# Octarine 0.36.0 Changelog

Released: 2026-02-21

**Views**

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- 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**

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- 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**

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- 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.