The release of Zed editor 0.178.5 (and 0.178.4) brings a range of enhancements and bug fixes. The updates cover a git.hunk_style setting that determines the appearance of staged or unstaged hunks, enhancements to gutter diff hunks to indicate the staging status, the addition of a secondary meta key to the Zed keystroke parser, the capability to open folders in Zed via third-party macOS file managers, a sign-out button for Copilot within Assistant settings, and improved cmd-click functionality in the terminal for locating additional paths. Furthermore, there is support for workspace/executeCommand pertaining to actions' data.

In Linux, the nano text editor now saves (Ctrl-O) by default in the terminal environment. Enhancements have been made to languages, featuring the auto-closing of JSX tags, support for clangd's inactiveRegions extension, and the inclusion of vtsls and typescript-language-server among the available language servers. The enhancements in Python now include improved highlighting for default function arguments and scoped identifiers.

Vim has introduced the % motion, the :reg[isters] command to display the current values of registers, and enhanced support for toggling boolean values using ctrl-a and ctrl-x. The integration of AI has enhanced the user experience in scenarios where keybindings for accepting predictions are absent. Recent updates address several issues, including the visibility of text selection over a text background, the incorrect identification of file paths in the built-in terminal caused by colons and additional text, and the improper highlighting of file paths in the terminal when surrounded by parentheses or brackets.

Zed 0.178.5

Enhancements

• Git: Added a git.hunk_style setting to control whether staged or unstaged
  hunks are hollow. ( 26816; thanks  jakcharvat)
• Git: Improved gutter diff hunks to show whether a hunk is staged. ( #26809; thanks  jakcharvat)
• Added a keybinding to alt-shift-enter to interact with the button on the new status toasts, toast::RunAction. ( #26420)
• Added Open Remote... to File menu. ( #26288)
• Added a "secondary" meta key to the Zed keystroke parser, which maps to cmd on macOS and ctrl off of macOS. ( #26390)
• Added support for opening folders in Zed from third-party macOS file managers like Path Finder and Super Charge through their Open With menu. ( #26357)
• Added a sign-out button for Copilot in Assistant settings. ( #26340)
• Added support for workspace/executeCommand for actions' data. ( #26239)
• Improved cmd-click in terminal to find more paths. ( #26174)
• Improved the terminal tab for when command is run via vim mode, in order to disable the rerun button, seeing as Zed does not support it. ( #26122; thanks  dinocosta)
• User and global .npmrc configuration is now respected when running user-provided NPM binary (which also happens automatically when npm from PATH is newer than 18.0.0). ( #26209)
• Gruvbox Themes: Added a color for @variable.special syntax highlights. ( #26271; thanks  edwloef)
• Linux: Made nano save (ctrl-o) work by default in terminal. ( #26479)

Languages

• Added support for auto-closing of JSX tags. ( #25681)
• Added support for clangd's inactiveRegions extension. ( #26146; thanks  naim94a)
• Added vtsls and typescript-language-server to the list of available language servers. ( #26046; thanks  sacki5)
• Improved Python highlighting for default function arguments and scoped identifiers. ( #25813; thanks  MrSubidubi)
• Enabled soft-wrap by default in Markdown. ( #26247)

Vim

• Added <count>% motion. ( #25839; thanks  5brian)
• Added :reg[isters] to show the current values of registers. ( #25945; thanks  AidanV)
• Added support for toggling boolean values with ctrl-a/ctrl-x. ( #25997; thanks  5brian)

AI

• Edit Predictions: Improved UX when there's no keybinding for accepting predictions. ( #25815)

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where text selection was not visible on top of a text background in the editor. ( #26454)
• Fixed an issue where Zed showed transparent titlebar in fullscreen mode on macOS. ( #26403)
• Fixed a bug where file paths in the built-in terminal of the format path/to/file.ext:row:col:description or error message would not be correctly identified as file paths due to the colon & additional text at the end. ( #26401)
• Fixed an issue where clicking the editor with the mouse while the Go to Line palette is open would cause it to jump to the previous scroll position. ( #26362)
• Fixed LSP completion items modified before resolve request. ( #26347)
• Fixed an issue where signing into Copilot required restarting Zed. ( #26330)
• Fixed default file type associations overriding associations provided by extensions for txt files. ( #25420; thanks  MrSubidubi)
• Fixed SSH remotes running Nushell. ( #25613)
• Fixed the terminal tab title when using !! to rerun the last command. ( #26122; thanks  dinocosta)
• Fixed an issue where cmd+click on a URL was not working sometimes. ( #26128)
• Fixed an issue where the wrong file from a different worktree would open when using Cmd+Click on a file import. ( #26120)
• Fixed font sizes not reacting on settings change. ( #26060)
• Fixed the "Open a file or project to get started" message not always showing after all buffers have been closed. ( #26044; thanks  felixpackard)
• Fixed lost focus when navigating back in project search result. ( #22483; thanks  feeiyu)
• Fixed broken C++ completion suggestions. ( #25405; thanks  BorisVassilev1)
• Fixed wrong file icons being shown for files outside of the current project. ( #25933; thanks  MrSubidubi)
• Fixed constants not being highlighted in Python files. ( #25813; thanks  MrSubidubi)
• Fixed regex search box being overly green. ( #25962)
• Fixed an issue where file paths in the terminal surrounded by () or [] would not be highlighted properly. ( #26695)
• Fixed issue where Zed would behave weirdly when opening new fullscreen windows by disabling window tabbing. ( #26600)
• Fixed goto single file worktrees during terminal cmd-clicks. ( #26582)
• Vim: Fixed insert before (shift-i) in visual modes. ( #25603; thanks  5brian)
• Vim: Fixed Vim ignoring cursor_shape settings. ( #25439; thanks  0x2CA)
• Vim: Fixed . repeat for remapped surrounds/exchange actions. ( #26101)
• Vim: Fixed "seed_search_query_from_cursor" : "selection". ( #26107; thanks  0x2CA)
• Vim: Fixed vim exchange's "clear exchange" function didn't clear the exchange and kept you in operator pending mode. ( #25804; thanks  thomasheartman)
• Vim: Fixed incorrect behavior of backward search. ( #24974; thanks  nilehmann)
• Vim: Fixed x g ctrl-a step. ( #26023; thanks  0x2CA)
• Linux: Fixed ctrl-alt-f not correctly toggling search filters in project search. ( #25917; thanks  GuilhermeRGoncalves)
• Fixed issue where Zed would show mac native tabs when opening new fullscreen windows on macOS. ( #26774)

Breaking Changes and Notices

• Renamed the vim::Backspace and vim::Space actions to vim::WrappingLeft and vim::WrappingRight respectively. The old names are still available, but they are marked as deprecated and users are advised to use the new names. ( #25694; thanks  asqarslanov)

v0.178.5