PsychoPy 2023.2.0

Highlights

• Routine settings: Routines now have parameters of their own, giving control over their max duration, skipping the Routine altogether, or changing the way the window looks just for that Routine.
• Sort by priority: Columns in the data file can now be given a "priority" value, with the option to sort by priority instead of chronologically.
• Whisper transcription PLUGIN for Microphone: Using the OpenAI backend, Microphone transcriptions can be done quicker and more accurately, and include timing info for each word.
• Progress bar component: A visual component to show progress along an axis.
• Builder search dialog: Search for values across your whole experiment, then jump to the specific Routine/Component where it's present. Makes debugging much easier.
• Most stimuli now support a draggable attribute. If set to draggable=True then that stimulus should check/update position on each frame using stim.doDragging()

Behaviour changes

• Eyetrackers (Tobii, SRR Eyelink, Gazepoint, PupilLabs) are now plugins rather than built-in, in keeping with the drive to cut down the dependencies of core PsychoPy

New features and enhancements

• PsychoJS: Mobile-friendly viewport settings. by @lightest in #5380
• Allow experiment to run with different clocks (e.g. wall clock time instead of starting at t=0) by @TEParsons in #5621
• PsychoJS ShapeStim from Builder now supports custom vertices by @TEParsons in #5522
• Numerous improvements to plugins system and dialog
• Added abortCurrentTrial (Python only for now) method to TrialHandler2 and MultiStairHandler by @mdcutone in #5423
• Better performance and fixes to FFPyPlayer movie engine
• Added letterSpacing attribute to Textbox by @TEParsons in #5487
• New Session class to run multiple experiments - create your stimulus window once and run multiple experiments in it, with the ability to pause/resume/stop the experiment. (Python only for now) Session can be controlled over websockets using the Liaison server
• Full support for Python 3.10, wxPython 4.2, and PyQt6
• Preserve tab order for Routines when saving/loading an experiment by @TEParsons in #5517
• Added audio settings to Camera component by @mdcutone in #5681
• Improved streaming of camera to disk by @mdcutone in #5551
• Window now explains it is performing timing test by @mdcutone in #5511
• Keyboard Components from Builder will store duration if available (if release has already occurred) by @TEParsons in #5569
• Show status text for objects in Flow panel by @TEParsons in #5443
• Make psychopy.Window title (and icon in pyglet) settable by @TEParsons in #5540
• UI enhancements to Coder and Runner by @TEParsons in #5539
• Multihead support for X11/Linux by @mdcutone in #5520
• Plugins Dialog now checks for version compatibility with PsychoPy by @TEParsons in #5649
• Install plugins to subdirectories by @mdcutone in #5398
• Make Save & Edit/View buttons on README window more explicit by @TEParsons in #5523
• New option to abbreviate long component names in Preferences, fixes #5574 by @TEParsons in #5586
• Highlight selected Routine in Flow panel by @TEParsons in #5588
• Better Builder visualisation very large experiments by @TEParsons in #5618
• Lock Flow panel buttons to the left when scrolling by @TEParsons in #5620
• ExperimentHandler.addData() now has optional row argument to specify previous entry by @TEParsons in #5652
• Fixed useVersion warning untracked working tree files would be overwritten by @peircej in #5670
• Add param to control whether movies/sounds end when the Routine does, by @TEParsons in #5415
• Add "transparent" as named color by @TEParsons in #5689
• Radio button styling was not work in Slider component in 2023.1, fixes #5661 (dev) by @TEParsons in #5691
• Allow expInfo fields to be marked as required (*) by @ainazay in #5543
• Fix VlcMovieStim by @marcpabst in #5702
• Added data file separator to expInfo by @EitanHemed in #5607
• Minor Textbox bugfixes by @ollie-d in #5723
• Extended autotranslate functions supported by py2js by @roelofsaj in #5713
• Submitting GitHub issues now supports templates by @shun2wang in #5732
• Numerous Documentation improvements by @fboers @kimDundas @patrickabolger @EitanHemed @larsoner @pmolfese

Bug fixes

• Fixed missing comma in Brush component code by @TEParsons in #5564
• Mouse position incorrect when desktop scaling not 100% on Windows by @mdcutone in #5758
• Fixed AttributeError: 'SoundPTB' object has no attribute 'isFinished' by @mdcutone in #5541
• Better handling of missing audio libraries - allow the app to load always and fallback to PsychToolBox if possible
• Better handling of Mouse.getPos() when no windows open by @peircej in #5763
• Param updates code for Sound in JS was using Python syntax by @TEParsons in #5762
• More informative error when useVersion fails to write script by @TEParsons in #5761
• saveAsWideText was using deprecated DataFrame.append function by @TEParsons in #5507
• Polygon/ROI vertices caused error if trying to set each frame by @TEParsons in #5686
• Don't crash if user attempts to initialise ioHub more than once by @TEParsons in #5533
• Added log file entry for Keyboard.clearEvents() by @peircej in #5558
• Fixed missing movie file in MoviePause.py demo by @EitanHemed in #5583
• Coder source tree thought any variable name beginning with def was a function def by @TEParsons in #5581
• README filename wasn't being updated for new frames by @TEParsons in #5593
• Fix Markdown parsing on README files by @TEParsons in #5572
• Ignore Escape in Keyboard component if needed to end experiment by @TEParsons in #5598
• Joystick component - SyntaxError in generated code by @EitanHemed in #5601
• Error got an unexpected keyword argument "reset" when trying to pause using PTB sounds by @peircej in #5619
• PsychoPJS: Fix issue with first frame of image being shown as default.png in JS by @TEParsons in #5716
• Add self to list of disallowed Component names by @TEParsons in #5742
• Split compound Survey answers into individual columns by @TEParsons in #5734
• Fixed audio file not resetting during (Python) experiment by @mdcutone in #5712
• If trying to load previously open file that is corrupted, do at least open the app (with an empty window) by @TEParsons in #5696
• Better catching of name errors in conditions file by @TEParsons in #5654

New Contributors

• @ranibaron made their first contribution in #5394
• @patrickabolger made their first contribution in #5414
• @fboers made their first contribution in #5482
• @gtosh4 made their first contribution in #5609
• @ainazay made their first contribution in #5543
• @marcpabst made their first contribution in #5702

Full Changelog: 2023.1.2...2023.2.0rc7