Learn about the upcoming release of PubCoder 5 and download the beta
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Download the beta of PubCoder 5 for Mac or Windows
What’s new in PubCoder 5
Vertical Scrolling and Interactivity improvements
- Added events Scroll Page and Scroll Object
- Added events Appear and Disappear which are triggered when object becomes visible or invisible on stage, for example after a page scroll or during a move object action
- Added action Move Object while Scrolling
- Added action Scale Object while Scrolling
- Added action Rotate Object while Scrolling
- Added action Set Object Opacity while Scrolling
- Added Action Show Objects with Class
- Added Action Hide Objects with Class
- Added action Set Object Opacity
- Added Smart image rendering format option, chooses between PNG or JPEG basing on alpha channel, making your exports lighter
- Improved Object Shadows
New and improved Widgets
- Added widget Match word with picture
- Added widget Fill in the Gaps
- Added widget True/False
- Added widget Crossword (not supported on EPUB)
- Coloring game Improvements:
- added undo/redo
- added option to place the toolbar at the top of the control instead of the standard bottom display
- added customizable confirmation message when clicking the trash icon to clear drawing
- moved autosave from LocalStorage to IndexedDB
- various other fixes and improvements
PubCoder for Windows
- Added support for HiDPI on Windows
- Added support for Dark Mode on Windows
- Quick Preview now uses WebView2
Other Improvements
- Improved export speed by up to 40%
- Updated EPUB3 validation to EPUBCheck 5.1.0
- Example Projects are not included in the application package but are downloaded on-demand instead. This results in fastest download and install for the application and also allows us to fix and add examples in a quicker way.
- Added Find in Project functionality
- Added support for Thorium Reader as a EPUB3 export destination
- Added support for Microsoft Edge, Safari Technology Preview, Duck Duck Go, Brave and Vivaldi as HTML5 export destination
- XPUB Output: Shelf DRM is now applied to all files
- Lots of UI tweaks and improvements, extended Retina/HiDPI displays support and several bug fixes