What's New in Komodo IDE 8

What's New in Komodo 8.0

With Komodo 8, we wanted to bring you the best possible user experience. We've delivered that and more, with a lighter UI, faster editing and more flexibility. Here are some things you will love about Komodo 8:

New User Interface
Clean, lean and platform optimized.
Minimap
Reposition anywhere from a high-level view.
Conditional Snippets
Determine snippet contents at runtime with Embedded JavaScript.
Retina Display Support (OSX)
Rejoice!
Updated Platform
Mozilla 18, Python 2.7, Scintilla 3.2.4.

Floating Side Panes
Undock components and move them anywhere.
Open Files Side Pane
Organizes all your open files by language.
Auto Abbreviation Snippets
Automatically trigger a selection of snippets.
Fast Open Shortcuts
Create shortcuts to long file paths.
New Language Support
Laravel and Sass

New User Interface

We've redesigned our UI from the ground up to give you a much better user experience. You'll appreciate seeing less clutter and more editing space. Every feature now has consistent styling and feels native to your OS.

Floating Side Panes

By popular request! Click to detach any side pane tab (ie. Places, Code Browser, Debug) and move it anywhere on screen. It's a much more flexible way to work, and even better if you have two monitors.

Open Files Side Pane

Managing tons of files is easier than ever. Files are now listed in a side pane that groups them by language. You can even hide all the editor tabs completely and just work off the Open Files pane.

Auto Abbreviation Snippets

Type the first few characters of a snippet to trigger a list you can tab through. This makes inserting snippets faster, while keeping you in control of the content. New support for Embedded JavaScript (EJS) within a snippet means you can now systematically determine snippet contents at runtime.

Fast Open Shortcuts

We've made Fast Open faster. You can now make shortcuts to frequently used paths. Have a directory path like "/some/long/path/etc"? Make a shortcut for "code/" and see all the files in the directory.

Minimap

Document getting long? The minimap gives you a high-level overview so you can scroll and reposition the editor on any targeted section of code.

New Languages

We've added editing for Laravel Blade. Laravel is a powerful PHP framework that allows tremendous flexibility in design. We've also added syntax checking for Sass, an extension of CSS3 that adds nested rules, variables, and other fun stuff.