Changelog

• Bug fix: “sprite folders” not working after Scratch update
• Bug fix: native sprite delete confirmation not showing if “display stage on left side” enabled
• Bug fix: “HD image uploads” and “echo effect button” layout issues
• “Project video recorder” addon: now downloads videos as mp4 in Chrome-based browsers, instead of webm
• “Editor dark mode and customizable colors” addon: fixed support for new Scratch editor features
• “Better forum quoter” and “forum search” addons: fixed support for native 3.0 forum blocks
• Removed addon “sprite deletion confirmation” (it was added officially by Scratch to the editor)
• Removed addon “Scratch 3.0 forum blocks” (it was added officially by Scratch to the forums)

• Bug fix: extension broken on Firefox

• New addon: asset conflict dialog
• New addon: delete other costumes or sounds
• New addon: customizable code editor grid
• New addon: customizable stage monitors
• New addon: remaining reply count
• “Customizable block colors” addon: new insertion marker customization settings
• “Project video recorder” addon: reorganized modal and now remembers settings from last recording
• “Message count on extension icon” addon: disabled automatically for everyone without the extension pinned
• “ocular integration” addon: use newer purple accent color instead of old blue
• “Gamepad support” addon: added support for dark mode in the gamepad settings panel
• “Compact editor” addon: costume numbers in the costumes tab are now easier to read
• “Scratch Messaging” addon: shows comment previews even if they aren’t found
• “Scratch Messaging” addon: in the “studio activity” category, shows the number of messages instead of the studio amount
• “Editor find bar” addon: fixed Ctrl+Z undoing what was typed in the find bar (Chrome/Edge only)
• “Forum search” addon: it is now functional again thanks to a new ScratchDB utility
• Bug fix: “auto-hiding block palette” closing the palette while a block dropdown is open or editing an input
• Bug fix: “HD image uploads” not discarding EXIF metadata before uploading files
• Bug fix: sprite pane not using all available space if “compact editor” enabled and “collapsing sprite properties” uncollapsed
• Bug fix: “rearrangeable custom block inputs” not working with empty labels
• Bug fix: “costume editor snapping” not enforcing minimum and maximum values for “snapping distance” setting
• Bug fix: “cat blocks” setting “watch mouse cursor” not working for newly loaded extensions (e.g. Makey Makey)
• Bug fix: “customizable block colors” not reacting to any setting changes after creating a custom block
• Bug fix: “editor find bar” doing case-sensitive broadcast search
• Bug fix: “editor find bar” preventing Ctrl+F from opening browser find outside of the project editor
• Bug fix: “two-column category menu” scrolls up instead of down when clicking in the space below the scrollbar
• Bug fix: “data category tweaks” causing “Save now” button to always show even if no changes were made
• Bug fix: “save blocks as image” being slow due to requesting the same image multiple times from Scratch servers
• Bug fix: incompatibilities between “project progress bar” and “faster project loading”
• Bug fix: the color scheme of stage monitors (e.g. variable sliders) were controlled by website dark mode instead of editor’s
• Bug fix: number pad and other editor interface elements showing above modals and popups
• Removed addon “profile statistics”
• Removed addon “local timezone on forums”
• Removed addon “forums image uploader”

• “Show exact count” addon: removed profile exact counts for favorites, curated studios and followed studios (send us feedback if you were using this, we may add them back!)
• “Forum post cooldown display” addon: optimized to avoid extra request to Scratch servers

• Bug fix: extension not reacting to logging in or out of Scratch

• “Scratch Messaging” addon: message count is now requested less often when not using Scratch
• “Show exact count” addon: the exact project count in studios now requires a click to calculate

• Bug fix: addons not working

• Added small speed-up for website dark mode and other themes
• Bug fix: extension broken on Firefox for Android

• Various changes to support Manifest V3, the new extension architecture required by browsers
• “Editor dark mode and customizable colors” addon: now styles alerts (such as “project could not save”)
• Bug fix: “enhanced full screen” causing stage to become blurry

• Bug fix: some addons not working after Scratch April Fools ended

• New addon: larger “Save Now” button [recommended]
• New addon: project page download button
• New addon: replace backpack bar with button
• Scratch Addons minimum browser requirements changed to: Chrome 96+, Firefox 109+
• Scratch Addons now allows exporting settings even if the browser is unsupported
• Adapt and disable some addons for the upcoming Scratch April Fools editor
• “Square block inputs” addon: new “number inputs” setting
• “Rearrangeable custom block inputs” addon: new “insert new inputs after selected input” setting
• “Project video recorder” addon: default video file name to project title
• “Full areas” addon: forum signatures no longer have a minimum height
• “Debugger” addon: the addon’s thread list now automatically scrolls when single stepping
• Bug fix: “enhanced full screen” hovering not detected on Firefox
• Bug fix: “website dark mode and customizable colors” not working properly when reporting a profile
• Bug fix: “website dark mode and customizable colors” inconsistently affecting forum post previews
• Bug fix: “pause button” Alt+X shortcut deleting the most recently focused block
• Bug fix: compatibility issues between “customizable block colors” and “always show number pad”
• Bug fix: “auto-hiding block palette” shrinking the width of the code area by 250 pixels, causing issues in small screens
• Bug fix: project unpauses after opening sound library (“pause button” addon)

• New addon: “customizable menu bar” (replaces “hide Tutorials button”)
• New addon: “place backpack code at mouse”
• New addon: “rearrangeable custom block inputs”
• New addon: “square block text inputs”
• Increased contrast of some settings page interface elements
• “Infinite scrolling” addon: new “search and explore” setting
• “Auto-hiding block palette” addon: new “open by default” setting
• “Enhanced full screen” addon: new “show toolbar when hovered” setting
• “Customizable block colors” addon: new “change the colors of variables and lists on the stage” setting
• “Preview project instructions and notes” addon: new reliable implementation, no longer experimental
• “Save blocks as image” addon: added support for high contrast blocks
• “Colored context menus” addon: text is now readable when right-clicking high contrast blocks
• “Customizable link style” addon: settings were clarified, bold setting is now separate
• “Ctrl+Enter to post” addon: now works when creating a new forum topic
• “Confirmations” addon: more cases now handled by “confirm cancelling comments” setting
• “Gamepad support” addon: now supports Firefox on Linux
• “Better forum quoter” addon: fixed bugs
• Bug fix: website addons not matching the language used by Scratch
• Bug fix: “faster project loading” breaking drag-and-dropping of backpack code into sprite pane
• Bug fix: “compact editor” not leaving enough room for backpack when on costumes tab
• Bug fix: “Report” and “Delete” buttons displayed above “emoji picker for comments”
• Bug fix: “sprite folders” duplicating folders when duplicating a sprite
• Bug fix: “insert blocks by name” showing outside the editor when pressing Ctrl+Space
• Bug fix: incompatibilities between “sticky footer” and “old studio layout”

• Bug fix: “Scratch Messaging” showing read messages as if they were unread
• Bug fix: “ocular integration” not working properly on forums
• Bug fix: new “username search” profile picture showing as white if “website dark mode” enabled

• New addon: skewing in costume editor
• New addon: preview project instructions and notes [beta]
• New addon: point towards random direction block
• New addon: sticky footer (previously part of “infinite scrolling”)
• Scratch Addons now shows an error page if settings storage is failing
• “Scratch Messaging” addon: enhanced loading times
• “Customizable block text style” addon: new “text size” setting
• “Fix sprite pane glitching” addon: it is now optional to disable sprite wobble
• “Project video recorder” addon: increased maximum recording time to 10 minutes
• “Arrow key incrementation in editor” addon: now supports more number fields and allows for custom values
• “Insert blocks by name” addon: fixed multiple bugs, enhanced performance and autocomplete
• “Username search” addon: now shows the user’s profile picture
• “Customizable block text style” addon: general fixes
• “Scratch 2.0 → 3.0” addon: improved the look of tabs on the My Stuff page
• “TurboWarp button” addon: improved button contrast
• “Website dark mode and customizable colors” addon: better support for Scratch statistics page
• “Old studio layout” addon: no longer changes the aspect ratio of studio thumbnails
• Bug fix: “auto-hiding block palette” deleting blocks unexpectedly when dropping them close to the border
• Bug fix: “save blocks as image” cropping define blocks incorrectly
• Bug fix: sprite pane not using all available space if both “compact editor” and “collapsing sprite properties” enabled
• Bug fix: untranslated text in the Scratch editor menu bar if “customizable block colors” enabled
• Bug fix: “editor dark mode and customizable colors” showing incorrect icons in the costume editor
• Bug fix: “confirmations” recognizing the “choose a tutorial” button as a Share button
• Bug fix: “better forum quoter” sometimes quoting image URLs incorrectly

• Bug fix: “compact editor” making number inputs too narrow
• Bug fix: “compact editor” not properly shrinking the sprite properties in some languages
• Bug fix: “expandable search bar” not styling properly when search bar expanded if “Scratch 2.0 → 3.0” enabled

• New addon: arrow key incrementation in editor
• New addon: compact editor
• New addon: forum post cooldown display
• “Non-draggable sprites in editor” addon: new “allow dragging while project is stopped” setting
• “Website dark mode and customizable colors” addon: new message count color settings
• “Website dark mode and customizable colors” addon: new Scratch 2.0 presets
• “Compact messages” addon: new “remove borders” setting
• “60FPS project player mode” addon: new accessible green flag indicator when 60FPS is enabled
• “Infinite scrolling” addon: the “fix footer” setting was removed
• “Ctrl+Enter to post” addon: add support for forums reporting form
• Bug fix: “customizable block colors” not working properly in older browsers
• Bug fix: “HD image uploads” breaking drag-and-drop of sprite3 files

• “Editor dark mode and customizable colors” addon: buttons on the costume editor are no longer blue, now respects “text and icon highlight color” setting
• “Editor dark mode and customizable colors” addon: various bug fixes
• “Website dark mode and customizable colors” addon: now uses a darker blue on Scratch 2.0 pages if the “Scratch default colors (blue)” preset is selected
• “Website dark mode and customizable colors” addon: various bug fixes
• Bug fix: “hide Tutorials button” not working properly and breaking “project video recorder”
• Bug fix: “costume editor snapping” snapping to center even if setting disabled
• Bug fix: “mouse position display”, “clone counter” and others not showing in full screen if small stage selected

• “Editor dark mode and customizable colors” addon: presets now use Scratch’s new purple accent color
• “Editor dark mode and customizable colors” addon: new “3.Darker (blue)” and “Scratch’s default colors (blue)” presets
• “Website dark mode and customizable colors” addon: presets now use Scratch’s new purple accent color
• “Editor dark mode and customizable colors” addon: new “Experimental Dark (blue)” and “Scratch’s default colors (blue)” presets
• Adapt multiple addons to the Scratch colors update
• “Customizable block colors” addon: various bug fixes
• Added warning before mentioning “Scratch Addons” on the Scratch forums, not just when posting comments

• Bug fix: “customizable block colors” causing the project editor to crash when attempting to create a custom block
• Bug fix: “confirmations” addon not properly prompting to confirm project sharing
• Bug fix: “highlight project creator in comments” not properly highlighting the original poster in forums

• New addon: highlight project creator in comments
• Adapt multiple addons to the upcoming Scratch editor update
• Increase available storage for addon settings from 8kB to ~20kB
• Change extension behavior that impacted Scratch project player performance
• “Pause button” addon: projects can now be paused with Alt+X
• “Live featured project” addon: new “use Scratch username” setting and bug fixes
• “Debugger” addon: new “fill and animate graphs” setting
• Bug fix: “remix tree” button showing twice
• Bug fix: “collapsing sprite properties” automatically collapsing when changing direction through dial
• Bug fix: “customizable navigation bar” duplicates username when changing settings
• Bug fix: “customizable code area zoom” doesn’t react to changing editor language
• Bug fix: “project volume slider” interface interfering with “turbo mode” indicator

• Bug fix: “faster project loading” breaking dragging sprites from backpack
• Bug fix: “project volume slider” not compatible with “reverse order of project controls” and RTL languages

• New addon: faster project loading [recommended]
• New addon: move sprite to front layer
• New addon: follow topics after posting [forums]
• New addon: necropost highlighter [forums]
• New addon: remember collapsed forum categories [forums]
• “Project volume slider” addon: new “always show slider” setting
• “Customizable navigation bar” addon: new “stick to” setting
• “Show user IDs” addon: new “only show when hovering over username” setting
• “Editor dark mode and customizable colors” addon: new “popup backdrop color” setting
• “Website dark mode and customizable colors” addon: turn forum toolbar icons white in dark mode
• “Customizable block colors”: changes to the black text color option and the “black” preset
• “TurboWarp player” addon: you can now Ctrl+Click the TurboWarp icon to open in a new tab
• “Hex color picker” addon: various bug fixes
• Bug fix: incorrectly styled Projects/Studios/Profile buttons on search
• Bug fix: random layout issues in extension popup (Chrome and Edge)
• Bug fix: “message filters” requesting messages from server too often

• Bug fix: some addons not working after Scratch April Fools ended

• Adapt addons to the upcoming Scratch April Fools update
• “Insert blocks by name” addon: improve algorithm when searching
• “Search profile” addon: improve profile icon to match Scratch UI
• Bug fix: layout issue when clicking in sprite name within “debugger” while on “variable manager” tab
• Bug fix: “customizable block colors” hiding dropdown arrows in blocks
• Bug fix: “Scratch 2.0 → 3.0” account menu can overflow in some languages
• Bug fix: “search on My Stuff” forcing page to scroll to the top

• New addon: multiple rows in backpack
• New addon: copy reporter values
• New addon: share through My Stuff
• The “insert blocks by name” addon was completely reworked, you can now type inputs and reporters inside other blocks, and autocomplete using the Tab key
• “Customizable block colors” addon: two new presets have been added, including a preset for the new high-contrast block colors coming to Scratch soon
• “Clone counter” addon: new “show on project page” setting
• “Website dark mode and customizable colors” addon: support the new Explore page tabs
• “Website dark mode and customizable colors” addon: the “navigation bar background” color setting now accepts transparency
• “Block switching” addon: more blocks can now be switched to related ones, such as “delete item of list” to “delete all of list”
• Bug fix: dropping a sound to sprite folders crashes editor
• Bug fix: compatibility issues between “better forum quoter” and “quote post number”

• “Website dark mode and customizable colors” addon: fix compatibility with new project page love and favorite icons
• The “mute” functionality (available when right clicking the extension icon) is now called “do not disturb”
• “Costume editor snapping” addon: do not disable vanilla Scratch’s “snap to center” when toggling magnet button
• “Editor find bar” addon: remove unnecessary “find” label next to the find bar
• “Customizable block colors” addon: various changes related to the upcoming new Scratch block colors
• “Editor dark mode and customizable colors” addon: change color of extension icons, such as music and video sensing
• “Project video recorder” addon: rename “start recording” button to “record”
• Bug fix: “collapsing sprite properties” not compatible with “search sprites by name”
• Bug fix: “website dark mode and customizable colors” and “Scratch 2.0 → 3.0” causing all closed sticky topic icons on the forums to be blue
• Bug fix: “more items per row” slightly changing height of rows on default addon settings

• “Alternating nested block colors” addon: alternate blocks of same color even if their categories are different
• “Insert blocks by name” addon: fix mistake in addon description, the correct hotkey is Shift+Click
• “Variable manager” addon: require a click to display long variable values
• “Project progress bar” addon: improve design
• Bug fix: “enhanced full screen” causing stage to be white after seeing inside
• Bug fix: “project volume slider” doesn’t show real volume
• Bug fix: “opacity slider” cannot be moved by clicking or touching the slider
• Bug fix: “collapsing sprite properties” not animating if “file drag and drop” is enabled
• Bug fix: “collapsing sprite properties” not working properly in some languages
• Bug fix: “collapsing sprite properties” not fully compatible with “sprite folders” addon
• Bug fix: “gamepad support” controls reset after unplugging controller
• Bug fix: “costume editor snapping” breaking reshape tool
• Bug fix: “searchable dropdowns” can create variables with the same name as existing ones
• Bug fix: “Scratch Messaging” comment post dates “time ago” text not localized to other languages
• Bug fix: “clone counter” can show a negative number of clones when dynamically enabled

• New addon: “costume editor snapping”
• New addon: “collapsing sprite properties” [recommended]
• New addon: “insert blocks by name” (previously part of “developer tools”)
• New addon: “always show number pad”
• “Auto-hiding block palette” and “customizable code area zoom” addons: changed speed settings
• “Website dark mode and customizable colors” addon: support upcoming “Scratch Link” website page
• “Block switching” addon: removed unnecessary “add border” setting
• “TurboWarp button” addon: player now respects full screen background color settings
• The “pause button” addon is now enabled by default for new users
• Bug fix: right click context menu items hidden behind stage (“sprite folders”, “auto-hiding block palette” and “HD image uploads” addons)
• Bug fix: “website dark mode and customizable colors” causing text to be unreadable in some parts of the Scratch website
• Bug fix: “ocular integration” status overflow covering part of forum posts
• Bug fix: “TurboWarp button” player crashing in certain situations
• Bug fix: “TurboWarp button” player stage header white in dark mode
• Bug fix: “debugger” blocks untranslated in threads tab
• Bug fix: Firefox applying dark mode in “Contact Us” form on the Scratch website
• Bug fix: “customizable block colors” and “3.0 Scratchblocks on forums” not working on all forum pages
• Bug fix: “customizable navigation bar” compact user dropdown setting not working on the My Stuff page
• Bug fix: “HD image uploads” button not showing in “add backdrop” dropdown
• Bug fix: “volume slider” resets volume when entering editor
• Bug fix: “developer tools” not considering certain unusual types of broadcasts
• Bug fix: “enhanced full screen” blurry when resizing the window
• Bug fix: “editor dark mode and customizable colors” using incorrect text colors for the project title and remix button
• Bug fix: “high resolution thumbnails” should ignore images inside forum posts
• Bug fix: “hide delete button” not working for sounds
• Bug fix: “customizable block colors” preventing variable monitors from showing
• Bug fix: “editor find bar” Ctrl+Left and Ctrl+Right shortcuts not working properly after leaving and entering the editor
• Scratch Addons is no longer incompatible with the “Redux DevTools” browser extension

• New addon: opacity slider [beta]
• New addon: project volume slider
• New addon: rename broadcasts
• New addon: select stage colors in the costume editor
• New “show addon names and descriptions in English” toggle for users that haven’t set English as their default browser language (available inside “more settings” in the settings page)
• “Line breaks in comments” addon: new “add scroll bars to tall comments” and “maximum number of lines” settings
• “Hide projects stats” addon: new “show stats on my own project pages” setting and My Stuff page support
• “Customizable block colors” addon: new “comments” color setting
• “ocular integration” addon: new “show statuses everywhere/only on other’s profiles” setting
• “Scratch Messaging” addon: support Ctrl+Enter to post comments
• “Profile statistics” addon: fix bugs, enhance dark mode support
• “TurboWarp button” addon: add ability to customize TurboWarp settings in “replace player” mode
• Bug fix: “shared/edited dates tooltip” sometimes not working
• Bug fix: “duplicate script with Alt key” leaving the original block detached from the script after duplicating
• Bug fix: “infinite scrolling” misplacing forum posts
• Bug fix: “developer tools” add block by name popup lacking colored block backgrounds if other addons disabled
• Bug fix: “editor dark mode and customizable colors” incorrectly colors right click context menu text in light themes

• New addon: alternating nested block colors
• New addon: editor find bar (previously part of “developer tools”, it can now search sounds)
• New addon: jump to custom block definition (previously part of “developer tools”)
• New addon: remove autocomplete from search bar
• The extension popup now remembers the tab that was last selected, instead of defaulting to the messages tab
• “Variable manager” addon: list items can now be inserted without holding the Shift key
• “Customizable navigation bar” addon: new “compact user dropdown” setting
• “Clone counter” addon: new “show icon only” setting
• “Confirmations” addon: new “confirm deleting projects” setting
• “Customizable new sprite position” addon: new “behavior when duplicating sprites” setting
• “Editor dark mode and customizable colors” addon: new customizable block palette opacity (“block palette background” setting now allows a transparency value)
• “Cloud games” addon: the cloud games tab can now be opened in a new tab, just like the Scratch Messaging tab
• “Cloud games” addon: now highlights the currently open project
• “Live forum post preview” addon: new “refresh rate” setting
• “Gamepad support” addon: new “reset controls to default” and “clear all controls” buttons
• “Customizable block colors”: bug fixes, improve compatibility with other addons
• “Better emojis” addon: improve performance
• “Local timezone on forums”: stop using ScratchDB as information source, use mobile forums instead
• Bug fix: some editor addons breaking after changing editor language
• Bug fix: “auto-hiding block palette” hiding the sprite direction popup
• Bug fix: “variable manager” allowing variable names to be empty

• Bug fix: “hide stage and sprite pane” hiding the stage in project pages
• Bug fix: “auto-hide block palette” not updating workspace metrics after changing settings

• Bug fix: “hide stage and sprite pane” crashing the page if “touching mouse pointer” block runs while the stage is hidden

• Bug fix: “auto-hide block palette” causing editor crash after clicking “make new block”
• Bug fix: “project progress bar” not working and showing a vertical bar

• New addon: hide stage and sprite pane
• New addon: reverse order of project controls
• New addon: one-click studio invites
• “Auto-hiding block palette” addon: fixed many bugs
• “Cloud games” addon: listed projects can now be customized
• “Sprite and script count” addon: new setting to show icons instead of text
• “Confirmations” addon: new “confirm cancelling comments” setting
• “Debugger” and “pause” addons: fix bugs, improve performance
• Bug fix: extension getting corrupted after importing settings
• Bug fix: “developer tools” find bar showing above the green flag in small windows
• Bug fix: “Scratch Messaging” showing messages already marked as read
• Bug fix: “grab single block with Ctrl key” glitching if Ctrl is held when using right click → duplicate
• Bug fix: “unshare button in editor” breaking the “Share” button after the project was unshared

• Adapt addons to the upcoming Scratch update (unshared projects no longer being accessible by knowing the project ID)
• Fix outdated update notices showing up in settings

• New addon: customizable default costume editor colors [beta]
• New addon: sound duration display
• New ability to view the internal Scratch Addons settings file, available inside “more settings” in the settings page
• Addons such as “sprite folders” and “unshare button in editor” now use Scratch modals instead of browser prompts when asking for input or confirmation
• “Scratch 2.0 → 3.0” addon: style profile page scrollbars and alerts
• “Website dark mode and customizable colors” addon: add dark mode to more parts of the website
• Bug fix: “website dark mode and customizable colors” changing text color on project stage
• Bug fix: “forum search” not working in majority of cases
• Bug fix: “Ctrl+Enter to post” not letting macOS users use Cmd key
• Bug fix: “60FPS project player mode” causing variables to not visually update in some cases

• Adapt addons to the upcoming Scratch April Fools update

• New addon: color picker inputs
• New addon: horizontal tabs on My Stuff
• New addon: live forum post preview
• “Muted project player mode” addon: allow macOS users to use Cmd instead of Ctrl
• “Message count on extension icon” addon: new “orange” preset
• Settings page: show “no results found” message when searching
• Bug fix: “Scratch Messaging” crashing when comment not found
• Bug fix: “hide new variables” affecting performance
• Bug fix: “debugger” breakpoints sometimes not working
• Bug fix: “profile statistics” showing wrong date
• Bug fix: “more forum toolbar buttons” not working on signature settings page

• Bug fix: addons not working on forum topics if “more forum toolbar buttons” addon enabled
• Bug fix: editor addons sometimes not loaded

• Bug fix: “clone counter” breaking because of incompatibility with some other editor addons
• Bug fix: “debugger” feature to highlight the block that triggered a log not working
• Bug fix: “Scratch Notifier” playing sound when receiving disabled notification types
• Bug fix: “website dark mode and customizable colors” incompatibility with “customizable quotes and code blocks on forums”

• “Scratch 2.0 → 3.0” addon: fix bugs

• New addon: customizable block text style
• New addon: customizable navigation bar
• New addon: disable sprite wobble in sprite pane
• New addon: hide signatures on forums
• New addon: search sprites by name
• “Scratch 2.0→3.0” addon: updated to match Scratch 3.0 more closely
• “Scratch Messaging” and “Scratch Notifier” addons: updated and fixed bugs
• “Debugger” addon: new “Threads” and “Performance” tabs, new settings
• “Customizable block colors”: new “change the colors of blocks in the forums” setting
• Bug fix: “searchable dropdowns” offering to create local variables in the stage
• Bug fix: “developer tools” creating the “stop other scripts in sprite” block incorrectly

• “Website dark mode and customizable colors” addon: fix bugs
• “Customizable quotes and code blocks on forums”: fix bugs

• “Website dark mode and customizable colors” addon: fix bugs

• New addon: snap scripts to grid
• New addon: block count
• New addon: high resolution thumbnails
• “Website dark mode” addon is now customizable
• “Better editor comments” addon: new “always spawn block comments next to block” and “keep block comment connections straight” settings
• “Quote post number” addon: new “automatically add post link to quotes” setting
• “Editor dark mode and customizable colors” addon: updated “Experimental Dark” and “TurboWarp Dark” presets
• “Grab single block with Ctrl key” addon: fix bugs
• “Onion skinning” addon: fix bugs
• “Editor comment previews” addon: fix bugs

• Bug fix: “editor comment previews” not working after leaving and entering editor, improve readability on Firefox, and more
• Bug fix: “enhanced full screen” not resizing “ask and wait” prompts
• Bug fix: “auto-hiding block palette” showing palette when dragging workspace
• Bug fix: “search bar on My Stuff” breaking other inputs on Firefox

• New addon: switch variables between “For all sprites” and “For this sprite only” [beta]
• New addon: better editor comments
• New addon: two-column category menu
• New addon: search bar on My Stuff
• New addon: editor comment previews
• New addon: hide Tutorials button
• New addon: quote post number
• “Thumbnail setter” addon: move Set Thumbnail button to project page instead of editor menu bar
• “Developer tools” addon: support holding Shift while dragging blocks to avoid closing the Ctrl+Space floating box
• “Better emojis” addon: support meow, gobo and waffle emojis
• “Block switching” addon: fix bug when switching custom block arguments

• “Enhanced full screen” addon: fix bugs
• “Studio tools” addon: fix bugs

• Support updated Scratch FAQ and upcoming “2020 Annual Report” pages
• “Enhanced full screen” addon: fix bugs
• “Developer tools” addon: fix find bar not working in some languages

• New addon: duplicate script with Alt key
• New addon: enhanced full screen
• New addon: emoji picker for comments
• New addon: do not shift pasted items
• New addon: echo effect button
• Scratch Addons can now be used in incognito mode if enabled on browser settings
• “Editor dark mode and customizable colors” addon: added preview on settings page
• “Editor dark mode and customizable colors” addon: new “Scratch 1.x” preset
• “Extra key support” addon: support experimental keys and shift keys
• “Confirmations” addon: new “confirm project unsharing” settings
• “Project video recorder” addon: new “start delay” option

• Adapt addons to the new Scratch “studio host” feature
• Improve loading speed of editor when “debugger” addon is enabled

• Bug fix: “developer tools” paste block feature conflicting with “grab single block with Ctrl key”
• Bug fix: “website dark mode” not making some parts of Explore dark
• Bug fix: “extra key support” sometimes not working
• Bug fix: “line breaks in comments” sometimes making comments big

• New addon: grab single block with Ctrl key
• New addon: hide new variables
• New addon: move costume to top or bottom (previously part of “developer tools”)
• New addon: extra key support
• New addon: unshare button in editor
• New addon: remix button in own projects
• “Editor dark mode and customizable colors” addon: new “Scratch 2.0” preset
• “Block switching” addon: support switching blocks added by “debugger” addon
• “Scratch Messaging”, “Scratch Notifier” and “Message filters” addons: support studio host transfer messages
• Bug fix: “studio tools” crashing studio pages
• Bug fix: “customizable default project” overwriting uploaded projects
• Bug fix: addons not loading in Explore page

• Bug fix: “Scratch Messaging” not handling spaces correctly
• Bug fix: “paint costume by default” not considering sprites with no sounds

• New addon: hide delete button
• New addon: name scripts before placing in backpack
• New addon: paint costume by default [recommended]
• New addon: 3.0 Scratchblocks on forums
• New addon: do not automatically space overlapping scripts
• New addon: copy code button on forums
• New addon: hide project stats
• New addon: more forum toolbar buttons
• New addon: show user IDs
• “Editor dark mode and customizable colors” addon: new “change the costume editor background and selection border” setting
• “TurboWarp button” addon: support running addons in player mode (also applies to “live featured project” addon when using TurboWarp)
• “Block switching” addon: add custom block arguments switching
• “Message count on extension icon” addon: new “indicate when not signed in” setting
• “Customizable block colors” addon: support blocks added by Scratch Addons
• “Drag and drop files” addon: new “use HD uploads” setting if “HD image uploads” addon is enabled
• “Scratch Messaging” addon: support multiline comments if “line breaks in comments” addon is enabled
• “Featured” addons are now displayed separately in settings page
• Ability to send list of enabled addons when sending feedback to Scratch Addons developers
• Bug fix: “customizable default project” working inconsistently
• Bug fix: “display stage on left side” breaking trashing of blocks by dragging them to palette in RTL languages
• Bug fix: addons sometimes not loading in the page randomly

• New addon: TurboWarp button
• New addon: more items per row
• New addon: Ctrl+Enter to post
• New addon: customizable profile picture border
• New addon: compact messages
• New addon: customizable default project
• “Editor dark mode and customizable colors” addon: make costume editor dark, support dark speech bubbles, add “TurboWarp dark” preset
• “Developer tools” addon: ability to clean up unused local lists in addition to variables, new Alt+Click hotkey as equivalent to middle click
• Support for Firefox Containers
• Fix bugs in “display stage on left side” addon
• Fix bugs in “customizable block colors” addon

• Bug fix: “searchable dropdowns” causing blocks to get stuck to cursor
• Bug fix: “forum search” breaking scratchblocks already on the page
• “Display stage on left side” addon now works more reliably

• Bug fix: “old studio layout” not properly handling long studio titles in default mode
• Bug fix: “debugger” addon blocks not working properly in Japanese
• Bug fix: “developer tools” addon incompatibility with new “searchable dropdowns” feature
• Bug fix: “HD image uploads” should not accept GIF files

• New addon: old studio layout
• New addon: browse followers button in studios
• New addon: HD image uploads [beta]
• New addon: non-draggable sprites in editor
• “Searchable dropdowns” addon: ability to create variables/lists/messages by searching for the name
• “Mouse position” addon: coordinates text is now centered and does not move the clone counter
• “Highlight currently executing blocks” addon: new “highlight color” setting
• “Developer tools” addon: support searching for blocks added by “debugger” addon
• “Infinite scrolling”: new page separator on forums
• Bug fix: “infinite scrolling” lists duplicate items on studios
• Bug fix: “studio manager tools” sometimes not working

• Adapt addons to the new Scratch 3.0 studio pages on Scratch website
• Bug fix: “auto-show editor extensions” sometimes breaking music blocks

• Adapt addons to the upcoming Scratch 3.0 studio pages update on Scratch website

• Bug fix: unreadable text on Scratch Messaging when light mode enabled (caused by changes in v1.16.2)

• Fix bugs in “debugger” addon
• Adapt addons to the upcoming Scratch 3.0 studio pages update on Scratch website
• Scratch Messaging & Scratch Notifier: now support newly added Scratch emojis
• Bug fix: “Scratch Messaging” asking to log in if a parent comment was deleted
• Bug fix: “Scratch Messaging” not properly turning username mentions into links
• Bug fix: “better forums post editor buttons” hiding some posted images
• Bug fix: “copy link to comment button” breaking after loading more comments in profiles
• Bug fix: “website dark mode” not properly styling remix tree page

• Fix bugs in “debugger” addon

• New addon: debugger [beta]
• New addon: expandable search bar
• Faster extension settings page, enhanced addon searching algorithm
• “Feature unshared projects” addon: now more reliable, no longer beta
• “Gamepad support” addon: new smart mapping generator, project creators can override mappings, individual axis support, allow binding to Enter key
• “Editor dark mode and customizable colors” addon: new settings “change the colors of variables, lists, and answer inputs on the stage” and “text and icon highlight color”
• “Scratch Messaging” addon: URLs and username mentions inside comments are now clickable
• “Show ocular.jeffalo.net statuses and post reactions” addon: better forum post reaction UI
• Adapt addons to the upcoming Scratch 3.0 studio pages update on Scratch website
• Bug fix: “filter messages on Scratch’s messages page” hiding unread messages
• Bug fix: “mouse position” and “clone count” not working properly in small stage mode

• New addon: do not automatically run duplicated blocks [recommended]
• New addon: block transparency
• New addon: Ctrl+Click to run scripts
• New addon: filter messages on Scratch’s messages page
• “Message count in extension icon” addon: change default color, make it customizable
• Enhanced loading speed of settings page
• Enhanced RTL support for editor addons
• Scratch Addons is ready to support RTL in the extension settings page and popup. If you’re native in Arabic or Hebrew, please help translate
• “Scratch Messaging” addon: support showing messages from the Scratch Team
• “Confirm actions” addon: support confirming closing forum topics
• “Gamepad support” addon: add setting to hide icon when no controllers detected, add WASD option to joysticks, bug fixes
• Adapt addons to the upcoming Scratch 3.0 studio pages update on Scratch website
• Notify extension users if the running browser version is unsupported by Scratch Addons
• Bug fix: project page crashing when posting empty comment twice in a row
• “Data category tweaks” addon: bug fixes
• “Developer tools” addon: bug fixes

• Adapt addons to the upcoming Scratch 3.0 studio pages update on Scratch website
• “Scratch Messaging” addon: enhanced comment finding of new replies to old comment chains
• Bug fix: “website dark mode” making “ask and wait” questions by stage unreadable
• Bug fix: “cloud games” addon using orange icon for user count instead of white icon
• Bug fix: warn before commenting “Scratch Addons” on the Scratch community website not working on Firefox

• “Scratch 2.0 → 3.0” addon: all 404 error pages are now converted to 3.0 style
• Bug fix: own unshared projects returning 404 error
• Bug fix: some addons not working if conflicting extensions also installed

• Bug fix: “pause button” addon (as well as some other editor addons) not working

• New addon: gamepad support
• New addon: editor sound effects
• New addon: remove curved stage border
• New addon: better forums post editor buttons
• Customizable block colors: new “dark” and “black” presets, new “block input” and “text color” settings
• Scratch Addons settings page now has subcategories. Click in a main category (like “Scratch Editor Features”) to explore its subcategories: code editor, costume editor, project player, others
• Scratch Addons settings page now splits the addon list into collapsible groups, for easier browsing: new, enabled, recommended, others, beta
• Enhanced performance of project editor addons, specially when dragging blocks or browsing the workspace
• You are now warned before commenting “Scratch Addons” on the Scratch community website, to prevent your account from getting muted
• “Editor dark mode” addon: does not affect anything above the stage anymore (variable monitors, ask inputs, etc.)
• “Show ocular.jeffalo.net statuses and post reactions” (formerly “show my-ocular status”) now adds reaction buttons for posts on the forums
• The “project screen reader support” addon was removed
• Bug fix: “editor devtools” and “customizable block colors” not working well together
• Bug fix: “custom scripts area zoom settings” zooming the wrong way if zoom speed is below 83%

• New addon: custom scripts area zoom settings
• New addon: change new sprite default position
• New addon: save blocks as image
• Enhanced loading speed of Scratch Addons settings page
• “Editor dark mode” is now customizable, its previously available modes are now presets
• “Last edit tooltip” is now “shared/edited dates tooltip”, shows full datetimes for shared and last edited
• “Highlight currently executing blocks” addon: better highlighting and running block detection
• “Developer tools” addon: some of its features are now toggleable in the settings page
• “Drag and drop files” addon: support drag and dropping text files into lists and “ask and wait” answer fields
• “Alt+GreenFlag 60FPS player mode” & “mute project player” addons: improve Alt+GreenFlag and Ctrl+GreenFlag detection
• “Website dark mode” addon: make Scratch’s statistics page graphs and embedded projects dark, bug fixes
• Bug fix: crash when opening editor from My Stuff on Firefox
• Bug fix: “studio manager tools” not allowing non-owner managers to leave studios
• Bug fix: “sprite folders” not backpacking sound folders properly
• Bug fix: “variable manager” not loading when reentering the editor

• Bug fix: follow button unclickable with “profile page banner” enabled
• Bug fix: “2D color picker” not working on Firefox
• Bug fix: issues with “auto-hide block palette” addon
• Bug fix: issues with “profile page statistics” followers over time chart
• Bug fix: “sprite folders” crashing the editor when dragging a folder into an empty backpack

• New addon: drag and drop files [recommended]
• New addon: custom block shape (with presets to get blocks that look like 2.0)
• New addon: 2D color picker
• New color picker in settings page that allows to set transparency % for some settings
• “Profile page banner” addon: banner is now higher resolution, new “banner blur” setting
• “Sprite folders” addon: now allows saving folders to backpack
• “Variable manager” addon: now allows changing variable names
• New setting on “show full areas” addon: show scroll for forums Scratchblocks
• “Developer tools” addon: fix send to top/bottom buttons showing on all items, instead of just costumes
• “Mute project player” addon: fix Ctrl+GreenFlag not working in MacOS
• “Auto-hide block palette” addon: fix closing animation sometimes not working

• “Sprite folders” addon: fix editor crashing when trying to drag and drop a sound within a folder to another sprite.
• “Profile statistics” addon: add missing thousand separator comma to “most loved by country” statistic.

• Bug fix: scrollbar not working in editor with some editor dark modes
• Bug fix: “variable manager” listing broadcast messages as variables
• Bug fix: “developer tools” not removing vanilla “Clean up Blocks” button
• Bug fix: “addons” popup tab sometimes not listing some addons under “currently running on this tab”
• Bug fix: “onion skinning” and “sprite folders” not working properly together
• Bug fix: “show exact count” and “profile statistics” not working properly together
• “Disable auto-save” addon: allow saving with Ctrl+S and File>Save.
• “Website dark mode” addon: change scrollbar color on hover
• “Mute project player” addon: fix bugs
• “Sprite folders” addon: fix bugs
• “Forum search” addon: migrate to ScratchDB v3 for faster results
• “Thumbnails setter” addon: clarify what its only setting does when enabled
• “Auto-show editor extensions”: remove option to auto-show video sensing, which turns on the camera

• New addon: folders [beta]
• New addon: variable manager [beta]
• New addon: profile statistics
• New addon: higher character limit in “What I’m Working On”
• New addon: block pallette category icons
• Cloud games addon: add loading indicator
• Infinite scrolling addon: bug fixes
• Bug fix: “more links” treating some links as if they weren’t
• Bug fix: “block switching” only letting users type numbers when converting “change variable by” to “set variable to”

• New addon: copy link to comment button [recommended]
• New addon: auto-show editor extensions
• Enhanced pause button addon: bug fixes and improvements
• Website and editor dark modes bug fixes
• Bug fix: addons with permission requirements not getting enabled the first time after permissions granted
• Scratch Messaging: fix bug caused by asterisk after Scratch Team usernames
• Record project video: fix bugs when leaving the editor during recording

Fixes bug that would make the extension crash if browser language set to Spanish.

• Thumbnails setter addon: warn if the Scratch thumbnail server is down
• Bug fix: “more links” treating some non-links as links
• Bug fix: “curator link” sometimes not working
• Bug fix: popup box for sprite direction partially covered with “display stage on left side” enabled
• Bug fix: extension muted through context menu showing badge on startup

• New addon: show BBCode [forums]
• New easter egg addon: fix capitalization of Account Settings. You can access easter egg addons by typing the konami code in the settings page.
• Scratch Messaging: now shows who loved and favorited projects
• Scratch Messaging & Scratch Notifier: now support studio promotion messages
• Auto-hide block palette addon: new “category hover” mode
• Record project video: new option to include microphone input
• Mute project player addon: now shows an icon when the project is muted
• Bug fixes in “linebreaks in comments” addon
• Clone counter addon: improve performance

Only released on Firefox for a brief moment due to the finding of a bug that would make the extension crash if browser language not set to English.

• Bug fix: “more links” treating non-links as links
• Bug fix: “Scratch 2.0 → 3.0” showing gray text on page load by default
• Bug fix: “Website dark mode” causing unreadable text on “Forums image uploader”
• Bug fix: “Auto-hide block palette” causing reporter return value bubbles to remain on screen

• New addon: auto-hide block palette [recommended]
• New addon: disable auto-save
• New addon: linebreaks in comments
• New addon: project screen reader support [beta]
• More links addon: remade, now more performant, out of beta
• Record project video addon: you can now record up to 5 minutes of project video and audio
• Data category tweaks addon: new “move data blocks above variable list” setting
• Removed addon: “fix ‘Load more’ scrolling in search results”, the bug was fixed in newer browser versions
• Bug fix: unreadable search bar input with “website dark mode” enabled and “Scratch 2.0 → 3.0” disabled
• Bug fix: permission prompts not working in Firefox

Addon development changes:

• You can now access the locale code msg() uses through msg.locale

Fixes bug where “website dark mode” would affect certain elements of the Scratch editor.

• New “addons” tab in extension popup: easily see what addons are running in the current page, enable addons, and change their settings, directly after clicking the Scratch Addons icon in the top right of your browser!
• Ability to customize the tabs in the extension popup (such as hiding “cloud games” from the popup if disabled).
• New addon: data category tweaks (version 2)
• New addon: mute project player
• New addon: better forum quoter
• Type the konami code in the settings page for a surprise :)
• Scratch 2.0 → 3.0 addon: new color settings
• Sprite and script count addon: new “live block count in editor” setting
• 60FPS player mode addon: custom FPS number setting
• Ability to import and export Scratch Addons settings as a .json file, available inside “more settings” in the settings page.
• Bug fix: double scrollbar in extension popup if browser zoom over 100%
• Bug fix: browsers now display certain non-English characters correctly, such as i/İ in Turkish and ß/SS in German.
• Bug fixes and better performance in editor devtools, colorful context menus, project notes tabs, block switching, dark modes, and more.

• New addon: hex color picker
• New addon: record project video [beta]
• Studio manager tools addon: new option to add “leave” button to studios section of “my stuff”
• Show my-ocular status addon: new option to show statuses in profiles
• Website dark mode fixes: unreadable modals

Only released on Firefox due to a special requirement by the Chrome Web Store related to localization. See v1.6.1.

• Bug fix: Onion skin addon groups together every vector costume (#1035)
• Bug fix: loading comment section not black with website dark mode enabled

• New addon: onion skinning
• New addon: profile page banner
• Editor devtools: option to show broadcast senders and receivers
• New setting to avoid overwriting thumbnails in thumbnails setter addon
• New setting to show “load more” in the front page’s “What’s happening” (show full areas addon)
• More blocks supported in block switching addon
• Customizable block colors: affect “colorful context menus” and editor devtools middle click feature.
• Addons now run in iframes, so for example, you can now use pause button and live featured project together.
• Warn users if extension site access was disabled, which breaks Scratch Addons.
• Remove orange outline in “set thumbnail” and “leave studio” buttons
• Add “help translate” button in settings page
• Bug fixes in website dark editor
• Firefox bug fix: addons not working
• Various other bug fixes

• Fix website dark mode affecting the editor, sometimes making text unreadable
• Fix typos and incorrect uses of title case
• Fix script and sprite count addon working incorrectly
• Fix forum search working incorrectly
• Fix localization bugs

• Scratch Addons is now localized! We’ll soon be writing how you can help translate Scratch Addons to your language.
• Responsive settings page
• New addon: website dark mode
• New addon: block switching [recommended]
• New addon: sprite and script count
• New addon: messages in editor
• New addon: project notes tabs
• New addon: feature unshared projects
• New addon: confirm actions
• New addon: fix broken SVG uploads
• New addon: customized quotes & code blocks on forums
• New addon: curator link
• New addon: show my-ocular status
• Enhancement: fix performance when dragging blocks in the editor
• Bug fix: exact forum count removing the word “posts” after the post count
• Bug fix: “last edit tooltip” showing incorrect date
• Bug fix: clone count showing negative numbers

Addon development changes:

• Because of localization, any English strings used in addon JavaScript must be put in addon-l10n/en/addon-name.json. Then, you can get these strings from the msg function that is passed to the default function of your module.
• Source URL was added to theme CSS (#849)
• Addition of %addon-self-dir% placeholder in theme CSS
• Settings of type "key" for hotkeys, not yet used by any addon.

Minor extension structure change after Mozilla Add-ons review (moves libraries used by addons, previously loaded from CDNs, to the “libraries” folder). No noticeable changes for users.

Fixes a security issue in the “More links” addon. Click here for more information.

The “live featured project” addon was accidentally enabled by default. This update fixes that.

• Project performance problems fixed - performance warnings removed (#431)
• “Highlight currently executing blocks” does not hurt performance/lag anymore (#336)
• New SVG icons instead of emojis in the extension popup and Scratch Notifier notifications (#617)
• Settings page: new “more settings” button and theme switch in the top right
• New addon: thumbnail setter (enabled by default for all users)
• New addon: resizable comment input (enabled by default for all users)
• Old addons now enabled for all users: 60FPS player mode (alt+click green flag), studio manager tools, full areas
• New addon: pause button (beta)
• New addon: live featured project
• New setting on Scratch Notifier addon: sound notification
• Full areas: new “load more” button on “What I’ve been doing”
• Fix remix tree button not working
• Fix inaccurate number of projects in a studio (show exact count addon)
• Fix wrong row titles in show exact count addon
• Dark mode fixes (#656, #658)

• New popup styling, matching the Scratch Addons settings page
• Light theme option for the Scratch Addons popup and settings page
• New addon: customizable block colors
• New addon: studio manager tools
• New addon: infinite scrolling
• New addon: clone counter
• New addon: mouse position
• New addon: remix tree button on project pages
• New addon: show exact count
• Removed addon: data category tweaks, because it caused irreversible bugs to projects (#396)
• Removed addon: load more scrolling fix, because the issue was fixed by the Scratch Team (#506)
• Ability to reset all addon settings
• Mute for... option when right clicking the extension icon
• Fix bug: links to cloud games not working (#500)

Only released on Firefox due to an issue with performance warnings not showing. See v1.2.1.

• Bug fixes
• New theme: Scratch 2.0 → Scratch 3.0
• New addon: forums search
• New addon: search profile
• New addon: 60FPS player mode
• New addon: better emojis
• New addon: cloud games
• New theme: display stage on left side
• Automatically update themes (no refresh needed)
• Fix slow project performance if no feature with a “hurts performance” warning is enabled

Addon development changes:

• New manifest fields: "traps", "warning"
• "runAtComplete": false can now happen even if there’s no <body> element yet. The default value is still true, and those userscripts are run when the window load event triggers
• Userstyles are now injected very rapidly to avoid flickering
• Theme userstyles are now always injected after non-theme userstyles
• Addon settings can now be of type "color"
• Access to "string", "select", "positive_integer" and "color" settings via CSS variables

Open source project related changes:

• Links to “credits” and “review” pages on settings page.

Not released due to a permissions issue. See v1.1.1.

Initial release.