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| Date | All Changes | wlroots version | lines-of-code |
|------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
| 2024-03-21 | [unreleased] | 0.17.2 | |
| 2024-03-01 | [0.7.1] | 0.17.1 | 18624 |
| 2023-12-22 | [0.7.0] | 0.17.1 | 16576 |
| 2023-11-25 | [0.6.6] | 0.16.2 | 15796 |
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| 2021-04-15 | [0.2.0] | 0.13.0 | 5011 |
| 2021-03-05 | [0.1.0] | 0.12.0 | 4627 |
## [unreleased]
This release is shaping up to be the second in a row that is larger than
usual in terms of both fixes and new features, for example input-methods.
As usual, most of the commits are by the core devs: @Consolatis,
@ahesford, @jlindgren90 and @johanmalm, but there are also a few new strong
contributors as noted in the log.
### Added
- Support libinput config option for calibration matrices.
`<libinput><device><calibrationMatrix>`. Written-by: @SnowNF
- Add new window-switcher field content types `workspace`, `state`,
`type_short` and `output`. Written-by: @droc12345 PR #1623
```xml
<windowSwitcher allWorkspaces="yes">
<fields>
<field content="workspace" width="5%" />
<field content="state" width="3%" />
<field content="type_short" width="3%" />
<field content="output" width="9%" />
<field content="identifier" width="30%" />
<field content="title" width="50%" />
</fields>
</windowSwitcher>
```
- Support input methods (or input method editors, commonly abbreviated
IMEs) like Fcitx5, using protocols text-input-v3 and input-method-v2.
This includes IME popups. Written-by: @tokyo4j
- Add `atCursor` attribute to action `ShowMenu` so that a window's
"client-menu" could optionally be launched at the pointer using a
keybind as follows:
```xml
<action name="ShowMenu" menu="value" atCursor="yes" />
```
- Support workspace-prefix (`<desktops><prefix>`) for workspace-switcher
onscreen display when naming workspaces by digits, for example 1, 2, 3
Written-by: @droc12345
- Process all `*.env` files in an `environment.d` directory alongside and
in the same way as each potential `environment` file.
- Allow empty variables in `environment` files. In other words, respond to
variable declarations of the form "VARIABLE=", with no following value,
by setting the corresponding environemtn variable as an empty string.
- Add optional headless fallback output that is automatically created when
no other output exists. Enable this by setting the environment variable
`LABWC_FALLBACK_OUTPUT` to the desired output name. The feature
benefits applications like wayvnc the most by ensuring that there is
always an output available to connect to.
Co-Authored-By: Simon Long <simon@raspberrypi.com>
- Optionally show windows on all workspaces in window-switcher.
```xml
<windowSwitcher allWorkspaces="yes">
```
- Handle touch on headerbar using cursor emulate events. Issue #1550
Written-by: @spl237
- Updated dbus activation environment with more environment variables
(`XCURSOR_SIZE`, `XCURSOR_THEME`, `XDG_SESSION_TYPE`, `LABWC_PID`)
Written-by: @winerysearch Issue #694
- Run `shutdown` script on exit (equivalent to `autostart` on startup)
- Add `wrap` argument to action `MoveToOutput`. Wrap is disabled by
default to keep the user interface consistent. Example usage:
```xml
<action name="MoveToOutput" direction="right" wrap="yes" />
```
### Fixed
- Fix workspace-switcher on-screen-display positioning of text using
right-to-left (RTL) locales. Written-by: @micko01 Issue #1633
- Unconstrain xdg-shell popups to usable area (rather than full output) so
that popups do not cover layer-shell clients such as panels.
Written-by: @tokyo4j
- Exclude unfocusable XWayland windows (for example notifications and
floating toolbars) from being processed by wlr-foreign-toplevel protocol
as these windows should not be shown in taskbars/docks/etc.
- Render text buffers with opaque backgrounds because subpixel text
rendering over a transparent background does not work properly with
cairo/pango. PR #1631
- Fallback on layout 'us' if a keymap cannot be created for the provided
`XKB_DEFAULT_LAYOUT`. If keymap still cannot be created, exit with a
helpful message instead of a segv crash.
- Reload cursor theme and size on reconfigure. Written-by: @spl237
Issue #1587
- Fix a number of surface-focus releted short-comings:
- Handle cursor-button-press on layer-shell subsurfaces and fix bug in
`get_cursor_context()` which resulted in layer-surfaces not being
detected correctly. PR #1594
- Overhaul the logic for giving keyboard focus to layer-shell clients.
PR #1599
- Fix move/resize bug manifesting itself on touchpad taps with
`<tapAndDrag>` disabled because libinput sends button press & release
signals so quickly that `interactive_finish()` is never called.
Written-by: @tokyo4j
- Include always-on-top windows in window-switcher.
- Make resize flicker free again when running labwc nested (it was a
regression caused by wlroots 0.17).
- Clean up dbus and systemd activation environments on exit
- Fix `view_get_adjacent_output()` bug resulting in often returning an
incorrect output when using more than two outputs. Issue #1582
### Changed
- If your `rc.xml` contains a keybind to show menu "client-menu", it will
be launched at pointer rather than the top-left part of the window. To
keep the old behaviour, redefine it as follows:
```xml
<keybind key="A-Space">
<action name="ShowMenu" menu="client-menu" atCursor="No"/>
</keybind>
```
- Change action `MoveToOutput` argument 'name' to 'output' (because 'name'
is already used by the action itself). Issue #1589
```xml
<action name="MoveToOutput" output="HDMI-A-1"/>
```
- Do not deactivate window when giving keyboard focus to a non-view
surface such as a popup or layer-shell surface. This matches Openbox
behavior.
- Treat Globally Active XWayland windows according to type to fix focus
issues with IntelliJ IDEA and JDownloader 2. Issues: #1139 #1341
Also revert f6e3527 which allowed re-focus between Globally Active
XWayland windows of the same PID.
- Only update dbus and systemd activation environments when running on
the DRM backend or by explicit request using environment variable
`LABWC_UPDATE_ACTIVATION_ENV`.
## [0.7.1]