StreamTower Beta 1.0.0-beta.52

StreamTower 1.0.0-beta.52

Release highlights

StreamTower beta.52 is a major workspace and workflow update centered on Twitch Moderation, Walk-On/community tools, Twitch Clip creation, and UI reliability.

• Rebuilt Twitch Moderation as a full-width modular workspace with movable/resizable CHAT, USERS, EVENTS, and RECENT EVENTS panels.
• Added persistent normalized layouts, snapping, Shift bypass, Lock Layout, Reset Layout, and Manage Panels visibility controls.
• Hardened modular layout saving/restoration across navigation, mouse-capture loss, maximize/restore, DPI changes, and application restarts.
• Added manual Twitch Clip creation to both StreamTower Chat and the embedded Twitch Chat panel. Existing users may need to reconnect Twitch for the new clips:edit permission.
• Expanded Walk-On behavior for Streamers, Regulars, and custom Groups, including First Words, popup cards, chat messages, sound defaults, and Shoutout Clip controls.
• Added context-aware Default Message navigation that selects the correct group, focuses the Walk-On default message field, and pulses the destination.
• Added an option to disable navigation highlight pulses, then tuned the pulse to be slower and brighter for easier discovery.
• Removed redundant global header metric cards and cleaned up Dashboard/compact-header behavior.
• Fixed Streamer Mode clipping/alignment and restored the toggle on the Dashboard.
• Cleaned up the lower-left Twitch account card, navigation width, Settings placement, and collapsed Walk-On navigation behavior.
• Updated Roadmap & Ideas to mark Clip It Integration as IMPLEMENTED.

Detailed beta.52 development history

Fix 51 — Pulse + Streamer Mode Polish

• Slowed the navigation highlight pulse from 180 ms to 240 ms per phase so linked destinations are easier to follow.
• Brightened the navigation pulse while preserving the existing four-pulse sequence and Settings disable option.
• Shifted the compact Streamer Mode toggle 4 px left to prevent its right edge from clipping.
• Explicitly keeps the global Streamer Mode control visible and front-most on the Dashboard as well as compact workspace headers.
• Preserves Fix 50 contextual group selection and Fix 48 Twitch Clip creation.

Fix 50 — Context-Aware Default Message Navigation

• Default message location now carries the currently edited group into the Groups screen instead of landing on the first group in the list.
• Streamers, Regulars, and custom groups are selected/highlighted correctly when the help link is followed.
• After the group highlight is visible, StreamTower waits briefly, focuses the global Walk-On default message input, and runs the Navigation Highlight Pulse.
• The pulse still respects the Pulse controls opened from help links setting.
• Updated Roadmap & Ideas: Clip It Integration is now marked IMPLEMENTED because manual Twitch Clip creation shipped in Fix 48.
• Preserves Fix 49 Navigation Highlight Pulse and Fix 48 Twitch Clip creation.

Fix 49 — Navigation Highlight Pulse

• Added a reusable navigation-target pulse for help links that jump to another StreamTower control.
• Clicking Default message location or Edit Default Message → now navigates to Groups → Walk-On Chat Default, focuses the existing input, and pulses it four times.
• The pulse stops immediately when the destination is clicked or edited.
• Added Pulse controls opened from help links under Settings → General / Startup.
• The pulse setting defaults ON and saves immediately; turning it OFF keeps navigation working without animation.
• Preserves Fix 48 Twitch Clip creation in both StreamTower Chat and the embedded Twitch Chat panel.

Fix 48 — Twitch Clip Creation

• Activated the existing CLIP button in StreamTower's native Chat module.
• Added a matching CLIP button to the embedded Twitch Chat panel.
• Both buttons use one shared Twitch clip-creation workflow.
• Added the Twitch clips:edit OAuth permission; existing users will be prompted to reconnect Twitch once so the new permission can be granted.
• After Twitch accepts a clip, StreamTower can open Twitch's clip editor or copy the public clip link.
• Clip creation status and Twitch/API errors are surfaced directly in StreamTower.
• Preserves the Fix 47 sidebar/footer cleanup and the stable modular workspace behavior.

Fix 47 — Sidebar Stack + Default Message Navigation + Collapsed Menus

• Redesigned the non-Dashboard Twitch account card vertically: centered avatar on top, then username, Twitch link, followers, subscribers, and connection state below.
• Anchored the lower-left footer group in the intended order: Twitch card → Settings → beta/status.
• Walk-On and navigation flyouts now start collapsed whenever StreamTower launches.
• Converted Default message location into a clickable shortcut to Groups → Walk-On Chat Default.
• Added the same direct shortcut to the Add/Edit help card.
• Simplified the Add/Edit help card to one short explanation plus Edit Default Message →.
• Removed the verbose tip text and literal escaped line-break presentation.
• Preserved Dashboard-only branding, global Streamer Mode, and the stable Fix 42 modular workspace behavior.

Fix 46 — Dedicated Sidebar Twitch Card

• Replaced the fragile Dashboard-to-sidebar Twitch card reparenting with a dedicated sidebar Twitch card.
• Dashboard keeps its original top-right account card; non-Dashboard pages show a separate synchronized card above Settings/status.
• Both Twitch views stay synchronized for username, channel link, follower/subscriber counts, connection state, and avatar.
• Fixed responsive-layout code that could re-show Dashboard branding on non-Dashboard pages.
• Streamer Mode remains visible globally in the compact header.
• Preserved Fix 42 modular workspace behavior and the Fix 43 Add/Edit contextual help card.

Fix 45 — Sidebar Twitch Card Visibility

• Fixed the Twitch account card disappearing after it was moved from the Dashboard header into the lower-left sidebar.
• The card is now explicitly made visible after reparenting and during sidebar reflow.
• Reparenting now switches the card out of TableLayoutPanel docking before adding it to the sidebar.
• Preserved Fix 44 compact sidebar sizing and restores the full Dashboard card when returning to Dashboard.

Fix 44 — Sidebar Twitch Card Fit

• Corrected the lower-left Twitch account card introduced in Fix 43.
• Reduced the sidebar avatar from 100px to 82px and widened the account text area.
• Username, Twitch link, followers, subscribers, and connection status now fit inside the card instead of clipping past its right border.
• Tightened the card margins to use the available navigation-column width.
• Dashboard restores the original larger account-card geometry automatically.
• Preserved Fix 43 Dashboard-only branding, global Streamer Mode, Add/Edit help card, and Fix 42 modular workspace behavior.

Fix 43 — Dashboard-Only Branding + Sidebar Twitch Card + Add/Edit Help

• Full StreamTower header branding is now Dashboard-only.
• Non-Dashboard pages use compact top chrome while keeping Streamer Mode visible globally.
• The Twitch avatar/login/status card moves into the lower-left sidebar on non-Dashboard pages and returns to the Dashboard header on Dashboard.
• Settings remains above the beta/status footer with sidebar space reserved for the Twitch card.
• Added a contextual Edit Default Message help card to the shared Streamer / Regular / custom Walk-On Add/Edit editor on wide layouts.
• Preserved the stable Fix 42 modular workspace and Manage Panels behavior.

Fix 42 — Manage Panels Collapse / Toggle Fix

• DONE now reliably collapses the MANAGE PANELS popup.
• Clicking MANAGE PANELS again while the popup is open now toggles it closed.
• The popup still stays open while checking/unchecking multiple panel modules.
• Reuses one ContextMenuStrip instance instead of creating another popup on every button click.
• Preserved Fix 41 multi-select behavior, Fix 40 crash protection, Fix 39 visibility persistence, and Fix 38 live modular movement/resizing.

Fix 41 — Multi-Select Manage Panels

• MANAGE PANELS now stays open while multiple panel checkboxes are changed.
• CHAT, USERS, EVENTS, and RECENT EVENTS can be checked/unchecked in one pass instead of reopening the menu for every panel.
• Added DONE to explicitly close the panel picker.
• Restore Hidden Panels now immediately refreshes all checkbox states.
• Preserved Fix 40 crash protection, Fix 39 visibility persistence, and Fix 38 live modular movement/resizing.

Fix 40 — Manage Panels Menu Crash Fix

• Fixed the ObjectDisposedException triggered after clicking an item in MANAGE PANELS.
• The ContextMenuStrip is no longer disposed from its Closed event while WinForms is still completing ToolStripDropDown.OnItemClicked / SetVisibleCore.
• Preserved Fix 39 panel visibility persistence and Fix 38 live modular movement/resizing.

Fix 39 — Manage Panels

• Added MANAGE PANELS to the Twitch Moderation modular workspace.
• CHAT, USERS, EVENTS, and RECENT EVENTS can be independently hidden or added back.
• Hidden panels retain their normalized saved position and size and return where they were left.
• Added Restore Hidden Panels without resetting the rest of the workspace.
• Panel visibility is persisted across StreamTower restarts.
• Implemented visibility controls in ModularLayoutManager so future modular StreamTower workspaces can reuse the same add/remove panel system.
• Preserved Fix 38 live movement/resizing, snapping, SHIFT bypass, repaint behavior, and full-width moderation canvas.

Fix 38 — Clean Live Panel Movement / Resize

• Restored true live movement and resizing so Twitch Moderation modules visibly follow the pointer.
• Snapping remains live at workspace and neighboring panel edges; hold SHIFT to bypass snapping.
• Removed move-guide and resize-preview rendering from active interaction paths to eliminate overlay/guide artifacts.
• The active module stays front-most and the union of its old/new bounds is repainted during movement to reduce WinForms trails.
• Preserved the working full-width canvas override, lock/reset behavior, normalized persistence, and DPI scaling.

Fix 37 — Lightweight Move Guides

• Removed the large full-rectangle drag preview used while moving Twitch Moderation modules.
• Moving a module now leaves the live panel stationary and shows only thin dashed alignment guides for its proposed left/right/top/bottom edges.
• The real module moves once on release, preserving the anti-tearing behavior without covering neighboring panels during drag.
• Resize interactions keep the workspace-clipped outline preview because seeing the proposed size remains useful.
• Preserved 12 px workspace/panel snapping, Shift snapping bypass, normalized layout persistence, and the Fix 33 full-width canvas behavior.
• Preserved the on-screen Shift tip and Twitch Moderation Help documentation.

Fix 36 — Workspace-Clipped Drag Preview

• Replaced the screen-coordinate reversible drag frame with an in-workspace preview control.
• Drag/resize previews are now clipped to the Twitch Moderation canvas and cannot paint over the StreamTower header, navigation, or other application chrome.
• The real module still moves/resizes only once on release, preserving the overlap-tearing reduction from Fix 35.
• Preserved Fix 34 edge/panel snapping, SHIFT bypass, and Fix 33 full-width canvas behavior.
• Preserved the on-screen SHIFT tip and Help documentation.

Fix 35 — Outline Drag Preview + Snapping Help

• Replaced live panel movement/resizing with a lightweight reversible dashed preview outline, so complex WinForms modules no longer repaint continuously while crossing one another.
• The actual module moves/resizes once when the interaction ends, followed by one combined old/new-region refresh to eliminate overlap trails, ghost borders, and tearing.
• Edge and neighboring-panel snapping remains active on the preview; hold Shift to temporarily bypass snapping for precision placement.
• Added a Twitch Moderation modular-layout Help card documenting move/resize, snapping, Shift bypass, and Lock Layout.
• Kept the visible moderation instruction tip for hold SHIFT to bypass snapping.
• Preserved the working Fix 33 full-horizontal-canvas override and Fix 34 snapping behavior.

Fix 34 — Modular Edge Snapping + Drag Rendering Cleanup

• Added 12 px snapping to Twitch Moderation workspace edges and neighboring module edges while moving panels.
• Added edge snapping while resizing from every side/corner.
• Hold Shift while moving/resizing to temporarily bypass snapping for precise free placement.
• Added double-buffering to the moderation workspace/modules and unified old/new dirty-region invalidation to reduce tearing, ghost borders, and stale artifacts when panels cross.
• Moving/resizing modules are kept at the front during interaction.
• Preserved the Fix 33 full-horizontal-canvas responsive override.

Fix 33 — Full Horizontal Canvas Responsive Override

• Fixed the remaining fullscreen-return width loss in Twitch Moderation.
• The global responsive layout was reapplying a centered max-content-width gutter on every form Resize, overriding Moderation's edge-to-edge canvas after maximize/restore.
• Twitch Moderation is now explicitly exempt from the global content-width cap and keeps 4 px edge gutters while it is the active page.
• Added an explicit logical current-page reference so transient WinForms Visible state during layout/maximize transitions cannot accidentally re-enable the centered gutter.
• Keeps normalized modular geometry, DPI scaling, lock/reset, deferred restore, and AutoScroll fixes from Fix 29-32 intact.

Fix 32 — Full-Width Moderation Canvas Restore

• Disabled AutoScroll specifically on the Twitch Moderation page so WinForms cannot retain a stale virtual DisplayRectangle after maximize/restore.
• Clear any inherited AutoScroll minimum size/position when the moderation canvas is built.
• When navigating back to Twitch Moderation, force pageHost and page layout passes so the workspace refills the actual current client width before normalized module geometry is reapplied.
• Keeps the Fix 29-31 modular layout manager, lock/reset behavior, normalized persistence, DPI scaling, and legacy-layout migration intact.

Fix 31 — Modular Layout Timer Compile Fix

• Fixed the beta.52 Fix 30 compile failure caused by an ambiguous Timer reference in ModularLayoutManager.cs.
• The deferred workspace restore timer is now explicitly System.Windows.Forms.Timer, avoiding the conflict with System.Threading.Timer introduced by implicit/global usings.
• Keeps the Fix 30 fullscreen/windowed horizontal workspace restoration behavior unchanged.
• Corrected the What's New revision marker to Fix 31.

Fix 30 — Fullscreen/Restore Horizontal Workspace Fix

• Fixes Twitch Moderation modules retaining the smaller windowed pixel footprint after leaving/re-entering fullscreen or navigating away and back.
• Modular layout restoration is now deferred until WinForms finishes maximize/restore and page layout transitions.
• Reapplies saved normalized panel geometry against the final workspace ClientSize on SizeChanged, Layout, VisibleChanged, and handle recreation.
• Prevents transient intermediate form sizes from becoming the effective modular canvas.
• Keeps Fix 29 normalized geometry, lock state, resize/move behavior, legacy layout migration, and auto-save behavior.

Fix 29 — Modular Panel Framework

• Replaced Twitch Moderation's per-panel drag/resize persistence code with one reusable ModularLayoutManager.
• CHAT, USERS, EVENTS, and RECENT EVENTS now save normalized position/size values that scale with the workspace instead of fixed screen pixels.
• Existing beta.52 pixel layouts migrate automatically the first time the new framework restores them.
• Window resizing and DPI/monitor changes reapply logical panel geometry without overwriting the saved layout.
• Lock Layout now disables move/resize interaction and their cursors; Reset Layout restores defaults without rebuilding the page.
• Mouse-capture loss still commits the final drag/resize position.

Fix 28 — Moderation Layout Persistence Hardening

• Added capture-loss commits for title-bar moves and edge/corner resizes so the final panel bounds are saved even when the pointer leaves the drag surface.
• Added a restore/reflow guard so startup, navigation, DPI changes, and workspace resizing cannot accidentally overwrite persisted panel bounds.
• Workspace resize now reapplies the saved logical layout and only clamps the visible cards to the current workspace, preserving the original layout for later restoration.
• Corrected the What's New revision/title and highlights to match Fix 28.

Fix 23 — Settings navigation cleanup

Fix 26 — Clean Header + Reliable Moderation Layout Persistence

• Removed the duplicate ACTIVE CHAT, STREAMERS, REGULARS, SOUND ALERTS and SERVER cards from the global application header.
• CHAT, USERS, EVENTS and RECENT EVENTS now persist their final X/Y/Width/Height directly from bounds changes with debounced saving.
• This no longer depends solely on a title-bar/resize-handle MouseUp event, preventing layouts from being lost when mouse capture changes.
• Lock Layout and Reset Layout remain available.

Fix 25 — Header + Navigation Layout Cleanup

• Widened the left navigation column so Command Center stays on one line.
• Increased the main header height and Streamer Mode control area so the toggle is fully visible.
• Widened the StreamTower brand column while preserving the beta/tagline area.
• Reinforced Settings as a bottom-anchored navigation item directly above the beta/status block, including resize reflow.

Fix 24 — Header Slogan Clipping

• Increased the normal application header height so the StreamTower beta/version slogan and Streamer Mode row are fully visible.

• Command Center still collapses the application header to preserve workspace.

• Renamed General Settings to Settings in the sidebar and page heading.

• Moved Settings to the bottom of the sidebar directly above the beta/version status block.

• Settings remains anchored to the bottom when the window/sidebar is resized.

StreamTower 1.0.0-beta.52 — Fix 20

Fix 20 — Groups + Walk-On Navigation / Controls Cleanup

• Added an obvious right-side chevron to the collapsible Walk-On navigation header.
• Fixed custom Walk-On group navigation so selecting a group no longer rebuilds/removes its own menu entry.
• Group option toggles now visibly change state with a checkmark and highlighted background when active.
• Custom groups now have Walk-On defaults for sound, First Words popup card, Shoutout Clip, Twitch chat message, and default sound file.
• Custom-group Walk-On defaults are used for members who do not also have a richer Streamer/Regular profile.
• Bot/ignore precedence remains unchanged: ignore rules always win.

Fix 19 — Walk-On Shoutout Control + UI Clipping Cleanup

• Added per-user SHOUTOUT CLIP (FIRST WORDS) enable/disable control for Streamers and Regulars.
• Existing Streamers remain enabled by default when upgrading older user files; existing Regulars remain disabled by default until explicitly enabled.
• Added a SHOUTOUT status column to the Walk-On user grid.
• Added an in-editor help tooltip that points users to Groups → Walk-On Chat Default for changing the default Twitch Walk-On message.
• Expanded the StreamTower brand/header area so the beta/version tagline and Streamer Mode row are no longer clipped.
• Enlarged the General Settings RUN SETUP WIZARD and FEATURE MANAGER buttons to prevent DPI/text clipping.
• Extended Streamer/Regular file format with a backward-compatible per-user shoutout flag.

Fix 18 — Walk-On Workflow + Popup + Chat Messages

• Streamers and Regulars are now grouped under a collapsible Walk-On navigation category.
• Custom Groups can opt into SHOW IN WALK-ON CATEGORY and appear under Walk-On navigation.
• Added a per-user FIRST WORDS POPUP CARD toggle. Existing users default to popup enabled for backwards compatibility.
• Added a global Twitch chat Walk-On message, defaulting to Welcome in %user%!, with a master enable toggle.
• Added a per-user custom Walk-On chat message field. Leaving it blank uses the global default.
• Walk-On chat messages use StreamTower global variables including %user%.
• Custom Walk-On groups can participate in First Words recognition even when a member is not also in Streamers or Regulars.
• Streamer/Regular user files now preserve popup preference and custom Walk-On chat text while remaining backwards compatible with older rows.
• Optional State/Location and Time Zone values no longer cause valid user rows to be skipped when reloading.

Fix 17 — Priority User Search + Optional Field Enter Actions

• USERNAME autocomplete now searches StreamTower/local channel history first: current Active Chat, connected chatters, and persistent analytics history are prioritized before Twitch-wide results.
• Saved Streamers and Regulars remain in the local suggestion pool, while Twitch search is appended only after local matches are shown.
• Remote Twitch results no longer reorder familiar/local users ahead of community-history matches.
• STATE / LOCATION now has autocomplete using saved locations first, followed by built-in U.S. states, Canadian provinces/territories, and common country locations.
• Pressing Enter in STATE / LOCATION performs ADD / UPDATE USER.
• Pressing Enter in TIME ZONE performs ADD / UPDATE USER.
• Username Enter behavior from Fix 16 remains intact.

Fix 16 — Username Entry / ADD-UPDATE Behavior

• Replaced the fragile native username AutoComplete popup with a StreamTower-owned suggestion list.
• Suggestions stay visible when the user pauses instead of collapsing after the delayed Twitch lookup.
• Up/Down navigates suggestions; Escape closes them; clicking a suggestion fills the field.
• Enter accepts the highlighted suggestion and then performs the existing ADD / UPDATE USER action.
• Saving a Streamer or Regular no longer silently removes the same username from the other list; multi-group membership is now respected.

Fix 15 — Groups System + Bot Exclusions

• Added a dedicated Groups page to the main StreamTower navigation.
• Built-in groups: Streamers, Regulars, and Bots / Ignored. Existing Streamers/Regulars remain backed by their current files.
• Added custom group creation/removal and per-group member management.
• Added BOT GROUP, HIDE FROM ACTIVE CHAT, IGNORE FIRST WORDS, and IGNORE SHOUTOUT CLIP rules.
• Bot groups automatically ignore First Words and automatic Shoutout Clip.
• Active Chat can hide bot/group members without changing native Twitch chat.
• Users may belong to multiple custom groups; ignore rules take priority.

Fix 14 — Dashboard Sound Toggle Compile Fix + Cleanup

• Fixed Dashboard SOUND ALERTS toggle compile error by passing the required success-state argument to SetStatus.
• Kept the clickable Sound Alerts metric card behavior from Fix 13.
• Preserved the larger Twitch profile card and default disabled walk-on sound behavior.
• No version bump beyond beta.52; this remains a local Fix iteration.

StreamTower 1.0.0-beta.52

Fix 3 — Moderation Workspace + Optional User Fields + Update Changelog

• Twitch Moderation Chat now uses the available page width instead of keeping large unused side gutters.
• CHAT, USERS, and EVENTS remain resizable with splitters.
• CHAT, USERS, and EVENTS can now be rearranged by dragging their colored top bars left or right.
• The chosen moderation panel order is saved in StreamTower settings and restored after restart.
• RECENT EVENTS is now shown directly underneath the Events area so recent stream activity stays visible while moderating.
• Streamer / Regular editor now requires only USERNAME.
• REAL NAME, STATE / LOCATION, and TIME ZONE are optional.
• Optional fields now show disappearing placeholder hints when empty.
• Time-zone validation only runs when a time zone is actually entered.
• Pressing Enter in USERNAME still adds or updates the matching Streamer / Regular.
• Global autocomplete remains suggestion-only and keyboard-driven so mouse movement does not alter typed text.

What's New / Changelog behavior

• The What's New popup has been refreshed for the current beta.52 work.
• Each development update now has its own changelog revision key, so the popup appears once for that installed update and does not repeat every launch.
• Installing a newer StreamTower update displays that update's new changelog once.
• Major changes can be repeated in later changelogs when they remain important to the release rather than disappearing from the summary.
• VIEW FULL RELEASE NOTES continues to open the complete beta.52 release notes from inside StreamTower.

Fix 2 — Dashboard compile repair

• Removed stale references to the retired Dashboard right rail (right, quick, and recentCard) from responsive layout handling.
• Updated center workspace width calculation for the new two-column body layout (navigation + main workspace).
• Preserved the beta.52 Dashboard/autocomplete changes from Fix 1.

Fix 1 — Dashboard + Autocomplete Cleanup

• Compact top status/header area returns more room to the working dashboard.
• Twitch account/login profile moved into a smaller upper-right card.
• Removed the permanent right-side dashboard rail so Chat, Users, and Events can use more workspace.
• Streamers and Regulars editors open blank; binding/refresh no longer auto-populates the first user.
• Clicking a specific user row is the explicit action that loads that user into the editor.
• Pressing Enter in USERNAME adds or updates the current Streamer/Regular.
• Global username/category autocomplete changed to suggestion-only behavior so it no longer appends/replaces typed text.
• Async autocomplete refreshes are keyboard-driven instead of focus/mouse-driven.
• Test Raid autocomplete no longer reopens simply because the username field gains focus.
• Shoutout / First Words / User Insights autocomplete uses suggestion-only behavior for consistent input handling.

Major features carried forward from beta.51

• First-run Setup Wizard for Twitch, OBS WebSocket, Raid Overlay, Shoutout Clip, and Ending Credits.
• Category-based Raid TTS and Twitch raid responses.
• Multiple Raid TTS engines/voices with random selection.
• Raid overlay, OBS actions, local media/audio, delay controls, and Test Raid workflow.
• Shoutout Clip, First Words popup/reset behavior, and shared global %variables% catalog.
• Command Center tools including Voice Control placeholder and Roadmap & Ideas.

Fix 4 — Modular Moderation Workspace + Reward Creator UI

• Moderation panels remain draggable by their colored top bars and resizable with saved splitters.
• Added a saved Events / Recent Events vertical splitter so the two areas can be resized independently.
• Added RESET LAYOUT to restore CHAT / USERS / EVENTS order and default splitter positions.
• Kept StreamTower Reward Creator directly under Chat with one-click + CREATE access.
• Reworked Create Twitch Reward + OBS Action spacing, sizing, text contrast, disabled-state readability, and control alignment to prevent clipped labels/fields.
• Updated the one-time What's New popup key/content for beta.52 Fix 4.

Fix 5 — Free-Form Moderation Workspace

• CHAT, USERS, EVENTS, and RECENT EVENTS are now four completely independent modules.
• Each module can be dragged anywhere inside the Twitch Moderation workspace by its title bar.
• Each module can be resized from all four sides and all four corners, including independent height control.
• StreamTower saves each panel's X/Y position and width/height and restores the layout after restart.
• Added LOCK LAYOUT / UNLOCK LAYOUT to prevent accidental moves or resizes.
• RESET LAYOUT now restores a balanced 2x2 four-panel workspace.
• RECENT EVENTS is no longer embedded inside EVENTS.
• Updated the one-time What's New popup key/content for beta.52 Fix 5.

Fix 6 — Startup Crash Hotfix

• Fixed a startup crash introduced by the free-form Twitch Moderation workspace in Fix 5.
• Moderation panel layout restoration now waits for the workspace window handle before using BeginInvoke.
• Preserves the four independent movable/resizable moderation panels, saved panel bounds, Lock Layout, and Reset Layout.
• Updated the one-time What's New popup key/content for beta.52 Fix 6.

Fix 7 — Dashboard + Command Center redesign

• Rebuilt Dashboard as a Live Control Dashboard with compact status, automation, Twitch activity, stream-health overview, and quick actions.
• Command Center now collapses the global StreamTower branding/metric header while active.
• Removed the redundant Command Center title/subtitle and moved module navigation to the top of the workspace.
• Reclaimed substantial vertical space for Command Center modules while preserving beta.51 Raid/TTS/Shoutout/First Words behavior.
• What's New key advanced to beta.52 Fix 7 so this changelog appears once for this update.

Fix 8 — Dashboard Compile Hotfix

• Fixed Dashboard build error caused by assigning AutoScroll through the base Control type.
• Fixed Dashboard Streamers/Regulars counters to use the existing users and regulars collections with their synchronization locks.
• Preserves the Fix 7 Dashboard and Command Center redesign and the Fix 6 free-form Twitch Moderation workspace.
• What's New key advanced to beta.52 Fix 8.

Fix 9 — Pre-Stream Go Live Workflow + Random Notifications/Tags

• Reworked PRE-STREAM so GO LIVE is the main launch action instead of APPLY TO TWITCH.
• GO LIVE now opens a choice between LAUNCH OBS and GO LIVE NOW.
• LAUNCH OBS opens/attaches to OBS without starting stream output.
• GO LIVE NOW saves the current Pre-Stream values, runs the required Pre-Stream readiness check, applies Twitch title/category/tags, launches/connects OBS, switches to the configured Starting Scene, and starts stream output.
• Added an editable GO LIVE NOTIFICATION text box directly below STREAM TITLE.
• Added RANDOM NOTIFICATION to populate a fresh announcement based on the current stream title.
• Added RANDOM TAGS (BASED ON CATEGORY), mixing category-specific tags with saved/usual tags while respecting Twitch's 10-tag limit.
• Added SAVE PRE-STREAM SETTINGS for reusable category, title, notification, and usual-tag defaults.
• LOAD CURRENT now loads Twitch channel details without unnecessarily launching OBS.
• The primary GO LIVE button includes a smaller “Launches OBS” helper line.
• Preserved Dashboard/Command Center redesign, free-form Twitch Moderation workspace, Raid/TTS/Shoutout/First Words behavior, and the existing Pre-Stream safety checks.
• What's New key advanced to beta.52 Fix 9.

Fix 11 — Analytics compile hotfix

• Fixed the analytics text-report compiler error caused by an incorrectly escaped "IN" comparison inside an interpolated string.
• Restores compilation of the Stream Analytics export foundation from Fix 10 without changing its intended analytics behavior.

Fix 10 — Stream Analytics foundation

• Rebuilt Dashboard as a clean Stream Analytics workspace instead of repeating header/status cards.
• Added Overview, Raids, Chat, Rewards, Calendar, and Stream Health analytics tabs.
• Added persistent one-minute viewer sampling to support average/peak viewers and best-time analysis.
• Added persistent event snapshots with viewer count at event time for future before/after correlation.
• Added persistent Channel Point redemption analytics and top reward/top redeemer views.
• Added best-time calendar analysis by local day and hour from actual live viewer samples.
• Added analytics export bundle: formatted Excel .xlsx, individual CSV tables, and plain-text summary.
• Added foundation for raid retention, raid-adjusted scheduling recommendations, Twitch Schedule sync, and OBS performance correlation in upcoming Fixes.

Fix 12 — Visual analytics dashboard + calendar highlight

• Replaces empty Overview explanation boxes with live audience, last-60-minute activity, recent activity, best-time recommendations, and a viewer trend graph.
• Adds a prominent analytics-calendar preview directly on Overview.
• Rebuilds Calendar as a visual day/time heatmap with strongest historical streaming windows and recommendations.
• Fixes KPI label/value clipping by using dedicated two-row layouts and taller KPI cards.
• Keeps spreadsheet/CSV/text analytics export intact.

Fix 14 — Dashboard Sound Toggle + Larger Twitch Card + Default Walk-On

• SOUND ALERTS in the top Dashboard/status header is now clickable and toggles Streamer/Regular detection audio immediately.
• The Sound Alerts value changes between ON/OFF with clear enabled/disabled color feedback and saves immediately.
• Enlarged the Twitch account/profile card and streamer avatar so the connected Twitch identity is easier to see in the analytics-focused layout.
• Streamer/Regular WALK-ON SOUND now automatically fills with the configured StreamTower alert sound, falling back to the bundled SpecialUser.wav.
• The default walk-on remains disabled until the user explicitly checks Enabled.
• New/cleared user forms restore the default walk-on sound instead of leaving the sound field empty.
• Existing users with no custom walk-on sound display the default path when edited while preserving their disabled state.
• Advanced the one-time What's New revision to beta.52 Fix 13.

Fix 21 — Dedicated Custom Walk-On Group Screens

• Custom groups enabled with SHOW IN WALK-ON CATEGORY now open their own dedicated Walk-On user editor instead of redirecting to Groups.
• Custom Walk-On screens use the same per-user workflow as Streamers/Regulars: sound, output device, volume, First Words popup, Shoutout Clip, custom Twitch chat message, and optional profile fields.
• Group defaults prefill new members; per-user settings override those defaults.
• Adding/updating a user from the custom Walk-On screen also keeps that user in the group's membership list.
• Removing a user from that screen removes the custom Walk-On profile and membership from that group only.

Fix 22 — UI spacing and clipping cleanup

• Increased the left navigation width so Command Center stays on one line.
• Reworked the StreamTower brand/header spacing so the beta/version/tagline is fully visible.
• Enlarged and respaced the Twitch profile card/avatar in the top-right header.
• Enlarged the General Settings RUN SETUP WIZARD and FEATURE MANAGER buttons for DPI-safe text rendering.
• Moved the per-user Custom Walk-On Chat Message onto its own full-width row to prevent label/text clipping.
• Widened Groups Walk-On rule controls and message fields so Walk-On Twitch Chat Message labels are not clipped.