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Changelog

The latest updates and changes to FluentFlyout

Major Update

Update v2.5.0 - Switch Monitors & Taskbar Widget improvements!

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📝 Changelog

  • 🖥️ Switch Monitors: Added the ability to select which monitor to display Flyouts and the Taskbar Widget!
  • 🖱️ Added Title and Artist hover tooltips to Taskbar Widget and Media Flyout, allowing you to see the full title and artist name if it's cut off

Taskbar Widget updates:

  • 🔧 Added Taskbar Widget manual custom padding setting for customized Windows taskbars
  • Fixed Taskbar Widget scaling improperly when content is long
  • Fixed Taskbar Widget positioning being incorrect in some cases
  • Fixed rare crash when right-clicking on the Taskbar Widget
  • Other under-the-hood changes to the Taskbar Widget to make it more stable

Other updates:

  • 💻 Fixed trackpad scrolling speed in settings being too fast
  • Fixed tray icon disappearing after Windows Explorer resets
  • Removed verbose logging as it wasn't necessary in release builds
  • Fixed Lock Flyout visual glitches on first flyout
  • Changed Acrylic window background opacity to match Windows 11 more closely
  • ARM64 configuration support: FluentFlyout will now work on ARM64 CPU architecture devices
  • Updated update notification to be translatable
  • Added Turkish language support for GitHub README files
  • Updated translations (thanks to @bywhite0, @VeryFat123, @Tomflame-4ever, @Pigeon0v0, @yoyo435, @xsm2, @oski165, @logounet, @ysfemreAlbyrk, @Ste3798, @kek353, @weiss-rn, @avshalombegler, @tnhung2011 and others on Weblate!)
  • Full Changelog: https://github.com/unchihugo/FluentFlyout/compare/v2.4.1...v2.5.0

❤️ Code Contributors

@DmitriySalnikov, @lechixy, @unchihugo, @weblate on GitHub

Minor Update

Update v2.4.1 - Flyout & Widget Fixes

📝 Changelog

  • Up Next Flyout now displays correctly in all supported languages
  • Lock Flyout now displays correctly in all supported languages
  • Fixed Taskbar Widget hangs/crashes when the native widget was removed by Windows
  • Fixed an issue where media thumbnails load later than other info, leading into situations where the thumbnails might be outdated
  • Improved Up Next Flyout handling under the hood
  • Upon updating, FluentFlyout now sends you a Windows notification to view the changelog (at https://fluentflyout.com/changelog/)
  • The Tray Icon Menu now has a View Logs button for easier log files access
  • Updated app translations (thanks to @oski165, @NimiGames68, @Ste3798, @Aris-Offline, @xsm2, @bropines, @RandomKuchen, @naturbrilian and others on Weblate!)
  • Full Changelog: https://github.com/unchihugo/FluentFlyout/compare/v2.4.0...v2.4.1

❤️ Code Contributors

@DmitriySalnikov, @unchihugo, @xsm2 on GitHub

Major Update

Update v2.4 - Taskbar Widget Buttons & More

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📝 Changelog

Taskbar Widget updates:

  • ⏯️ Added a new setting to enable new Taskbar Widget Media Controls buttons
  • 🎨 Added a new setting to enable new subtle animations when a new song shows up
  • The Taskbar Widget will now automatically align next to the native widget if the setting is enabled, enabling support for left-aligned taskbars
  • If the artist name is empty, the title text will now be centered
  • Improved cover alignment
  • Other improvements and optimizations to the widget

Other updates:

  • Added debug/error logging to %AppData%\FluentFlyout\
  • 🎉 Windows 10 compatibility — FluentFlyout will now fully work on Windows 10, expect less visual issues (updated MicaWPF package version to 6.3.2)
  • Updated settings window UI
  • Attempted to fix text overlap issues on the Lock Keys flyouts
  • Updated translations (thanks to @genotypePL, @maksymser, @ysfemreAlbyrk, @Xshadow9, @CC-D-Y, @weiss-rn, @logounet, @Pigeon0v0, @Aris-Offline, @Ste3798, @Nikolai-Misha, @xsm2 and others on Weblate!)
  • Full Changelog: https://github.com/unchihugo/FluentFlyout/compare/2.3.5...v2.4.0

❤️ Code Contributors

@Simnico99, @unchihugo on GitHub

Minor Update

Update v2.3.5 - Taskbar Widget Positioning!

📝 Changelog

  • 🛠️ Taskbar Widget position options: Choose to align the new taskbar widget to the left (default), center or right (next to the tray icon)!
  • 🚀 Media Flyout performance updates: No more lag after rapidly pressing media keys!
  • Fixed issue where the "Launch on Startup" setting would always be switched off
  • Update translations from Hosted Weblate (thanks to @se34k, @CielWhitefox, @thinkii, @v3vishal, @yoyo435, @ThePerson-o, @fortIItude, @xsm2, @weiss-rn and everyone else on Weblate)
  • Refactor licensing for Microsoft Store version
  • Full Changelog: https://github.com/unchihugo/FluentFlyout/compare/v2.3.0...2.3.5

v2.3.6:

❤️ Code Contributors

@unchihugo, @weblate on GitHub

Major Update

Update v2.3 - Windows Taskbar Widget!

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📝 Changelog

  • Media Flyout Taskbar Integration: A compact, built-in widget that lives right on your Windows Taskbar for instant access to your media, with customization options!
  • 📥 Hide Tray Icon option: you can now choose to hide the Tray Icon completely!
  • Fix Media Player Info sometimes displaying Windows Explorer,
  • Pressing the start menu entry (or launching FluentFlyout) a second time will now open settings
  • Add Premium support for Windows Store (still completely free on GitHub)
  • Update translations from Hosted Weblate (thanks to everyone on Weblate),
  • Full Changelog: https://github.com/unchihugo/FluentFlyout/compare/v2.2.0...v2.3.0

❤️ Code Contributors

@kitUIN, @unchihugo, @weblate on GitHub