What's new in Dimmer 2.0.0
Nov 28, 2022
- [REMOVED] PixelSnapping and LayoutRounding hidden options
- [NEW] Per-monitor DPI/scaling awareness as been improved significantly
- _> This appears to have fixed all boundary issues
- [NEW] Master control (by popular request)
- _> Control all the other screens simultaneously from a single location
- _> This control is disabled when only 1 screen is detected
- [NEW] Tab focus now cycles through the controls earlier in the flow
- [NEW] Option for Dimmer to also show in the taskbar (by popular request)
- [FIX (experimental)] Try to fix the taskbar when it wont appear after auto-hidding
New in Dimmer 2.0.0 Beta 9 (Apr 15, 2021)
- Special notes about this version:
- Beta 9 marks the end of the beta testing milestone.
- The app now works consistently well in over 95% of all reported cases, there are still issues especially with wrong screen boundaries and other annoyances that will be addressed in future versions.
- The next version will be a final v2.0.0 (no beta) and will have a new UI I've been working on for a while (creatively named as NelUI).
- Thanks to everybody that have submitted debug logs and information (sorry, couldn't respond to all), also a very special to those that who donated or contributed with items from my Amazon wish list, it makes all the difference, thank you all.
- Changes:
- [NEW] Option: Exit button hides to tray [popular request]:
- When enabled:
- The exit/close button assumes the functionality of the minimise button
- To exit the application, click on "Exit" in the tray context menu
- [NEW] It is now possible to access the taskbar from a hidden state (only when located at the bottom) [popular request]
- [NEW] The initialization file now has an .ini file extension (data is still in json format)
- [NEW] Option to show screen boundaries
- Renders a 5px yellow border to what Dimmer sees as screen boundaries
- Should help troubleshoot those edge cases where screens are not fully dimmed
- [FIX] Numeric screen identifiers were dimmed and hard to read in certain circumstances
- [FIX] The cursor/arrow keys could not be used to move the sliders
New in Dimmer 2.0.0 Beta 8 (Aug 1, 2020)
- [FIX (partial)] The issue with "index out of bounds" stems from the fact that the DeviceName was used to establish screen device order and count. I found a different way to set this but the order might still be incorrect, however, this is a major improvement and will solve this critical issue for a lot of people.
- [FIX] Touch devices no longer have the keyboard appearing when operating the sliders
New in Dimmer 2.0.0 Beta 7 (Jul 23, 2020)
- [FIX] Disabled sliders were still being interacted with by mouse clicks and mouse-wheel
- [NEW] New options in tray icon context menu
- [NEW] Debug log now includes the settings data file and any error messages
- UI refinements all around, more space, bigger buttons and better user experience