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Version 8.18.0

Updated: October 7, 2022

Welcome to v8.18.0, the 22Q release of Bixby Developer Studio (Bixby Studio). This release includes streamlined user experience and improved performance enhancements, as well as some editor enhancements to syntax highlighting and autocomplete.

Features and Enhancements

Usability and Performance Improvements

We've streamlined some of the user experience, as well as improved the general performance of Bixby Studio.

  • [VIDE-5986] Redesigned global status indicator
  • [VIDE-6017] Redesigned toolbar buttons and sync popup
  • [VIDE-6151] Optimize file sync operation by leveraging file change events
  • [VIDE-6092] Simplify error icon display and overflow behavior in file tree
  • [VIDE-6012] Add a shortcut to run a query in hands-free mode in the Simulator
  • [VIDE-6154] Add a way to create generic macros in the New File dialog

You can see many of these updates in the Bixby Developer Studio Tour section of the Bixby Studio Basics guide.

Code Editor Enhancements

We've made improvements to syntax highlighting and autocomplete within the code editor.

  • [VIDE-6076] Improve syntax highlighting for vocabulary
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  • [VIDE-6076] Improve syntax highlighting for brackets in optional dialog fragments
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  • [VIDE-6076] Improve syntax highlighting for action-endpoints comma separator
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  • [VIDE-6127] Improve the robustness of symbol autocompletion for switch, where-each, and action-endpoints

Bug Fixes

  • [VIDE-6058] Exclude BHP content from search results in Bixby Studio
  • [VIDE-6119] Fix an issue that causes empty tabs when creating a new capsule; improve the display of duplicate capsule warning