EasyHotCorners v1.0.1
v1.0.1 — Settings Redesign, Action Builder & Update System
Released: 2026-06-15
What's New
- Action Builder — Create custom actions (launch apps, open URLs, send hotkeys) directly from the settings UI without writing Python code. Python scripts are still fully supported alongside.
- Update Manager (brand new) — Entire update subsystem built from scratch:
- Background update check at startup via GitHub API.
- Version comparison to detect newer releases.
- Download setup in-app with real progress bar (QProgressBar + QThread).
- Auto-install — launches the installer and closes the app.
- Clickable tray notification that opens the download flow directly.
- Asks once ("Download & Install?"), then downloads and installs without further prompts.
- Download cancellation with confirmation dialog and partial file cleanup.
- Old downloaded setups auto-cleaned at startup.
- 11 new built-in actions (24 total):
- Open File Explorer
- Turn Off Display
- Run Dialog (Win+R)
- Snip & Sketch (Win+Shift+S)
- Clipboard History (Win+V)
- Emoji Panel (Win+.)
- Volume Up
- Volume Down
- Play / Pause Media
- Next Track
- Previous Track
- Version display in the tray menu (
Version v1.0.1). - Light Theme for the settings window, synced to the theme selector.
- Language switcher now applies immediately with full UI retranslation.
Bug Fixes
- Color button now correctly displays the saved color instead of resetting to white.
- Theme changes apply instantly after saving (no restart needed).
Known Issues
- When a maximised window is in the background and then anoter one is not maximasied and its selected non maximized windows actions execute on the hot corner assigned wich is a bug that im trying to fix in nex updates...