#Feature Log

Stay ahead with the latest and greatest from Retype!

The Feature Log is your go-to source for all the powerful new features, enhancements, and innovations we're rolling out to make your documentation experience faster, smarter, and more elegant.

Explore what's new, discover hidden gems, and see how Retype is constantly evolving to meet your needs.

Please also check out the Changelog for a full summary of changes in each release.

PRO Custom themes

Comprehensive theme variables customization for both light and dark modes, see docs, Themes guide, and Theme Variables.

PRO branding.baseColor

Quick method to set the base brand color without full theme configuration, see docs.

PRO nav.badge

Add a badge to navigation items in the left sidebar, see docs.

Three-way switcher

Enhanced color scheme switcher with Light, Dark, and System options. Allows users to return to system preference after manual selection.

Pipe notation syntax

Shorthand syntax for Button, Badge, and Navigation Badge components using text|variant format. Example: [!badge NEW|info] instead of [!badge text="NEW" variant"info"].

Icon-only links

Support for icon-only links in header and footer configurations without requiring text. Enables cleaner, minimal navigation designs.

Base variant

New base variant for Button, Badge, and Callout components. Provides consistent styling with the site's base color theme.

Better print mode rendering

Improved print style with better outbound link handling and visual consistency

Search and filter UX

Added keyboard shortcuts hints, improved placeholder handling, and better focus states

Footer template support

Full templating support in footer.copyright including use of data variables, includes, and functions

PRO Next/Previous navigation control

Configure visibility and sequencing of Next/Previous navigation buttons. Configure at project, page, and folder levels with show, hide, and exclude modes, see blog post, Project settings, Page settings, and Folder settings.

GitHub Pages community key

Retype Pro Community Key unlocks all Pro features for GitHub Pages projects. No cost, no strings attached for *.github.io domains, with up to 1000 pages with all Pro features included, see blog post and GitHub Pages setup.

Hidden comments component

Add hidden comments to markdown that won't appear in the final website. Supports both inline %%comment%% and block comment syntax, see docs.

New tip Callout variant

New tip callout variant with lightbulb icon and friendly green color scheme. Perfect for sharing best practices and helpful hints, see docs.

Generic attributes for list items

Apply CSS classes, IDs, and custom attributes directly to individual list items. Uses generic attribute syntax: - List Item {.class-name #id data-value="test"}, see docs.

New CSS Classes

Added rounded CSS classes including rounded-xl, rounded-2xl, rounded-3xl, rounded-4xl and rounded-full

Custom Anchors

Support for custom Obsidian style anchor points using ^anchor syntax for block references. Enables wiki-style block linking and referencing.

PRO Navigation icon settings

Control which navigation items show icons with nav.icons.mode setting. Options include: all, folders, pages, top, none.

PRO Default color scheme

Set project's default color scheme with scheme.mode configuration. Options include: system, dark, light.

Print-Friendly Stylesheets

Comprehensive print stylesheet for professional PDF and paper output. Removes navigation, optimizes typography, prevents awkward page breaks. Shows full URLs for external links in print.

Question Callout

New question callout variant with question mark icon. Perfect for FAQ sections and troubleshooting guides.

Pipe separator image dimensions

Set image dimensions using intuitive pipe syntax: ![Image|300] or ![Image|300x200]. Cleaner alternative to generic attributes for image sizing, see docs.

Universal Callout syntax

Enhanced compatibility and seamless migration with other documentation platforms, including Notion, GitHub, Obsidian, Just the Docs and other platforms.

List-Icon styling

Improved styling for creating icon lists with proper spacing and alignment which simplifies creation of icon-based list layouts.

Details/summary conversion

Automatic conversion of HTML details elements into Retype Panel components to ensure seamless integration with other platforms, such as GitHub.

PRO Stack navigation mode

Transform top-level folders into visually distinct stacked blocks. Better organization and visual hierarchy for complex documentation sites, Configure at project or page level, see blog post, Project settings, and Page settings.

WikiLinks Support

Comprehensive wiki-style linking with double square brackets: [[Page Name]]. Intelligent link resolution that handles filename variations and support for custom labels using the syntax [[page|Custom Label]] for text links and ![[image.jpg|Alt text]] for image wikilinks.

YouTube auto-embedding

Automatic conversion of YouTube URLs into embedded video players. Supports all common YouTube URL formats including timestamps. Fully responsive with proper styling and controls, see docs.

Automatic search language detection

Automatically detects languages in content and optimizes search. Supports 25+ languages including English, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Chinese, Arabic. Manual configuration still available with "*" token for auto-detection, see docs.

Greek and Hebrew Language Support

Full support including proper text rendering, direction, and search functionality

Enhanced Include Functionality

Support for accessing files outside project directory. Useful for including external readme files: {{ include "../readme.md" }}.

home.md Support

Added home.md as another option for project home page. Joins existing options of readme.md, index.md, default.md, welcome.md.

permalink Alias

Added permalink as an alias for route in page configuration. Provides familiar naming for users migrating from other platforms, see docs.

Mermaid Upgrade

Upgraded to Mermaid v11.6.0 with packet-beta diagram support for enhanced diagram rendering capabilities.

GitBook Image Handling

Improved handling of GitBook image exports with relative paths for better compatibility with GitBook markdown exports.

Default Server Port

Changed default development server port from 5000 to 5001 to avoid conflicts with macOS services using port 5000.

UI Refinements

Multiple UI improvements including search input styling, theme switcher icons, and navigation spacing for enhanced visual consistency and user experience.