# New Features:

  * Added option to show the master key dialog on a secure desktop (similar to Windows' UAC; almost no keylogger works on a secure desktop; the option is disabled by default for compatibility reasons).
  * Added option to limit the number of history items per entry (the default is 10).
  * Added option to limit the history size per entry (the default is 6 MB).
  * Added `[{PICKCHARS}`](http://keepass.info/help/base/placeholders.html#pickchars) placeholder, which shows a dialog to pick certain characters from an entry string; various options like specifying the number of characters to pick and conversion to down arrow keypresses are supported; see the one page long documentation on the auto-type help page; the less powerful `{PICKPASSWORDCHARS}` is now obsolete (but still supported for backward compatibility).
  * The character picking dialog now remembers and restores its last position and size.
  * KDBX file format: attachments are now stored in a pool within the file and entries reference these items; this reduces the file size a lot when there are history items of entries having attachments.
  * KDBX file format: attachments are now compressed (if the compression option is enabled) before being Base64-encoded, compressed and encrypted; this results in a smaller file, because the compression algorithm works better on the raw data than on its encoded form.
  * PLGX [plugins](http://keepass.info/plugins.html) can now be loaded on Unix-like systems, too.
  * Added option to specify a database color; by specifying a color, the main window icon and the tray icon are recolored and the database tab (shown when multiple databases are opened in one window) gets a colored rectangle icon.
  * New rich text builder, which supports using multiple languages in one text (e.g. different Chinese variants).
  * Added 'Sort By' popup menu in the 'View' menu.
  * Added context menu commands to sort subgroups of a group.
  * Added option to clear master key [command line parameters](http://keepass.info/help/base/cmdline.html) after using them once (enabled by default).
  * Added [application policies](http://keepass.info/help/v2/policy.html) to ask for the current master key before changing the master key and/or exporting.
  * Added option to also unhide source characters when unhiding the selected characters in the character picking dialog.
  * Added ability to export [custom icons](http://keepass.info/help/base/faq_tech.html#moreclienticons).
  * Added 'String' [trigger](http://keepass.info/help/v2/triggers.html) condition.
  * Added support for [importing](http://keepass.info/help/base/importexport.html) DataViz Passwords Plus 1.007 CSV files.
  * Enhanced 1Password Pro importer to also support 1PW CSV files.
  * Enhanced FlexWallet importer to also support version 2006 XML files (in addition to version 1.7 XML files).
  * Enabled auto-suggest for editable drop-down combo boxes (and auto-append where it makes sense).
  * Pressing Ctrl+Enter in the rich text boxes of the entry dialog and the custom string dialog now closes with OK (if possible).
  * Added option to cancel auto-type when the target window changes.
  * Auto-type on Unix-like systems: added support for key modifiers.
  * Added '`\--saveplgxcr`' command line option to save compiler results in case the compilation of a PLGX plugin fails.
  * Added workaround for % .NET SendKeys issue.
  * Added workaround for Mono bug 620618 in the main entry list.

# Improvements / Changes:

  * Improved [key file](http://keepass.info/help/base/keys.html#keyfiles) suggestion performance.
  * When the master key change application policy is disabled and the master key expires (forced change), KeePass now shows the two information dialogs only once per opening.
  * After removing the password column, hiding behind asterisks is suggested by default now when showing the column again.
  * [TAN entries](http://keepass.info/help/base/tans.html) now expire on auto-type, if the option for expiring TANs on use is enabled.
  * [Auto-type](http://keepass.info/help/base/autotype.html) now sends acute and grave accents as separate characters.
  * Auto-type now explicitly skips the taskbar window when searching for the target window.
  * Multiple lines are now separated in the entry list and in the custom string list of the entry dialog by a space.
  * RoboForm importer: improved multiline value support.
  * Improved UNC path support.
  * Improved entry list refresh performance.
  * Improved UI state update performance.
  * Entry list context menus are now configured instantly.
  * Inapplicable group commands are now disabled.
  * Improved control focusing.
  * Improved clipboard handling.
  * Copying and pasting whole entries is now also supported on Windows 98 and ME.
  * Improved releasing of dialog resources.
  * Improved keys/placeholders box in auto-type editing dialog.
  * Improved user-friendliness in UAC dialogs.
  * Tooltips of the tab close button and the password repeat box can be translated now.
  * Improved help (moved placeholders to separate page, ...).
  * KeePassLibSD now uses the SHA-256 implementation of Bouncy Castle.
  * Upgraded installer.
  * Various code optimizations.
  * Minor other improvements.

# Bugfixes:

  * Window titles are now trimmed, such that auto-type also works with windows whose titles have leading or trailing whitespace characters.
  * Detection of XSL files works under Linux / Mac OS X now, too.