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@cymian cymian released this 20 Feb 05:15
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This version is a major update to the functionality and usability of Mouseless, and also has important performance improvements and bugfixes.

Enhancements

Visibility / style enhancements

  • Active cell highlighting
  • Character shadow / stroke
  • Adjustable character spacing
  • Optionally, dots or crosses at grid intersections instead of full grid lines

Revamped config editor

  • Tooltips
  • Restore defaults
  • Restore saved
  • Save/Load of presets
  • Built-in presets for Grid Options, Style, and Keymap / Mouse wheel sections
  • Color picker
  • Improved validation
  • Live updates to the overlay
  • Native dropdowns and number inputs

Mouse wheel emulation

  • You can now scroll (or do anything else a mouse wheel does) with your keyboard!
  • See Behavior section of the config editor for wheel-related settings, and the Keymap / Mouse wheel section for available commands

Mouse buttons w/o overlay (beta)

  • You can now execute mouse button presses without bringing up the overlay
  • Use cases include clicking while maintaining precise cursor position/movement, and preventing/alleviating repetitive strain injury
  • In beta: dragging and double/triple clicks do not yet work on many elements

Other new commands

  • execute mouse move - moves the system cursor to the virtual cursor
  • undo last key - undoes the last key pressed when selecting a cell
  • hold for middle button
  • hold for back button
  • hold for forward button
  • increase overlay opacity
  • decrease overlay opacity

Usability enhancements

  • Both levels of the main grid can now be managed in the config editor (instead of restricted to rows / columns)
    • E.g. for creating a position-based main grid (included as a preset)
  • You can now assign multiple hotkeys per command
  • Escape is now the default keybinding for hide overlay, release hold/drag and close ui element
  • New Initial overlay monitor option lets you choose the monitor the overlay appears on when shown
    • Available options: last_used, with_mouse, with_keyboard_focus, primary, second, third, fourth
  • The config can now be saved directly from the config editor, and no longer automatically saves a backup
    • You can still backup your config with the "Export" menu item
  • Improved management of per-monitor grid configs
    • Can now add/remove/rename grid configs in the config editor
  • You can now (automatically) check for preview releases (turn on in settings)

Fixes

  • Dragging should now work on all types of UI elements
  • Fixed memory usage issues -- should now be stable and have a lower baseline usage
    • Notes:
      • If you view memory usage in the Activity Monitor, note the Real memory column instead of Memory (which includes purgeable, unused memory)
      • It may start out a bit higher than the baseline, but should drop after a couple clicks with the overlay
  • If hide cursor on click is on, the cursor now hides on the monitor that was clicked, instead of always on the primary monitor
  • After a mouse click is executed, during the multi-action timeout period, keypresses other than the one used to execute the click are no longer suppressed
    • In other words, if you noticed issues where you quickly tried to enter other keyboard input after a click and it didn't work, that is now fixed
  • Check for updates retries periodically if network not connected (common at system bootup)
  • Fixed Open config folder doing nothing when a config file hasn't been saved yet
  • For preview release users:
    • All modifier keys should now work for hold for speed increase/decrease commands
    • Text shadow offset x/y now save in 'Text' presets

Usage notes

There were some changes to the config format, and your config should migrate automatically on startup.

  • Automatic backups no longer happen when you save though, so if you do see any config-related errors on startup, you may want to manually back it up before saving a new one. (And bug reports are appreciated!)

Known issues

  • Keyboard navigation in the config editor needs improvement (esp. arrow keys in dropdown menus, tab to color input)
  • Currently no way to choose specific fields when saving a preset (though you can remove fields / edit values if you manually edit the preset.yaml file (back it up if you do!))
  • Clicking on a color input when it's already focused doesn't open the color picker
  • When Always show subgrid is on and Grid line style is dots, live updates to the overlay when you change config values may cause some lag, and cause UI inputs to misbehave (e.g. number inputs shifting multiple increments at a time when clicked)
  • Modifiers in mouse wheel keybindings may not work as expected to differentiate fast/slow or large/small wheel movements (e.g. K for wheel down and shift+K for wheel down fast)
    • You can use modifiers for hold for speed increase/decrease commands instead
  • Grid Options presets affect Grid line width in the Style section
  • There is currently no homebrew prerelease channel, but there will be very soon

Pics

Some of the new style options in action:

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Tooltip in the new config editor:

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Feedback is always appreciated! 🙏

Happy clicking, everyone! 🚀

-- Ian

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