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RIDE (Robot Framework IDE) v2.0.7 is a new release with minor enhancements and bug fixes. The reference for valid arguments is Robot Framework installed version, which is at this moment 6.1.1. However, internal library is based on version 3.1.2, to keep compatibility with old formats.

  • This version supports Python 3.6 up to 3.11.
  • There are some changes, or known issues:
    • RIDE tray icon now shows a context menu with options Show, Hide and Close
    • Highlighting and navigation of selected Project Explorer items, in Text Editor
    • When editing in Grid Editor with content assistance, the selected content can be edited by escaping the list of suggestions with keys ARROW_LEFT or ARROW_RIGHT.
    • Newlines in Grid Editor can be made visible with the `filter newlines` set to False.
    • On Text Editor when Saving the selection of tests in Test Suites (Tree) is cleared.
    • Test Suite with ** Comments **** can be edited but newlines are introduced.
    • When editing resource files in Text Editor, item may disapper from Project Explorer and content may be lost if clicking Apply. Better to use the Save action, so changed content is not lost.
    • Some argument types detection (and colorization) is not correct in Grid Editor.
    • RIDE DOES NOT KEEP Test Suites formatting or structure, causing differences in files when used on other IDE or Editors.

New Features and Fixes Highlights

  • Added indication of matching brackets, (), {}, [], in Text Editor
  • Fixed non syncronized expanding/collapse of Settings panel in Grid Editor, on Linux
  • Fixed not working the deletion of cells commented with # in Grid Editor with Ctrl-Shift-D
  • Fixed empty line being always added to the Variables section in Text Editor
  • Improved project file system changes and reloading
  • Added context menu to RIDE tray icon. Options Show, Hide and Close
  • Added sincronization with Project Explorer to navigate to selected item, Test Case, Keyword, Variable, in Text Editor
  • Control commands (FOR, IF, TRY, etc) will only be colorized as valid keywords when typed in all caps in Grid Editor
  • Newlines in Grid Editor can be made visible with the filter newlines set to False, by editing settings.cfg
  • Improve auto-suggestions of keywords in Grid Editor by allowing to close suggestions list with keys ARROW_LEFT or ARROW_RIGHT
  • Improve Text Editor auto-suggestions by using: selected text, text at left or at right of cursor

We hope to implement or complete features and make fixes on next major version 2.1 (in the end of 2023).

The minimal wxPython version is, 4.0.7, and RIDE supports the current version, 4.2.1.

Linux users are advised to install first wxPython from .whl package at wxPython.org, or by using the system package manager.

The CHANGELOG.adoc lists the changes done on the different versions.

All issues targeted for RIDE v2.1 can be found from the issue tracker milestone.

Questions and comments related to the release can be sent to the robotframework-users mailing list or to the channel #ride on Robot Framework Slack, and possible bugs submitted to the issue tracker. You should see Robot Framework Forum if your problem is already known.

To install with pip installed, just run

pip install --upgrade robotframework-ride==v2.0.7

to install exactly this release, which is the same as using

pip install --upgrade robotframework-ride

Alternatively you can download the source distribution from PyPI and install it manually. For more details and other installation approaches, see the installation instructions. If you want to help in the development of RIDE, by reporting issues in current development version, you can install with:

pip install -U https://github.com/robotframework/RIDE/archive/master.zip

Important document for helping with development is the CONTRIBUTING.adoc.

See the FAQ for important info about : FOR changes and other known issues and workarounds.

A possible way to start RIDE is:

python -m robotide.__init__

You can then go to Tools>Create RIDE Desktop Shortcut, or run the shortcut creation script with:

python -m robotide.postinstall -install

RIDE v2.0.7 was released on 13/Aug/2023.