Amethyst 0.21.0 Beta

What's New

• New app icon! Huge thanks, @Zabriskije!
• Add "delete" as a key option in preferences. Thanks, @tpucci!
• Add option for hiding the status bar icon. Thanks, @jbernardo95!
• Fix an issue in which windows would lose focus when being thrown between spaces.
• Fix an issue in which IDs provided to custom layouts became inconsistent.

What's Changed

• Remove observer for current notification on errors by @ianyh in #1500
• New app + main menu + menu bar icons by @Zabriskije in #1504
• Issue 1321: update amethyst.sample.yml include all defaults by @wley3337 in #1326
• Add documentation for select-*-layout configuration by @ianyh in #1508
• feat: add delete keyboard key to non-printable characters map by @tpucci in #1529
• Amethyst 0.20.0 by @ianyh in #1475
• Fix documentation for builtin padding by @ianyh in #1533
• Dependency updates by @ianyh in #1534
• Migrate to Swift Package Manager by @ianyh in #1538
• Updates for Xcode 15 and macOS 14 by @ianyh in #1544
• Update audo-rearrange screenshot by @sschaetz in #1542
• Document all possible config file locations in configuration-files.md by @nliechti in #1548
• Improved Clarity for Accessibility API Permission Instructions by @gamedevCloudy in #1575
• Add preference to hide menu bar icon by @jbernardo95 in #1583
• Only perform raise ax action when focusing by @ianyh in #1586
• Update the correct name for a layout in config sample by @ianyh in #1587
• Clarify window margin behavior by @ianyh in #1589
• Sort json keys for custom layout ids by @ianyh in #1592
• Remove the old icon file by @ianyh in #1594
• Further attempts to fix space moving focus loss by @ianyh in #1591

New Contributors

• @Zabriskije made their first contribution in #1504
• @wley3337 made their first contribution in #1326
• @tpucci made their first contribution in #1529
• @sschaetz made their first contribution in #1542
• @nliechti made their first contribution in #1548
• @gamedevCloudy made their first contribution in #1575
• @jbernardo95 made their first contribution in #1583

Full Changelog: v0.20.0...v0.21.0b

Amethyst 0.20.0

Notable Changes

• Toggle layouts with select-*-layout commands. Thanks, @EnakNalla!
• Introduction of command-line debugging tools.
• Fix an issue that scaled windows when moving between spaces.
• Fix a frequent crash on some types of long running application launches.
• Fix an issue with multi-display focus rotations when applications are distributed across displays.

What's Changed

• Amethyst 0.19.0 by @ianyh in #1451
• Implement more command-line debugging tools by @ianyh in #1457
• Bump activesupport from 7.0.4.2 to 7.0.4.3 by @dependabot in #1463
• Update Silica for scoping fix by @ianyh in #1467
• feat toggle window fullscreen by @EnakNalla in #1358
• Grab Silica app dealloc fix by @ianyh in #1470
• Update a couple of dependencies by @ianyh in #1471
• Move Troubleshooting section higher up in the readme by @ianyh in #1474
• Maintain frames on space changes when not changing screens by @ianyh in #1372
• Implement more robust window focus mechanism by @ianyh in #1530

New Contributors

• @EnakNalla made their first contribution in #1358

Full Changelog: v0.19.0...v0.20.0

Amethyst 0.20.0 Beta 4

Notable Changes

• Fix an issue with multi-display focus rotations when applications are distributed across displays.

What's Changed

• Implement more robust window focus mechanism by @ianyh in #1530

Full Changelog: v0.20.0b3...v0.20.0b4

Amethyst 0.20.0 Beta 3

• Fix a silly build issue in Beta 2.

Amethyst 0.20.0 Beta 2

Notable Changes

• Fix a frequent crash on some types of long running application launches.

What's Changed

• Remove observer for current notification on errors by @ianyh in #1500

Full Changelog: v0.20.0b...v0.20.0b2

Amethyst 0.20.0 Beta

Notable Changes

• Toggle layouts with select-*-layout commands. Thanks, @EnakNalla!
• Introduction of command-line debugging tools.
• Fix an issue that scaled windows when moving between spaces.
• Fix a few more places that could have caused crashes.

What's Changed

• Amethyst 0.19.0 by @ianyh in #1451
• Implement more command-line debugging tools by @ianyh in #1457
• Bump activesupport from 7.0.4.2 to 7.0.4.3 by @dependabot in #1463
• Update Silica for scoping fix by @ianyh in #1467
• feat toggle window fullscreen by @EnakNalla in #1358
• Grab Silica app dealloc fix by @ianyh in #1470
• Update a couple of dependencies by @ianyh in #1471
• Move Troubleshooting section higher up in the readme by @ianyh in #1474
• Maintain frames on space changes when not changing screens by @ianyh in #1372

New Contributors

• @EnakNalla made their first contribution in #1358

Full Changelog: v0.19.0...v0.20.0b

Amethyst 0.19.0

Notable Changes

• Inclusion of exceptions in custom layout logging. Thanks, @DavidDTA!
• Addition of optional commands for spaces 11 and 12. Thanks, @timvisher!
• Fix an issue causing windows to "stick" when trying to throw between screens.
• Fix an issue causing throwing to spaces left and right to throw to the wrong space.
• Fix an issue that could fail to track applications if they did not launch quickly enough.
• Fix an issue preventing management of Parallels Coherence Mode windows (along with a variety of similar ones).
• A variety of stability improvements to prevent a common crash.

What's Changed

• Add missing .yml extension in XDG config path by @jabkoo in #1404
• Start a Troubleshooting doc by @ianyh in #1406
• Only trigger reflow after a screen move has happened by @ianyh in #1407
• Use global space indices for left and right by @ianyh in #1408
• Treat yaml Null as nil by @ianyh in #1412
• Update Black Girls CODE donation link by @glibsm in #1414
• Amethyst 0.18.0 by @ianyh in #1402
• Bundle update by @ianyh in #1423
• Log JavaScript exceptions in custom layouts by @DavidDTA in #1428
• Add support for throwing to spaces 11 and 12 by @timvisher in #1433
• Update to swift 5 by @ianyh in #1437
• Improvements to manageable applications determination by @ianyh in #1439
• Do not trigger changes when trying to toggle float on an unmanageable window by @ianyh in #1440
• Fix a bunch of warnings by @ianyh in #1443
• Update Silica for raise change by @ianyh in #1445
• Monitor application launch completion by @ianyh in #1446
• Just turn off file and type length lint rules by @ianyh in #1448
• Dependency updates by @ianyh in #1449
• Update Silica for run loop source change by @ianyh in #1450
• Amethyst/Events/HotKeyManager.swift: Add space 11 and 12 commandKeys by @timvisher in #1453

New Contributors

• @jabkoo made their first contribution in #1404
• @DavidDTA made their first contribution in #1428
• @timvisher made their first contribution in #1433

Full Changelog: v0.18.0...v0.19.0

Amethyst 0.19.0 Beta 2

Notable Changes

• Fix an issue with binding the commands for throwing to spaces 11 and 12.

What's Changed

• Amethyst/Events/HotKeyManager.swift: Add space 11 and 12 commandKeys by @timvisher in #1453

Full Changelog: v0.19.0b...v0.19.0b2

Amethyst 0.19.0 Beta

Notable Changes

• Inclusion of exceptions in custom layout logging. Thanks, @DavidDTA!
• Addition of optional commands for spaces 11 and 12. Thanks, @timvisher!
• Fix an issue causing windows to "stick" when trying to throw between screens.
• Fix an issue causing throwing to spaces left and right to throw to the wrong space.
• Fix an issue that could fail to track applications if they did not launch quickly enough.
• Fix an issue preventing management of Parallels Coherence Mode windows (along with a variety of similar ones).
• A variety of stability improvements to prevent a common crash.

What's Changed

• Add missing .yml extension in XDG config path by @jabkoo in #1404
• Start a Troubleshooting doc by @ianyh in #1406
• Only trigger reflow after a screen move has happened by @ianyh in #1407
• Use global space indices for left and right by @ianyh in #1408
• Treat yaml Null as nil by @ianyh in #1412
• Update Black Girls CODE donation link by @glibsm in #1414
• Bundle update by @ianyh in #1423
• Log JavaScript exceptions in custom layouts by @DavidDTA in #1428
• Add support for throwing to spaces 11 and 12 by @timvisher in #1433
• Update to swift 5 by @ianyh in #1437
• Improvements to manageable applications determination by @ianyh in #1439
• Do not trigger changes when trying to toggle float on an unmanageable window by @ianyh in #1440
• Fix a bunch of warnings by @ianyh in #1443
• Update Silica for raise change by @ianyh in #1445
• Monitor application launch completion by @ianyh in #1446
• Just turn off file and type length lint rules by @ianyh in #1448
• Dependency updates by @ianyh in #1449
• Update Silica for run loop source change by @ianyh in #1450

New Contributors

• @jabkoo made their first contribution in #1404
• @DavidDTA made their first contribution in #1428
• @timvisher made their first contribution in #1433

Full Changelog: v0.18.0...v0.19.0b

Amethyst 0.18.0

Notable Updates

• Disable AXEnhancedUserInterface when necessary to avoid a multitude of layout issues.
• Improve application launch detection to handle non-traditional launching.
• Allow floating of windows in apps with no bundle identifier. Thanks, @jmalczak!
• Make main window swaps and focuses toggle when used on the main window. Thanks, @rickythefox and @brush701!
• Add mod3 and mod4. Thanks, @rjuer!
• Fix a bug in finding the configuration file.

What's Changed

• Update project-wide deployment version by @ianyh in #1379
• Add mod3 and mod4 as modifier keys by @rjuer in #1373
• Bump activesupport from 6.1.7 to 6.1.7.1 by @dependabot in #1382
• Minor readme update for mod3 and mod4 definition by @ianyh in #1385
• Switch to previous main window when main is selected by @rickythefox in #1380
• Allow handling apps just by windows title without bundle identifier (Android Emulator Example) by @jmalczak in #1388
• Main window toggle by @brush701 in #1390
• Enable or disable AXEnhancedUserInterface as necessary by @ianyh in #1276
• Amethyst 0.17.0 by @ianyh in #1370
• Update Silica to grab flag boolValue fix by @ianyh in #1394
• Fix crash when full-screening a window by @rickythefox in #1395
• Use Carbon event monitoring for application launch detection by @ianyh in #1396
• When adding windows use the previous main as last focused by @rickythefox in #1397
• Fix logic for finding home dir config files by @ianyh in #1401

New Contributors

• @rjuer made their first contribution in #1373
• @jmalczak made their first contribution in #1388
• @brush701 made their first contribution in #1390

Full Changelog: v0.17.0...v0.18.0