Bike Outliner 2 Releases

Bike 2 is a work in progress and not ready for daily use!

• Bike 2.0 (Preview) (220) 28 Apr 2025
  • Added bike.commands.toString for debugging
  • Added bike.keybindings.toString for debugging
  • Added value to all cases of OultinePathValue
  • Fixed keybindings to again recognize modifiers
  • Fixed keybindings documention, use - as separator
• Bike 2.0 (Preview) (219) 18 Apr 2025
  • Added fetch (fetch permission) API
  • Added outlineEditor.observeSelection API
  • Added window.observeFrontmostOutlineEditor API
  • Added more editor API for folding and focus testing
  • Changed some fields in outlineEditor.selection
  • Removed network access in DOMScripts (fetch should always fail)

  I have added an example inspector item to the @Bike extension that puts these
  changes together. To try it out fully select a word in your outline. You should
  see a list of synonyms show in the inspector. Dig into the @Bike extension to
  see how it works… but the basic idea is fetch happens in the app context. It
  requires the fetch permission. It sends results to the DOMScript context.

  Questions welcome!

• Bike 2.0 (Preview) (218) 16 Apr 2025
  • Added bike.showAlert API
  • Added window.presentSheet (domScript permission) API
  • Added window.inspector.addItem (domScript permission) API
  • Added URL open method and other URL (openURL permission) API
  • Added type parameters to clipboard API
  • Improved zoom animations when filtering
  • Show selected rows at full scale when filtering
  • Moved bike provided extension code from @Startup to @Bike
  • Fixed console.log output to show in Safari inspector
  • Fixed sidebar clicks to work when multiple windows open

  New release! Big effort this time around is giving extensions the ability to
  display their own UI in WebViews. Along the way I also managed to reorganize a
  bunch of things. Please see discussion in the forums.

• Bike 2.0 (Preview) (216) 08 Apr 2025
  • Added setMetadata and getMetadata to outline API
  • Fixed memory leaks and reloading extensions after code change
  • Fixed problems with extension defined keybindings that used modifier keys
  • Fixed <ul> element (root row) attributes to round trip through Bike format
• Bike 2.0 (Preview) (215) 04 Apr 2025
  • Added sidebar live queries
  • Fixed layout bugs (more remain)
  • Fixed some memory leaks

  Sidebar queries are configured by the extension API. If you have run a previous version of Bike 2 a @Startup extension is installed that doesn’t use that API, so you won’t see live query. If that’s the case you can delete that @Startup extension, and then restart Bike. A new @Startup extension will be created that uses the new API. To do this:

  1. Open Bike > Extensions… menu item.
  2. In the Finder window that opens, delete the @Startup extension.
  3. Restart Bike.

  Now when you create a heading in your outline it should show in the sidebar under “Headings”, you might have to expand “headings” to see it. You can modify your @Startup extension to create your own live queries.

• Bike 2.0 (Preview) (214) 29 Mar 2025
  • Added ability to provide id for new rows.
  • Added extension API tutorial
• Bike 2.0 (Preview) (213) 28 Mar 2025
  • Added extension API for row text
  • Added extension API to create outline from query
  • Changed extension API import / export options
  • Fixed filtering to select first match in block mode
  • Fixed pasting when in text mode (ie Raycast emojis)
  • Fixed keybindings breaking after command-tab away from Bike
  • Fixed named keys (such as space or downarrow) in keybindings
• Bike 2.0 (Preview) (212) 23 Mar 2025

  Extension API Changes:

  • Added Outline.insertRows, Outline.moveRows, Outline.removeRows
  • Added Outline.query, Outline.scheduleQuery, Outline.streamQuery
  • Added Outline.importRows, Outline.exportRows
  • Fixed console.log to show in Safari insprector and Console.app
  • Fixed Outline Path Explorer to always show frontmost outline view state
  • Fixed live reload of @Startup extension
• Bike 2.0 (Preview) (211) 21 Mar 2025
  • Simplified Outline > Folding
  • Added filtering (Shift-Command-F)
  • Added extension API: Commands, keybindings, sidebar items
• Bike 2.0 (Preview) (210) 18 Feb 2025

  Automatic software update is broken for this version. Fixed for next… I think! You’ll need to download and install manually.

  • Direct Download

  The focus of this release is on themes and outline paths. Themes have changed a lot since the previous preview release.

  Learn more:

  • Watch theme building tutorial
  • Read in progress Bike 2 Guide
• Bike 2.0 (Preview) (209) 15 May 2024
  • Added software update
  • Polished selection model
  • Started outline search/filtering. Work in progress
  • More app infastructure, including settings. Much of it is not connected