Changelog

New updates and improvements to Octarine

0.37.0

Views inline preview, custom AI, default folder for notes, file tree nav, bug fixes.

Views

  • Notes can now be previewed directly within Views. Click any row to open an inline sheet showing a read-only preview of the note, its properties, and document stats—all without leaving the View.
  • Use keyboard shortcuts j and k (or the up/down arrow buttons) to navigate between notes in the preview sheet, making it quick and easy to scan through your data.
  • Groups can now be sorted in ascending or descending order using a toggle in the View header.
  • Checkbox filters now combine "No value" with No into a single filter option.

Custom AI Providers

Custom AI Providers Settings

  • Connect unlimited custom AI providers using any OpenAI or Anthropic-compatible endpoint.
  • The provider settings interface now features a streamlined, unified card-based layout across all provider types.

Default New Folder

  • Designate a default folder where all new notes will be created when you use CMD/Ctrl + N, the CMD/Ctrl + K quick menu, or the New Note button in the sidebar.
    • This does not apply to new folders or when creating a note through a folder's context menu.

File Tree Keyboard Handling

  • Clicking a folder or note in the sidebar now automatically focuses it, letting you use keyboard shortcuts without first pressing CMD/Ctrl + Shift + E.

  • Press RightArrow on a folder to expand it (or press Space).

  • Press LeftArrow to:

    • Collapse the folder (if it's expanded)
    • Move focus to the parent folder (if the folder is collapsed)
    • Move focus to the parent folder (if you're on a note)
  • Fixed the sidebar tree from shifting position when a popover or context menu appeared.

Improvements

  • Slash commands now include two new options to quickly link to Today and Yesterday notes.
  • Copy Path is now available in the file tree context menu.
  • Task items in Markdown are now stored more compactly, with no unnecessary blank lines between them.
  • Improved performance when loading Mermaid diagrams for the first time.
  • Improved readability of selected text when renaming items in the sidebar.
  • Buttons in the sidebar use bg-secondary for active states rather than bg-hover
  • Wikilinks made in properties are considered part of Linked Notes and shown in the sidebar and calculated in the graph view.

Fixes

  • Fixed task item alignment being affected by line height settings.
  • Fixed the bubble menu overlapping the table toolbox.
  • Fixed a crash caused by malformed frontmatter in notes.
  • Fixed AI search retries not following the correct query flow.
  • Fixed file metadata errors that were causing crashes instead of being handled gracefully.
  • Fixed an issue where symlinks in the workspace would crash the app during workspace indexing.
  • Fixed an issue where the Activate License dialog would close when clicking anywhere within it if opened from a dropdown.
  • Fixed an issue where Zoom In/Out shortcuts wouldn't work on non-standard keyboard layouts.
  • Fixed an issue where the graph would get recreated multiple times when trying to search for nodes.