cefsharp/CefSharp v88.2.90

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March 05, 2021, CEF 88.2.9+g5c8711a+chromium-88.0.4324.182 / Chromium 88.0.4324.182

• Adobe Flash is no longer supported as per the Chromium Flash Roadmap
• ⚠️ Nuget Packages have been restructured please make sure you read #3319 for details
• Net Core 3.1/Net 5 packages are now available see #3343 for details
• CEF now supports the Chromium Network Service: If you are upgrading from a version prior to 75.1.x please make sure you read #2743.
• For CefSharp.Wpf.NetCore/CefSharp.WinForms.NetCore/CefSharp.OffScreen.NetCore nuget packages then Visual C++ 2019 is required,
• For CefSharp.Wpf/CefSharp.WinForms/CefSharp.OffScreen nuget packages then Visual C++ 2015 or greater is required, see Notes below for more information

Security Updates

See the following for full list of Chrome security updates

• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/01/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_19.html
• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/02/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/02/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_4.html
• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/02/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_16.html

Change Log

This is a minor bug fix release.

For a list of changes see the 88.2.x Milestone.

ℹ️ Notes

• For CefSharp.Wpf.NetCore/CefSharp.WinForms.NetCore/CefSharp.OffScreen.NetCore nuget packages then Visual C++ 2019 is required,
• For CefSharp.Wpf/CefSharp.WinForms/CefSharp.OffScreen nuget packages then Visual C++ 2015 or greater is required, see Notes below for more information
• You can bin deploy the VC++ dependencies, read the FAQ for more details. VC++ 2017/2019 are backwards compatible. For a list of files included in the packages see https://github.com/cefsharp/CefSharp/wiki/Output-files-description-table-%28Redistribution%29
• PDF Viewer toolbar buttons displaying their $i18n values should be fixed in this release see https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/cef/issues/3081/chromium-85-pdf-viewer-cannot-handle-i18n
• Starting in June 2019 Google will block logins from CEF based browsers to Google Services, this includes Gmail, Drive, Docs, see https://security.googleblog.com/2019/04/better-protection-against-man-in-middle.html?m=1 for further discussion see https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msg/embedder-dev/STyM5ZNTHMM/POj1v_cqBgAJ
• Due to licensing issues default builds do not support proprietary codecs like H264/AAC, sites like Netflix/Twitter/Instagram/Facebook won't play video/audio. See #1479 for more info. MP3 audio is supported, playing MP4 files are not supported.
• Anyone new to CefSharp should read the General Usage Guide
• This project uses GitLink for better debugging, you can step directly into much of the project source directly from Visual Studio see #1680 for details on how to enable GitLink

⚠️ Known Issues

• WPF the browser stops redrawing when running on Intel Iris Xe Integrated GPU(11th Gen). The issue has been reported to the WPF team see dotnet/wpf#3817
• CEF creates a Download directory in the User Directory see https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/cef/issues/3094/cef-force-creates-a-donwloads-directory-in
• WinForms when running on Windows 10 Anniversary pressing certain key combinations freezes the browser see #1822 The issue has been reported upstream, there are workarounds listed in #1822
• Save as PDF is not working when viewing PDF with Print Preview enabled see https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/cef/issues/2867/save-as-pdf-is-not-working-in-pdf-viewer
• WPF touch scroll aborted if browser navigates within document https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/cef/issues/2936/osr-touch-scrolling-initiated-by-touch
• Fonts incorrectly loaded on Win7 see https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/cef/issues/2858/fonts-not-loading-look-wrong-on-windows-7
• window.focus() does not bring popup window to front see https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/cef/issues/2931/windowfocus-does-not-bring-the-window-to
• OnProtocolExecution Page goes blank after link click see https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/cef/issues/2715/onprotocolexecution-page-goes-blank-after
• Crash on Win10 when computer wakes from sleep see https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/cef/issues/2924/crash-on-libcef-when-windows-10-wakes-from
• Background colour cannot be override for popups see https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/cef/issues/2482/background_color-cannot-be-overridden-for
• Cef.AddCrossOriginWhitelistEntry doesn't work correctly see https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/cef/issues/2918/cefaddcrossoriginwhitelistentry-not-fully
• WPF Browser goes blank if used in combination with TabControl see #2779
• CefSettings.IgnoreCertificateErrors no longer works, use the ignore-certificate-errors command line arg as a workaround or alternatively use OnCertificateError to selectively allow a certificate and/or display a dialog to your users see https://stackoverflow.com/a/35564187/852806 for an example.
• See https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/cef/issues?status=new&status=open for other known issues
• See https://github.com/cefsharp/CefSharp/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3Aknown-issue for other known issues

⚠️ Breaking Changes ⚠️

• Adobe Flash is now out of date and is blocked from loading as per the Chromium Flash Roadmap
• CefSettings no longer implements IDisposable see #3220 for details
• Move IRenderHandler.OnCursorChange to IDisplayHandler.OnCursorChange #3275
• The following arch specific (x86/x64) dlls have been converted to AnyCPU:
  • CefSharp.dll
  • CefSharp.WinForms.dll
  • CefSharp.Wpf.dll
  • CefSharp.OffScreen.dll
• CefSharp.Core.Runtime.dll has been added
  See #3319 for further details.

• For Network Service API changes see #2743
• All paths (CachePath, BrowserSubProcessPath, etc) must be absolute paths, if using a non-absolute path an exception will be throw. See #3102 for details.
• When using a RequestContext you must ensure that RequestContextSettings.CachePath is equal to or a child of CefSettings.RootCachePath See #3111 (comment) for details