electron v1.6.5 beta
https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v1.6.5Bug Fixes
Fixed an issue where Electron could not use the version of ffmpeg that
does not include proprietary codecs. #9057 (
https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/9057)
Fixed an issue where drag and drop events did not work properly across
tags. #9037 (
https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/9037)
Fixed an issue where the geolocation API could hang the UI thread and
crash the renderer process. #8923 (
https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/8923)
Fixed an uncaught error when making a request via the net module
and the response's content encoding was not supported. #9001 (
https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/9001)
Fixed a crash that would occur on certain page navigations. #9043 (
https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/9043)
Fixed an issue where net module requests did not support non-string
header values. #9062 (
https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/9062)
Windows
Fixed an issue where escaped & characters could not be used in top-level
menu item labels. #8984 (
https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/8984)
API Changes
The crashReporter module is now available in sandboxed renderer processes.
#8956 (
https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/8956)
Added support for controlling how redirects are handled in the net module.
#9007 (
https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/9007)
Added editMenu and windowMenu menu item roles that include the standard
OS submenu items. #8880 (
https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/8880)
Added support for a tabbingIdentifier option to the BrowserWindow
constructor that enables groupable native tabs on macOS 10.12+. #9052 (
https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/9052)
Windows
The uploadToServer option to crashReporter.start is now supported. #9053 (
https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/9053)