Zed AI v1.19.0-pre release notes

This week's release includes call hierarchy support, multi-select in the Git Panel, automatic language detection for untitled buffers, and project search on type by default.

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Added automatic language detection for untitled buffers. (#61412; thanks amtoaer)
Added support for rendering LSP 3.18 Markdown diagnostic messages from language servers. (#61030; thanks aviatesk)
Fixed searching for full SHA-256 commit hashes in the Git Graph. (#63371; thanks albertbogusz)

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Features

Added support for effort-based reasoning when using OpenRouter models. (#61308; thanks codello)
Added support for renaming Terminal Threads from the Threads Sidebar. (#63494)
Added a button to cancel ChatGPT Subscription setup. (#63627)
Improved memory usage during long Agent sessions. (#63053; thanks Prohect)
Improved streaming for OpenAI-compatible providers. (#63520)
Improved support for Claude Fable 5.1. (#63571)

Git

Added multi-select to the Git Panel. (#60340; thanks justinschmitz97, and thanks jacobbinnie for an earlier implementation in #52935)
Added Open File on Remote and Copy Remote File URL options to file tabs and the Project Panel. (#62177; thanks JacobNWolf)
Improved performance when opening project diffs with many large merge conflicts. (#63394, #63395)

Vim / Helix

Added Helix mode support for closest-pair text objects with m i m and m a m. (#59201; thanks GoldStrikeArch)

Languages

Added call hierarchy support through call hierarchy: show incoming calls and call hierarchy: show outgoing calls, with default keybindings cmd-k cmd-h on macOS and ctrl-k ctrl-h on Linux and Windows. (#53239; thanks swiftcoder)
Added cmd-shift-v and cmd-k v on macOS and ctrl-shift-v and ctrl-k v on Linux and Windows to open the tabular data preview for CSV, TSV, SSV, and PSV files. (#63369; thanks HalavicH)
Added shell script language detection for .bash_login files. (#63466; thanks mnipritom)
Replaced the column filter icon in tabular data previews with a filter funnel. (#63266; thanks HalavicH)

Terminal

Added Visual Line selection with V in terminal vi mode. (#63251; thanks prnvbn)

Other

Added the outline_panel.multi_buffer_hide_symbols setting and outline panel: toggle symbols action to show only files and directories in the Outline Panel for multi-buffer views. (#63404; thanks FrantisekGazo)
Added the reveal_if_open setting to reveal buffers already open in another pane instead of opening them in the active pane. (#63306; thanks WoodyWoodsta)
Added the close_panel_on_toggle setting to the Settings UI and improved its documentation. (#63548; thanks mateioprea)
Added a folder_indicator setting for showing disclosure chevrons and folder icons together in the Project Panel, Outline Panel, and Git Panel. (#62393; thanks dongdong867)
Improved command palette ordering by sorting commands by recency of use and ranking previously used commands above unused commands while filtering. (#63388)
Improved data persistence when Zed quit, restarted after an update, or reloaded a workspace. (#63213)
Improved typing and rendering performance in projects that use .editorconfig files. (#63323)
Improved inline code to render with rounded backgrounds across all Markdown surfaces, matching the Markdown preview. (#63272)
Improved outline fonts and colors. (#63325)

Bug Fixes

Fixed Gemini rejecting requests whose tool schemas could not be represented in Zed's restricted schema dialect. (#63342)
Fixed Helix mode surround commands failing to preserve selections after edits and performing slow textual boundary scans. (#59201; thanks

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