EdgeDrop - v0.3.2: Top-Edge Dock, Shelf Search, Smoother UI, Update Modes, and Sharper Text

[Deepender25]

Edge-Drop v0.3.2

Finding things faster, updating on your terms, Top-Edge Dock, and sharper text throughout.

Download

• GitHub: Edge-Drop-Setup-0.3.2.exe from the Assets below. Full feature set with built-in auto-updater.
• Microsoft Store (MSIX): same app, updates arrive automatically via Store background updates, no bundled updater.

What's new

Shelf Search
Search box inside the shelf (full row on the side blade, centered box on the top dock). Filters retained history as you type: 100 to 1000 items, default 250, adjustable in Settings. Typing does not move focus from the active app. Clicking a result pastes into it. Escape clears the query, closing the shelf resets search.

Elastic filter controls and Colors tab
Filter chips and the emoji category bar use a rubber-band track with momentum glide and settle animation. Draggable indicator, arrow-key navigation, reduced-motion support. New Colors tab collects copied color codes (#ff4757, rgb(...)) as swatch cards that can be dragged out or clicked to paste.

Three update modes
Settings, Updates: Automatic (check, download, one-click restart), Notify me (checks at launch, shows Download/Skip, never downloads unprompted), Off (no checks). Update status and progress appear at the top of Settings in both layouts. Skipped versions re-prompt on next launch. Manual checks work identically in all modes.

ClearType text and faster cold start
Text renders with native Windows ClearType instead of forced grayscale smoothing. Idle-time warmups remove the hitch on first shelf open and first emoji open after launch. Emoji categories load in batches, skip off-screen rows, and preload on hover.

Top-edge dock and Settings refresh
Shelf docks horizontally along the top of the screen (max 1080px wide) with its own trigger zone, preview flyout, and settings layout. Fixed a one-frame glitch on top-dock open. Settings footer uses one pill style (primary Ko-fi pill, secondary Store/GitHub pills, subdued Quit pill). Scroll fade masks removed from lists. Added swipe-to-confirm restart and wave-style sliders.

Performance

• No backdrop-filter blur: solid fills keep open and scroll at 60/120 fps.
• RAM ~130-160 MB: large texts spill to disk payload files, images stream as 240px thumbnails, V8 heap capped at 512 MB.
• Battery-aware cursor polling on laptops.

Reliability

• Multi-monitor engine with versioned display cache: chosen monitor persists across reboots and mixed-DPI setups.
• Fullscreen game detection (Direct3D) suppresses edge hover. Desktop and home screen unaffected.
• Launch-at-login self-heals quoted registry paths across updates.
• Sleep/wake guard pauses clipboard polling and re-seeds on unlock.
• Clipboard watcher honors password-manager and dictation privacy flags.

Compatibility

• Windows 10 / 11, all displays and scale factors.
• 31 languages, full key coverage, RTL mirroring for Arabic, Hebrew, and Persian.
• All file types at any size: files are referenced by path, never loaded into RAM.
• Store (MSIX) and GitHub (NSIS) builds from isolated pipelines. Store build contains no self-update code.

Verification

• 444/444 automated tests passing.
• Clean typecheck (one pre-existing unrelated file excluded).

Install and upgrade

GitHub (.exe): run Edge-Drop-Setup-0.3.2.exe. Preferences, pins, and history are preserved. The app launches minimized to the tray. Move the cursor to the screen edge (or press Alt+C) to open the shelf.

Microsoft Store: update arrives automatically via Store background updates.

Full changelog: v0.3.1...v0.3.2. Support development via the Ko-fi / UPI links in the README.

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This discussion was created from the release EdgeDrop - v0.3.2: Top-Edge Dock, Shelf Search, Smoother UI, Update Modes, and Sharper Text.

[Deepender25]

Sorry for the late update! It’s been a little over two weeks since the last release.

I had originally planned to get this update out sooner, but some of the features I was working on ended up taking more time and effort than I expected. At the same time, I’ve been managing a few other things, so I wasn’t able to move everything forward as quickly as I wanted.

I also have quite a few ideas planned for Edge Drop, but I didn’t want to keep delaying this release just to fit everything into one update. So I decided to release what was ready as v0.3.2 and continue working on the rest for the upcoming updates.

Thanks for sticking around and continuing to use and support Edge Drop! There’s a lot more I want to build for it. ❤️

[atulyya]

insane update. absolutely wonderfully done. I'm super impressed. From the animations to the resource usage, everything is just great.

+1 for the top bar position. really useful and looks so good.

Also, did you make the scroll animations 120hz? Feels super smooth for some reason

[Deepender25]

@atulyya thanks a lot i am happy to see you liked the update.
the thing is the animations were smooth form the start but there were just some problem with the resource handing that make the animation feel laggy by cutting the frames of the animation i have fixed those issues and that the sole reason that the update took this long and also the ui changes for the top edge position.
but there are still lot of things that i am thinking to implement and improve so lets just see how it goes.
thanks again for being part of Edgedrop

[atulyya]

ohh okay. i think it was worth the wait. Very excited to see what you have in store for us next! Thanks for the amazing app support btw :))