robotframework · HelioGuilherme66 · Jun 10, 2026 · Oct 9, 2025 · Dec 3, 2025 · Dec 3, 2025
diff --git a/.appveyor.yml b/.appveyor.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #---------------------------------#
 
 # version format
-version: 2.1.{build}
+version: 2.2.3.{build}
 
 # branches to build
 branches:
@@ -68,10 +68,13 @@ build: off
 
 # scripts that run after cloning repository
 install:
+  - C:\Python311-x64\python -m pip install --upgrade pip
   - C:\Python311-x64\python -m pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
   - C:\Python311-x64\python -m pip install -r requirements.txt
   - C:\Python311-x64\python -m pip install robotframework
-  - C:\Python311-x64\python -m pip install .
+  - C:\Python311-x64\python -m build
+  # I don't know the exact name of wheel so use workaround
+  - powershell.exe C:\Python311-x64\python -m pip install (get-item .\dist\*.whl).FullName
 
 #---------------------------------#
 #       tests configuration       #
@@ -86,4 +89,7 @@ test_script:
 artifacts:
   - path: coverage_report.7z
     name: coverage_report
+  - path: dist\*.whl
+    name: package
+
 
diff --git a/.coveragerc b/.coveragerc
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
+[paths]
+source =
+    src/
+    %APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER%\src
+
 [run]
-# include = ./src/* 
-source = src/
 branch = True
 relative_files = True
 dynamic_context = test_function
@@ -24,6 +27,7 @@ skip_empty = True
 exclude_lines =
     if __name__ == '__main__':
     if __name__ == '__main__' and 'robotide' not in sys.modules:
+ignore_errors = True
 
 [xml]
 output = .coverage-reports/coverage.xml

diff --git a/.github/workflows/fedora_41.yml b/.github/workflows/fedora_41.yml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Configure container environment
       run: |
         sudo dnf update -y
-        sudo dnf install -y git
+        sudo dnf install -y git python3-tkinter
         git config --global --add safe.directory ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3.3.0
       with:
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ jobs:
         path: |
           .coverage.1
           .coverage.2
+          .coverage.3
           .coverage-reports/coverage.xml
           .coverage-reports/htmlcov
     - name: Install and run

diff --git a/.github/workflows/linux.yml b/.github/workflows/linux.yml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Configure container environment
       run: |
         sudo dnf update -y
-        sudo dnf install -y git
+        sudo dnf install -y git python3-tkinter
         git config --global --add safe.directory ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3.3.0
       with:
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ jobs:
         path: |
           .coverage.1
           .coverage.2
+          .coverage.3
           .coverage-reports/coverage.xml
           .coverage-reports/htmlcov
     - name: Install and run

diff --git a/AUTHORS.txt b/AUTHORS.txt
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ Petr Hudeček
 Timothy Alexander
 @2Eagle2
 @bale836
+@chelslava
 @fzuellich
 @ghost
 @goodwillcoding

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.adoc b/CHANGELOG.adoc
@@ -6,7 +6,25 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/[Keep a Changelog]
 and this project adheres to http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html[Semantic Versioning].
 
-// == https://github.com/robotframework/RIDE[Unreleased]
+== https://github.com/robotframework/RIDE[Unreleased]
+
+=== Added
+- Added color selectors for Control Markers in Preferences-> Grid and Text Editor.
+- Added comments field to show comments in Tags section of Test Suites in Grid Editor.
+- Added Auto-Save feature. Default is disabled with setting zero minutes in Preferences->Save.
+- Added option on Tree (Project Explorer) context menu, to *Sort Keywords (Case Insensitive)*.
+- Added on Text Editor, (Preferences->Text Editor) option to *Enable visible spaces* configurable with ``enable visible spaces`` in settings.cfg, with default ``True``.
+- Added on Text Editor, (Preferences->Text Editor) option to *Enable visible newlines* configurable with ``enable visible newlines`` in settings.cfg, with default ``False``.
+- Added on External/Code Editor, both enabled, ``visible spaces`` and ``visible newlines``.
+
+=== Fixed
+- Fixed exception seen in console when selecting Tools->Library Finder... on a clean install.
+
+=== Changed
+- Changed colorization for Control Markers. Different color from Keywords for elements: 'AND', 'BREAK', 'CONTINUE', 'ELSE', 'ELSE IF', 'END', 'EXCEPT', 'FINALLY', 'FOR', 'GROUP', 'IF', 'IN', 'IN ENUMERATE', 'IN RANGE', 'IN ZIP', 'RETURN', 'TRY', 'VAR', 'WHILE'.
+- Improved visibility of the Search action in *Find Usages* by adding ``Search...`` on the first row of the results table.
+- Changed isbinary to be internal library, instead of being dependency.
+
 
 == https://github.com/robotframework/RIDE/blob/master/doc/releasenotes/ride-2.2.2.rst[2.2.2] - 2026-01-06
 

diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ You can help in this localization project at https://crowdin.com/project/robotfr
 === Instant Communication ===
 
 Join our **#ride** channel in Robot Framework Slack: https://robotframework.slack.com
-(signup page, with insecure connection warning: https://slack.robotframework.org/)
+(signup page: https://slack.robotframework.org/)
 
 === "Support" sites ===
 
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ You can use the tag *robotframework-ide* to search and ask on https://stackoverf
 
 == **Welcome to the development version of RIDE - next major release will be version 2.3**
 
-If you are looking for the latest released version, you can get the source code from **https://github.com/robotframework/RIDE/releases[releases]** or from branch **https://github.com/robotframework/RIDE/tree/release/2.2.2[release/2.2.2]**
+If you are looking for the latest released version, you can get the source code from **https://github.com/robotframework/RIDE/releases[releases]** or from branch **https://github.com/robotframework/RIDE/tree/release/2.2.3[release/2.2.3]**
 
-See the https://github.com/robotframework/RIDE/blob/master/doc/releasenotes/ride-2.2.2.rst[release notes] for latest release version 2.2.2
+See the https://github.com/robotframework/RIDE/blob/master/doc/releasenotes/ride-2.2.3.rst[release notes] for latest release version 2.2.3
 
 **Version https://github.com/robotframework/RIDE/tree/release/2.2[2.2] was the last release supporting Python 3.8**
 
@@ -36,17 +36,17 @@ See the https://github.com/robotframework/RIDE/blob/master/doc/releasenotes/ride
 **Version https://github.com/robotframework/RIDE/tree/release/1.7.4.2[1.7.4.2] was the last release supporting Python 2.7**
 
 
-**The current development version is based on 2.2.2, supports Python from 3.9 up to 3.14 (07th January 2026).**
+**The current development version is based on 2.2.3, supports Python from 3.9 up to 3.14 (07th January 2026).**
 
 Currently, the unit tests are tested on Python 3.10, 3.11 and 3.14.
 We now have an experimental workflow on Fedora Linux 42, with wxPython 4.2.4 and Python 3.14.
-Likewise, the current version of wxPython, is 4.2.4, but RIDE is known to work with 4.0.7, 4.1.1, 4.2.2, 4.2.3 and 4.2.4 versions.
+Likewise, the current version of wxPython, is 4.2.5, but RIDE is known to work with 4.0.7, 4.1.1, 4.2.2, 4.2.3, 4.2.4 and 4.2.5 versions.
 
-(3.9 &lt;= python &lt;= 3.14) Install current released version (*2.2.2*) with:
+(3.9 &lt;= python &lt;= 3.14) Install current released version (*2.2.3*) with:
 
 `pip install -U robotframework-ride`
 
-(3.9 &lt;= python &lt;= 3.14) Install current development version (**2.2.2**) with:
+(3.9 &lt;= python &lt;= 3.14) Install current development version (**2.2.3dev12**) with:
 
 `pip install -U https://github.com/robotframework/RIDE/archive/develop.zip`
 

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ You can help in this localization project at [Crowdin](https://crowdin.com/proje
 ### Instant Communication
 
 Join our **#ride** channel in Robot Framework Slack: https://robotframework.slack.com
-(signup page, with insecure connection warning: https://slack.robotframework.org/)
+(signup page: https://slack.robotframework.org/)
 
 ### "Support" sites
 
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ You can use the tag *robotframework-ide* to search and ask on [StackOverflow](ht
 
 ## **Welcome to RIDE - next major release will be version 2.3**
 
-If you are looking for the latest released version, you can get the source code from **[releases](https://github.com/robotframework/RIDE/releases)** or from branch **[release/2.2.2](https://github.com/robotframework/RIDE/tree/release/2.2.2)**
+If you are looking for the latest released version, you can get the source code from **[releases](https://github.com/robotframework/RIDE/releases)** or from branch **[release/2.2.3](https://github.com/robotframework/RIDE/tree/release/2.2.3)**
 
-See the [release notes](https://github.com/robotframework/RIDE/blob/master/doc/releasenotes/ride-2.2.2.rst) for latest release version 2.2.2
+See the [release notes](https://github.com/robotframework/RIDE/blob/master/doc/releasenotes/ride-2.2.3.rst) for latest release version 2.2.3
 
 **Version [2.2](https://github.com/robotframework/RIDE/tree/release/2.2) was the last release supporting Python 3.8**
 
@@ -32,13 +32,13 @@ See the [release notes](https://github.com/robotframework/RIDE/blob/master/doc/r
 **Version [1.7.4.2](https://github.com/robotframework/RIDE/tree/release/1.7.4.2) was the last release supporting Python 2.7**
 
 
-**The current development version is based on 2.2.2, supports Python from 3.9 up to 3.14 (07th January 2026).**
+**The current development version is based on 2.2.3, supports Python from 3.9 up to 3.14 (07th January 2026).**
 
 Currently, the unit tests are tested on Python 3.10, 3.11 and 3.14.
 We now have an experimental workflow on Fedora Linux 42, with wxPython 4.2.4 and Python 3.14.
-Likewise, the current version of wxPython, is 4.2.4, but RIDE is known to work with 4.0.7, 4.1.1, 4.2.2, 4.2.3 and 4.2.4 versions.
+Likewise, the current version of wxPython, is 4.2.5, but RIDE is known to work with 4.0.7, 4.1.1, 4.2.2, 4.2.3, 4.2.4 and 4.2.5 versions.
 
-(3.9 &lt;= python &lt;= 3.14) Install current released version (*2.2.2*) with:
+(3.9 &lt;= python &lt;= 3.14) Install current released version (*2.2.3*) with:
 
 `pip install -U robotframework-ride`
 

diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
@@ -45,16 +45,16 @@ classifiers = [
     "Topic :: Software Development :: Testing",
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    "isbinary",
+    "chardet",
     "psutil",
-    "Pygments",
+    "Pygments>=2.20.0",
     "PyPubSub",
     "Pywin32; platform_system == 'Windows'",
     "wxPython",
     "robotframework",
     "psutil",
     "packaging",
-    "requests>=2.32.4",
+    "requests>=2.33.0",
 ]
 
 [project.urls]
@@ -97,11 +97,11 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[tool.hatch.envs.test.matrix]]
 python = ["3.13"]
-version = ["2.2"]
+version = ["2.2.3"]
 
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "robotframework-ride"
-version = "2.2"
+version = "2.2.3"
 description = "RIDE :: Robot Framework Test Data Editor"
 authors = ["Robot Framework Developers <robotframework@gmail.com>"]
 license = "Apache-2.0 license"
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ packages = [{include = "robotide"}]
 python = "^3.8"
 wxPython = "^4.1.1"
 pywin32 = { version = "*", markers = "sys_platform == 'win32'" }
-pygments = "*"
+pygments = "^2.20.0"
 robotframework = "*"
 pypubsub = "*"
 psutil = "*"

diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ mockito
 invoke
 urllib3>=2.5.0 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
 zipp>=3.19.1 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
-requests>=2.32.4
+requests>=2.33.0
 github3.py
 memory-profiler
 pylint
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ pytest-html
 pytest-order
 packaging >= 24.2
 hatch-fancy-pypi-readme
+hypothesis  # dependency for isbinary unit tests
 # To make a relase you need asciidoc3 (a2x3)
 # asciidoc3
 # Include also normal project requirements.

diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 wxPython
 # Only for Windows to have a shortcut created (install before RIDE)
 Pywin32; sys_platform == 'win32'
-Pygments # This enables syntax highlighted in Text Editor
+Pygments>=2.20.0   # This enables syntax highlighted in Text Editor
 robotframework
 Pypubsub
-isbinary
 psutil
 packaging
-requests>=2.32.4
+chardet
+requests>=2.33.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 SOURCE_DIR = 'src'
 REQUIREMENTS = ['PyPubSub',
                 'Pygments',
+                'chardet',
                 'psutil',
                 'Pywin32; sys_platform=="win32"',
                 'wxPython',

diff --git a/src/robotide/__init__.py b/src/robotide/__init__.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 
 errorMessageTemplate = Template("""$reason
 RIDE depends on wx (wxPython). Known versions for Python3 are: 4.0.7.post2, 4.1.1 and 4.2.1.\
-At the time of this release the current wxPython version is 4.2.3.\
+At the time of this release the current wxPython version is 4.2.4.\
 You can install with 'pip install wxPython' on most operating systems, or find the \
 the download link from https://wxPython.org/""")
 
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ def _show_old_wxpython_warning_if_needed(parent=None):
         message = ("RIDE needs a newer wxPython version. Your current "
                    "version is %s."
                    "\n"
-                   "At the time of this release the current wxPython version is 4.2.3. See "
+                   "At the time of this release the current wxPython version is 4.2.4. See "
                    "https://wxPython.org/ for downloads and instructions."
                    % wx.VERSION_STRING)
         style = wx.ICON_EXCLAMATION