Cultured Code Release Notes

February 21, 2022
Requires macOS 10.13 or later

• Added support for Type Travel when a project’s When/Repeat fields have “hidden” focus.
• Added support for selecting the “Show/Hide later items” toggles via keyboard inside areas.
• Restored the old behavior for revealing a to-do after clicking a notification: it’s now revealed in Today instead of its parent list.
• Improved performance when pasting many rows into a checklist.
• Improved compatibility with macOS Monterey’s keyboard shortcuts for entering full screen mode.
• Tweaked the rules for scheduling items via the Ctrl+[ keyboard shortcut: if an item has a Deadline date but no When date, a When date will be set relative to the Deadline date.
• Sped up dismissal of the Quick Entry window so that focus is returned to the foreground app more quickly.
• Fixed some bugs where a list’s layout wouldn’t update correctly if a to-do’s location in the list changed after collapsing it.
• Fixed a bug that prevented the Return key from selecting a date after expanding the When popover’s calendar view.
• Fixed a bug that prevented a to-do from being revealed from Quick Find search results if it was inside a collapsed view in its parent list.
• Fixed a bug that could cause the grammar check tooltip to vanish shortly after appearing.
• Fixed a bug where checklist items could remain selected after clicking into a to-do’s notes field. …

February 15, 2022
Requires iOS 12.1 or later

• Markdown:
  • Added support for headings within a quote.
  • Improved behavior when applying the List command.
  • Improved behavior when applying the Link command on existing links.
  • Fixed the behavior of certain commands on indented lines.
• Improved the accessibility when setting reminders via the When popover.
• Improved the contents generated when exporting a list via Share.
• Improved sync performance.
• Fixed a bug where the tag filter bar wouldn’t immediately update if a tag was renamed.
• Fixed a bug where it could be impossible to schedule a to-do for “This Evening” via natural language.
• Fixed a bug where, when adding a time via the When popover, the default time would be in the past.
• Fixed a bug where, when users in time zones west of UTC typed dates in natural language, incorrect results would be shown.
• Fixed a bug where swiping a to-do under a heading in a repeating project could reveal the When popover.
• Fixed a bug where the Inbox would be shown as a Move destination for repeating to-dos.
• Fixed a crash that could occur if a to-do was moved from a repeating project to the Inbox.
• Fixed a crash that could sometimes occur when reordering to-dos in Today.
• Various other improvements under the hood.

January 24, 2022
Requires macOS 10.13 or later

• Markdown improvements:
  • Added support for headings within quotes.
  • Improved behavior when formatting links.
  • Improved behavior when applying a bullet list via shortcut.
  • Fixed some issues with the behavior of multi-line spans on indented lines.
• Added an “Open in New Windows” option when right-clicking multiple projects at once.
• Added support to undo the manual logging of completed items.
• Restored support for using function keys in shortcuts for Quick Entry and Quick Entry with Autofill.
• Removed Inbox from the Move dialog when moving repeating items.
• Fixed a problem with incorrect sorting in the Tomorrow list.
• Fixed some UI glitches when collapsing to-dos.
• Fixed some UI glitches in Dark Mode.
• Optimized performance of initial syncs with Things Cloud.
• Various codebase improvements under the hood.

December 10, 2021
Requires iOS 12.1 or later

• Fixed a bug where the launch screen would show for longer than it should on the first launch of the day.
• Fixed a bug where the order of the Tomorrow list wouldn’t match the Upcoming list if it included to-dos with deadlines.
• Fixed a bug where the on-screen keyboard could unexpectedly change from numbers to text while typing in the notes field.
• Fixed a bug where the Move popover would incorrectly display a separator line at the top when moving headings.
• Fixed a bug where, when expanding a to-do in search results, the to-do wouldn’t steal keyboard focus from the search field.
• Fixed a bug that prevented the When dialog from displaying a selection in the full-screen date picker.
• Fixed a crash that could occur on launch for iOS 15 users with a very large number of repeating to-dos.
• Improved state restoration after a user force-quits Things from the app switcher.

December 1, 2021
Requires macOS 10.13 or later

• Improved UI performance.
• Improved launch performance.
• Improved selection handling when interacting with items in search results.
• Restored the ability to search for dates after dragging an item onto the Upcoming list.
• Added the option to convert a heading (with its to-dos) into its own project (tap the heading’s ••• menu).
• Removed superfluous animations when converting a to-do or heading into a project.
• Removed superfluous animations when creating a project while viewing an area.
• Fixed a bug that prevented to-do completion via keyboard shortcut in the Quick Entry window.
• Fixed a bug where the Quick Find popover could display incorrect contents.
• Fixed a bug where, in some scenarios, the Calendar Events banner would not appear in the Upcoming list.
• Fixed a bug where the Inbox could erroneously display a red badge when it contained no items with deadlines.
• Fixed a bug where the selection state wouldn’t update after scheduling an item from inside the Anytime or Someday lists.
• Fixed a bug where, if a tag’s title was modified via the Tags window, the change wasn’t immediately reflected in the tag filter bar.
• Fixed a crash that could occur on launch if AppleScript collections are requested from Things before it’s running.

November 19, 2021
Requires macOS 10.13 or later

• Improved drag & drop behavior in the Tomorrow list.
• Restored the ability to drag a to-do onto the Trash list in the sidebar.
• Restored the ability to move tasks to the Trash list using AppleScript.
• Fixed a bug where a list’s Later section wasn’t automatically expanded to reveal to-dos when necessary.
• Fixed a bug where the Someday list’s Active Projects section wasn’t automatically expanded to reveal projects when necessary.
• Fixed a bug that caused the tag filter bar to appear in the wrong location in the Tomorrow list.
• Fixed a bug that caused the yellow “new in Today” dot to appear on items when viewed in other lists.
• Fixed a bug where the contents of the Trash list could be missing in some circumstances.
• Fixed a bug where context menu overlays weren’t removed when converting to-dos into projects.
• Fixed a bug where context menu overlays weren’t removed when switching between lists.
• Fixed a crash when trying to invoke certain commands while the When popover was open.
• Fixed a crash when editing a to-do in multiple windows at the same time.
• Fixed a crash when adding a new tag in an empty Tags window.
• Fixed a crash when pasting content into text fields.

November 17, 2021
Requires iOS 12.1 or later

• The Clear button will now show in the When popover for mixed selections.
• Fixed a bug where setting a reminder on a to-do in Today could unintentionally cause it to appear in This Evening if it was in This Evening on a prior day.
• Fixed a bug where it could be impossible to set a reminder on a to-do that appeared in Today because of a deadline and still has its yellow “new in Today” dot.
• Fixed a bug where tags could be erroneously added to to-dos when reordering or dragging them into tag-filtered lists.
• Fixed a bug where drag & drop feedback would be misleading when dragging items into a list that is filtering out to-dos.
• Fixed a bug where the order of Upcoming items could be incorrect in Tag lists, Contact lists, and search results.
• Fixed a bug where, when pasting multiple lines of text into a project’s title, the extra lines wouldn’t cascade into the notes field.
• Fixed a bug where, when pasting multiple lines of text into a project’s title, the extra lines weren’t stripped out.
• Fixed some issues with the ordering of active projects in Someday.
• Fixed some issues with the behavior of drag & drop in the Later Projects list.
• Fixed a crash that could occur while typing in Quick Find with Display Zoom enabled on some iPhones.
• Various other changes under the hood.

November 13, 2021
Requires macOS 10.13 or later

• The Clear button will now show in the When popover for mixed selections.
• The Enter key on extended keyboard layouts will now match the behavior of the Return key.
• Improved selection behavior when bumping the start date of a multi-selected group of to-dos into the past via Ctrl+[ in Today.
• Improved selection behavior when marking a multi-selected group of to-dos with yellow “new in Today” dots as Today via Cmd+T to remove the dots.
• Various smaller improvements for selection handling.
• Prevented dropping into lists where items are tag-filtered out of view if the dropped to-dos have inherited tags that won’t be stripped when dropping.
• Restored the correct sort-order for items in the Trash: most recently deleted items appear at the top.
• Fixed a bug where a tag filter wasn’t cleared when switching between lists.
• Fixed a bug where tags could be erroneously added to to-dos when reordering or dragging them into tag-filtered lists.
• Fixed a bug where setting a reminder on a to-do in Today could unintentionally cause it to appear in This Evening if it was in This Evening on a prior day.
• Fixed a bug where it could be impossible to set a reminder on a to-do that appeared in Today because of a deadline and still has its yellow “new in Today” dot.
• Fixed a bug where the interface wouldn’t update after dimissing a context menu that had been opened via Control+click. …

November 10, 2021
Requires iOS 12.1 or later

• Improved support for ProMotion on the iPhone 13 Pro.
• Improved performance when animating changes in lists.
• Improved performance when opening a project with many logged to-dos.
• Updated the Settings screens for Siri and Shortcuts.
• Fixed a bug where, when deleting an archived heading in a project, to-dos under the heading could appear at an unexpected location in the list.
• Fixed a bug where dragging a new heading to the top of a project with no headings didn’t work as expected.
• Fixed a bug with the visual alignment of dates in the Upcoming list.
• Fixed a few bugs related to highlighting links in notes.
• Fixed a potential crash when parsing Markdown syntax in certain notes.
• Many smaller improvements under the hood.

November 10, 2021
Requires macOS 10.13 or later

• Improved behavior of the Clear button in When popover; it now behaves the same as Cmd+R does on the keyboard.
• Improved handling of start date adjustments via keyboard shortcut when a deadline date is also present.
• Restored the ability to drag an active project onto a contact list in the sidebar.
• Fixed some bugs with detecting Markdown highlights that encapsulated URLs.
• Fixed a bug with the visual alignment of dates in Upcoming.
• Fixed a bug where incorrect month ranges could be shown in Upcoming.
• Fixed a bug where to-dos added via Quick Entry would not land at the top of the Inbox.
• Fixed a bug where inactive projects would be reactivated when dragged onto Areas in the sidebar.
• Fixed a bug where the selection state would be lost if a selected item was removed from the Tomorrow list.
• Fixed a bug where the tag filter bar could become inaccessible after removing tags from to-dos in a filtered view.
• Fixed a bug in the Deadlines list where the year of a to-do’s deadline would be shown even in a section that already showed the year.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when dragging Repeating To-Dos into the sidebar.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when attempting to copy a tag while editing it.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when attempting to share a project while editing it.
• Fixed a sporadic crash that could occur when updating certain menus.
• Improved model performance.

November 1, 2021
Requires macOS 10.13 or later

• Restored Ctrl-based shortcuts within expanded to-dos on pre-Monterey versions of macOS.
• Restored support for dragging projects onto lists in the sidebar (Today, Upcoming, etc.).
• Prevented dragging project headings onto non-project lists in the sidebar.
• Fixed a bug where a completed to-do would be marked incomplete if moved to a different list or heading.
• Fixed a bug where a to-do would not be marked incomplete when moved to the Inbox if it had been completed but not yet logged.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when inserting a new to-do while editing the title of a project or area.
• Added workarounds for sporadic crashes caused by move animations on macOS 12 Monterey.