• New Features:
  • passing a list to the ASK command in sensing presents a menu to the user
  • formatting a list of texts displays it as chat-history in an ASK menu
  • ASK nothing or a falsy value terminates all threads currently displaying a question or waiting to ask one and clears the last "answer"
  • new "Menus" library
  • broadcasting now supports optional additional data transmission, also when switching scenes
  • export script (including dependencies) via its context menu
  • export / import sprite-local custom block definitions from the palette
  • export block definitions from inside the block editor
  • embed blocks into costume metadata to be shared as image file
  • exported script pics now always include the actual blocks, which can be extracted from the image inside Snap!
  • exported scripts (!) pics now also always include either the actual blocks (if it's a single script), the block definition (if it's a block editor), or a sprite-representation of the current object (sprite or stage)
  • added green flag symbol to "when I receive" dropdown menu, support when clicking the green flag button in the IDE
  • added "combinations" primitive to the palette
  • new POSITION primitive reporter in the MOTION category
  • new MOUSE POSITION primitive reporter in the SENSING category
  • new "position" choice in OF reporter's attribute dropdown, reports a list of XY coordinates
  • new "variables" choice in OF reporter's attribute dropdown, reports a list of reachable variable names
  • new "categories" choice in MY reporter's dropdown, reports an ordered list of all category names whose indices match the "category" reported elsewhere
  • new "label", "type", "scope", "slots", "defaults", "menus" and "editables" choices in the OF BLOCK block-attribute reporter's dropdown
  • new "set attribute of block" primitive
  • new "define block" primitive
  • new "delete block" primitive
  • new "this script" primitive
  • added support to the OF reporter for binding a ring to another one, e.g. THIS SCRIPT, to access its local variables
  • new localization extension primitives in the "ide" category, hyperized
  • new extension primitive for importing a costume from a url
  • new extension primitive for querying all variable names accessible from a specified scope (global, sprite, script)
  • new extension primitive for querying whether a watcher for a variable by name is shown onstage
  • new support for setting the translation via the API
  • new TuneScope extension and library, thanks, Glen, Eric, and team!
  • new "Tad", "Jahrd", "Derec" and "Jamet" costume series, thanks, Meghan and Brian!
• Notable Changes:
  • exporting a library includes dependencies (auto-select all referenced blocks)
  • exporting / importing a sprite includes dependencies (global custom blocks and palette categories)
  • imported single scripts are now placed into the hand, for the user to position them in the scripting area
  • moved "append", "reshape", "combinations" blocks down one group in the palette
  • moved "current date" block up to "timer" group in the palette
  • moved "attribute of block" block from the sensing category to control
  • include currently dragged sprites in the MY OTHER SPRITES/CLONES lists
  • library import dialog makeover for custom categories and hidden blocks, thanks, Michael!
  • when querying a custom reporter's "definition" property only report its reporter without the REPORT block (if applicable)
  • SciSnap2 extension update (ImagePad), thanks, Eckart!
  • MQTT extension update, thanks, Simon and Xavier!
• Notable Fixes:
  • fixed relabelling "sum", "product", "minimum" and "maximum" reporters
  • fixed relabelling local custom blocks to global ones and vice-versa
  • fixed library blocks preview to deal with both local and global blocks
  • fixed scope of script vars inside experimental JIT-compiled rings, thanks, xBZZZ!
  • fixed a "wandering" watcher positioning bug when saving / loading a project into a scaled stage
  • fixed an edge case for slot type inferral
  • fixed variadic AND/OR reporters library, thanks, Brian!
  • fixed a pen-size issue in the frequency distribution analysis' graph-plot block, thanks, Brian!
  • fixed block label color when expanding or inserting variadic infix slots
  • framerate is throttled to < 67 fps
• Documentation Updates:
  • new Manual for v8, yay! Thanks, Brian!
  • updated contribution guidelines, thanks, Peter!
  • updated help screens for NUMBERS and FIND FIRST, thanks, Brian, Peter and WarpedWartWars!
  • updated the API documentation for "setTranslation"
• Translation Updates:
  • German
  • Greek, thank you, HM100!