# Nightly 8.1 Changelogs - 2021 **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition Early Access\ **Created:** [January 19, 2021, 7:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/nightly-8-1-changelogs-2021/42410 "2021-01-19T19:32:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 19
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Nightly Changelog: 8.1.3-b20210205 ## Visualization **361: Custom properties on PDF viewer will disappear when designer closed and note found in client** Custom properties on the PDF Viewer component now persist after Designer save. **114: Perspective Nudging Shift/Alt Modifiers Changes Coordinates on Corresponding Change Axis** Hot keys for moving/resizing components should no longer result in the Component resizing in unintended dimensions. **1754: Increase timeout for native app challenge response** Raised timeout to 15 seconds, which should support the majority of slow connections. ## Platform **173: AbstractTagUtilities async methods perform too strict of a type check for callback functions** Loosened the type restrictions on system.tag.readAsync and writeAsync methods to allow any form of Python callable. **1030: In software permalinks need to be updated for new major version user manual** Updated platform-wide links to the online User Manual from version 8.0 to 8.1. **1190: Dataset editor resizes columns (unnecessarily) after all model updates** Adding/removing rows in the Designer dataset editor no longer causes the columns to resize. ## Data Model **1563: Allow managed tag provider to create tags of different value source types** Managed Tag Provider API now allows for the creation of tags with non-memory value sources (eg. expression and OPC). --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/nightly-8-1-changelogs-2021/42410)._