Version 1.0.9 is mostly a desktop catch-up release, with one quality-of-life addition that lands on every platform. Most of what is in it came directly from suggestions posted to the public feedback portal, so if you have been wondering whether your feedback actually goes anywhere, this is the answer.
Font size preference (Desktop, iOS, Android)
- Caffeinated Checkbook now follows your system font size by default. Settings adds a Font size option (Small, Default, Medium, Large, Extra Large) for when you want to nudge it up or down inside the app without changing your system setting. The in-app choice composes on top of any accessibility scale you have set system-wide, so it does not undo what your OS is doing.
Register columns you can shape (Desktop)
- Drag the divider between any two column headings to set the widths you want.
- Click a column heading to sort by it. A second click flips the direction. An up or down arrow on the active column shows which way you are sorted.
- Right-click any heading to show or hide individual columns. Date and Balance stay required since the rest of the register reads against them.
- The same right-click menu has Reset register layout if you want to start over.
Easier category management (Desktop)
- A search box at the top of the Categories screen filters as you type. Recursive: searching for a subcategory keeps the parent visible.
- Click-to-sort column headings.
- A new Add Subcategory entry in the right-click menu so you no longer have to know that selecting a parent first makes a new entry nest under it.
- The tree remembers which categories you had expanded across refreshes, so a sync no longer collapses your view.
- The New Category and Edit Category dialogs are full forms now, with fields for Type (Income or Expense) and a tax code, not just the name.
Split transactions (Desktop)
- The desktop app can now split a single transaction across multiple categories, each with its own amount and memo, matching what the mobile app already does. Open the New Transaction dialog (or right-click a row in the register and choose Edit in Dialog…) and click Split… next to Category.
- Split rows show a placeholder in the Category column so you can spot them at a glance. Pressing Enter or double-clicking the placeholder opens the split editor.
Transaction Details (Desktop)
- A new Show Details… entry in the register’s right-click menu opens a read-only view of any transaction: every field, the full split breakdown with a tallied total, the transfer destination if it is a transfer, and the dates the entry was created and last modified.
- From the same dialog you can edit, mark cleared or uncleared, or delete.
- Keyboard shortcut is ⌘I on macOS (the Finder “Get Info” convention) and Alt+Enter on Windows and Linux (the Explorer “Properties” convention). To make room for Get Info on macOS, Insert New has moved from ⌘I to ⌘⇧I; Windows and Linux still use Ctrl+I.
Import improvements (Desktop)
- The Import window is resizable. You can pull the preview table taller to verify a column mapping against more than the four rows it used to cap at.
- The post-import results panel is selectable so you can copy any error messages straight into a bug report.
- The Date format picker has a new Auto-detect option (now the default) that handles mixed-padding dates like 3/05/2026 without making you choose the exact format. Explicit format choices still fall back to lenient parsing if a row doesn’t match, so a near-miss format hint no longer drops the whole import.
Most of what is in this release came from a single thread of suggestions posted by John Pollard on our public feedback portal: feedback.caffeinatedsoftworks.com/posts/7. Thanks, John.
If you have ideas of your own or want to weigh in on what should ship next, the portal at feedback.caffeinatedsoftworks.com is the best place to drop them.
