Release Notes (Windows legacy)

These are the historical release notes for the legacy Windows version of SongbookPro. See the main release notes page for current changes.

Version 23.0 (October 2023)

The app has been updated to match the iOS and Android version. See the main release notes for full details of changes.

You can now delete songs from folders without deleting from your library
You can now return to the song search list after saving a song from the web
This version adds sync compatibility with version 20.2 and higher on other platforms.

Notes are now supported! Tap the new live button to set text-based notes for a song or set item and configure how the notes are displayed.
Chord patterns can be searched and displayed. Open the top right settings menu to open the chord view.
The screen for adding songs to sets has been redesigned for a simpler user experience.
Song can now be searched for by their first line and the initials of the title. E.g. ‘ctf’ for ‘come thou fount’
Copyright information can now be added to songs
It is now possible to disable the section headers of songs

PDF documents can now be displayed in pages as well as scrolling
PDF documents can be automatically cropped on import to remove extra white space
The background color can now be changed to any color
Files can now be imported by dragging and dropping into SongbookPro
A memory leak has been fixed along with other fixes

The OneDrive sync system has been rewritten for better reliability and performance.
A piano mode has been added (can be activated in the settings). This changes the capo option into a transpose option (allowing negative values) and hides all guitar tabs from songs.
An option has been added to the web importer which automatically removes any extra text that the author may have added to the top of the song.
Sets can now be exported and printed directly from the command bar as well as songs.
SongbookPro backup files can now be opened and imported just by double-clicking from within windows.
Several bugs have been fixed.

Pad backing track support has been added and follows the key of the active song. Use the ‘play’ live button to toggle it on and off and off.
Live buttons are now customizable. Configure which buttons show up and their order from within the settings.
Importing songs from the OpenSong file format is now supported.
Sets on the same day are now ordered alphabetically.
German translations have been added. Many thanks to Björn.
Several fixes and performance improvements.

The share option is back! I finally managed to track down a Microsoft bug that was causing it to crash so the feature is re-enabled and working (please let me know if you discover otherwise)!
A new display mode has been added that fits the current song onto a single screen, adjusting text size and number of columns accordingly.
The color of PDF documents can be inverted, so now you can have black pdfs on the dark theme.
You can now add tags to songs to help organization, add them from the song edit.
A new web icon has arrived in the quick access menu, you can assign this button to any URL on a song by song basis, or if nothings assigned it’ll run a YouTube search.
PDFs now display their key (if set) in the library.

Addition of the ‘Command bar’ for quick access to all common settings and key info
PDF support has been vastly improved, including support for viewing pages side by side and cropping margins
The user interface has been overhauled with new colors and animations
Songs and sets can now be exported to word for printing
A metronome has been added to the live buttons (bottom right of the display) with a built-in tap to time (press and hold/right click for settings)
Tab notation is now supported and displays in monospace font