From 0fec6d085c8bf5df8da5ac9bed77eabefc42bdb7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jaime Bernardo Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2023 17:46:29 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] 0.76 changelogs (#30085) Co-authored-by: Davide Giacometti Co-authored-by: Stefan Markovic --- .github/actions/spell-check/expect.txt | 2 + README.md | 200 +++++++++++++------------ 2 files changed, 110 insertions(+), 92 deletions(-) diff --git a/.github/actions/spell-check/expect.txt b/.github/actions/spell-check/expect.txt index 6bc7b92e8d..db8bc0b780 100644 --- a/.github/actions/spell-check/expect.txt +++ b/.github/actions/spell-check/expect.txt @@ -725,6 +725,7 @@ Jsons jsonval junja jxr +Kazakhstani kdc keybd KEYBDDATA @@ -1545,6 +1546,7 @@ TDevice telem telephon templatenamespace +Tenge testhost testprocess TEXCOORD diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 3717194ad6..973714fe19 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -39,19 +39,19 @@ Microsoft PowerToys is a set of utilities for power users to tune and streamline Go to the [Microsoft PowerToys GitHub releases page][github-release-link] and click on `Assets` at the bottom to show the files available in the release. Please use the appropriate PowerToys installer that matches your machine's architecture and install scope. For most, it is `x64` and per-user. -[github-next-release-work]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues?q=project%3Amicrosoft%2FPowerToys%2F49 -[github-current-release-work]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues?q=project%3Amicrosoft%2FPowerToys%2F48 -[ptUserX64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.75.1/PowerToysUserSetup-0.75.1-x64.exe -[ptUserArm64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.75.1/PowerToysUserSetup-0.75.1-arm64.exe -[ptMachineX64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.75.1/PowerToysSetup-0.75.1-x64.exe -[ptMachineArm64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.75.1/PowerToysSetup-0.75.1-arm64.exe +[github-next-release-work]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues?q=project%3Amicrosoft%2FPowerToys%2F50 +[github-current-release-work]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues?q=project%3Amicrosoft%2FPowerToys%2F49 +[ptUserX64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.76.0/PowerToysUserSetup-0.76.0-x64.exe +[ptUserArm64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.76.0/PowerToysUserSetup-0.76.0-arm64.exe +[ptMachineX64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.76.0/PowerToysSetup-0.76.0-x64.exe +[ptMachineArm64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.76.0/PowerToysSetup-0.76.0-arm64.exe | Description | Filename | sha256 hash | |----------------|----------|-------------| -| Per user - x64 | [PowerToysUserSetup-0.75.1-x64.exe][ptUserX64] | CFDAE52607689A695F4E4DDD7C1FE68400359AEF0D2B23C86122835E9D32A20F | -| Per user - ARM64 | [PowerToysUserSetup-0.75.1-arm64.exe][ptUserArm64] | 9BAD3EF71DEDE70445416AC7369D115FAE095152722BC4F23EE393D8A10F45CA | -| Machine wide - x64 | [PowerToysSetup-0.75.1-x64.exe][ptMachineX64] | 18FEB9377B0BA45189FFF4F89627B152DD794CCC15F005592B34A40A3EA62EA8 | -| Machine wide - ARM64 | [PowerToysSetup-0.75.1-arm64.exe][ptMachineArm64] | F5CDF5A35876A0B581F446BF728B7AC52B6B701C0850D9CEA9A1874523745CFD | +| Per user - x64 | [PowerToysUserSetup-0.76.0-x64.exe][ptUserX64] | 627F60BF3F04583A2ECE7ACE7E6F09ABDE92493E1FFFAC5705CC83009781CD8D | +| Per user - ARM64 | [PowerToysUserSetup-0.76.0-arm64.exe][ptUserArm64] | 79D11CDDBDD87DF8A69A5B2FC28869B3085392E5F45FEE6560D278E48F8B0673 | +| Machine wide - x64 | [PowerToysSetup-0.76.0-x64.exe][ptMachineX64] | 4F24A288AC92DD0AB74EF52CFE3D66FA744BDC6889CB4E3ED088763D9134C06D | +| Machine wide - ARM64 | [PowerToysSetup-0.76.0-arm64.exe][ptMachineArm64] | 1BD9CD9C696D8898AAEE5A6D6A7122F053202CF1865C511BFC91FCFD0D767864 | This is our preferred method. @@ -97,142 +97,158 @@ For guidance on developing for PowerToys, please read the [developer docs](/doc/ Our [prioritized roadmap][roadmap] of features and utilities that the core team is focusing on. -### 0.75 - October 2023 Update +### 0.76 - November 2023 Update In this release, we focused on new features, stability and improvements. **Highlights** - - New utility: An environment variables editor with the functionality to configure profiles that can be enabled/disabled. Thanks [@niels9001](https://github.com/niels9001) for the design and UI work that made this possible! - - Settings has a new Dashboard home page, with quick access for enabling modules, short descriptions and activation methods. Thanks [@niels9001](https://github.com/niels9001) for the design and UI work that made this possible! - - Added a previewer to Peek that hosts File Explorer previewers to support every file type that a machine is currently able to preview. For example, this means that if Microsoft Office handlers are installed, Peek can preview Office files. Thanks [@dillydylann](https://github.com/dillydylann)! + - Upgrade to .NET 8. Thanks [@snickler](https://github.com/snickler)! + - Keyboard Manager can now remap keys and shortcuts to send sequences of unicode text. + - Modernized the Keyboard Manager Editor UI. Thanks [@dillydylann](https://github.com/dillydylann)! + - Modernized the PowerToys Run, Quick Accent and Text Extractor UIs. Thanks [@niels9001](https://github.com/niels9001)! + - New File Explorer Add-ons: QOI image Preview Handler and Thumbnail Provider. Thanks [@pedrolamas](https://github.com/pedrolamas)! ### General + - Updated the WebView 2 dependency to 1.0.2088.41. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)! + - Fixed unreadable color brushes used across WinUI3 applications for improved accessibility. Thanks [@niels9001](https://github.com/niels9001)! + - Flyouts used across WinUI3 applications are no longer constrained to the application's bounds. Thanks [@Jay-o-Way](https://github.com/Jay-o-Way)! + - Upgraded the WPF-UI dependency to preview.9 and then preview.11. Thanks [@niels9001](https://github.com/niels9001) and [@pomianowski](https://github.com/pomianowski)! + - Upgraded to .NET 8. Thanks [@snickler](https://github.com/snickler)! + - Updated the WinAppSDK dependency to 1.4.3. - - Many typo fixes through the projects and documentation. Thanks [@brianteeman](https://github.com/brianteeman)! - - Refactored and improved the logic across utilities for bringing a window to the foreground after activation. +### Awake -### Color Picker + - Added localization to the tray icon context menu. - - After activating Color Picker, it's now possible to cancel the session by clicking the right mouse button. Thanks [@fredso90](https://github.com/fredso90)! +### Crop And Lock + + - Fixed restoring windows that were reparented while maximized. ### Environment Variables - - Added a new utility: An environment variables editor that has the functionality to configure profiles that can be enabled/disabled. Thanks [@niels9001](https://github.com/niels9001) for the design and UI work that made this possible! - - Shows in the title bar if it's running as an administrator. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)! + + - Fixed crash caused by WinAppSDK version bump by replacing ListView elements with ItemsControl. ### FancyZones - - Fixed an issue causing context menu pop-ups from some apps to automatically snap to a zone. (This was a hotfix for 0.74) - - Applied the fix for the context menu pop-ups to the logic that decides which windows can be snapped. - - Reworked the "Keep windows in their zones" option to include the work area and turn it on by default, fixing an incompatibility with the Copilot flyout. - - Fixed an issue causing windows to be snapped while moving to a different virtual desktop. + - Reverted a change that caused some applications, like the Windows Calculator, to not snap correctly. (This was a hotfix for 0.75) + - FancyZones Editor will no longer apply a layout to the current monitor after editing it. + - Fixed and refactored the code that detected if a window can be snapped. Added tests to it with known application window styles to avoid regressions in the future. ### File Explorer add-ons - - Fixed an issue blocking some SVG files from being previewed correctly. (This was a hotfix for 0.74) - - Fixed crashes on invalid files in the STL Thumbnail generator. + - Solved an issue incorrectly detecting encoding when previewing code files preview. + - Fixed the background color for Gcode preview handler on dark theme. Thanks [@pedrolamas](https://github.com/pedrolamas)! + - New utilities: Preview Handler and Thumbnail Provider for QOI image files. Thanks [@pedrolamas](https://github.com/pedrolamas)! + - GCode Thumbnails are now in the 32 bit ARGB format. Thanks [@pedrolamas](https://github.com/pedrolamas)! + - Added the perceived type to SVG and QOI file thumbnails. Thanks [@pedrolamas](https://github.com/pedrolamas)! ### GPO - - Added a global GPO rule that applies for all utilities unless it's overridden. Thanks [@htcfreek](https://github.com/htcfreek)! - - Added GPO rules to control which PowerToys Run plugins should be enabled/disabled by policy. Thanks [@htcfreek](https://github.com/htcfreek)! - * All plugins have to provide its plugin ID as static property in its Main method. + - Added the missing Environment Variables utility policy to the .admx and .adml files. (This was a hotfix for 0.75) + - Fixed some typos and text improvements in the .adml file. Thanks [@htcfreek](https://github.com/htcfreek)! + +### Hosts File Editor + + - Added a proper warning when the hosts file is read-only and a button to make it writable. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)! ### Image Resizer + + - Fixed a WPF-UI issue regarding the application's background brushes. Thanks [@niels9001](https://github.com/niels9001)! - - Fixed wrong .bmp file association in the registry. Thanks [@meitinger](https://github.com/meitinger)! +### Installer + + - Included the Text Extractor and Awake localization files in the install process. ### Keyboard Manager - - Visually distinguish between the Numpad and regular period characters in the UI. - - This utility is now disabled by default on new installations, since it requires user configuration to affect keyboard behavior. - - Fixed a typo in the Numpad Subtract key in the editor. + - Modernized the UI with the Fluent design. Thanks [@dillydylann](https://github.com/dillydylann)! + - Added the feature to remap keys and shortcuts to arbitrary unicode text sequences. -### Mouse Highlighter +### Mouse Without Borders - - Removed the lower limit of fade delay and duration, to allow better signaling of doing a double click. Thanks [@fredso90](https://github.com/fredso90)! - -### Mouse Jump - - - The process now runs in the background, for a faster activation time. Thanks [@mikeclayton](https://github.com/mikeclayton)! + - Removed Thread.Suspend calls when exiting the utility. That call is deprecated, unneeded and was causing a silent crash. ### Peek - - Reported file sizes will now more closely match what's reported by File Explorer. Thanks [@Deepak-Sangle](https://github.com/Deepak-Sangle)! - - Added a previewer that hosts File Explorer previewers to support every file type that a machine is currently able to preview. Thanks [@dillydylann](https://github.com/dillydylann)! - - Fixed an issue causing the preview of the first file to be stuck loading. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)! - - Fixed showing the previously previewed video file when invoking Peek with a new file. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)! - - Added the wrap and file formatting options to the Monaco previewer. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)! - -### PowerRename - - - Save data from the last run in a different file to avoid conflicting with changing settings in the Settings application. + - Added the possibility to pause/resume videos with the space bar. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)! + - Fixed high CPU usage when idle before initializing the main window. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)! + - Implemented Ctrl+W as a shortcut to close Peek. Thanks [@Physalis2](https://github.com/Physalis2)! + - Solved an issue incorrectly detecting encoding when previewing code files. + - Fixed background issues when peeking into HTML files after the WebView 2 upgrade. ### PowerToys Run - - Fixed a case where the query wasn't being cleared after invoking a result action through the keyboard. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)! - - Improved the shell selection option for Windows Terminal in the Shell plugin and improved the backend code for adding combo box options to plugins. Thanks [@htcfreek](https://github.com/htcfreek)! - * The implementation of the combo box items has changed and isn't backward compatible. (Old plugins won't crash, but the combo box setting isn't shown in settings ui anymore.) - - Added Unix time in milliseconds, fixed negative unix time input and improved error messages in the TimeDate plugin. Thanks [@htcfreek](https://github.com/htcfreek)! - - The PowerToys plugin allows calling the new Environment Variables utility. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)! - - Refactored and added support to VSCodium Stable, VSCodium Insider and Remote Tunnels workspaces. Thanks [@eternalphane](https://github.com/eternalphane)! + - Moved to WPF-UI and redesigned according to Fluent UX principles. Thanks [@niels9001](https://github.com/niels9001)! + - Fixed an issue causing 3rd party plugins to not have their custom settings correctly initialized with default values. (This was a hotfix for 0.75) Thanks [@waaverecords](https://github.com/waaverecords)! + - Fixed a crash in the VSCode plugin when the VSCode path had trailing backspaces. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)! + - Fixed a crash when trying to load invalid image icons. + - Fixed a crash in the Programs plugin when getting images for some .lnk files. + - Fixed a rare startup initialization error and removed cold start operations that were no longer needed. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)! + - Improved calculations for Windows File Time and Unix Epoch Time in the DateTime plugin. Thanks [@htcfreek](https://github.com/htcfreek)! + - Fixed a crash when trying to get the icon for a link that pointed to no file. + - Cleaned up code in the WindowWalker plugin improving the logic. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)! ### Quick Accent - - Fixed characters that were removed from "All languages" because they were not in any single language. (This was a hotfix for 0.74) - - Added Asturian characters to the Spanish character set. Thanks [@blakestack](https://github.com/blakestack)! - - Added Greek characters with tonos. Thanks [@PesBandi](https://github.com/PesBandi)! - -### Registry Preview - - - Fixed a parsing error that crashed the Application. (This was a hotfix for 0.74) - - Fixed opening file names with non-ASCII characters. Thanks [@randyrants](https://github.com/randyrants)! - - Fixed wrong parsing when the file contained an assignment with spaces around the equals sign. Thanks [@randyrants](https://github.com/randyrants)! - - Fixed key transversal issues when a key was a substring of a parent key. Thanks [@randyrants](https://github.com/randyrants)! - -### Runner - - - Fixed the update notification toast to show a Unicode arrow. Thanks [@TheJoeFin](https://github.com/TheJoeFin)! + - Moved from ModernWPF to WPF-UI. Thanks [@niels9001](https://github.com/niels9001)! + - Added support to the Finnish language character set. Thanks [@davidtlascelles](https://github.com/davidtlascelles)! + - Added currency symbols for Croatian, Gaeilge, Gàidhlig and Welsh. Thanks [@PesBandi](https://github.com/PesBandi)! + - Added a missing Latin letter ꝡ. Thanks [@cubedhuang](https://github.com/cubedhuang)! + - Added fraction characters. Thanks [@PesBandi](https://github.com/PesBandi)! + - Added support to the Danish language character set. Thanks [@PesBandi](https://github.com/PesBandi)! + - Added the Kazakhstani Tenge character to the Currencies characters set. Thanks [@PesBandi](https://github.com/PesBandi)! + - Renamed Slovakian to Slovak, which is the correct term. Thanks [@PesBandi](https://github.com/PesBandi)! + - Added the Greek language character set. Thanks [@mcbabo](https://github.com/mcbabo)! ### Settings - - Added a new Dashboard home page, with quick access for enabling modules, short descriptions and activation methods. Thanks [@niels9001](https://github.com/niels9001) for the design and UI work that made this possible! - - Fixed a typo in the Hosts File Editor page. Thanks [@Deepak-Sangle](https://github.com/Deepak-Sangle)! - - Added a lock icon to the flyout listing of all modules when its enabled state is controlled by policy. - - The "All apps" list in the flyout will now list all apps even if their enabled state is controlled by policy. + - When clicking a module's name on the Dashboard, it will navigate to that module's page. + - Fixed the clipping of information in the Backup and Restore section of the General Settings page. Thanks [@niels9001](https://github.com/niels9001)! + - Updated the File Explorer Add-ons fluent icon. Thanks [@niels9001](https://github.com/niels9001)! + - Added a warning when trying to set a shortcut that might conflict with "Alt Gr" key combinations. + - Added a direct link to the OOBE's "What's New page" from the main Settings window. Thanks [@iakrayna](https://github.com/iakrayna)! + - Changed mentions from Microsoft Docs to Microsoft Learn. + - Fixed the slow reaction to system theme changes. -### Video Conference Mute +### Text Extractor - - Added an option to allow for the toolbar to hide after some time passed. Thanks [@quyenvsp](https://github.com/quyenvsp)! - - Added an option to select to mute or unmute at startup. Thanks [@quyenvsp](https://github.com/quyenvsp)! - - Fixed an issue causing a cascade of mute/unmute triggers. + - Move to WPF-UI, localization and light theme support. Thanks [@niels9001](https://github.com/niels9001)! + - Disabled by default on Windows 11, with a information box on Settings to prefer using the Windows Snipping Tool, which now supports OCR. ### Documentation - - Updated the Group Policy documentation on learn.microsoft.com, removed the Group Policy documentation from the repository and linked to the published documentation on learn.microsoft.com instead. + - Fixed some typos in the README. Thanks [@Asymtode712](https://github.com/Asymtode712)! + - Reworked the gpo docs on learn.microsoft.com, adding .admx, registry and Intune information. Thanks [@htcfreek](https://github.com/htcfreek)! ### Development - - Added project dependencies to the version project and headers to avoid building errors. Thanks [@johnterickson](https://github.com/johnterickson)! - - Enabled Control Flow Guard in the C++ projects. Thanks [@DHowett](https://github.com/DHowett)! - - Switched the release pipeline to the 1ES governed template. Thanks [@DHowett](https://github.com/DHowett)! - - Styled XAML files and added a XAML Style checker to the solution, with a CI action to check if code being contributed is compliant. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)! - - Suppressed redundant midl file warnings in PowerRename. - - Add unit tests to FancyZones Editor. Thanks [@garv5014](https://github.com/garv5014), [@andrewbengordon](https://github.com/andrewbengordon) and [@Cwighty](https://github.com/Cwighty)! - - Improved the Default Layouts internal structure in FancyZones Editor. Thanks [@garv5014](https://github.com/garv5014)! - - Fixed code issues to allow building in Visual Studio 17.8 Preview 4. + - Updated the check-spelling ci action to 0.22. Thanks [@jsoref](https://github.com/jsoref)! + - Refactored the modules data model used between the Settings Dashboard and Flyout. + - Fixed a flaky interop test that was causing automated CI to hang occasionally. + - Increased the WebView 2 loading timeout to reduce flakiness in those tests. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)! + - Added support for building with the Dev Drive CopyOnWrite feature, increasing build speed. Thanks [@pedrolamas](https://github.com/pedrolamas)! + - Addressed the C# static analyzers suggestions. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)! + - Addressed the C++ static analyzers suggestions. + - PRs that only contain Markdown or text files changes no longer trigger the full CI. Thanks [@snickler](https://github.com/snickler)! + - Updated the Microsoft.Windows.CsWinRT to 2.0.4 to fix building with the official Visual Studio 17.8 release. + - Fixed new code quality issues caught by the official Visual Studio 17.8 release. + - Added a bot trigger to point contributors to the main new contribution issue on GitHub. Thanks [@Aaron-Junker](https://github.com/Aaron-Junker)! + - Removed unneeded entries from expect.txt. + - Turned off a new feature from Visual Studio that was adding the commit hash to the binary files Product Version. + - Refactored and reviewed the spellcheck entries into different files. Thanks [@Jay-o-Way](https://github.com/Jay-o-Way)! + - Added Spectre mitigation and SHA256 hash creation for some DLLs. + - Reverted the release pipeline template to a previous release that's stable for shipping PowerToys. -#### What is being planned for version 0.76 +#### What is being planned for version 0.77 -For [v0.76][github-next-release-work], we'll work on the items below: +For [v0.77][github-next-release-work], we'll work on the items below: + - New utility: Command Not Found - Language selection - - .NET 8 upgrade - - Allowing Keyboard Manager to output arbitrary Unicode sequences - Automated UI testing through WinAppDriver - - Modernize and refresh the UX of PowerToys based on WPF. Here's Work in Progress previews for the modules "PowerToys Run" and "Color Picker": - -![PowerToys Run UI refresh WIP](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/assets/9866362/16903bcb-c18e-49fb-93ca-738b81957055) + - Develop support for Desired State Configuration + - Modernize and refresh the UX of PowerToys based on WPF. Here's the Work in Progress preview for "Color Picker": ![ColorPicker UI refresh WIP](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/assets/9866362/ceebe54b-de63-4ce7-afcb-2cd4280bf4d1)