Changelog

⭐ Improvements

• Removed legacy migration functionality and improved the app's startup time.
• PDF export now properly handles tables of contents with more than 80 steps.
• Progress bar during exports now correctly displays progress.
• Added a survey widget for new users.

🎁 New Features

• Notion Export – Export your guides directly to Notion using the native API.
• Guide Progress Tracking – Guides now display completion percentage on the Guides list page, showing how many steps are marked as done at a glance.
• Flexible Hotkey Capturing – Capture screenshots using any single key (Enter, Shift, letters, numbers) instead of just key combinations for faster workflow.
• Keyboard-Only Capture Mode – Added "No capturing on mouse click" option to support keyboard-only screenshot capturing.
• Danish 🇩🇰 translation added. Special thanks to Ivan S. for bringing Folge to Danish users!

⭐ Improvements

• Editor Enhancements:
  • Added "Zoom to 100%" and "Zoom to Fit" buttons for better viewport control
  • Initial zoom for smaller images now caps at 100% to prevent excessive enlargement
  • Moved "Bring Forward" and "Bring Backward" buttons from toolbar to the right sidebar for a cleaner interface
• Import steps feature now properly preserves the substeps structure when importing from other guides.
• Japanese 🇯🇵 translation updated by Nobu N.
• Dutch 🇳🇱 translation updated by Jeffrey D.

🔧 Bug Fixes

• Fixed padding for guide description in custom PDF covers.
• Fixed Confluence API integration with Data Center instances.

• Various small bug fixes here and there.

⭐ Improvements

• All internal files are now properly signed to ensure the app runs correctly under WDAC.
• Confluence export now correctly supports folders in the tree view.
• Confluence export generates correctly nested headers (H1–H6) for step titles and nested steps.
• Added an option in Confluence export to disable step numbering.
• Previously untranslated UI elements are now fully internationalized.
• Vertical and horizontal text alignment now works correctly on custom PDF covers.
• Fixed an issue where it was not possible to fully remove a guide description.

🎁 New Features

• Multi-Export Support - Export multiple guides at once by selecting them in the Guides list and using the new Export option in the floating menu.
• Enhanced Word Export - Word exports now fully support markup with the same styling as PDF exports.
• Export Templates Memory - The application now remembers your last used export template for each format and guide.
• OCR Language Expansion - OCR functionality now supports all languages that Folge is translated to.
• Japanese translation added. Special thanks to Nobuhito for bringing Folge to Japanese users!

⭐ Improvements

• Export UI Enhancements:
  • Last used export template is now marked as "Last used" for easy identification
  • Export template list automatically scrolls to show your last used template
  • Added "Export" option to the "..." menu in the Guides list for quicker access
• Confluence & WordPress Integration:
  • Exports now show the page that the guide was exported to, so guides can be quickly updated without having to find them in the tree again
  • Added "Open URL" button next to pages in the tree view for quick navigation
• Better Internationalization:
  • Non-Latin characters in export paths are now preserved instead of being replaced with underscores
  • Improved step text block rendering in Confluence exports
• Navigation Improvements:
  • Moving steps with hotkeys now works properly across multiple levels
  • Added "Backup to..." option in menus for easier data safeguarding

🔧 Bug Fixes

• Fixed issue with adding content blocks from buttons.
• And many more

• Various small bug fixes here and there.

• Folge Cloud button added to the dashboard to manage all published guides.
• Rich HTML export ToC has indentation for substeps.
• Various small bug fixes here and there.

🎁 New Features

• Added an emoji selector to the step details and guide description editor for more expressive content.
• Steps can now be reorganized without drag-and-drop using the new "Move Step To" option in the right-click menu.
• You can import steps from another guide directly from the "Add New Step" menu for easier discoverability.
• The right-click context menu now includes copy, paste, and cut actions for faster step editing.

⭐ Improvements

• The focused view panel is now collapsible, making the editor viewport clearer, and image action buttons are merged into one menu for simplicity.
• Windows capturing now has improved UI element recognition for more accurate screenshots.
• Export settings can now be hidden for WordPress and Confluence exports.
• Confluence export has been improved to correctly render the page hierarchy instead of showing all pages.

🔧 Bug Fixes

• Fixed malformed footer in some Word exports.
• Step links in content blocks now work correctly.
• Code blocks can no longer be broken by long strings.

🎁 New Features

• Custom AI API endpoint – You can now connect your own ChatGPT-compatible API endpoint for AI features.
• Nested placeholders – Placeholders can now contain other placeholders, unlocking more dynamic templates.
• Confluence Data Center support – Export your guides directly to self-hosted Confluence Data Center instances.

⭐ Improvements

• Refreshed the editor UI and UX – Help Center moved to the right, zoom logic improved, and a smoother canvas with scrolling added.
• Cover page editor now preserves new lines in elements for cleaner formatting.
• Code block element in the editor can now be toggled on and off with a single click.
• Confluence export now produces more robust HTML that won’t fail if some tags are not properly closed.
• Step text block now uses the new editor for a more consistent editing experience.
• Improved clicked element metadata retrieval precision

🔧 Bug Fixes

• Placeholders now work correctly for multi-image substeps.
• On macOS, AI voice recognition now requests microphone permissions if they haven’t been granted yet.

🎁 New Features

• ✨ 🎙 AI Voice Input – Easily add step descriptions using your voice. Use your own Whisper API key to record and transcribe in 60 languages.
• In rich HTML exports, clicking an image now opens it in full screen.

⭐ Improvements

• Word export headers are now A11y-compatible.
• Improved code block experience in the editor: inline toggling, the ability to move the block, and exit it by pressing Enter twice.
• In PDF exports, substeps now include .subStep and .subStep-N classes for better styling.

🔧 Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where exports could fail due to objects with null coordinates.
• Fixed a bug where the "Press Key and Click to Capture" option was sometimes ignored.
• Fixed an issue where cropper editing didn't work after pausing the capture.
• Confluence exports now properly support text blocks.

🎁 New Features

• ✨ AI Helper – Finally, some AI in Folge! Add your own AI API key and use the AI Helper to extend, review, and improve your SOPs.
• WordPress Export – Export your guides directly to any WordPress website.
• Table of Contents Depth – Choose how many heading levels to include in the table of contents. A long-awaited and highly requested option for PDF, Word, HTML, and Markdown exports.

⭐ Improvements

• The guide deletion confirmation text now lists all guides that will be deleted.
• Guides are now sorted by their "last updated" date in the Backup modal.

🔧 Bug Fixes

• Fixed text centering in PDF export.

🔧 Bug Fixes

• Spellcheck works properly with the new editor
• Fixed nested list styles in the PDF
• Cleaned up the editor's toolbar and moved some items into dropdown select lists

⭐ Improvements

• Confluence export has been reimplemented with multiple new features and is now available as a new export type for business license users.
• Confluence uses the latest API
• On Windows, the installer name is now "Folge," which simplifies automated app management.

🔧 Bug Fixes

• Capturing was sometimes getting stuck for Windows users.
• PDF export was not displaying headlines in step descriptions.
• PDF export now correctly displays lists.

🎁 New Features

• New text editor 🎉 – I've replaced the old editor with a brand new one that has fewer bugs and enables new features like Step Links and Tables.
• Step Links – Easily reference any step within a guide.
• Tables 📝 – You can now add tables directly into the guide or step descriptions.
• Right-click steps in the steps list to bulk-change their statuses.

⭐ Improvements

• The "New Folder" button has been moved to the guides list, next to the search bar.
• The NL locale was updated after another thorough proofreading by Jeffrey D.

🔧 Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue on Windows where capturing would get stuck after hovering over the menu.
• Resolved an issue where Word documents were sometimes corrupted due to invisible UTF characters.
• Fixed a bug where the Online Guides UI was not loading for some users.
• You can finally create lists that start with a number other than 1, and add new lines within existing lists. God bless the new text editor 🙏

⭐ Improvements

• Capturing speed in the active window/region modes has been greatly improved
• Focused View no longer zooms in too much on smaller images
• Rendering speed for all export formats has been improved
• Added first custom integration

🔧 Bug Fixes

• Replacing a step image was resetting Focused View if canceled.
• Multi-image and content block icons were not visible on Windows

🔧 Bug Fixes

• Special characters were breaking the cover page. ( Thank you, Haliee! )

🎁 New Features

• Content Blocks - A new step type that is exported as regular text, does not appear in the table of contents, and is not rendered as a regular step. A content block can be used to provide background information that is not specifically part of any step. This feature allows you to use Folge not only for creating SOPs but also for any type of documentation and for extending existing guides with additional information.
• GIF Support - You can now import and use GIFs as step images. In PDF and Word exports, GIFs are exported as static images, in other formats as GIFs.
• Placeholders - Placeholders are dynamic variables that allow you to insert reusable content throughout your step-by-step guide. They provide a convenient way to manage and update information that appears multiple times in your document.
• The app is now available in Dutch 🇳🇱. Thank you, Jeffrey, for the proofreading and your help!

⭐ Improvements

• The Guide Settings dialog has been refactored to accommodate the new placeholders functionality.
• The focused view logic has been improved to work properly with clicks on the edges and now features smoother zooming.
• The Guide Editor now includes an inline preview mode.

🔧 Bug Fixes

• Various minor fixes throughout the app.

🔧 Bug Fixes

• Fixed black screen during capturing on some Windows 10 machines
• Rich HTML renders static ToC for when javascript is disabled

⭐ Improvements

• Quick Actions have now two more commands: Create New Guide, Go To Guides List
• Header and Footer images are fully excluded from PDF when footer/header are disabled
• PDF export, step title number now has .stepTitleNumber class for CSS targeting

🔧 Bug Fixes

• Step Number object can be empty
• PDF export was breaking when a super long guide name was used
• Fix login/creating account during online exports when user is not logged in

🎁 New Features

• PDF Cover Page Editor - Customize the pdf cover page with an easy to use drag and drop editor 💥
• App is available in Italian language 🇮🇹

⭐ Improvements

• Export Settings Templates list is properly scrrollable

🔧 Bug Fixes

• Step description font properties are correctly displayed in PDF exports

🔧 Bug Fixes

• Regression: Arrow is rendered correctly

⭐ Improvements

• Cursor size is properly adjusted to the image size
• XS cursor size added as an option

🎁 New Features

• Step text blocks now support html markup
• Cursor' position is marked when capturing with shotcut
• Choose format date ( ISO too) in app settings
• [PPT Export] Adjustable Guide and Step titles alignment during export
• [PDF Export] Page size can be changed to A3, A4, A5, Letter, Legal
• [WORD export] New Simplified template can be chosen to export guide in a simple format without tables, etc
• Account name can be changed via Account Settings

⭐ Improvements

• Updated at column in Guides List
• [PPT export] Master slides fully reworked for easy styling.
• During export latest export template is stored and preselected

🔧 Bug Fixes

• Multiple small bugs and issues are fixed

🔧 Changes

• Doc export speed improvements
• Dutch translation 🇳🇱
• Step text block is saved on adding new one
• Compatibility mode for Folge to work properly with screensharing

⚠️ ⚠️ This is an experimental build which has major speed improvements for capturing on Mac and Windows. If you experience any issues with capturing please contact me at hello@folge.me

🔧 Changes

• Capturing speed is now about 3 times faster
• Fully discontinued support for Windows 32-bit. From now on Folge only works on 64bit Windows
• Windows build is now half the size it was
• PDF footer and header are properly aligned when a logo is used
• Styles of substeps are aligned across all HTML and PDF exports
• Guide description correctly displays indentations
• When exporting to HTML, JSON, or Markdown, user-defined image paths are correctly handled on Windows and Mac

🎁 New Features

• Automatic Bulk Blur - Automatically blur areas across multiple steps
• Blur can now be either blurry or pixelated

⭐ Improvements

• Arrow tool can have two arrowheads
• In Word export, step titles are now headings and support automatic Table of Contents
• When exporting original images, PNG or JPG formats are properly preserved
• Footer and header in Word exports are properly sized and work in Google Docs as well
• Images in Word export don't overlap

🔧 Bug Fixes

• Focused view properly responds to image replacement
• Small blur areas no longer resize to larger ones
• Fixed A4 height in PDF export
• Shadow works properly for both regular and pointy arrows
• Markdown export step titles don't have anchors when Table of Contents is hidden
• On Windows first click during capturing sometimes didn't work
• Improve UI recognition on Windows

🎁 New Features

• Automated Annotations - Folge detects elements you click and prefills step title

⭐ Improvements

• When holding shift, on canvas snap with 45 degrees step
• Rich HTML has "Description before/after image" option

🔧 Bug Fixes

• When dragging step down in list, it was jumping to +1 position
• Dragging step out of step list could remove it

🎁 New Features

• Folge Cloud Beta - Export your guides as online guides, share with others 💥
• Folge Cloud supports embedding guides as widgets

⭐ Improvements

• Adding new steps to existing guide is now much faster especially on big guides with > 100 steps
• Toolsbar active icon is better indicated
• Esc key deselects active object, or returns to the normal mode if any tool is chosen
• App alerts if step block is unsaved when navigating away
• 'Add New Step' button creates step at the bottom of the steps list
• 'Change Parent Step' feature correctly preserves the step order and adds steps at the bottom of the list
• When adding a new step, or navitaging to the guide, steps list automatically scrolls and focuses on the selected step
• Focused zoom is more precise
• Pasting images into Folge as new steps doesn't crash the app anymore
• Markdown export' image paths now always match user entered template
• Markdown export properly strips out image attributes

🔧 Bug Fixes

• Color picker cant hang the app anymore (yes, this is a surprise to me it could!)
• Step number text align now works
• Tooltip text color is working properly
• Focused view panel is properly positioned for smaller images
• DND placeholder has proper size when dragging steps
• Fix broken styles in Rich HTML export for multiimage steps