Textastic Code Editor For iPad 5.0 Brings iOS 7 Redesign And Other Improvements

Textastic Code Editor for iPad has just been updated to version 5.0.

Textastic received its previous update a day before the launch of iOS 7 in September last year. That update brought improved startup time, improved character pair handling, and some compatibility fixes for iOS 7.

This time, the new 5.0 update to Textastic goes all the way with an all-new interface designed, of course, in the flat and simple style of iOS 7.

Textastic's redesigned interface comes with dark keyboard support and three new color themes, namely, black, blue, and gray. It also has a revamped theme selection, with a preview image to go with the chosen theme and with the light themes now displayed before the dark ones.

Textastic Code Editor for iPad 5.0 also adds an option to hide the column or line information and adds syntax definitions for Arduino, Batch files, Clojure, Fountain, and Go. Furthermore, it now clears the URL cache upon startup, ensuring that outdated server responses when using the remote preview feature are cleared at every restart.

In addition, the update brings support for the following new external keyboard shortcuts:

Cmd-N: create new file/folder

Cmd-F: toggle find/replace

Cmd-W: close current file

Alt-Cmd-P: toggle preview

Alt-Cmd-I: toggle file properties popover

Alt-Cmd-T: toggle symbol list popover

Alt-Cmd-Up Arrow: upload current file

Alt-Cmd-Down Arrow: download current file

Cmd-I: toggle italics (works in Markdown and HTML files)

Cmd-B: toggle boldface (works in Markdown and HTML files)

Cmd-U: toggle underline (works in HTML files)