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Termlet v0.5.1 🚀

Termlet v0.5.1 is a major update bringing seamless in-app automatic update installation (matching Dockit's update architecture), native Windows icon integration, webview favicon fidelity, comprehensive light-mode theme contrast enhancements, and UI control cleanup across platforms.

✨ What's New & Highlights

🔄 Automatic In-App Update Installation & Management (Dockit Parity)

  • One-Click In-App Updating:
    • Added background update detection shortly after startup that alerts users with a non-intrusive floating toast when a newer version is released.
    • Interactive <UpdateModal>: displays installed version vs new version badges, target package detection tag, release notes, and real-time download progress (percentage and downloaded MB).
    • Native Package & In-Place Installation:
      • Linux (.deb): automatically downloads .deb package and invokes pkexec dpkg -i (with fallback to apt-get install -f -y or desktop package manager), prompting for desktop authorization seamlessly.
      • Linux (.rpm): automatically downloads .rpm package and installs via pkexec rpm -Uvh --replacepkgs.
      • Windows: launches downloaded NSIS setup installer .exe or updates portable .zip in-place.
      • Standalone / Portable: extracts binary in-memory and applies the replacement in-place using selfupdate (or pkexec if destination directory requires root permission).
    • Seamless App Restart: integrated RestartApp() allows 1-click restarting directly into the newly updated version.
    • VS Code Style Post-Update Release Notes Tab:
      • Automatically opens a dedicated rendered Release Notes tab upon first launch after an update, showing the changelog and highlights.
      • Tracked via localStorage to ensure it is displayed only once per version update.
      • Seamlessly integrated as an editor tab (termlet://release-notes) alongside file and settings tabs.
      • Can be reopened at any time from the Settings view via the "Release Notes" button.
    • Settings Integration: direct "Check for Updates" and "Install Update" triggers right inside the Settings view and bottom status bar.

🪟 Windows Native Icon & Taskbar Integration

  • Multi-Resolution Windows Executable Icon:
    • Generated and embedded a true multi-resolution icon (build/windows/icon.ico) with standard 16x16, 32x32, 48x48, 64x64, 128x128, and 256x256 RGBA layers.
    • Fixes icon display across Windows Taskbar, Alt-Tab task switcher, File Explorer detail/tile views, and the window title bar.
    • Resolved missing custom icon issue in NSIS installer setup wizard and Start Menu application shortcuts.
  • Master App Icon Standardization:
    • Re-rendered build/appicon.png into a crisp 512x512 RGBA squircle asset with smooth antialiased corners for cross-platform packaging.

🌐 Webview & Browser Favicon Assets

  • Webview Favicon Support:
    • Added frontend/public/favicon.png (512x512) and frontend/public/favicon.ico (multi-res 16/32/48).
    • Explicitly linked <link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="/favicon.png" /> in frontend/index.html to eliminate blank or default webview icons during runtime.
    • Added clean <title>Termlet</title> branding in the webview document head.

🎨 Complete Light Mode UI & Contrast Polish

  • Remote File Tree Readability:
    • Enhanced text color contrast in light mode: unselected tree items now use high-contrast dark text (text-zinc-800 / hover:text-zinc-950) instead of low-contrast muted zinc.
    • Polished active item highlight: replaced low-contrast white highlight with a crisp, subtle blue badge (bg-blue-100 text-blue-900 in light mode, bg-blue-900/30 text-blue-200 in dark mode).
    • Ensured toolbar button icons (Refresh, Collapse All) adopt high-contrast foreground states in both themes.
  • Code Editor Canvas & Status Bar:
    • Fixed empty editor background: eliminated the jarring dark canvas in light mode when no files are open, seamlessly adopting a clean bg-zinc-50 backdrop with dark zinc prompt text.
    • Seamless Status Bar: synchronized the bottom status bar background (bg-zinc-100/90 text-zinc-700) and border color to match the light theme workspace.
  • SSH Connection Dialog:
    • Overhauled modal styling: resolved harsh dark panels in light mode by applying appropriate light theme containers (bg-white/95 text-zinc-800 border-zinc-200).

🎛️ Linux WebKitGTK Spinner Elimination

  • Numeric Stepper Polish:
    • Fully suppressed native WebKitGTK number spin boxes in connection dialog port inputs and settings panels, providing clean, tactile, custom stepper buttons across all platforms.

📦 Artifacts Included

  • Linux:
    • termlet-linux-amd64.deb (Debian, Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Pop!_OS)
    • termlet-linux-amd64.rpm (Fedora, RHEL, CentOS, openSUSE)
    • termlet-linux-amd64.tar.gz (Portable Linux archive)
  • Windows:
    • termlet-windows-amd64.zip (Portable 64-bit Windows archive)
    • termlet-windows-amd64-installer.exe (NSIS setup wizard installer)
  • macOS:
    • termlet-darwin-universal.dmg (Apple Silicon & Intel Universal DMG)
    • termlet-darwin-universal.zip (Portable macOS bundle)

Full Changelog: v0.5.0...v0.5.1

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