Zavala
Modern Outlining
Free
Zavala is a modern take on a traditional outliner. It is a full featured app. It takes full advantage of your device by leveraging gestures, keyboard shortcuts, and multiple windows.
Other features:
* OPML import & export
* Markdown import & export
* iCloud syncing
* iCloud sharing with other iCloud users
* Encrypted outlines and encrypted iCloud sync
* Nested Tags for organizing Outlines
* Support for embedding images
* Print support
* Drag and drop
* Text formatting
* Links
* Completed items
* Notes
* Customizable fonts and sizes
* Backlinks
* Shortcuts support
* Typewriter scrolling
* Automatic row numbering including Decimal and Legal numbering
more * Fixed a bug that prevented Zavala from retrying to send changes to iCloud after there was an iCloud syncing failure.
4.3.1 4 days ago
* Added the Print Screen function
* We now trim a trailing space in a Topic or Note if there is only one and if the cursor is at the end of the Topic or Note
* Highlight now dims when a Topic is Complete
* The Find Outline Shortcut action is now named Find Outlines
* The Find Row Shortcut action is now named Find Rows
* The Find Rows Shortcut action can now accept an Outline from other Shortcut actions like Get Current Outline
* Fixed undo/redo for code blocks and highlighting
* Fixed infinite recursion bug that could happen when dragging a parent to a child row
* Fixed a crash that could sometimes happen when selecting the same outline as it is being viewed
* Fixed a rare crash that could happen while creating tags
4.3 29 Jul
* Fixed a bug where mono spaced fonts could trigger the Code formatting
* Now if you cancel a swipe from the Editor back to the Documents view, the Editor no longer clears the Outline
4.2.3 11 Jul
* Added Row Order to the Find Row Shortcut action so that you can now sort by the order in the Outline.
* Fixed a crash that could happen when dismissing the editor locked view.
4.2.2 8 Apr
* Fixes a critical error that prevented new users from using iCloud sync (error Unknown Item).
4.2.1 3 Apr
* Add the ability to Lock Outlines. This encrypts an Outline and prevents it from being viewed without user authorization. This also enables iCloud encrypted syncing.
* Added Find Outline and Find Row shortcut actions.
* Deprecated Get Outlines and Get Rows shortcut actions.
4.2 2 Apr
* Added the ability to import Markdown documents.
* Added a new formatting option called Code for inline code.
* Added another new formatting option called Highlight that highlights text.
* Now when you export an Outline as Markdown or OPML that contains images, the
images will also be exported into an asset directory next to the Outline.
* Added the Shortcuts menu. You need to enable it in Settings to use it. If you
are a Shortcuts user, this enables you to launch your Shortcuts right from
Zavala.
* The Link command is now under Format in the main menu since it is usually
grouped with formatting in other places.
* Added a Delete Outline menu option in the main File menu.
* Markdown exports are now limited to 80 characters per line
* You no longer have to have the main window open to double click an OPML file in
the Finder for it to import correctly.
* Fixed a crash that could happen when dropping rows into an outline at the end
of the outline.
* We now correctly tint the link button blue when the cursor is in a link
formatted section of text.
* Removed the Import OPML button from the Collection view - it didn’t get used
enough there to justify taking up the space.
4.1 16 Mar
* The operating system now recognizes Zavala as an application that can import OPML files
* Fix a crasher on the documents view that could happen when adding or removing outlines from the tag being viewed
4.0.1 26 Feb
* Updated UI to support Liquid Glass
* iCloud syncing and internal storage has been redone to eliminate Corrupted Outlines
* Added German localization
* Added Simplified Chinese localization
* Added a setting (Create Rows) to change how the editor behaves when a user presses Return on a Row with children.
* Added Directly Before as an option for Row Destination when using applicable Shortcut Actions
* Added the Document Link parameter to the Get Outlines Shortcut Action
* Added the Row Link parameter to the Get Row Shortcut Action
* Made cursor restoration more reliable when using standalone editor windows
* Made expanding and collapsing rows faster when Disable Animations is on
4.0 17 Feb
* Fixed the iCloud database version number error.
* Fixed a crash that could happen if you pasted a Rich Text Format list into a Topic or Note.
3.3.10 27 Jan
* The duplicate outline action now also copies the outline settings
3.3.9 31/10/2025
* Fixed a bug that caused a Topic to be lost when using the Add Note keyboard shortcut
* Fixed a problem where a newly created Row might lose its contents if Delete All Completed was executed before moving the cursor outside of the Row.
* We now index the outgoing Outline instead of the Incoming one when we are switching Outlines.
* Worked around a system bug that prevented full text search results from working
3.3.8 16/10/2025
* Fixed the Restore Fonts dialog title.
* Fixed an issue where Topic text might disappear when using the Notes toolbar item.
* Made testing to see if a parent row should autocomplete slightly more efficient.
3.3.7 25/07/2025
* Fixed some localization issues.
* Fixed a problem where the cursor would sometimes appear to jump back a character while typing.
* Fixed a bug where undoing an outdent could put the outline in an incorrect state.
3.3.6 02/07/2025
* Fixed a regression that prevented the New Outline option to not work on the Link dialog.
* Fixed Notes current result search highlighting.
* Fixed a problem that could cause random Rows to not reflect a change to font or font color.
* The Sort Documents main menu item now shows which options are currently selected.
3.3.5 24/06/2025
* Improved editor performance.
* Fixed the Get Info dialog label vertical alignment.
* Removed redundant “Created on” and “Updated on” verbiage from the Get Info dialog.
* Fixed the quotes in Shortcut suggestions for editing an Outline.
* Reloading an Outline because an external process accessed Zavala’s internal database no longer causes rendering artifacts.
* The cursor no longer gets moved to the beginning of the line when clicking on the Move Row Right button on a newly created Row with text.
3.3.4 05/06/2025
* Fixed a bug that could prevent deleting an empty row using the backspace key from the beginning of the next row.
* Fixed a crash that could happen if you created a Note and then immediately hit the filter.
* Fixed a bug that could cause an Outline to be deleted if another process accessed the internal Account database.
* Fixed a crash that could happen while resolving iCloud syncing conflicts.
3.3.3 28/05/2025
* Improved the Editor performance. This is especially noticeable when pressing Return on a row with text.
* Fix regression that prevented moving a row on left when hitting enter on an empty row.
* Fixed a crash that could happen if shutting down and an iCloud sync were started at the same time.
3.3.2 11/05/2025
* Localized iCloud error messages are now shown correctly.
* Fixed a couple iCloud syncing problems that could cause Outline corruption when resolving Outline merge conflicts.
* Prevent a crash that could occasionally happen when viewing an Outline and an iCloud update happened.
3.3.1 24/04/2025
* You can now navigate the full user interface using the keyboard. One effect of this is that selected items now have a gray background unless you are focused on them. Focused items (being actively selected) are the accent color now.
* Added localizations for Australian English and British English.
* Printed Topics now correctly use the system serif font to make them easier to read on paper.
* When printing an Outline as a list, the Notes field uses a slightly smaller font size than the Topic to make it easier to discern.
* The Title field cursor is now brighter when the default accent color is used so that it matches the curser used in the rest of the Outline Editor.
* The cursor now appears much faster when creating a new Outline.
* Made restoring the cursor position when opening an Outline much faster.
* When selecting multiple Rows and then dragging by a Row other than the first one, then cancelling the drag would result in uneditable rows. This has been fixed.
* A bug that could cause a Row to be dropped into the wrong location when dragging downwards has been fixed.
3.3 02/03/2025
* When adding a Row after the Focus Row, we now always add it as a child Row. Previously it could get added as a sibling Row which wasn’t visible due to Focus being active.
* The Shortcut action Copy Rows now correctly returns the result of the action instead of the input to the action.
* Fixed a rare crash that could happen if you were viewing an Outline and iCloud syncing happened to that Outline with a specific combination of updates.
3.2.2 23/02/2025
* We no longer show a context menu for the Collection item Account because it can’t be acted upon with the context menu.
* You can no longer, incorrectly summon a context menu for the Title in the Outline Editor.
* Made the Focus toolbar button correctly disable when no row to Focus on could be determined.
* Fixed a crash that could happen if the Tags get out of sync.
* Fixed a bug that could crash the app when the operating system touches the internal database forcing a data reload.
* Made it harder to hit the wrong toolbar button
3.2.1 07/02/2025
* There is a new Setting for Outlines that will enable automatic row numbering. Options are None, Simple, Decimal, and Legal.
* When executing Create Row Inside we now automatically expand the current row if it is collapsed.
* We now clean up any pending Row sync requests when the parent Outline has been deleted.
* Fixed a couple of bugs that were causing problems when syncing Outline Settings.
* Fixed a crash on the iPad when resizing while using Stage Manager.
* Fixed a bug that had the Focus button disabled on the iPhone when opening an outline and there was Focus, but the keyboard wasn't showing.
3.2 15/01/2025
* Tags are now considered part of the Outline and are copied between Accounts.
* iCloud error messages are now human readable.
* We no longer show an error dialog when iCloud is unreachable (CloudKitDomain 4). Instead we just try again in 5 seconds.
3.1.1 30/12/2024
* There is now an option to sort the Documents View by Title, Created Date, or Updated Date.
* A new option has been added to disable automatically creating links for things like phone numbers, URLs, and addresses.
* Automatically changing links now only happens when you are done editing a Topic or a Note instead of after every space.
* You can now drag OPML files onto a Tag or into the Documents View to import them (again).
* There is a new icon for Group Tags in the Collections View.
* Zavala will now break Links on Return as well as on a Space.
* When a row that is selected is deleted, we no longer exit Select mode.
* We now correctly delete images from the internal database when images were contained in a child row(s) of a deleted parent row.
* When selecting multiple Rows in the Editor, Zavala now stacks the Rows up in the preview like other modern iOS apps.
* It is now easier to drag rows when a the context menu is visible on newer versions of iOS.
* The Tag icons in the Collections View now scale up and down with Dynamic Type changes
3.1 23/12/2024
* Fixed a bug that prevented Zavala from retrying to send changes to iCloud after there was an iCloud syncing failure.
more Version 4.3.1 4 days ago
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