Changelog

What's New

Every update to SmartText, documented.

v2.1.0 April 11, 2026 Latest

Folders, Template Library & Widget

✨ New

  • Folders — organise shortcuts into named folders with custom icons. Includes an Uncategorized catch-all.
  • Flat / Folder view toggle — switch between a flat list with folder badges and a folder drill-in view. Preference is saved.
  • Template Library — 5 built-in shortcut packs (Email, HR & Recruiting, Code, Support, Markdown). One-click install creates a matching folder.
  • Floating Widget — a discreet A button on the right edge of every page. Draggable vertically. Contains quick access to the overlay and an enable/disable toggle.
  • Dark / Light mode — toggle from the popup header or Settings page. Preference is saved.
  • Ctrl+Shift+Q overlay shortcut — open the searchable shortcuts overlay on any page.
  • Hyphen convention — all built-in and library shortcuts now use a -hyphen prefix to prevent accidental expansions.

🐛 Fixed

  • Newline (↵) toolbar button now correctly inserts a line break on expansion.
  • Actual Enter key presses in the shortcut textarea now expand as line breaks correctly.
  • {{cursor}} placement in rich text editors (Gmail, Notion) now works reliably.
  • Options page buttons were unresponsive due to a missing closing brace — fixed.
  • P2P sync removed — replaced with reliable JSON file export/import.

🔧 Improved

  • Rich text toolbar restored in shortcut editor with bold, italic, inline code, and newline buttons.
  • Domain restriction field restored in shortcut editor.
  • Import now shows exact count of added vs skipped shortcuts.
  • Widget visibility can be toggled from Settings without needing to reinstall.
v2.0.0 March 2026

Full Rebuild — Dark Theme & Rich Text

✨ New

  • Complete UI rebuild with dark Obsidian theme.
  • Rich text expansion — bold, italic, code in Gmail, Notion, Slack.
  • Smart variables: {{date}}, {{time}}, {{email}}, {{cursor}}.
  • Domain-specific shortcuts — restrict expansion to certain websites.
  • Shortcuts overlay — searchable popup triggered by keyboard shortcut.
  • Export / Import shortcuts as JSON.

🔧 Improved

  • ContentEditable expansion rewritten — no more double-expansion bugs in Gmail and Notion.
  • Trigger key detection improved — Tab and Enter now work alongside Space.
  • Service worker architecture for MV3 compliance.
v1.0.0 January 2026

Initial Release

✨ New

  • Text expansion for INPUT and TEXTAREA elements.
  • Space key as expansion trigger.
  • Simple popup for creating and managing shortcuts.
  • Chrome storage sync for cross-device persistence.