Note: This is a beta release. Please file new issues for any bugs you find in it.

This release is published to npm under the beta tag and can be installed via npm install electron@beta, or npm i electron@7.0.0-beta.4.

Release Notes for v7.0.0-beta.4

Features

• Added support for HTTP preconnect resource hints. #19952
• Added support for picture-in-picture mode for video elements. #19914

Fixes

• Added default NSMicrophoneUsageDescription and NSCameraUsageDescription strings to info.plist. #19948
• Correctly internationalize i18n in GTK-based Linux dialogs. #19783
• Fixed Linux console warning about gtk_disable_setlocale(). #20012
• Fixed a bug where an unresizable window would shrink when restored after being minimized on Windows. #19957
• Fixed a bug where sometimes a ~10px white border would be added to fullscreen windows on Windows. #19942
• Fixed a bug where windows would sometimes shrink to 0 size after being restored on Windows. #20000
• Fixed a bug where you couldn't navigate the menu bar with the keyboard if you used the mouse to focus it. #19762
• Fixed a crash on <input type="file"> dialog cancellation. #19917
• Fixed a race condition that occurred when using protocol.registerStreamProtocol. #19869
• Fixed an issue where app.getPath('logs') would throw an error if the logs path was not previously set. #19836
• Fixed an issue where a call to child_process.fork() would set ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE in the main process. #19776
• Fixed an issue where cursor blink rate was not honored. #20044
• Fixed command-line scheme arguments from spilling over into each other. #19941
• Fixed i18n of GTK messageboxes' stock buttons. #19982
• Fixed issue where reloading the window after calling setBackgroundColor would result in using an older background color setting. #19974
• Fixed web page displayed with offset when using native tab on macOS. #19898
• Fixed white flash after restoring an app from the background. #19901
• Removed the possibility of a preload script being executed twice for the same process in quickly succeeding navigations in the same frame. #19827
• Updated Chromium to 78.0.3896.6. #19609

Other Changes

• Updated Node.js to v12.8.1. #19835

Documentation

• Documentation changes: #19797, #19844