Release Notes
Track product updates and maintenance changes across Cell Planner.
- Added Tables for managing strains, plasmids, primers, samples, and more
- Tables support references made from a table prefix and row number
- Tables support pasting cells directly from Excel and exporting to Excel or PDF
- Added Documents for managing protocols
- Documents support versions: citing a protocol keeps the version you used, and any version can be compared word by word with the main version
- Added the Library, which brings Tables, Documents, and Formulas together
- Added rich text templates that you can insert into Planner notes, Lab Notes, and documents
- Lab Notes export changed from HTML and Word to PDF and Word, with improved export of tables and Gantt charts
- PDFs can be pasted directly into documents or Lab Notes as images
- Added rotate, flip, and crop to the image editor
- Gantt charts now support pinch-to-zoom
- Added trial codes
- Improved the reliability of sign-in, account switching, and first-time cloud sync
- Improved sync conflict handling
- Improved the reliability of automatic updates
- Added Formulas for creating and organizing experimental formulas
- Added a serial dilution calculator with multi-step dilution and scientific notation support
- Added unit support to the solution conversion calculator
- Added cloud sync for Formulas and read-only Formula access on the web
- Improved Gantt charts in Lab Notes project details, including horizontal and vertical scrolling
- Reduced image cache memory usage
- Fixed issues when entering Chinese text after rich-text links and pasting oversized tables
- Released the first stable version of Cell Planner
- Added folders for organizing archived tasks
- Fixed several commonly used keyboard shortcuts and cursor positioning in the image editor
- Added revision protection for asynchronous saves so older saves cannot overwrite newer edits on slow networks
- Moved automatic backups to dedicated storage and improved auto-sync preference reliability
- Moved archived tasks to the Lab Notes sidebar for viewing and management
- Improved conflict messages so they match the product area affected by each change
- Added image and table resizing in Lab Notes note content
- Improved in-app page switching performance
- Added multi-tab support for PCR Reaction Setup
- Added timer presets
- Fixed an issue where auto sync could not be disabled under poor network conditions
- Added keyboard shortcuts for rich text editing
- Added rich text editing
- Added image editing
- Added help and crash log collection
- Added Workbench Mode
- Added shortcuts for changing task background colors
- Added copy support in Move Mode
- Updated Cell Planner keyboard controls
- Fixed an issue where note previews could be obscured
- Cell Planner weekly views now show dates
- Added a "Today" position indicator in Lab Notes
- Fixed an issue where auto sync could turn off unexpectedly
- Added download and update sources reachable from mainland China
- All dialogs can now be closed with Esc
- Fixed incorrect confetti trigger timing after data loading
- Fixed undo issue in rich text editor
- Improved conflict resolution: domain-level handling for local vs cloud data
- Fixed non-functional button issue after hiding sidebar
- PCR result copy now includes master mix allocation
- Notes now support rich text, including image insertion
- Added "Clear Format" option to prevent messy pasted formatting
- Fixed missing scrollbar issue in export preview window
- Added image viewer
- Fixed abnormal line height issue in task brief
- Added option to set week start (Sunday or Monday)
- Fixed an issue where Gantt chart connections could be lost
- Added keyboard shortcuts (⌘ + 1 / 2) for quick page navigation
- Auto backup now retains at least the last snapshot from each of the past 7 days
- Fixed rich text cursor rollback issue
- Improved compatibility for pasting HEIC and TIFF images
- Expanded notes editor window for better usability
- Calculation copy now places the title on the first line
- Labnotes task lists now support independent column widths