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@mrkai77 mrkai77 released this 11 Jan 02:25
· 79 commits to develop since this release
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πŸ“° Important News

  • πŸ’Έ Reminder to support me & Loop by sponsoring the project!
  • 🌐 Let us know if you are interested in localizing Loop to your language :)
  • πŸ’¬ Join our Discord server!
  • πŸ™‡ Thank you to all contributors who helped make this release possible through bug reports, feature requests, PRs, and community support!

βš™οΈ Window Actions

  • ✨ #785 Horizontal/vertical-only grow/shrink actions
  • ✨ #797 New "Minimize others" action
  • ✨ #820 Top/bottom/left/right screen switching
  • ✨ #855 New horizontal fourths actions
  • ✨ #870 Top/bottom/left/right focus navigation between windows
  • ✨ #929 New action to focus the next window in a stacked configuration
  • ✨ #939 New actions for larger/smaller while preserving aspect ratio
  • ✨ #968 New fill available space action

⚑ Input & Triggers

  • ✨ #786 Option to restart cycling from the first action
  • ⚑ #798 Modularized trigger key detection with system window manager bug fixes
  • ⚑ #802 Improved trigger key handling and removed notification usage throughout codebase
  • ✨ #866 Side-independent trigger key support (left/right modifiers can be used independently)
  • ✨ #897 Improved mouse event handling
  • ✨ #953 Configurable trigger key timeout
  • ✨ #955 Mouse calculations improved so radial menu can be opened & used at screen edges

🎨 UI/UX Enhancements

  • ✨ #789 Focus window action picker popup on appearance
  • πŸ’„ #806 Increased Stage Manager strip size range with improved clamping
  • πŸ’„ #810 New Liquid Glass icons
  • ✨ #814 Centralized accent color management with AccentColorController
  • πŸ’„ #851 UI improvements with Liquid Glass styling in radial menu
  • πŸ’„ #888 Increased maximum corner radius value in preview configuration
  • ✨ #893 Lightweight IconView component for optimized icon rendering in Keybinds & Radial Menu tabs
  • ✨ #900 Smoother and more responsive preview window animations
  • ✨ #906 Previews can now use actual window corner radius
  • πŸ’„ #914 Reorganized menubar dropdown menu
  • πŸ’„ #918 Luminare UI updates
  • ✨ #934 Fully customizable radial menu with visual guides; actions can be standalone or linked to keybinds!
  • πŸ’„ #935 Improved visual effect behaviors when inactive
  • πŸ’„ #950 Changed several default settings and fixed graphical bugs
  • ✨ #964 Stashed windows will now reveal themselves when activated externally (e.g. Spotlight search)
  • πŸ’„ #966 Reworded "Restart" to "Relaunch" in update window
  • πŸ’„ #971 Additional preview configuration options with materialized radial menu

πŸ”§ System Integration

  • ✨ #842 Option to enable Mission Control gesture even when window snapping is enabled
  • βš™οΈ #849 Replaced event monitors and improved Accessibility permission handling
  • ✨ #874 Windows now preserve proportions when moving between displays
  • ✨ #906 Improved methods for loading private APIs in SkyLight
  • ✨ #943 Precomputed padding for optimized window positioning
  • ✨ #952 Update checks now verify minimum macOS version compatibility
  • ✨ #957 Users are notified if their macOS version is no longer supported

πŸ› οΈ Developer Experience

  • πŸ“„ #813 Project organization improvements
  • ✨ #917 Unified logging system with Scribe package
  • πŸ“„ #946 Added Internet Access Policy file
  • πŸ“„ #960 Updated issue templates

⚑ Performance

  • ⚑ #930 System keybinds are now cached during keypress processing
  • ⚑ #964 WindowEngine refactored to run on background threads, eliminating UI lag during window operations

🐞 Bug Fixes

  • 🐞 #805 Fixed Luminare settings window not disappearing on macOS Tahoe
  • 🐞 #812 Window frames are now matched before initializing Window objects
  • 🐞 #848 Middle-click down events are no longer swallowed by Loop
  • 🐞 #850 Fixed multi-monitor positioning by using screen.displayBounds
  • 🐞 #860 Restored trigger delay and double-click functionality
  • 🐞 #863 Restored middle-click trigger support
  • 🐞 #864 Delete and Help keys now recognized as special Fn keys
  • 🐞 #865 Left mouse drag events now properly reveal stashed windows
  • 🐞 #873 Handle special keys that are modified by the fn modifier
  • 🐞 #886 Fixed potential memory leak in window drag detection
  • 🐞 #905 ListenEvent is now reset when requesting Accessibility access
  • 🐞 #915 Picture-in-Picture windows are now properly handled
  • 🐞 #916 Improved settings window management
  • 🐞 #940 Fixed file picker performance issues
  • 🐞 #941 TriggerKeycorder now force-closes when window loses focus
  • 🐞 #942 Windows with non-window roles are no longer blocked from resizing
  • 🐞 #947 Screen switching actions now start from the screen containing the window
  • 🐞 #948 Fixed double-click trigger
  • 🐞 #951 Prevented rapid action changes for noSelection actions
  • 🐞 #954 Undo functionality now works even when preview is disabled
  • 🐞 #959 Fixed event monitor memory leaks
  • 🐞 #970 Windows are now correctly focused when system window manager is enabled

🌏 Localization

  • 🎌 Loop now supports Japanese!
  • 🌐 #868 Add context to many localization keys
  • πŸ€– #872 Automated Crowdin integration for more frequent translation updates

Minimum macOS version: 13.0