v2.7.5

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Breaking changes

Minimum IDE version has been increased to 2021.2.

Fixes

• Add prefix and suffix options for strings.
• Ensure consistent capitalisation between previews.

v2.7.4

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Fixes

Custom action shortcuts should use current configuration. (#423)

v2.7.3

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Breaking changes

Minimum IDE version has been increased to 2020.3. (#358) (#386)

Fixes

• Shorter error messages in preview window.
• Resolved critical UI error in upcoming 2021.3 IDEs as result of using incorrect factory. (#418)

v2.7.2

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Fixes

Prevent symbol set settings from being truncated after restarting IDE. (#382)

v2.7.1

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Breaking changes

Minimum IDE version has been increased to 2020.2. (#375)

New features

• Remove limit on difference between minimum and maximum integer. (#367)
• Add "byte" integer type to generate integers from -127 to 128. (#368)
• Input field widths now reflect the expected input sizes. (#374)
• Significantly improved performance when generating long strings. (#373)
• Generator timeout prevents IntelliJ from freezing when using excessively complex inputs. (#373)

Fixes

Prevent overflows when using a large range with integers. (#370)

v2.7.0

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Breaking changes

• Minimum IDE version has been increased to 2020.1. (#209, #345, #361)
• Extended English dictionary (english_extended.dic) has been removed to improve performance and reduce plugin size. (#352)

New features

• 🔠 Integer capitalization.
  Option to change capitalization of Integers with base greater than 10. For example, generate 0xFF instead of 0xff. (#346)
• Short inline explanation of how dictionaries work in the Words settings dialog. (#347)
• Improved support for drag-and-drop of dictionary files into dictionary table. (#350)
• Improved error messages for IO failures with dictionaries. (#354)
• Natural column widths in dictionary table. (#354)
• Changes to dictionary contents are detected directly while in the Words settings dialog. (#354)
• Invalid settings are marked as modified even if settings have not been changed. (#354)

Fixes

• Listing of data types in Randomness settings dialog has been fixed. (#341)

v2.6.1

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New features

• The error report dialogue will now inform you of the privacy policy applicable to the reporting.

Fixes

• Excessively long error reports are now partially truncated to prevent HTTP 414 errors on GitHub.
• Reserved URI characters in error reports are now truncated to prevent URI misinterpretations.

v2.6.0

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New features

• 💫 Prefixes and suffixes.
  Prepend or append strings to your integers and decimals
• Check the list of look-alike symbols by hovering over the option in the string settings.

Fixes

• Schemes can now be saved and loaded correctly.
• Deleting a scheme no longer loads that scheme into the default scheme.
• Mnemonics for spinners now actually work.

v2.5.1

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New features

• 🚨 Error reporter.
  Easily report fatal Randomness errors to GitHub by clicking the report button in IntelliJ's event log.

Fixes

• Time-based UUID previews now use fixed seed until preview is refreshed.
• Radio buttons are no longer in a grid, giving the corresponding labels more natural sizes.
• The layout of UUID options has been altered slightly.
• Holding modifier keys in settings-only popup now triggers normal behavior of opening settings window.

v2.5.0

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Symbol set settings will be reset when updating to v2.5.0 because of changes in how settings are stored. You can safely re-add your custom symbol sets after updating.

New features

• ♻️ Scheme switcher
  Quickly switch between your schemes by holding Alt + Ctrl while selecting a data type.
• 😀 Emoji
  Generate random strings of emoji by adding them to symbol sets.
• 🕵 Look-alike characters
  Exclude characters that look like each other (e.g. 1, l, I) in generated strings to prevent confusion.
• Change your settings using the Randomness popup even when you don't have an editor opened.
• Slightly friendlier and more accurate error messages for tables.

Fixes

• Input fields now correctly resize when shrinking the dialog.
• Symbol set table now makes full use of vertical space.
• Dictionary table no longer exceeds dialog width.
• Adding a new entry to a table using the "Add" button will now allow you to immediately edit the new entry.
• Leading and trailing whitespace characters no longer disappear when expanding a symbol set field.
• Pressing Enter in a table now activates the editor for the currently-selected cell.
• Duplicate symbols in single symbol sets are now ignored.
• Arrow keys now work correctly for all radio buttons.