WYSIWYG Notes Editing

• Notes work just like you want - you’ll never have to learn anything about how markdown works unless you want to.
• Formatting codes and other markdown tags are now hidden by default resulting in a clean, simple editing experience that is exactly “what you see is what you get”.
• TheBrain’s notes are still built on markdown, so they are still:
  • Ultra-reliable
  • Stored in plain-text but with support for powerful formatting and images
  • Easily shared with your other tools
• Love markdown? Just turn on markdown display to enjoy TheBrain’s best-of-breed markdown editor.
• Even when hiding markdown, many markdown shortcuts can still be typed for fast formatting. For example, * at the start of a line to create a bullet list and - to create a checkbox.
• With both WYSIWYG and the ability to show markdown tags, the new notes editor offers the best of both worlds.

Powerful Tables in Notes

• Tables are vastly improved with the ability to set column widths, customize colors, move cells, insert columns and rows, and much more.
• All new table controls for intuitive manipulation and editing.
  • Select a group of cells by clicking and dragging or by holding shift and using the arrow keys.
  • Select a column or row using the column and row handles along the left and top sides. You can also drag these handles to move them or right click on a handle to open a context menu.
  • Insert a column or row anywhere by clicking the insert controls along the right and bottom sides.
  • Set the width of a column simply by dragging the right edge.
• Click the table toolbar button in the top left corner of a table to display the table toolbar. The table toolbar gives fast access to table-specific commands:
  • The table theme editor where you can visually style a table with custom colors and themes.
  • Move a cell or group of selected cells.
  • Duplicate the selected row or column.
• Once a group of cells has been selected, many features take advantage of this:
  • Press the delete key to clear the cells. If an entire row or column is selected, it will be removed.
  • Cut, copy and paste can be used to move cells within a table or from one table to another.
  • You can even select a group of cells, copy it, then paste elsewhere in the document to create a new table.
  • If normal content (not made of multiple cells) is copied and then multiple cells are selected prior to pasting, the content will be duplicated into every selected cell.
• Formatting within tables is more powerful than ever. Virtually everything that can be done in a document can now be done just as easily inside of a table. This includes applying formatting, justification, line styles, colors and more. You can even apply formatting to multiple cells at once.
• Instantly create a table and specify its size with the new UI.
• Tables are now much more robust and can’t be accidentally broken by typing or deleting the wrong thing.

Multi-Column Notes

• Multi-column notes is an innovative new layout that enables better use of widescreen computer displays. It presents content that is too tall to fit vertically all-at-once by arranging it side-by-side in a scrollable, seamless interface.
• Utilize your entire display for viewing and editing large amounts of content while minimizing the need for scrolling and avoiding unreadable wide spans of text.
• Access multi-column layout via Preferences > Notes Editor > General > Layout.

Improved Sync

• Brains set to sync automatically are now synced on application exit.
• To exit immediately, simply close the sync status window that appears.
• This function can be turned off in Preferences > Behavior > Other.

Dynamic Wallpaper

• Specific wallpaper can now be associated with a thought type.
• As you navigate from thought to thought, the appropriate wallpaper fades in yielding a smooth transition.
• Wallpapers are an inheritable property of thought types, making them simple to setup and manage.

Native Apple Silicon Support

• TheBrain now runs natively on Apple’s M1 and M2 chips resulting in smoother and more efficient operation.

Attachment Improvements

• Work with multiple attachments at once:
  • When a thought has multiple attachments, click the thought icon to open the list of attachments.
  • Ctrl/Cmd+click to select multiple attachments at once.
  • Use the context menu to copy, cut or delete the selected attachments.
  • Drag and drop multiple attachments at once.
  • All of these features also apply to the list of attachments displayed in BrainBox.
• The standard paste command (Ctrl/Cmd+V) pastes attachments onto the active thought/link when attachments are in the clipboard.
• Web site icons (“favicons”):
  • Right click on a URL attachment to open the context menu where the new Copy Favicon to Icon command appears.
  • When a thought’s icon is a favicon, you can now copy it to the clipboard by opening the thought properties dialog, clicking the icon, and selecting Copy Icon
• New setting in Preferences > Behavior > Content Previews to toggle immediate previewing of file attachments upon being attached.

More Notes Improvements

• Reorganized notes editor preferences including new options:
  • Turn on display of markdown tags.
  • Toggle rendering of underscore tags as italics to match standard markdown.
  • Setting to disable email/phone number recognition.
• Improved toolbar including fast access to toggle markdown display and a new insert menu.
• Support for fixed page breaks (accessed through the insert menu).
• Faster performance, especially with very long lines of text
• Paragraph type dropdown improvements:
  • Creates multi-line code regions.
  • Support for H5 and H6 headings.
• Improved copy/paste that maintains the correct formatting of text even when the relevant markdown tags are not copied.
• All new engine that makes application of formatting more consistent and predictable.
• Underline and strike-through can now be applied freely, even in the middle of words.
• Toolbar controls for applying superscript and subscript formatting.
• When typing bold or italic text, typing a space will no longer disable the formatting until another character is typed. (This is a problem with every other markdown editor.)

Other Improvements

• Preferences are now searchable along with commands via Help > Search Commands and Preferences or by typing / in the search box.
• Create multiple thought types at once using semicolons.
• Copy a thought and paste its colors to another thought using the new Paste Thought Colors command.
• BrainBox documentation link added to the BrainBox menu.
• Settings in the Create Document dialog are now retained.
• A keyboard shortcut can now be set for childward only searches.
• New preference to disable backlinks and unlinked mentions from private thoughts.
• Spelling suggestions are now available from within the to do list.
• Events attached to forgotten thoughts are faded in the timeline display.
• Support for multiple backtick tags to surround inline code containing a backtick.