S no longer beeps when saving text, immediately syncs instead.
[Yay Nick!] - New “Extra Extra Large” font size setting. [Yay
Justin!] - Added check for plain text mode to prevent issues with style
attributes in fonts like Fira Code. [Yay Jed!] - Added a new Window >
Column Layout option to set column width (wide, narrow or full) for
wider windows [Yay Ben!] - Spelling, grammar, and substitution
settings are now synced for each dot. Use Edit or the contextual menu
within a dot to turn on spell check or turn off substitutions. [Yay
Andre!]
iOS:
- AutoList™: lines with leading tabs or a symbol and a space are
automatically replicated to make maintaining lists easier. [Yay Ben!]
- Sharing now uses text from dot, not a file. To save a file, long-press
on the share icon. - Added Cmd-0 and Cmd-1–7 support to iPadOS - Clear
All no longer adds stuff to the clipboard unexpectedly
macOS:
Tot can now customize the dot color theme: - Use Option key in Tot
menu or Cmd-Option-, to open Theme Preferences. - Select the dot you
want to change in the main window. - Changes to color well are displayed
immediately. - New colors are synced to all devices, including iOS. -
Share your theme as .tot file with save/load in Theme Preferences. -
Theme file is JSON with hex colors: easy to modify in text editor, too.
Added Share to File menu. [Yay DW!] - Allows you to create custom
keyboard shortcuts. - See
https://support.iconfactory.com/kb/tot/keyboard-shortcuts-in-tot
Updated Help to match changes with Cmd-S.
iOS:
Custom app icons in 14 colors are now available in Settings. [Yay
Ged!] - Custom themes are supported - use macOS theme editor to update
all devices.
Sharing sheet now includes actions to clear, copy, and replace all
text. - Use long press on sharing icon for quicker access and additional
options. - Added “Paste as Plain Text” [Yay Brian!] - Use keyboard
command Shift-Cmd-V on iPadOS. - Also at end of text selection menu. •
Worked around an iOS crash when selecting a huge amount of text. [Yay
Federico!]
macOS:
AutoList improvements: - Items without any text are automatically
removed when you press return. [Yay Ben, Gus, Ged, and Ian!] - A new
item will be inserted before the current line if the cursor is at or
before the symbol. [Yay Ian!] - Text now scrolls into view after
inserting a new symbol. [Yay Ian!]
Hiding the window with the hotkey will restore the application that
was open when the window was activated. - Updated help with settings for
menu bar items: configuring text view quotes and spelling, floating
window support, and modifying keyboard shortcuts. [Yay @tot_app
followers!] - Removed an unneeded submenu from text view context menu.
iOS:
AutoList improvements: - Items without any text are automatically
removed when you press return. [Yay Ben, Gus, Ged, and Ian!] - A new
item will be inserted before the current line if the cursor is at or
before the symbol. [Yay Ian!] - Text now scrolls into view after
inserting a new symbol. [Yay Ian!]
Font improvements: - Tot now supports custom fonts. - For help
installing fonts on iOS, please see:
https://support.iconfactory.com/kb/tot/using-custom-fonts-in-tot-pocket -
Added setting for fixed width font. [Yay Gruber!] - Added sliders in
Settings to fine tune text size. [Yay Ged!]
Updated tab button icon (so it no longer looks like indent). - Fixed
name of dark green icon [Yay Karan!] - Fixed a problem with pasting
URLs as plain text.
All:
Improved Accessibility: - Dots in header are now treated as an ordered
list of tab buttons in VoiceOver. - The text view’s label is now read as
“Dot #” followed by its contents. - Fixed many items so they read
correctly in VoiceOver. - Dots now use numbers for “differentiate
without color” in Accessibility settings. [Yay Jason!] - Updated help
and default content for color blindness accessibility. - Added Grayscale
icons to app settings.
Lines that begin with a brace or bracket are no longer used for
AutoList [Yay huckncatch!]
macOS:
• Moved Dock icon configuration to Settings: - Pick your favorite icon
style using the heart icon. - Use the contrast icon to pick between Dark
& Light themes.
• Dots can be numbered using “defaults write com.iconfactory.Tot
showIndex true” then quit and relaunch. [Yay Kelvin!] - Added tooltip
on menu bar icon that shows app name and keyboard shortcut. [Yay
stiegjon!]
iOS:
- Fixed a potential crash if a custom font was no longer available [Yay
Ged!] • Cleaned up presentation of bulk actions (when tapping and
holding on share button). [Yay Gruber!]
macOS:
- Fixed a crash when dragging or quitting from menu bar (yes, really).
iOS:
- Fixed VoiceOver when switching edit modes. [Yay Alex!] •
Improvements when navigating header using VoiceOver. [Yay Alex!] •
Disabled text size changes using keyboard commands (Cmd + and -). [Yay
Gruber!] - Text statistics are no longer abbreviated if there’s enough
space (e.g. iPad).
All:
- Added Share extension and widget - On macOS, enable in System
Preferences > Extensions - On iOS, use ⋯ in Share sheet app icons to
add Tot - On iOS, use Edit at bottom of widget view to add Tot - New
Mobius icon. [Yay Ged!] - Added a limit of 100,000 characters per dot.
[Yay Garrett!]
macOS:
- Help text is displayed using the font size setting of the current dot.
[Yay zax!] - Fixed styling for links dragged in from Chrome. - URLs
pasted into rich text are now linked automatically. - Scrollbar is now
tinted using dot theme [Yay Frank!] - Fixed drawing issues with status
bar. - Improved VoiceOver labels for statistics and text mode toggle.
[Yay Alex!] - Improved VoiceOver for dot header, status bar, and
settings. [Yay Robin!]
iOS:
- Default font is now selected correctly in settings (both variable and
fixed). - Fixed a bug where tapping a link while editing didn’t select
the entire URL. - Fixed VoiceOver for switching edit modes. [Yay
Alex!] - Improvements when navigating header using VoiceOver. [Yay
Alex!]
All:
- Improved Markdown support: - Text should not lose characters when
switching edit modes, and literal escapes are only added as needed. -
Fixed issues with escaped Markdown characters not being removed from
rich text. [Yay Marvin!] - Underscores and asterisks in rich text are
now escaped when converted to Markdown. - Text for inline links is
handled correctly now. - Improved handling of horizontal rulers.
macOS:
- The icon picker in Settings is a lot simpler now. We’re not afraid to
make mistakes, we’re afraid of bad decisions that don’t get corrected.
:-) - Added icons that look better on future versions of macOS. •
Titlebar appearance was adapted for future versions of macOS. - Pasting
relative URLs now treats them as plain text. [Yay Marvin!] - Fixed
selecting fixed width fonts by not using a localized name. [Yay
Carles!] - Fixed issues with substitutions and text checking getting
stored and synced correctly. [Yay Dom!]
iOS:
- Added entitlement for “user installed fonts” so Adobe CC fonts can be
used. - Change sharing extension button from “Done” to “Save”. - Fixed
issues with keys when reduced transparency was turned on. [Yay Oli!] •
Typing whitespace at the end of a link will remove link formatting and
allow normal text to be entered. [Yay Gruber!]
All:
- Compatibility with latest operating systems and hardware, including
Big Sur and Apple Silicon.
macOS:
- Fixed an issue where the center dot wasn’t clickable. [Yay Chris!] •
Fixed titlebar appearance.
All:
- Dot defragger: compacts dots to keep things clean and organized: -
Cleans up dots by moving full ones to the left and empty ones to the
right - iOS: Use “Compact Dots” in share sheet (or tap & hold on share
icon) - macOS: Use Window > Compact Dots… (or ⇧⌘D) • AutoList will
only remove bullets if they are in the middle of a list [Thanks Ian!]
- Fixed check for 100,000 characters: deleting text no longer triggers
the alert - If the first paragraph of a dot is mostly Arabic or Hebrew,
the text will automatically switch to using a Right-to-Left writing
direction [Thanks Ezra!] - In plain text, ⌘B and ⌘I inserts a single
Markdown character without a selection (this previously only worked with
selected text)
macOS:
- New symbol picker added to status bar: - Click on the asterisk to get
a popover with symbols - Pick a bullet to start a new list, Emoji to add
status, or any other symbol - A quick alternative to ⌃⌘Spacebar
iOS:
- Fixed sample text at first launch
macOS:
- Updated all icons, including dynamic ones, to Big Sur style - Added
purple tint color on controls to match iOS
All:
- Fixed a crash during iCloud updates - often seen at launch • Fixed a
typo in help: there are no longer limitions in this app • Hash marks for
Markdown headers are no longer used for AutoList [Yay TJ!] - Fixed
issues with some bullet characters not automatically starting a list
macOS:
- Fixed a problem with spell check settings not saving correctly •
Improved rendering of dots on the flat title bar - Fixed placement of
popover window in menu bar
iOS:
- Fixed a problem with text undo not working - Changed shortcut action
names to be more explicit by adding “Text” - Fixed a problem with RTL
text being displayed incorrectly when returning to foreground [Yay
Moshik!]
macOS:
- Local backups of iCloud data are now done automatically: - View latest
backups with File > Show Automatic Backups - Backups are JSON files
encoded in UTF-8 - Restore a backup with File > Restore Backup… -
Backups are updated as needed every hour • Increased contrast of unused
dots in dark mode [Yay Mark!] - Keyboard shortcuts like ⌘G now work
correctly while Find panel is displayed [Yay Ben!] - Improved
compatibility with Bartender [Yay Michal!]