NW.js v0.13.0-beta7 Release Notes

We are pleased to announce NW.js 0.13.0-beta7. Chromium 48 is updated to 48.0.2564.116 from 48.0.2564.109.

NW.js is now able to support devtools extensions, including the one for ReactJS etc. To use them, see http://docs.nwjs.io/en/v0.13.0-beta7/For%20Users/Debugging%20with%20DevTools/#using-devtools-extensions

A method is added to webview tag, so you can launch devtools for this webview. Besides opening a new window, You can also place the devtools UI in a webview. This enables IDE software for better UI. See the doc for more information: http://docs.nwjs.io/en/v0.13.0-beta7/References/webview%20Tag/#webviewshowdevtoolsshow-container

If you're new to this major new beta version 0.13, please read http://nwjs.io/blog/v0.13.0-beta1/

An important internal change in this release is that the Window object returned by nw.Window.get() resides in the background page. It's a 'shadow' object and its prototype points to the actual (inner) Window object in DOM context, which we returned by the function in previous releases. This change is for supporting navigation in the target window. After navigation, the previously returned Window object is still functional and its prototype is updated with the new inner Window object. This change doesn't affect our API.

ChangeLog

Update Chromium to 48.0.2564.116
Support loading devtools in/for webview by adding webview.showDevTools (#4411)
Fully support for devtools extensions (#612)
support loading local file in webview (#4425)
Fix: add URL scheme support for MAC (#4240)
Fix: alert/prompt dialog with nwjs style (#4413)
Fix: menubar button not found when navigate to another menu (#4371)

Full changelog: https://github.com/nwjs/nw.js/blob/nw13/CHANGELOG.md

Download

SDK build:

NaCl build and other platforms: http://dl.nwjs.io/v0.13.0-beta7/

There are 3 builds for each platform - normal build, sdk build and Nacl build. Normal build doesn't have devtools, only SDK build does. lt can be opened by pressing F12 (Cmd-Alt-I on OSX). SDK packages also have more development tools to be exposed in the following releases, as well as the NaCl support.

Our build infrastructure enables live binary build from git tip so you can access to the latest binary from http://dl.nwjs.io/live-build/

Known issues

http://docs.nwjs.io/en/latest/For%20Users/Migration/From%200.12%20to%200.13/#known-issues