• Added a command-palette-style Bookmark Search modal.
• Open it from the new top-bar button or with Ctrl/Cmd+F.
• Search bookmarks live without affecting the main grid, pagination, or drag & drop.
• Matches bookmark name and hostname, with every query word required to match.
• Added Arabic-aware normalization for alef, ta marbuta, yeh variants, and diacritics.
• Results are ranked by:
• Name prefix
• Name contains
• Hostname prefix
• Hostname contains
• Original grid order
• Keyboard navigation:
• Up/Down — Move between results
• Enter — Open bookmark
• Ctrl/Cmd+Enter or Middle-click — Open in new tab
• Esc — Close modal
• Invalid URLs are displayed with a warning badge and cannot be opened.
• Search shortcut is disabled while another modal is open, preventing the browser's native Find bar from appearing.
• Improved hover behavior to prevent list jumping while moving through results.

• Updated README features and keyboard shortcuts.
• Added a screenshot placeholder for Bookmark Search.
• Documented the current name/hostname-only search limitation in ISSUES.md.

• Bumped version to 8.5.0.

Release Notes

• Gradient Backgrounds
• Added 16 preset gradients in a 4×4 picker modal.
• Added live preview with transactional Apply/Cancel behavior.
• Cancel or Escape now reverts the preview without saving changes.
• Gradients are stored in settings.gradient and included in backup/restore.
• Added solid fallback colors to prevent white flashes during initial rendering.
• Unknown gradient IDs safely fall back to the default.

• Modal Management
• Added a centralized LIFO modal stack through ZSCore.modal.
• Escape now closes only the topmost modal.
• Added duplicate-open protection and idempotent closing.
• Centralized focus containment using inert.
• Migrated edit-site and export/import dialogs to the new modal system.
• Improved outside-click and keyboard handling while modals are open.
• Ctrl/Cmd+S no longer opens settings while a modal is active and always prevents the browser Save Page action.
• Requires Chrome ≥102 or Firefox ≥112 for inert.
• Accent Palette
• Reduced the palette from 36 to 27 colors to remove near-duplicate shades.
• Added Wine, Coral, Peach, Forest, Navy, Lavender, and Rose.
• Reordered colors by hue for easier selection.
• Preserved Gold and Sunset colors for existing users.
• Accent palette remains collapsible in the settings panel.

• Keyboard Shortcuts
• Fixed Ctrl+S and / shortcuts on non-Latin keyboard layouts.
• Arabic layouts now work without breaking Dvorak/AZERTY shortcuts.
• Added guards for missing e.key and activeElement.
• / is ignored when combined with Ctrl, Meta, or Alt.

• Updated README, ISSUES, and CONTRIBUTING documentation for the new gradient backgrounds and centralized modal system.

• Import & Backup Rollback
• Reworked applyBackup() into validation, confirmation, snapshot, mutation, and rollback stages.
• Invalid or cancelled imports no longer trigger snapshots or IndexedDB reads.
• Rollback restores all ZSNewTab.* localStorage keys, background state, and clears iconCache.
• Storage quota failures now show a single alert and restore the complete pre-import state.
• saveState() failures are now detected and handled consistently.
• Storage Failure Handling
• All state mutations now check saveState() results and roll back on failure.
• Delete, reorder, add, edit, icon, accent, and settings changes restore previous state when persistence fails.
• Added shared protection against duplicate quota alerts.
• State Validation
• Added site sanitization during state loading.
• Invalid sites are removed and missing or duplicate IDs regenerated.
• Settings validate names, search engines, and accent colors.
• Prevents invalid IDs from creating broken icon keys.
• Google Drive Uploads
• Upload timeout scales with backup size: 20s baseline + 5s per 500 KB, capped at 90s.
• Dialogs & Keyboard Handling
• Escape handling now uses capture phase and stopImmediatePropagation().
• Escape closes only the topmost modal.
• Settings panel stays open when closing modals.
• Fixed panel focus and accidental panel closing issues.

• Grid Refactor
• Centralized grid limits and clampGridDim().
• State, settings, and imports now share the same limits.
• Grid inputs receive limits dynamically from GRID_LIMITS.
• Simplified empty-tile generation, rendering, and CSS.
• Added --rows alongside --cols.
• Improved scrollbar styling and Firefox support.
• Search Engines
• Expanded to 50 engines across 9 categories.
• Added grouped dropdowns for General, AI, Google Tools, Developer, Reference, Quran & Islamic, Media, Social, and Shopping.
• Added URL validation tests and updated documentation.
• Shortcuts
• Replaced P with Ctrl/Cmd+S for settings.
• Added Ctrl/Cmd+Click to open tiles in a new tab.

• Added reduced-motion support for WAAPI animations.
• Fixed stale drag state after drag-and-drop.
• Background resizing now consistently uses WebP.
• Reduced unnecessary DOM nodes in grid and panel rendering.

• Dev server safely handles malformed URL encoding.
• Dev server binds to 127.0.0.1 to prevent LAN exposure.
• Removed unused OAuth2 manifest configuration.
• Updated README documentation.
• Added module key collision warnings.

• Added optional Google Drive backup and restore.
• Export your full setup including sites, settings, icons, and background.
• Restore your setup across different devices.
• Uses OAuth 2.0 with secure token handling.
• Existing local-only backup and restore remains unchanged.
• Added Device / Drive / Both options for import and export.
• Added progress feedback for backup and restore operations.

• Replaced native browser alerts with custom popups.
• Converted text-based icons to SVG icons.
• Improved tile action buttons sizing and alignment.

• Fixed duplicate import failure alerts.
• Device import now reports malformed JSON errors.
• Improved handling of expired OAuth tokens.
• Prevented data loss when closing during Drive imports.
• Improved OAuth error handling.

• Added Google Drive setup and privacy documentation.
• Updated backup, storage, and debugging documentation.
• Added Drive-specific development notes and known issues.

Google Drive sync on Firefox requires a registered redirect URI and a signed extension build. Temporary extensions cannot complete the OAuth flow.

• Chrome 128
• Firefox Developer Edition 130