Tot Pocket

iOS:

• Fixed scrolling stutter on iOS 16
• Share button is now shown while keyboard is hidden
• Added rectangular and circular Lock Screen widgets


watchOS:

• Added ability to clear a dot using the text’s long-press menu
• Added circular, rectangular, and corner watch face complications

All:

• Fixed crashes caused by Windows CRLF line endings in plain text [Yay Tim!]


iOS:

• Fixed new “Dot” icons on iPad
• Empty plain text dots are now initialized correctly [Yay Adrian!]


macOS:

• Added “Hotkey Window Follows Mouse” to Window menu: repositions window under mouse when Show Window hotkey is used [Yay Alex!]


watchOS:

• The text input help is only shown once [Yay Vatsal!]

Greater control when creating and editing Smart Bullets, find and print text, improved layout control, and a new watch app to put Tot on your wrist!

All:

• Added keyboard shortcuts for Smart Bullets [Yay MrStaggs!]
- Control-8 to create a Smart Bullet on the current line
- Command-8 to toggle Smart Bullet on current line
- The last Smart Bullet you picked will be used
- Use the keyboard combo to create a normal bullet (Option-8) as a reminder

• Added printing support
- On macOS, use the File menu
- On iOS, use Print at the end of the Edit menu

• Added setting to adjust line height [Yay David!]
- macOS: Format menu > Line Spacing > Standard → 30% increase
- iOS: Settings > Text & Layout > Standard → 30% increase

• New “Dot” app icon choice in Settings to match new watchOS app (see below)


iOS:

• Added support for standard Find behavior in iOS 16
- In Edit menu, use Find or Find Selection
- To replace text, tap on magnifying glass and select Find & Replace

• Added key clicks and haptic feedback on keyboard controls and Quick Keys
- To turn on haptics, use Settings > Sounds & Haptics > Keyboard Feedback

• Improved Edit menu layout and behavior
• Fixed a bug where text wouldn't save properly when Tot was launched from a widget [Yay Harrie!]


macOS:

• Added a command-line option to disable automatic backups:
% defaults write com.iconfactory.Tot disableAutomaticBackups 1
• Using Cmd-0 to select an empty dot is now disabled if no dots are available [Yay Gruber!]
• Updated status bar icon to be more consistent in size and spacing
• The Settings icon now indicates its state more clearly


watchOS:

• New app that takes Tot’s mobility to a new level!
- Available as a separate purchase on your watch’s App Store
- Shows the contents of all your dots
- Add text with dictation, Scribble, and other text input
- Changes sync between macOS, iOS, and watchOS
- NO general editing of text due to watch limitations

All:

• Smart Bullets:
- Perfect for creating TODOs and checklists
- Click or tap on a Smart Bullet to toggle its state ON/OFF
- Bullets are normal text that you can copy & paste into other documents
- Easy to share Smart Bullet lists as plain text
- Optimized for both platforms:
macOS: Pick Smart Bullet using * button in status bar
iOS: Set which Smart Bullet to use via Quick Keys in Settings
- Check out What’s New in Help for a video overview and more info


iOS:

• Support for Widgets:
- Multi-dot for viewing a summary of all of your dots [Yay Everyone!]
- Single dot for viewing a snippet of a configured dot [Yay and their dog!]
- Widget content can be updated via iOS Shortcuts
• Links now open directly in Tot:
- Use Settings to turn this feature off and open links in Safari instead
• Improved pointer interactions on iPadOS when using a trackpad
• Fixed current selection in character picker


macOS:

• Fixed a crash when viewing plain text in Help [Yay Terry!]
• Fixed a problem with popover window not appearing over a full screen window [Yay Adrian!]
• Added “Paste and Match Style” [Yay sharprichnorth!]

All:

• Added support for Shortcuts:
- Commands to get, set, or show text from any dot
- Query a dot to get text counts, modification date, JSON dictionary, and more
- Works great as scratchpad to collect input for a Shortcut
- Also a convenient way to save text that has been processed
- Same actions on macOS and iOS, allowing shared workflows

macOS:

• New “Control With” setting – Smart Icons:
- Use Tot's menu bar icon to display a popover window
- Detaching the popover window shows Tot's app icon in the Dock
- Select Tot with Command-Tab keys and access menu bar options [Yay Elsie!]
- Tot's Dock icon disappears when its window is closed
• Improved window behavior when changing Dock and menu bar settings
• Added caching to speed up Font menu (both in menu bar and context menu) [Yay Allen!]
• Reminder about the iOS app isn’t shown on first few runs
• Hovering over a dot now displays its number as a helpful tooltip

iOS:

• Increased contrast of unused dots in dark mode [Yay Mark!]

All:

• Fixed a crash during iCloud updates - often seen at launch
• Fixed a typo in help: there are no longer limitions in this app
• Hash marks for Markdown headers are no longer used for AutoList [Yay TJ!]
• Fixed issues with some bullet characters not automatically starting a list

iOS:

• Fixed a problem with text undo not working
• Changed shortcut action names to be more explicit by adding “Text”
• Fixed a problem with RTL text being displayed incorrectly when returning to foreground [Yay Moshik!]

macOS:

• Fixed a problem with spell check settings not saving correctly
• Improved rendering of dots on the flat title bar
• Fixed placement of popover window in menu bar

All:

• Dot defragger: compacts dots to keep things clean and organized:
- Cleans up dots by moving full ones to the left and empty ones to the right
- iOS: Use “Compact Dots” in share sheet (or tap & hold on share icon)
- macOS: Use Window > Compact Dots… (or ⇧⌘D)
• AutoList will only remove bullets if they are in the middle of a list [Thanks Ian!]
• Fixed check for 100,000 characters: deleting text no longer triggers the alert
• If the first paragraph of a dot is mostly Arabic or Hebrew, the text will automatically switch to using a Right-to-Left writing direction [Thanks Ezra!]
• In plain text, ⌘B and ⌘I inserts a single Markdown character without a selection (this previously only worked with selected text)


macOS:

• New symbol picker added to status bar:
- Click on the asterisk to get a popover with symbols
- Pick a bullet to start a new list, Emoji to add status, or any other symbol
- A quick alternative to ⌃⌘Spacebar


iOS:

• Fixed sample text at first launch

• Compatibility with latest operating systems and hardware

macOS:

• Fixed an issue where the center dot wasn’t clickable. [Yay Chris!]
• Fixed titlebar appearance.

All:

• Improved Markdown support:
- Text should not lose characters when switching edit modes, and literal escapes are only added as needed.
- Fixed issues with escaped Markdown characters not being removed from rich text. [Yay Marvin!]
- Underscores and asterisks in rich text are now escaped when converted to Markdown.
- Text for inline links is handled correctly now.
- Improved handling of horizontal rulers.

iOS:

• Added entitlement for “user installed fonts” so Adobe CC fonts can be used.
• Change sharing extension button from “Done” to “Save”.
• Fixed issues with keys when reduced transparency was turned on. [Yay Oli!]
• Typing whitespace at the end of a link will remove link formatting and allow normal text to be entered. [Yay Gruber!]

macOS:

• The icon picker in Settings is a lot simpler now. We’re not afraid to make mistakes, we’re afraid of bad decisions that don’t get corrected. :-)
• Added icons that look better on future versions of macOS.
• Titlebar appearance was adapted for future versions of macOS.
• Pasting relative URLs now treats them as plain text. [Yay Marvin!]
• Fixed selecting fixed width fonts by not using a localized name. [Yay Carles!]
• Fixed issues with substitutions and text checking getting stored and synced correctly. [Yay Dom!]

All:

• Added Share extension and widget
- On macOS, enable in System Preferences > Extensions
- On iOS, use ⋯ in Share sheet app icons to add Tot
- On iOS, use Edit at bottom of widget view to add Tot
• New Mobius icon. [Yay Ged!]
• Added a limit of 100,000 characters per dot. [Yay Garrett!]

iOS:

• Default font is now selected correctly in settings (both variable and fixed).
• Fixed a bug where tapping a link while editing didn’t select the entire URL.
• Fixed VoiceOver for switching edit modes. [Yay Alex!]
• Improvements when navigating header using VoiceOver. [Yay Alex!]

macOS:

• Help text is displayed using the font size setting of the current dot. [Yay zax!]
• Fixed styling for links dragged in from Chrome.
• URLs pasted into rich text are now linked automatically.
• Scrollbar is now tinted using dot theme [Yay Frank!]
• Fixed drawing issues with status bar.
• Improved VoiceOver labels for statistics and text mode toggle. [Yay Alex!]
• Improved VoiceOver for dot header, status bar, and settings. [Yay Robin!]

iOS:

• Fixed VoiceOver when switching edit modes. [Yay Alex!]
• Improvements when navigating header using VoiceOver. [Yay Alex!]
• Disabled text size changes using keyboard commands (Cmd + and -). [Yay Gruber!]
• Text statistics are no longer abbreviated if there’s enough space (e.g. iPad).


macOS:

• Fixed a crash when dragging or quitting from menu bar (yes, really).

• Improved Accessibility:
- Dots in header are now treated as an ordered list of tab buttons in VoiceOver.
- The text view’s label is now read as “Dot #” followed by its contents.
- Fixed many items so they read correctly in VoiceOver.
- Dots now use numbers for "differentiate without color" in Accessibility settings. [Yay Jason!]
- Updated help and default content for color blindness accessibility.
- Added Grayscale icons to app settings.

• Lines that begin with a brace or bracket are no longer used for AutoList [Yay huckncatch!]


macOS:

• Moved Dock icon configuration to Settings:
- Pick your favorite icon style using the heart icon.
- Use the contrast icon to pick between Dark & Light themes.

• Dots can be numbered using “defaults write com.iconfactory.Tot showIndex true” then quit and relaunch. [Yay Kelvin!]
• Added tooltip on menu bar icon that shows app name and keyboard shortcut. [Yay stiegjon!]


iOS:

• Fixed a potential crash if a custom font was no longer available [Yay Ged!]
• Cleaned up presentation of bulk actions (when tapping and holding on share button). [Yay Gruber!]

iOS:

• AutoList improvements:

 - Items without any text are automatically removed when you press return. [Yay Ben, Gus, Ged, and Ian!]

- A new item will be inserted before the current line if the cursor is at or before the symbol. [Yay Ian!]

- Text now scrolls into view after inserting a new symbol. [Yay Ian!]


• Font improvements:
- Tot now supports custom fonts.
- For help installing fonts on iOS, please see: https://support.iconfactory.com/kb/tot/using-custom-fonts-in-tot-pocket
- Added setting for fixed width font. [Yay Gruber!]
- Added sliders in Settings to fine tune text size. [Yay Ged!]


• Updated tab button icon (so it no longer looks like indent).
• Fixed name of dark green icon [Yay Karan!]
• Fixed a problem with pasting URLs as plain text.

macOS:

• AutoList improvements:
- Items without any text are automatically removed when you press return. [Yay Ben, Gus, Ged, and Ian!]
- A new item will be inserted before the current line if the cursor is at or before the symbol. [Yay Ian!]
- Text now scrolls into view after inserting a new symbol. [Yay Ian!]

• Hiding the window with the hotkey will restore the application that was open when the window was activated.
• Updated help with settings for menu bar items: configuring text view quotes and spelling, floating window support, and modifying keyboard shortcuts. [Yay @tot_app followers!]
• Removed an unneeded submenu from text view context menu.


• Custom app icons in 14 colors are now available in Settings. [Yay Ged!]
• Custom themes are supported - use macOS theme editor to update all devices.

• Sharing sheet now includes actions to clear, copy, and replace all text.
  - Use long press on sharing icon for quicker access and additional options.
• Added “Paste as Plain Text” [Yay Brian!]
  - Use keyboard command Shift-Cmd-V on iPadOS.
  - Also at end of text selection menu.
• Worked around an iOS crash when selecting a huge amount of text. [Yay Federico!]

• AutoList™: lines with leading tabs or a symbol and a space are automatically replicated to make maintaining lists easier. [Yay Ben!]
• Sharing now uses text from dot, not a file. To save a file, long-press on the share icon.
• Added Cmd-0 and Cmd-1-7 support to iPadOS
• Clear All no longer adds stuff to the clipboard unexpectedly

• Text mode is now synced across devices: if you switch to plain text on your phone, your desktop will also switch.

• Cleaned up help text – its great now.
• Straight quote obliteration. [Fricken’ Gruber!]
• Delete button no longer causes a crash a first character. [Yay Matthew!]
• Fixed check for adding sample content: you may see it once more, but then it will only occur after a new install.
• Text editing now adapts to new dynamic text size without having to relaunch.
• The keyboard is no longer tinted when Colored Backgrounds are set to OFF
• Additional keyboard shortcuts to match Safari muscle memory: Cmd-Shift-[ to show previous dot, Cmd-Shift-] to show next dot. [Thanks Erik!]