About window

MUST in every app. Help → About, the help.about command, and on macOS the application menu’s About item. It answers “what exactly am I running?” in one place, and its details are what a bug report needs. Reference: Editora’s ui/AboutDialog.java; Torrenta (AboutDialog), Termina, Modula, Mirada and nux (AboutWindow) follow the same order.

Anatomy

About Editora

Editora1

Version 0.27.0 2

A keyboard-driven, cross-platform programmer's text editor.

Update available: 0.28.03

Last checked 5 minutes ago. Check now

© 2026 Adrián Arturo De León Saldivar 4

MIT License5HomepageSource code and releasesSettings: ~/.editora/settings.json

Editora 0.27.0 (Built 2026-11-05 17:02:11 UTC) Commit 1dab6d8fd Java: 25.0.4 (Eclipse Adoptium) JavaFX: 27+30 OS: Linux 6.12.115+deb13.1-amd64 (amd64) Config: ~/.editora

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1. 1Identity. The app icon at 72 px beside the name (26 px, bold). No alert header band, no info graphic: the panel reads as one block, like a native About panel.
2. 2Version and tagline. Version 14 px muted; a snapshot build appends its Git branch, "0.28.0-SNAPSHOT (feat/map)". The tagline is the README's one-line pitch, 13 px muted.
3. 3Update status. What the last update check found (see the states below), when it ran, and Check now. Nothing is claimed before a check has answered.
4. 4Copyright, muted.
5. 5Links. Licence, homepage, source code and releases, and the settings file, which opens in the app (or in the file manager for apps with no editor).
6. 6Environment. Monospace 11.5 px, muted: version and build time, commit, Java and JavaFX versions with vendor, OS with architecture, config folder. Home folders shown as ~.
7. 7Copy details copies the environment block and stays open; its label becomes "Copied". It sits in the content, not the button bar, so pressing it does not close the panel.
8. 8Close, the one button, and the default: Enter and Esc both close.

Update status states

Newer release

Update available: 0.28.0

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Current

You are up to date.

Last checked 2 hours ago. Check now

Never checked

Not checked for updates yet. Check now

Checking

Last checked 2 hours ago. Checking…

Failed

Update check failed: connection timed out

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“Update available” links to that release’s page. An update check that is switched off must never read as “up to date”: with no answer, the panel says it has not checked.

Spec

Property	Value	Reference
Kind	A modal dialog owned by the window, styled through Dialogs.styled so it gets app.css and the UI font	AboutDialog.show
Layout	One column, 14 px between blocks; content padding 6 8 2 8	.about-content
Icon	The app icon PNG at 72 px	icon-128.png
Name / version / tagline	26 px bold / 14 px muted / 13 px muted	.about-name, .about-version, .about-tagline
Update colours	Available: accent, bold. Up to date: green. Failed: red. Last checked: muted	.about-update*
Environment	JetBrains Mono 11.5 px, muted	.about-env
Source of the version	Maven-filtered build-info.properties, read by AppInfo: the same text as --version and a problem report	AppInfo

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Key	English
dialog.about.title	About {0}
about.version	Version {0}
about.updateAvailable	Update available:
about.upToDate	You are up to date.
about.lastChecked	Last checked {0}.
about.notChecked	Not checked for updates yet.
about.checkNow / about.checking	Check now / Checking…
about.homepage / about.releases	Homepage / Source code and releases
about.copyDetails / about.copied	Copy details / Copied

In the apps

Editora.