diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 4d8e8276d7..7836fe1aac 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -40,19 +40,19 @@ 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%2F51 -[github-current-release-work]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues?q=project%3Amicrosoft%2FPowerToys%2F50 -[ptUserX64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.77.0/PowerToysUserSetup-0.77.0-x64.exe -[ptUserArm64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.77.0/PowerToysUserSetup-0.77.0-arm64.exe -[ptMachineX64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.77.0/PowerToysSetup-0.77.0-x64.exe -[ptMachineArm64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.77.0/PowerToysSetup-0.77.0-arm64.exe +[github-next-release-work]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues?q=project%3Amicrosoft%2FPowerToys%2F52 +[github-current-release-work]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues?q=project%3Amicrosoft%2FPowerToys%2F51 +[ptUserX64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.78.0/PowerToysUserSetup-0.78.0-x64.exe +[ptUserArm64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.78.0/PowerToysUserSetup-0.78.0-arm64.exe +[ptMachineX64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.78.0/PowerToysSetup-0.78.0-x64.exe +[ptMachineArm64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.78.0/PowerToysSetup-0.78.0-arm64.exe | Description | Filename | sha256 hash | |----------------|----------|-------------| -| Per user - x64 | [PowerToysUserSetup-0.77.0-x64.exe][ptUserX64] | 3485D3F45A3DE6ED7FA151A4CE9D6F941491C30E83AB51FD59B4ADCD20611F1A | -| Per user - ARM64 | [PowerToysUserSetup-0.77.0-arm64.exe][ptUserArm64] | 762DF383A01006A20C0BAB2D321667E855236EBA7108CDD475E4E2A8AB752E0E | -| Machine wide - x64 | [PowerToysSetup-0.77.0-x64.exe][ptMachineX64] | 1B6D4247313C289B07A3BF3531E215B3F9BEDBE9254919637F2AC502B4773C31 | -| Machine wide - ARM64 | [PowerToysSetup-0.77.0-arm64.exe][ptMachineArm64] | CF740B3AC0EB5C23E18B07ACC2D0C6EC5F4CE4B3A2EDC67C2C9FDF6EF78F0352 | +| Per user - x64 | [PowerToysUserSetup-0.78.0-x64.exe][ptUserX64] | 120B1CEFC94D76EC593A61D717BBB2E12AF195D19E04C811F519D3F9B9B3B5C0 | +| Per user - ARM64 | [PowerToysUserSetup-0.78.0-arm64.exe][ptUserArm64] | 3C3C8A8A549ABDD1C5E5DA7DC22D254F7BBD0F9DC05DA17E51020B153662F083 | +| Machine wide - x64 | [PowerToysSetup-0.78.0-x64.exe][ptMachineX64] | 19E025381588ABAEC209CDD0A18BB779EE58FC24646D898C2A7C38A4858EAEDB | +| Machine wide - ARM64 | [PowerToysSetup-0.78.0-arm64.exe][ptMachineArm64] | 5C70054A8991885A958F066B00D7FAFE608C730FC7A99178D6C64A1F03A3C109 | This is our preferred method. @@ -98,112 +98,143 @@ 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. -### 0.77 - December 2023 Update +### 0.78 - January 2024 Update -In this release, we focused on new features, stability and improvements. +In this release, we focused on stability and improvements. **Highlights** - - New utility: Command Not Found PowerShell 7.4 module - adds the ability to detect failed commands in PowerShell 7.4 and suggest a package to install using winget. Thanks [@carlos-zamora](https://github.com/carlos-zamora)! - - Keyboard manager does not register low level hook if there are no remappings anymore. - - Added support for QOI file type in Peek. Thanks [@pedrolamas](https://github.com/pedrolamas)! - - Added support for loading 3rd-party plugins with additional dependencies in PowerToys Run. Thanks [@coreyH](https://github.com/CoreyHayward)! + - New languages added: Arabic (Saudi Arabia), Hebrew, Persian and Ukrainian. We are going to assume we have some bugs. We want to identify & fix them and are open for community help. + - Many dependencies updated, aiming for security and stability. + - Fixed commonly reported PowerToys Run startup crashes after an upgrade. + - New settings and GPO policies to help control behavior after an upgrade. Thanks [@htcfreek](https://github.com/htcfreek)! + +Here are some screenshots of the new languages: +![Arabic SA Settings screenshot](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/assets/26118718/be27096d-6c03-4b09-afc4-478ca427e3ec) +![Hebrew Settings screenshot](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/assets/26118718/e1435060-1f94-4e41-adee-1d0a609584ca) +![Persian Settings screenshot](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/assets/26118718/8592dcb7-8a04-4831-9325-a8b9b05787df) +![Ukrainian Settings screenshot](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/assets/26118718/24242dd8-eb17-4859-b2e4-1e5c63ffbffd) ### General - - Bump WPF-UI package version to fix crashes related to theme changes. (This was a hotfix for 0.76) - - Fixed typo in version change notification. Thanks [@PesBandi](https://github.com/PesBandi)! - - Code improvements and fixed silenced warnings introduced by upgrade to .NET 8. - - Update copyright year for 2024. - - Added setting to disable warning notifications about detecting an application running as Administrator. + - Added Arabic (Saudi Arabia) translation. + - Added Hebrew translation. + - Added Persian translation. + - Added Ukrainian translation. + - Improved the file watcher used across many utilities to consume less resources. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)! ### AlwaysOnTop - - Show notification when elevated app is in the foreground but AlwaysOnTop is running non-elevated. + - Fixed an invisible border issue when the border color was set to the black color. + - Added the AlwayOnTop icon to the base application executable. Thanks [@ckirby19](https://github.com/ckirby19)! ### Command Not Found - - Added a new utility: A Command Not Found PowerShell 7.4 module. It adds the ability to detect failed commands in PowerShell 7.4 and suggest a package to install using winget. Thanks [@carlos-zamora](https://github.com/carlos-zamora)! - -### Environment Variables - - - Fixed issue causing Environment Variables window not to appear as a foreground window. - -### FancyZones - - - Fixed snapping specific apps (e.g. Facebook messenger). (This was a hotfix for 0.76) - - Fixed behavior of Move newly created windows to current active monitor setting to keep maximize state on moving. Thanks [@quyenvsp](https://github.com/quyenvsp)! - - Fixed issue causing FancyZones Editor layout window to be zoned. + - Signed the PowerShell scripts used by the Command Not Found installation process. ### File Explorer add-ons - - Fixed WebView2 based previewers issue caused by the latest WebView update. (This was a hotfix for 0.76) + - Fixed an issue causing SVG Thumbnail generation to hang when trying to preview SVG files at the same time. + +### File Locksmith + + - Improved the context menu entry caption. Thanks [@niels9001](https://github.com/niels9001)! + +### Find My Mouse + + - Added more settings to tune shake detection when activating through mouse shake. ### Hosts File Editor - - Fixed issue causing settings not to be preserved on update. + - Added a feature to duplicate an entry. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)! + +### Installer + + - Included the new languages localization files in the installer. ### Image Resizer - - Fixed crash caused by WpfUI ThemeWatcher. (This was a hotfix for 0.76) - -### Keyboard Manager - - - Do not register low level hook if there are no remappings. + - Improved the context menu entry caption. Thanks [@niels9001](https://github.com/niels9001)! ### Peek - - Improved icon and title showing for previewed files. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)! - - Added QOI file type support. Thanks [@pedrolamas](https://github.com/pedrolamas)! + - Added a missing tooltip for the file size. Thanks [@HydroH](https://github.com/HydroH)! + +### PowerRename + + - Improved and added localization to the context menu entry caption. Thanks [@niels9001](https://github.com/niels9001)! ### PowerToys Run - - Fixed results list UI element height for different maximum number of results value. (This was a hotfix for 0.76) - - Fixed icon extraction for .lnk files. (This was a hotfix for 0.76) - - Fixed search box UI glitch when FlowDirection is RightToLeft. (This was a hotfix for 0.76) - - Fixed theme setting. (This was a hotfix for 0.76) - - Fixed error reporting window UI issue. Thanks [@niels9001](https://github.com/niels9001)! - - UI improvements and ability to show/hide plugins overview panel. Thanks [@niels9001](https://github.com/niels9001)! - - Allow interaction with plugin hints. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)! - - Switch to WPF-UI theme manager. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)! - - Fixed issue causing 3rd party plugin's dependencies dll not being loaded properly. Thanks [@coreyH](https://github.com/CoreyHayward)! - - Added configurable font sizes. Thanks [@niels9001](https://github.com/niels9001)! - - Changed the text color of plugin hints to improve the contrast when light theme is used. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)! - - Fix scientific notation errors in Calculator plugin. Thanks [@viggyd](https://github.com/viggyd)! - - Add URI/URL features to Value generator plugin. Thanks [@htcfreek](https://github.com/htcfreek)! + - Removed references to unused settings from the code, which were causing crashes on some machines. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)! + - Fixed an issue causing a scrollbar to be out of view. Thanks [@niels9001](https://github.com/niels9001)! + - Added logic to try and detect running games to full screen detection. Thanks [@anaisbetts](https://github.com/anaisbetts)! + - Added support for converting negative values in the Unit Converter plugin. Thanks [@Dub1shu](https://github.com/Dub1shu)! + - Fixed stale results in the Visual Studio Code Workspaces plugin by checking if files still exist. Thanks [@anderspk](https://github.com/anderspk)! + - Fixed an activation crash that occurred after 0.77 on some configurations. + - Fixed a startup crash that occurred when saving the new version of settings after an upgrade. + - You can now calculate bigger hexadecimal numbers in the Calculator plugin. + - The "max results to show before scrolling" setting can now also be applied to the initial plugin hint listing. ### Quick Accent - - Moved Greek specific characters from All language set to Greek. Thanks [@PesBandi](https://github.com/PesBandi)! - - Add more mathematical symbols. Thanks [@kevinfu2](https://github.com/kevinfu2)! + - Added the ellipses character to all languages. Thanks [@HydroH](https://github.com/HydroH)! + - Added an option to not activate when playing a game. Thanks [@HydroH](https://github.com/HydroH)! + - Added the E with breve and pilcrow characters to all languages. Thanks [@PesBandi](https://github.com/PesBandi)! ### Settings - - Fixed exception occurring on theme change. - - Fix "What's new" icon. Thanks [@niels9001](https://github.com/niels9001)! - - Remove obsolete UI Font icon properties. Thanks [@Jay-o-Way](https://github.com/Jay-o-Way)! - - OOBE UI improvements. Thanks [@Jay-o-Way](https://github.com/Jay-o-Way)! - - XAML Binding improvements. Thanks [@Jay-o-Way](https://github.com/Jay-o-Way)! - - Fixed crash caused by ThemeListener constructor exceptions. + - Removed the Command Not Found listing from the Settings dashboard and flyout, since it can't really be enabled or disabled from there. + - Added a settings and GPO rule to disable opening the What's New OOBE page after an update. Thanks [@htcfreek](https://github.com/htcfreek)! + - Added a settings and GPO rule to disable toast notifications about new updates being available. Thanks [@htcfreek](https://github.com/htcfreek)! + - Fixed an issue causing the Settings window to not be brought to the foreground after activating through the system tray icon. + - Standardized accent brush and corner radius on the dashboard page. + - Improved UI and messages for GPO locked settings. Thanks [@htcfreek](https://github.com/htcfreek)! + - Fixed an issue causing the OOBE window to maximize and hide the system taskbar. + - Reworked the update settings in the General page. Thanks [@htcfreek](https://github.com/htcfreek)! + - Tweaked UI for the update settings in the General page. Thanks [@niels9001](https://github.com/niels9001)! + - Updated the modules images in the Settings and OOBE screens. Thanks [@niels9001](https://github.com/niels9001)! + - Updated OOBE descriptions to take into account the changes in context menu captions. Thanks [@niels9001](https://github.com/niels9001)! ### Documentation - - Improved docs for adding new languages to monaco. Thanks [@PesBandi](https://github.com/PesBandi)! - - Update README.md to directly state x64 & ARM processor in requirements. - - Added Scoop plugin to PowerToys Run thirdPartyRunPlugins.md docs. Thanks [@Quriz](https://github.com/Quriz)! + - Added Spotify plugin to PowerToys Run thirdPartyRunPlugins.md docs. Thanks [@waaverecords](https://github.com/waaverecords)! + - Added InputTyper and ClipboardManager plugins to PowerToys Run thirdPartyRunPlugins.md docs. Thanks [@CoreyHayward](https://github.com/CoreyHayward)! + - Added CurrencyConverter plugin to PowerToys Run thirdPartyRunPlugins.md docs. Thanks [@Advaith3600](https://github.com/Advaith3600)! + - Updated and cleaned up the new PowerToys plugin checklist documentation. Thanks [@Parvezkhan0](https://github.com/Parvezkhan0) and [@hlaueriksson](https://github.com/hlaueriksson)! + - Added a documentation page to describe status code colors for Mouse Without Borders. Thanks [@ckirby19](https://github.com/ckirby19)! ### Development - - Adopted XamlStyler for PowerToys Run source code. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)! - - Consolidate Microsoft.Windows.SDK.BuildTools across solution. - - Upgraded Boost's lib to v1.84. - - Upgraded HelixToolkit packages to the latest versions. - - Updated sdl baselines. + - Fixed dependency issues on upgrading .NET from 8.0.0 to 8.0.1. + - Upgraded Microsoft.Extensions.ObjectPool from .NET 5 to .NET 8. + - Upgraded the Windows SDK Build Tools to 10.0.22621.2428. + - Upgraded the Windows Implementation Library to 1.0.231216.1. + - Upgraded NLog.Schema to 5.2.8 and NLog.Extensions.Logging to 5.3.8. + - Upgraded Markdig.Signed to 0.34.0. + - Upgraded Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk to 17.8. + - Upgraded CommunityToolkit.WinUI dependencies to 8.0.240109. + - Upgraded CommunityToolkit.Mvvm to 8.2.2. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)! + - Upgraded Windows App SDK to 1.4.4. Thanks [@snickler](https://github.com/snickler)! + - Upgraded WPFUI version to 3.0.0-preview.13. Thanks [@niels9001](https://github.com/niels9001)! + - Upgraded StyleCop.Analyzers to 1.2.0-beta.556. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)! + - Upgraded Microsoft.Windows.Compatibility to 8.0.1. + - Upgraded System.Data.SqlClient to 4.8.6. + - Consolidate XAML Namespaces across the solutions. Thanks [@Jay-o-Way](https://github.com/Jay-o-Way)! + - Removed the toolkit labs package source reference, since the controls we were using made it to the generally available community toolkit. + - Added Microsoft.MSBuildCache to experiment with build caching to reduce pipeline runs duration. Thanks [@dfederm](https://github.com/dfederm)! + - Configured the release CI to follow the latest 1ES pipeline release version again. + - Removed the copyright year from assembly information. Thanks [@Aaron-Junker](https://github.com/Aaron-Junker)! + - Added the Command Not Found entry to the GitHub templates. + - Removed unused code for a GPO policy to control auto updating of PowerToys. Thanks [@htcfreek](https://github.com/htcfreek)! + - Improved code behind for getting the localization of context menu entries. + - Locked some terms in resource files to avoid localization. -#### What is being planned for version 0.78 +#### What is being planned for version 0.79 -For [v0.78][github-next-release-work], we'll work on the items below: +For [v0.79][github-next-release-work], we'll work on the items below: + - Stability / bug fixes - Language selection - Automated UI testing through WinAppDriver - Develop support for Desired State Configuration @@ -211,8 +242,6 @@ For [v0.78][github-next-release-work], we'll work on the items below: ![ColorPicker UI refresh WIP](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/assets/9866362/ceebe54b-de63-4ce7-afcb-2cd4280bf4d1) - - Stability / bug fixes - ## PowerToys Community The PowerToys team is extremely grateful to have the [support of an amazing active community][community-link]. The work you do is incredibly important. PowerToys wouldn’t be nearly what it is today without your help filing bugs, updating documentation, guiding the design, or writing features. We want to say thank you and take time to recognize your work. Month by month, you directly help make PowerToys a better piece of software.