Nehir 0.5.0-rc.4

Changes

• Redesigned Niri viewport navigation around snap points instead of explicit centering and legacy reveal controls.

  Breaking changes:

  • Removed the old scroll-reveal, center-focused-column, and always-center-single-column settings.
  • Removed explicit center commands from hotkeys, IPC, command handling, and the action catalog. Centering is now produced by the snap grid when a center snap point is the selected target.
  • Removed per-monitor overrides for the removed viewport navigation settings.

  Added Reveal Partial in Gestures & Focus → Navigation. It controls what happens when focus moves to a partially visible column:

  • Default: choose the closest snap when the resulting viewport is a natural fit; otherwise center the target column.
  • Off: do not reveal partially visible columns.
  • Snap Closest: snap to the nearest target-column edge or center candidate.
  • Snap Center: center the target column.

  Improved default reveal behavior for proportional columns. Column groups such as 50% + 50% and 25% + 35% + 40% are treated as viewport-fitting without users having to compensate for gaps. Oversized combinations such as 65% + 50% are not treated as a fit.

  Added viewport movement commands for snapping left and right through the snap grid.

  Renamed the resize modifier setting to Mouse Modifier. The same modifier is used for right-mouse resize and for temporarily bypassing trackpad snap during scroll gestures.

  Fixed focus-follows-mouse so FFM focus changes do not reveal, relayout, or scroll the viewport, including duplicate AX focus confirmations for the same FFM target.

  Fixed trackpad and keyboard/AX reveal paths to use the same snap-grid geometry, reducing divergence between gesture release, command navigation, and focus reveal.

Notes

Nehir is distributed as a signed and notarized app. If macOS still shows a Gatekeeper warning, right-click the app and choose Open.

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