diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 841723c8..4d90087a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # novelWriter ChangeLog
 
+## Version 0.8 [2020-xx-xx]
+
+**User Interface**
+
+* A details panel below the Outline tree view has been added. The panel shows all the information of a selected row in the tree view above, including hidden columns, and some additional information. The tags and references also become clickable links that when clicked will open in the document viewer. PR #281.
+
+
 ## Version 0.7 [2020-06-01]
 
 **Bugfixes**
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index d54df48e..6c122457 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ copyright = "2018-2020, Veronica Berglyd Olsen"
 author = "Veronica Berglyd Olsen"
 
 # The short X.Y version
-version = "0.7.0"
+version = "0.8.0"
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
-release = "0.7.0"
+release = "0.8.0rc1"
 
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/nw/__init__.py b/nw/__init__.py
index e0696373..0b01a8f1 100644
--- a/nw/__init__.py
+++ b/nw/__init__.py
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ __package__    = "novelWriter"
 __author__     = "Veronica Berglyd Olsen"
 __copyright__  = "Copyright 2018–2020, Veronica Berglyd Olsen"
 __license__    = "GPLv3"
-__version__    = "0.7.0"
-__hexversion__ = "0x000700f0"
+__version__    = "0.8.0rc1"
+__hexversion__ = "0x000800c1"
 __date__       = "2020-06-01"
 __maintainer__ = "Veronica Berglyd Olsen"
 __email__      = "code@vkbo.net"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 46e916af..137ae661 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ with open("README.md", "r") as inFile:
 
 setuptools.setup(
     name = "novelWriter",
-    version = "0.7",
+    version = "0.8rc1",
     author = "Veronica Berglyd Olsen",
     author_email = "code@vkbo.net",
     description = "A markdown-like document editor for writing novels",