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# What’s new in Anaconda Navigator 1.3?

Released September 27, 2016

## License Manager Dialog

Licenses for any applications that require them can now easily be uploaded from the top navigation menu’s Help -> License Manager menu.

## Applications per environment

You can install applications to any environment. From the Home tab’s Applications drop-down menu, select the environment to install to. If an environment is not selected, applications are installed by default in root environment.

## One-click updates and installs

Install updates with just a click on an empty checkbox (no need to select from menu). From the Environments tab, select an environment and then select “Upgradable” from the drop-down box. A list of packages with upgrades available will display. Click the blue up-arrow icon to one-click update. Right click displays the menu.

One-click installs act the same way. From the Environments tab, select an environment and then select “All” from the drop-down box. In the “Search Packages” box enter the name of the package you want. A list of installable packages will display. Click the empty checkbox to one-click install.

## More context for the users when clicking on the text edit filters

On the Environments tab, when filtering the packages with a search string hovering over the X turns the cursor into an arrow and the X turns red to emphasize that clicking the X will clear the search string.

## Channels now support tokens

The Channel manager can support security tokens. On the Environments tab, add a channel that includes a security token by clicking Add, then copying and pasting the full channel URL.

## Channels copy and paste

On the Environments tab’s Channels manager, right-click the name of an existing channel to copy it. Then you can click the Add button and right-click and select Paste from the drop-down menu. Make edits as necessary and save to create the new channel.

## Navigator on a specific environment

Installing Navigator on a different environment than root makes it the default environment on Navigator startup for both the home tab and the environments tab.

## Table pre-filtering (to avoid unnecessary conflict reports)

To avoid unnecessary conflicts, the table that displays a filtered view of packages (installed, not installed, upgradeable, downgradable) does not display packages that are incompatible with the installed version of Python.

## Dialog size restore

Upon restart the application size and location is preserved, rather than beginning at maximum size.

### What’s new in Anaconda Navigator 1.2?

Released August 1, 2016

## Improved condarc support

Navigator now reads from and writes to the conda configuration file (.condarc). In the previous release, updates made within Navigator to conda configuration (.condarc) were not reflected on .condarc and vice versa. Version 1.2 fixes this. Now when you add channels inside Navigator, the .condarc file is updated, and if .condarc is updated outside Navigator, Navigator correctly reads the available channels.

## Improved channels support

You can now manage the channels on Anaconda Cloud that you want Navigator to consider active. Active channels are included when you search for packages and other assets.

NOTE: All channels that are active in the conda configuration file .condarc are enabled by default for Navigator. So if you’re not used to thinking about channels, there’s no need to change the default.

To manage channels, select the Environments tab, then click the Channels button. Active channels are checked, and inactive channels are unchecked.

The Channels button gives you access to the following options:

- See active channels (checked)
- See inactive channels (not checked)
- Make a channel inactive – click the associated trash icon, then click the Update channels button.
- Make a channel active – click the associated checkbox, then click the Update channels button.
- Add a channel – Click the Add button.

How to add a channel

You may add channels by any of these 3 methods:

- by name; for example: milagro
- by URL; for example: https://anaconda.org/milagro (NOTE: the URL will be automatically transformed to a conda URL)
- by conda URL; for example: https://conda.anaconda.org/milagro

## R environment creation support

Anaconda Navigator now allows you to install a standalone R language environment or a mixed Python and R environment.

To create a standalone R language environment: 1. Click the Environments tab. 2. Click the Create button.

3. Name the environment, then select Python, R, or both for a mixed Python and R environment. If applicable, specify the Python version for the new environment, then click the Create button.

NOTE: When installing an R language environment, the https://anaconda.org/r channel is automatically added and made active for you, and a new channel will automatically appear in condarc.

## Conda environment file import

Navigator now allows you to import `environment.yml` files. To import, select the Environments tab, then click on the Import button.

NOTE: You’ll need to specify the environment name and its specification file (environment.yml).

### Updates for Enterprise users

NOTE: You may not use an Enterprise version of Anaconda Cloud with Navigator.

## Simplified Preferences

We’ve simplified the Preferences so that only one URL is needed to set up the API. Changing this value affects the URL setting of the anaconda-client configuration.

NOTE: Changing the URL setting in the CLI affects the value displayed in the preferences.

## Proxy

When using Navigator behind a proxy, the settings must be set inside the conda configuration file manually. See the conda proxy documentation for more information.