v1.4.0 - 2026-02-12

Added

• Map variable IntelliSense - Intelligent key completions when accessing AutoIt Map variables
  • Shows available keys when typing a Map variable name (e.g., typing $map shows known keys)
  • Tracks Map keys across your workspace and included files
  • Works with both direct assignments ($map["key"] = value) and declarations with initial keys
  • Configuration options to tune behavior:
    • autoit.maps.enableIntelligence - Enable/disable Map intelligence (default: true)
    • autoit.maps.includeDepth - Maximum depth for resolving #include files (default: 3, range: 0-10)
    • autoit.maps.showFunctionKeys - Show Map keys assigned in functions (default: true)
  • See docs/map-support.md for performance tuning recommendations
• Scope-aware variable IntelliSense - Intelligent context-aware variable completions that respect AutoIt's scoping rules
  • Shows only accessible variables at cursor position (local, static, global, and parameters)
  • Prioritizes local variables over globals for better relevance
  • Respects function boundaries and AutoIt's scope rules (global and function-level scoping)
  • Extends to global variables from #include files
  • Intelligent debouncing (500ms) with concurrent update handling
  • Fallback to regex-based completion when service is unavailable
• Ignore AutoIt Tidy backup files from diagnostics

Fixed

• Improved error handling for variable tracking updates during configuration changes
• Enhanced stderr and process error handling in Au3Check execution

Changed

• Enhanced README documentation with Map intelligence feature details
• Enhanced variable parsing with support for comma-separated declarations (e.g., Global $a, $b, $c) and improved string handling for AutoIt's double-character escaping
• Extracted formatter constants into constants.js file
• Syntax Highlighting Improvements
  • Migrated syntax definition from XML to JSON format (autoit.tmLanguage.json) for better maintainability and IDE support
  • Enhanced function pattern matching to distinguish function declarations from function calls with dedicated scopes
  • Consolidated all 98+ AutoIt macros into dedicated pattern repository for improved consistency
  • Improved numeric constant parsing with better hexadecimal, decimal, and scientific notation matching
  • Refined operator patterns for comparison, assignment, arithmetic, and concatenation with proper precedence
  • Fixed multi-line string handling by refining string end patterns
  • Enhanced preprocessor directive matching (#include, #pragma, #region, etc.) for better accuracy
  • Improved comment block pattern matching (#comments-start/#cs directives)
  • Reorganized send-key patterns into 13 categorized groups (browser keys, media keys, navigation, numpad, lock, editing, system keys) for granular theme customization

v1.3.0 - 2025-11-10

Added

• COM object syntax highlighting for properties and methods using dot notation
• Distinct token scopes for COM identifiers (support.class.com.autoit) to enable theme-specific styling
• Contributors section to README.md with auto-updating contrib.rocks integration
• Added missing AutoIt macros: @exitMethod, @GUI_DropId, and @SW_ENABLE to completions and hovers
• AU3Check parameter parsing support with corresponding tests to improve syntax check behavior
• Parameter validation and improved status messages in OutputChannelManager (#230)
• WinNet API completions added to IntelliSense

Fixed

• Function pattern incorrectly matching COM object methods (e.g., $obj.Method() now correctly identified as COM, not function)
• Incorrect documentation for @GUI_CtrlId macro (now correctly states "Last click GUI Control identifier" instead of "Drag GUI Control identifier")
• Duplicate WinNet signature removed and WinAPI COM signatures added to signature/hover data
• Incorrect CRLF constant definition corrected
• Duplicate parameter documentation entries removed in signature help provider
• Removed stray duplicate (misspelled) Clibpoard completion entry
• Improved parameter checks in runCheckProcess for more reliable regex matching

Changed

• Consolidated macro data into single source of truth (src/completions/macrosData.js) to eliminate duplication and ensure consistency between completions and hovers
• Converted src/hovers/macros.json to src/hovers/macros.js to import from unified macro data source

v1.2.0 - 2025-10-08

Added

• File path validation to prevent path traversal attacks
• Parameter safety warnings for autoit.consoleParams to detect potentially dangerous shell metacharacters
• Workspace symbol performance optimizations with batch processing to prevent UI freezing on large projects
• Configuration options autoit.workspaceSymbolMaxFiles (default: 500) and autoit.workspaceSymbolBatchSize (default: 10)
• Configuration option autoit.symbolMaxLines (default: 50000) to control maximum lines processed for symbol information
• Warning message when files exceed symbol processing limit with actionable instructions
• Comprehensive unit tests for completion provider with 8 test cases
• Comprehensive README documentation improvements with installation guide, quick start section, platform support matrix, troubleshooting guide, and reorganized configuration
• Distribution scripts for packaging the extension to multiple marketplaces:
  • package-all.js for simultaneous packaging to VS Code Marketplace and OpenVSX
  • package-openvsx.js for OpenVSX-specific packaging with publisher name handling

Fixed

• Command injection risk in registry update functionality by replacing exec with execFile for safer argument handling
• Multiple global output panels opening for AutoIt on startup
• Memory leak in completion provider where include cache grew indefinitely across document switches
• Incorrect array comparison logic in completion cache invalidation
• Cross-document contamination of completion items from include files

Changed

• Simplified ESLint configuration by using globals package and removing redundant rules
• Workspace symbol cache now uses incremental updates instead of full invalidation on file changes
• Completion provider now uses per-document Map-based caching with LRU eviction (50 document limit)
• Include cache automatically cleans up when documents are closed
• Symbol processing limit increased from hardcoded 10,000 to configurable 50,000 lines by default

Removed

• The unused autoit.YAML-tmLanguage file

v1.1.0 - 2025-09-23

Added

• Support for running the Format Document command via the Command Palette or hotkey using Tidy.exe on scripts, including automatic formatting on save
• Jest testing framework with test suite for language features and services

Changed

• Refactored monolithic command code
• Upgraded build toolchain
• Diagnostic system overhaul with encoding handling and problem script source tracking

Fixed

• Restored Go to Definition functionality for symbols declared outside of current script
• Restored Open Include file (Alt+i) functionality
• Path handling improvements
• Completion provider accuracy with user-defined functions

v1.0.14 - 2025-07-31

Changed

• Node package update.
• Sets editor.minimap.showRegionSectionHeaders to false for AutoIt scripts.
• Optimized editor command registrations.
• Enhancements to syntax definition file.

Fixed

• Usage of wrong Au3Check encoding for the file path string.

v1.0.13 - 2025-01-28

Added

• Command to remove Debug to Console and MsgBox lines added by the extension
• Commands to add and remove debug Trace lines
• Refined syntax check, with ability to set options through #AutoIt3Wrapper_AU3Check_Parameters
• Completions and Hovers for AutoIt3Wrapper Directives

Changed

• Changes to autoit.includePaths setting now gets written to Windows Registry

Fixed

• Go To Definition regression
• Output colors not showing due to other extensions (e.g., Github Copilot)
• Icons missing for some Const and Enum variables in the outline/Symbol search
• Detection of nested Regions
• outputCodePage setting not working
• Au3Check/Problems tab now works with includePaths setting

Contributors

Danp2, vanowm, Sunev

v1.0.12 - 2023-09-26

Added

• Signature help pulls description and parameters from function headers
• Option to disable ( as an option to accept function completion suggestions
• Syntax highlighting for #Tidy_On, #Tidy_Off, and #Tidy_ILC_Pos directives

Changed

• Path checks for utility executables (e.g., Au3Check) reduced to occur when changes are made and disabled for non-Windows OSes
• Simplified regex for functions
• Trimmed spaces in insertHeader command
• Removed default configuration settings that were overriding user settings

Fixed

• Open include shortcut not working for library UDFs
• Open include shortcut not working for paths with # in them
• Function autocomplete from include files
• Reduced completion suggestions when writing function definitions

Contributors

@vanowm, @rcmaehl

v1.0.11 - 2023-02-21

Changed

• Ignore case when identifying functions and regions
• Include search made recursive
• Improvements to regex used in extension functions

Fixed

• Slow autocompletion suggestions
• Runtime errors when failing with symbol creation
• Can now capture regions with hyphens
• Syntax highlighting for nested comment blocks
• Include paths checked when gathering include data
• Problem tab not showing errors or warnings
• AutoIt indentation settings applying to other languages

Contributors

@Danp2, @loganch

v1.0.10 - 2022-12-05

Fixed

• Regex characters (e.g., * and \) in that come after #Region will no longer stop all symbols from being found
• smartHelp checks includePaths with relative paths (thanks to @vanowm)

v1.0.9 - 2022-12-01

• Set VS Code to default to 4-space tabs for indentation like SciTe
• Output window overhaul (thanks to @vanowm), including:
  • Additional colors
  • Multiple output panels
  • An encoding option
  • Options to keep output from previous runs
  • Options to show process ID and times
• Option to show #regions as symbols in Outline and symbol search (thanks to @Danp2)
• Syntax highlighting for Au3Stripper directives (thanks to rcmaehl)
• Adds a wait for file save to finish before running certain commands (thanks to @vanowm)
• Support for Sticky Scroll
• Symbols nest in the Outline
• SmartHelp options that allow launching of help files (e.g., CHM) for UDFs (thanks to @Danp2)

Changed

• Tidy now runs through AutoItWrapper (thanks to @vanowm)
• MsgBox/Console debugging line generation improved (thanks to @Danp2)
• Paths to AutoIt executables can now be relative to the AutoIt executable in settings (Thanks to @Danp2)

Fixed

• Syntax highlighting for #include lines followed by comments (thanks to @Danp2)
• Makes regex for #include non-greedy (thanks to @Danp2)
• Limits header insertion and include opening to be limited to AutoIt scripts (thanks to @vanowm)