# QOwnNotes v26.8.10 — Release v26.8.10

- Product: QOwnNotes (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/qownnotes)
- Vendor: Patrizio Bekerle
- Date: 2026-08-27
- Version: v26.8.10
- Original notes: https://github.com/pbek/QOwnNotes/releases/tag/v26.8.10
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/qownnotes/releases/v26.8.10
- Labels: Platforms: Desktop

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- **added** — Layouts can now use either the note edit or note preview panel as the central widget, allowing preview-only layouts to resize correctly
- **added** — Added a new Layouts panel to the interface settings where layouts can be created, switched, removed, renamed, reordered, configured to use the central widget, or created from layout presets in a dedicated dialog
- **changed** — Merged the former layout management dialog and separate preset settings page into the new Layouts panel
- **changed** — Improved fenced code block syntax highlighting in the note editor and preview with more common language aliases and support for richer fence info strings
- **fixed** — Fixed deleting a note in the note tree resetting the selected note subfolder to the root folder
- **fixed** — Fixed JavaScript, SystemVerilog, SQL, Forth, C/C++ and CSS syntax highlighting in fenced code blocks

##### 26.8.10

- Layouts can now use either the **note edit** or **note preview** panel as the
  central widget, allowing preview-only layouts to resize correctly
  (for [#3712](https://github.com/pbek/QOwnNotes/issues/3712))
- Added a new **Layouts** panel to the interface settings where layouts can be
  created, switched, removed, renamed, reordered, configured to use the central widget,
  or created from layout presets in a dedicated dialog; the former layout
  management dialog and separate preset settings page were merged into this page
  (for [#3713](https://github.com/pbek/QOwnNotes/issues/3713))
- Improved fenced code block syntax highlighting in the note editor and preview with
  more common language aliases, support for richer fence info strings, and fixes for
  JavaScript, SystemVerilog, SQL, Forth, C/C++ and CSS highlighting
  (for [#3711](https://github.com/pbek/QOwnNotes/issues/3711))
- Fixed deleting a note in the note tree resetting the selected note subfolder to
  the root folder (for [#3708](https://github.com/pbek/QOwnNotes/issues/3708))

##### Released files

- QOwnNotes-x86_64.AppImage: Portable Linux AppImage build with Qt 6
- QOwnNotes-x86_64.AppImage.sha256sum: SHA-256 checksum for the AppImage
- QOwnNotes-amd64.snap: Linux Snap build with Qt 6
- QOwnNotes-amd64.snap.sha256sum: SHA-256 checksum for the Qt 6 Snap package
- QOwnNotes-Qt5-amd64.snap: Linux Snap build with Qt 5 for older environments
- QOwnNotes-Qt5-amd64.snap.sha256sum: SHA-256 checksum for the Qt 5 Snap package
- QOwnNotes.zip: Windows ZIP package built with Qt 6
- QOwnNotes.zip.sha256: SHA-256 checksum for the Qt 6 Windows ZIP package
- QOwnNotes.zip.sha256sum: Alternative SHA-256 checksum file for the Qt 6 Windows ZIP package
- QOwnNotes.dmg: macOS disk image built with Qt 6
- QOwnNotesQt5.dmg: macOS disk image built with Qt 5 for older systems