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NEWS

This file contains significant user-visible changes for each version. For full changelog, use git log

0.4.0 (2021-12-31)

Compile with wlroots 0.15.0

This release contains lots of internal changes, fixes and new features. A big thank you goes out to @ARDiDo, @bi4k8, @Joshua-Ashton, @jlindgren90, @Consolatis, @telent and @apbryan. The most notable feature-type changes are listed below:

  • The config option <lab><xdg_shell_server_side_deco> has changed to <core><decoration> (breaking change)
  • Add support for the following wayland protocols:
    • pointer_constraints and relative_pointer - mostly for gaming. Written-by: @Joshua-Ashton
    • viewporter - needed for some games to fake modesets. Written-by: @Joshua-Ashton
    • wlr_input_inhibit. This enables swaylock to be run. Written-by: @telent
    • wlr_foreign_toplevel. This enables controlling windows from clients such as waybar.
    • idle and idle_inhibit (Written-by: @ARDiDo)
  • Support fullscreen mode.
  • Support drag-and-drop. Written-by: @ARDiDo
  • Add the following config options:
    • Load default keybinds on <keyboard><default />
    • <keyboard><repeatRate> and <keyboard><repeatDelay>
    • Specify distance between views and output edges with <core><gap>
    • <core><adaptiveSync>
    • Set menu item font with <theme><font place="MenuItem">
    • Allow <theme><font> without place="" attribute, thus enabling simpler config files
    • Support <mousebind> with contexts (e.g. TitleBar, Left, TLCorner, Frame), buttons (e.g. left, right), and mouse actions (e.g. Press, DoubleClick). Modifier keys are also supported to handle configurations such as alt + mouse button to move/resize windows. (Written-by: @bi4k8, @apbryan)
    • <libinput> configuration. Written-by: @ARDiDo
    • <resistance><screenEdgeStrength>
  • Support for primary selection. Written-by: @telent
  • Support 'alt-tab' on screen display when cycling between windows including going backwards by pressing shift (Written-by: @Joshua-Ashton) and cancelling with escape (Written-by: @jlindgren90)
  • Add the following theme options:
    • set buttons colors individually (for iconify, close and maximize)
    • window.(in)active.label.text.color
    • window.label.text.justify
    • OSD colors
  • Show application title in window decoration title bar
  • Handle double click on window decoration title bar
  • Support a 'resize-edges' area that is wider than than the visible window decoration. This makes it easier to grab edges to resize windows.
  • Add window actions 'MoveToEdge', 'ToggleMaximize', 'Close', 'Iconify', 'ToggleDecorations', 'ToggleFullscreen', 'SnapToEdge', 'Focus', 'Raise', 'Move', 'MoveToEdge', 'Resize', 'PreviousWindow', 'ShowMenu'
  • Add labwc.desktop for display managers
  • layer-shell:
    • Take into account exclusive areas of clients (such as panels) when maximizing windows
    • Support popups
  • Handle xwayland set_decorations and xdg-shell-decoration requests. Written-by: @Joshua-Ashton
  • Handle view min/max size better, including xwayland hint support. Written-by: @Joshua-Ashton
  • Handle xwayland move/resize events. Written-by: @Joshua-Ashton
  • Support audio and monitor-brightness keys by default
  • Catch ctrl-alt-F1 to F12 to switch tty
  • Support XCURSOR_THEME and XCURSOR_SIZE environment variables
  • Support submenus including inline definitions

0.3.0 (2021-06-28)

Compile with wlroots 0.14.0

  • Add config options <focus><followMouse> and <focus><raiseOnFocus> (provided-by: Mikhail Kshevetskiy)
  • Do not use Clearlooks-3.4 theme by default, just use built-in theme
  • Fix bug which triggered Qt application segfault

0.2.0 (2021-04-15)

Compile with wlroots 0.13.0

  • Support wlr-output-management protcol for setting output position, scale and orientation with kanshi or similar
  • Support server side decoration rounded corners
  • Change built-in theme to match default GTK style
  • Add labwc-environment(5)
  • Call wlr_output_enable_adaptive_sync() if LABWC_ADAPTIVE_SYNC set

0.1.0 (2021-03-05)

Compile with wlroots 0.12.0 and wayland-server >=1.16

  • Support xdg-shell and optionally xwayland-shell
  • Show xbm buttons for maximize, iconify and close
  • Support layer-shell protocol (partial)
  • Support damage tracking to reduce CPU usage
  • Support very basic root-menu implementation
  • Re-load config and theme on SIGHUP
  • Support simple configuration to auto-start applications, set environment variables and specify theme, font and keybinds.
  • Support some basic theme settings for window borders and title bars
  • Support basic actions including Execute, Exit, NextWindow, Reconfigure and ShowMenu