changelog

a log of changes

v0.9.10 download installer

  • switched to GitHub Actions! (thanks sitiom!)
  • improved font configuration for menu bar (thanks N1x0!)
  • updated to .NET 5 (thanks sitiom!)
  • fixed bug where dangling system tray icon remains after exit (thanks OldKros!)
  • new logo! (thanks BeeryShklar!)
  • improved gap calculations (thanks MSylvia!)
  • added extra configurables for TitleWidget (thanks josteink!)
  • fixed an incorrectly duplicated default keybind (thanks Nicholas Balzer!)
  • added a battery widget (thanks Nicholas Balzer!)
  • documentation updates
  • minor tweaks and improvements

Thanks to: sitiom, josteink, haoxiangliew, BeeryShklar, N1x0, MSylvia, alex-griffiths, OldKros, and wkpalan for the contributions! If someone is missing please open an issue!

v0.9.9

  • updated to .NET Core 3.1
  • fixed a bug that prevented the watcher from starting

v0.9.8

  • added default filters for more Windows 10 Start Menu processes

v0.9.7

  • added default filters for new start menu processes in Windows 10 1903

v0.9.6

  • added more default filters to remove Win10 shell/explorer windows
  • added slightly more documentation (although, a lot more is needed)
  • improved handling of focus for minimized -> normal state changes
  • fixed several bugs that were caused by a window’s process dying in the middle of routing
  • added IMonitorContainer, which supports implementing virtual monitors
  • fixed exception dialog
  • added a few helpers to the WindowRouter
  • fixed handling of monitor changes across restarts breaking the “reload” state
  • improved Process interface in IWindow, to prevent “process death” race conditions
  • improved FocusStealer to use new keybd_event hack
  • added dialog when restarting due to monitor state change, to prevent loops

v0.9.5

  • fixed bug that prevented windows from being fixed after workspacer restarts or quits
  • added better exception message dialog
  • added new keybind to show list of active keybinds (alt-shift-/)
  • moved workspacer.log to the .workspacer folder
  • fixed bug where workspacer.Bar bars would show up in alt-tab

v0.9.4

  • more general codebase refactoring, cleaned up a lot of default config boilerplate
  • workspacer.ConfigLoader has been merged into workspacer, so you will need to remove the reference from your config
  • plugin usage has been simplified, see the example config, or the example snippets for usage
  • cleaned up website copy

v0.9.3

  • new and shiny website, you are looking at it now (unless you are looking at a newer and shiny-er website, in which case hello from the past! how is the future?)
  • added extra default filters for lock screen / win10 explorer windows
  • reduced mouse-lag from expensive mouse hooks
  • s/Workspacer/workspacer/g
    • this was done to keep everything consistent. if you are using a custom config, you will need to fix your “workspacer” namespaces, sorry!
  • improved upgrade detection for MSI installer, and moved to x64 “Program Files” folder
  • by default, when re-tiling a previously un-tiled window, place window in the workspace that is closest-by-location, rather than routing it
  • improved handling for UAC/lock screen related SendKeys exceptions

v0.9.2

  • improved build process, now using Azure Pipelines!

There are now two tracks of releases, unstable and stable. unstable is build and published on every update to the master branch, while stable releases are created less often.

v0.9.1

  • fixed broken FocusStealer

v0.9.0

  • fixed bug where workspace indicator was not properly turned off
  • added better support for console output, and added log file
  • added FocusIndicator plugin, see the default config for usage
  • added ability to drag/drop windows into locations in the layout

v0.8.3

  • further improved stability of FullLayoutEngine
  • added ability for workspaces to flash in the menu bar when a window in the workspace wants to obtain focus
  • exposed the window class for use during routing and filtering
  • added more default filters to improve compat with taskbar
  • added new debug keybinds (alt-o && alt-shift-o) to dump debug metadata for all windows, and the window under the cursor, respectively

v0.8.2

  • fixed broken FullLayoutEngine broken by previous changes

v0.8.1

  • workspaces are now slightly sticky-er in their default configuration
    • WorkspaceContainer will now remember the last monitor assigned to a workspace, and will try to use that monitor when focusing a window on said workspace
  • better handling of windows that don’t emit proper events for window hiding

v0.8.0

  • allow override of WorkspaceWidget color selection logic via GetDisplayColor
  • made SwitchToWorkspace(IWorkspace) public
  • improved styling of action menu
  • refactored configuration API, now using proper CSX scripting
  • fixed bug in state saving
  • restarts now persist window order inside a workspace

v0.7.2

  • fixed WorkspaceWidget to allow actually overriding GetDisplayName

v0.7.1

  • refactored WorkspaceSelectorFunc and WindowFilterFunc into IWindowRouter
  • added “switch to window” menu action
  • added better fuzzy find support to action menu
  • improved focus handling for out-of-view windows

v0.7

  • cycle layouts via click on ActiveLayoutWidget
  • added ActionMenu plugin!

v0.6

  • refactored IWorkspaceManager, moving most selection logic into IWorkspaceContainer, which is provided by the user config
  • added default keybind alt-t that toggles tiling for the focused window
  • fixed bug in title widget that prevented titles on start for empty monitors

v0.5

  • fixes to focus defaults
  • added default keybind alt-left and alt-right to cycle workspaces left and right
  • added ability to specify click handlers for bar widget parts, added this functionality to workspace widget
  • allow override of display name format in WorkspaceWidget

v0.4

  • Minor fixes

v0.3

  • Implemented installer via WiX

v0.2

  • Added support for colors in workspacer.Bar
  • Renamed to workspacer

v0.1

  • Initial Release!