Changelog.

Improvements

Better Notion Import
When importing Markdown files from Notion, links now appear as styled Canto LinkPills—those neat little pill buttons with the 🔗 icon—instead of plain blue text. They look better and are easier to spot in your notes.

Multi-Select in All Notes Sidebar

You can now select multiple notes and notebooks at once in the "All Notes" sidebar for bulk operations:

• Cmd+Click any note or notebook to enter multi-select mode
• Todo-style checkboxes appear on each item for easy selection
• Bulk actions available from the bottom bar: Tag, Move, Pin, Delete
• Keyboard shortcuts: Cmd+A to select all visible, Escape to clear selection
• Right-click any selected item for context menu options

Perfect for reorganizing your workspace or applying tags to many notes at once.

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Smarter Tag Suggestions

AI-powered tag suggestions are now more intelligent:

• 3-second debounce — suggestions appear after you stop typing, not while you're mid-sentence
• Semantic matching — AI understands the meaning of your content, not just keywords
• 70% confidence threshold — only high-quality suggestions are shown
• Per-note setting — disable suggestions for specific notes if you prefer

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Tag System Improvements

Automatic Cleanup

Tags that are no longer used by any notes are now automatically removed from your tag list. Keeps your tag cloud clean and relevant.

Fixed Tag Search

Clicking a tag now consistently opens search results — no more cases where clicking a second time wouldn't work.

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Sidebar Visual Polish

Cleaner Counts

• PRIVATE count now shows your actual notes plus notebooks (excluding daily notes)
• DAILY count shows just your daily journal entries
• Folder counts show how many direct children each folder contains

Better Spacing & Layout

• Increased indentation for nested folders (16px) — easier to see the hierarchy at a glance
• "See More" button repositioned below your private notes section
• Removed dark gradient overlay that was causing visual issues in the sidebar
• New totals footer showing your overall note and notebook counts

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Bug Fixes

• Fixed a race condition where deleted tags could temporarily appear in search results
• Tag search now properly refreshes when orphaned tags are cleaned up

🏷️ Introducing Tags

You can now organize your notes and notebooks with colorful tags. Tags make it easy to group related content across folders and find what you need instantly.

What's new:

• Add tags to any note or notebook — Click in the header and start typing. Press Enter or comma to create a new tag.
• Color-coded organization — Each tag has its own color, making it easy to spot related content at a glance.
• Smart autocomplete — Existing tags appear as you type to keep things consistent.
• Tag sidebar — See your most-used tags right in the sidebar for quick access.
• Full tag management — Click "See All" to browse, search, edit colors, or clean up unused tags.

Tips:

• Type #my-tag inline and it will be converted automatically (coming soon)
• Tags work across both notes and notebooks
• Tag names are normalized automatically (don't worry about capitalization)

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🔍 Powerful New Search

Finding your notes just got much easier. The redesigned search lets you filter by multiple criteria at once, just like Gmail.

New filter options:

• Tags — Search for items with specific tags (match any or all)
• Folder — Limit search to a specific folder and its subfolders
• Date — Find notes from today, yesterday, last week, last month, or pick a custom range
• Type — Search notes only, notebooks only, or everything
• Content — Choose to search just titles or full note content

Improved search experience:

• Visual filter chips show what's active — click to remove
• Keyboard friendly — Use ↑↓ to navigate results, Enter to open, Esc to close
• Highlighted results — Matching terms are highlighted in titles and snippets
• See tags in results — Tag badges appear on search results for quick context

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🎨 Polish & Improvements

• Faster tag suggestions as you type
• Smooth animations when adding/removing tags
• Better empty states when no tags exist yet
• Consistent tag colors throughout the app

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🐞 Known Issues

• Inline hashtag creation (typing #tag directly in editor) is planned for the next update
• Tag hierarchy/nested tags (like #work/client-a) coming in a future release

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Enjoy the new organization superpowers!
If you have feedback, reach out at support@lonelyduck.io

🚀 New Features

Export & Import Notebooks (.cnb files)

• You can now export individual notebooks as .cnb files — a secure, encrypted format perfect for sharing or backing up specific notebooks
• Import .cnb files via File → Import
• Notebooks maintain all their cells, outputs, and attachments when exported

Notebook Trash Support

• Deleted notebooks now go to Trash instead of being permanently removed
• Restore accidentally deleted notebooks with one click
• Permanently delete notebooks from trash when you're sure you don't need them
• Empty trash to free up space and remove all deleted items at once

✨ Improvements

Trash Modal Redesign

• New tabbed interface lets you switch between All items, Notes only, or Notebooks only
• Easier to find what you're looking for when you have mixed content in trash
• Clear visual indicators show whether an item is a note or notebook

View Deleted Notebooks Safely

• Open deleted notebooks from trash to review their contents before restoring
• View mode is completely read-only — no accidental edits or code execution
• Clear red banner reminds you the notebook is in trash with quick Restore/Delete Forever buttons

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where notebooks wouldn't load when opened from trash
• Fixed notebook editing controls being active when viewing deleted notebooks
• Fixed "Failed to save notebook" errors that appeared when viewing deleted notebooks

✨ New Features

Smart Context Menus

Right-click almost anywhere to access contextual actions:

• Notes & Notebooks: Open, rename, delete, move to folder, or open in a new pane
• Tabs: Close, close others, split pane, or move to another pane
• Editor: Quick AI actions when text is selected

Side-by-Side Notebooks

Notebooks can now be opened in multiple panes simultaneously, just like regular notes. Compare different sections or work on multiple notebooks at once.

All-in-One Search

The search bar now finds both notes AND notebooks. Notebooks show with a book icon and are sorted by relevance.

Chrome-Style Tabs

• Tabs automatically resize to fit your pane width
• Tabs shrink as you open more, just like Chrome
• The split pane button is always visible, never hidden

Smoother Tab Reordering

Drag tabs to reorder them with smooth, physics-based animations. The dragged tab becomes semi-transparent so you can see exactly where it will land.

Better Rename Everywhere

• Rename notes directly in the primary sidebar (no modal needed)
• Rename notebooks inline too, with the same smooth experience
• All renames instantly sync across the app—sidebar, tabs, and open editors all update together

Real-Time Note Sync

When you edit a note that's open in multiple panes, all panes update instantly. No more stale content when working side-by-side.

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🎨 Design Improvements

Cleaner Context Menus

• Context menus are now focused on note-specific actions
• AI shortcuts are more discoverable

Redesigned Move Dialog

Moving notes between folders now shows a beautiful nested tree view with:

• Expandable/collapsible folders
• Create, rename, and delete folders right in the dialog

Better Note Info

The note info modal is now centered with:

• Full ID display with a one-click copy button
• Color-coded badges (blue for notes, orange for daily notes, purple for notebooks)

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fixed rename reverting when pressing Enter in the sidebar
• Fixed notebook titles not syncing between sidebars and editor
• Fixed notebook title disappearing when renamed from secondary sidebar
• Fixed spacebar not working in notebook rename fields
• Fixed duplicate rename triggering issues

⚡ Performance

• Faster sidebar updates when renaming
• Smoother pane splitting with max 3 pane enforcement

Canto 0.1.0-alpha.7

This is a stability release focused on improving the experience for users who run both development and production builds.

Canto 0.1.0-alpha.6 - Data Directory Improvements

What's New

Reliable Data Migration

• Moving your Canto data to a custom location (like an external drive or cloud folder) now works smoothly
• The app will correctly remember your custom location after restarting
• No more reverting back to the default location unexpectedly

Cleaner Data Transfer

• When moving data, Canto now properly closes the database first to ensure a complete, uncorrupted copy
• Temporary database files are properly cleaned up during migration
• Only Canto's files are touched during cleanup—your other apps' data is left alone

Smarter Lock File Handling

• Fixed an issue where the lock file could be left behind in the old location
• Lock files are now correctly released from the right location during migration

Better Shutdown Behavior

• Fixed a rare error that could appear in logs when closing the app
• License checking is now properly paused during shutdown

What's New

Choose Where Your Data Lives

You can now select a custom folder to store your Canto data. This is perfect if you want to:

• Keep your notes on an external drive
• Store data in a cloud-synced folder (like Dropbox or iCloud Drive)
• Organize your files exactly how you want

How to use it: Go to Settings → Data Location to move your data to a new location. The app will handle the migration automatically.

Rock-Solid Database Reliability

We fixed a critical issue where the app would show a blank screen after restarting. Your data is now safely encrypted and will persist correctly across app updates and restarts.

Smoother File Sharing

Fixed an issue where workspace files (.cwsp) had the wrong file extension in the save dialog. Sharing your notes with others should now work seamlessly.

Cleaner Upgrades

When you update from older versions, the app now automatically cleans up leftover files and settings from previous installations, keeping your system tidy.

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Improvements Behind the Scenes

• Enhanced security for your encryption keys
• Better error handling if something goes wrong
• Improved logging to help diagnose issues faster

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Upgrading from Previous Versions

Simply download and install the new version. Your existing notes and settings will be preserved automatically. The first launch may take a moment as we perform some housekeeping to ensure everything is properly set up.