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.. meta::
    :description: New splinter features on version 0.18.0.
    :keywords: splinter 0.18.0, news

[0.18.0]
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Added
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* WebDriverElement() now implements the `shadow_root` property. This returns a ShadowRootElement() object to interact with the shadow root of an element.
* Failed driver imports are logged at the debug level instead of silently ignored
* `browser.html_snapshot()` now takes the optional `unique_file` argument. Setting this to False will disable the addition of random characters to the filename.

Changed
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* repr(ElementList()) now returns the repr of the internal container.
* Driver.find_link_by_<x> methods have been removed. Use Driver.links.find_by_<x>.
* Screenshot taken by WebDriverElement.screenshot() now implements Selenium's element screenshot instead of cropping a full page screenshot.
* Flask/Django's back/forward methods more accurately store browsing history
* Official Python 3.6 support has been removed

Fixed
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* 0.17.0 would report as 0.16.0. 0.18.0 reports correctly.
* When using Firefox, extensions can now be installed