Changelog

New updates and improvements to Octarine

0.36.0

Views grouping, always show Calendar, resizable editor tables, Ask Octarine date queries, bug fixes.

Views

  • Views can now be grouped using a variety of default and custom properties.
    • You can click each group header to expand or collapse the group.
    • Default properties are organized by range, depending on the property:
      • Word Count, Character Count, Line Count, and Reading Time are grouped into defined ranges instead of individual values.
      • Created Date and Modified Date are grouped by relative time frames, such as Today, Yesterday, Last 7 Days, and Last 30 Days.
  • Any changes made to filters must be explicitly saved by clicking Save before they are written to the database. This lets you experiment with different filters without losing your previous setup.
  • After entering a value in a text or number input filter, pressing Enter will immediately perform the search.
  • New default property Folder is made available to add as a column or query views against.
  • The icon selector now offers over 400 icons.
  • The view table header uses the bg-sidebar color and features additional padding.

Sidebar Design

  • A new option, Always show Calendar, is now available under Settings → Preferences (default: ON).
    • When enabled, the daily desk calendar is visible in all sections — Notes, Templates, Views, and Ask Octarine — either above or below the sidebar tree.
    • You can choose its position (top or bottom) in Settings → Preferences → Calendar Position (default: Bottom).
  • The positions of quick actions have been updated: New Note and New Folder are now on the left, while Refresh File Tree and Collapse File Tree are grouped under a More Actions dropdown.
  • Both the Notes and Templates sections now display clearly labelled New Note and New Template buttons.
  • Improved performance of calculate which days in the calendar have an existing note.
  • The icon selector now offers over 400 icons.

Improvements

  • You can now resize table columns in the editor by dragging their edges. The column widths are stored as HTML Comments in the markdown file, placed above the table.
  • Ask Octarine now supports created date queries such as "notes from last week" or "created before January," using the actual file creation dates.
  • When the Templates tab is empty, the call-to-action now displays as Create Template.

Fixes

  • Links in exported PDFs are now clickable.
  • Fixed code blocks inside task items sometimes causing errors.
  • Fixed the sidebar scrolling unexpectedly when pasting markdown files into the file tree.
  • Fixed a performance issue where the embedding indexer could run in a loop.
  • Reduced repeated polling of window events.