Pragtical 3.14.0 expands the Lua-based editor’s interface and workspace controls while improving performance and stability. It adds File, Edit, Search, View, Tools and Help menus that expose built-in commands and can include plugin actions. Menus appear beside the logo in the title bar by default, and the TreeView toolbar can be docked on any side. Command prompts can sit at the top, bottom or center; project search can remain in a side pane or appear as a centered popup. A shared floating-view system supports consistent placement, focus, mouse handling and animation for prompts, menus, dialogs and completion windows. Prompts can also recall prior input and result position, with safeguards against reusing searches in the wrong document.
Users can manage saved workspace sessions from the File menu, including loading, removing and clearing sessions. Loading first backs up the current workspace and unsaved text; session changes apply only to the current project. Other additions include optional file counts beside collapsed TreeView folders and a redesigned Plugin Manager with search, filters, sorting, multi-selection and batch actions. The release also reduces idle CPU use: one test saw unfocused usage fall from 1.6% to about 0.24% of a core, depending on workload and plugins. Numerous fixes address pane layouts, scrolling, scaling, text selection, animations and emoji colors, alongside updated SDL, FreeType and other dependencies.
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