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RetroBar Changelog

What's new in RetroBar 1.15.33

Feb 22, 2024
  • New features:
  • Added option to show the input language on the taskbar (#744, thanks @igprya!)
  • Network and Power system notification area icons in Windows 11 now open the specific network or power flyout with version 22H2 or later
  • Notification area icons can now be middle-clicked (#703)
  • Support for Thai (ไทย) (#674, thanks @sfaraway91!)
  • Improvements:
  • Improved Windows Vista Aero and Basic themes with scaling/high DPI (#740)
  • Improved properties window to better reflect the unlocked taskbar
  • Fixed tooltips unexpectedly appearing (#364)
  • Fixed auto-hide animation and XP unlocked appearance with RTL languages (#672, thanks @xoascf!)
  • Fixed inverting system icons when using software rendering (#700, thanks @xoascf!)
  • Fixed notification area icons for some apps, such as DS4Windows, not functioning (#730)
  • Fixed some potential errors when taskbar items change (#699)
  • Fixed some potential errors when changing theme (#687, thanks @xoascf!)
  • Fixed system icons not working in Windows 11 with ExplorerPatcher or StartAllBack (#737)
  • Updated translations:
  • Croatian (hrvatski) (#678, thanks @som3rando!)
  • Portuguese (português) (#725, thanks @pedro-fixingstuff!)
  • Russian (русский) (#755)

New in RetroBar 1.14.11 (Aug 31, 2023)

  • (hotfix) Fixed errors in the Properties window when changing language (#670, thanks @xoascf!)

New in RetroBar 1.14.9 (Aug 31, 2023)

  • New features:
  • Changed how RetroBar stores settings, so future updates after this one will no longer clear all settings (#666)
  • Support for Luxembourgish (Lëtzebuergesch) (#652, thanks @VoXaN24!)
  • Improvements:
  • Fixed issues with the Windows Vista theme images (#607, #627)
  • Fixed occasional missing taskbar items after system display changes when showing RetroBar on multiple monitors, using the "same taskbar as window" setting (#499)
  • Fixed the Properties window preview when the taskbar is unlocked with quick launch disabled (#668)
  • Updates to translations:
  • Chinese (Simplified) (中文(简体)) (#642, thanks @yangyangdaji!)
  • German (Deutsch) (#641, thanks @uDEV2019!)
  • Serbian (српски, srpski) (#658, thanks @bzzrak!)
  • Spanish (español) (thanks @xoascf!)
  • Turkish (Türkçe) (#667, thanks @mutoyoru!)
  • Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt) (#644, thanks @cheesethesylveon!)

New in RetroBar 1.13.30 (Jul 27, 2023)

  • New features:
  • Added auto-hide feature (#77)
  • The taskbar can now be locked or unlocked (#498)
  • When unlocked, the taskbar can be dragged to another edge of the screen
  • Added setting to control system icon invert (#637)
  • Support for additional languages:
  • Latvian (latviešu) (#626, thanks @WF4123!)
  • Slovak (slovenčina) (#620, thanks @SAMUELLL41!)
  • Improvements:
  • Fixed issue moving the taskbar from the left edge to the top edge in Windows 7
  • Improved performance when moving the taskbar
  • Updates to translations:
  • Croatian (hrvatski) (#573, thanks @som3rando!)
  • Persian (فارسی) (#599, thanks @ejrv!)
  • Polish (polski) (#591, thanks @MeTonaTOR!)
  • Serbian (srpski, српски) (#576, thanks @bzzrak!)
  • Spanish (español) (thanks @xoascf!)
  • Ukrainian (українська) (#609, thanks @CsyeCokTheSolly!)
  • Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt) (#589, #622, thanks @michioxd and @cheesethesylveon!)

New in RetroBar 1.12.39 (May 7, 2023)

  • Improvements:
  • Debug logging is no longer enabled by default and is now an option (#523)
  • Fixed clock AM/PM symbol and separators not changing with system settings (#477, thanks @xoascf!)
  • Fixed issues when using multiple displays with mixed DPI (#456)
  • Fixed System XP theme not changing color dynamically (#520)
  • Fixed system fonts not being used on system themes (#509)
  • Fixed version localization in the Properties window (#472, thanks @xoascf!)
  • Fixed an error that could occur with quick launch enabled (#560)
  • Fixed the Vista start button spilling over onto vertically stacked monitors (#563, thanks @khalleu!)
  • Improved spacing around quick launch icons on secondary monitors (#533)
  • Improvements to the Properties window (#532)
  • Miscellaneous improvements to all languages (#547, thanks @xoascf!)
  • Additional language updates:
  • Chinese (Simplified) (中文(简体)) (#470, thanks @wcxu21!)
  • Polish (polski) (#522, thanks @MeTonaTOR!)
  • Portuguese (português) (#539, thanks @pedro-fixingstuff!)
  • Russian (русский) (#537, thanks @1280px!)
  • Spanish (español) (#517, thanks @xoascf!)
  • Turkish (Türkçe) (#484, thanks @mutoyoru!)
  • Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt) (#497, thanks @s1stine!)

New in RetroBar 1.11.15 (Nov 19, 2022)

  • New features:
  • Added option to show window thumbnails on hover (#408)
  • For systems with multiple displays, added options to show tasks on: (#439)
  • All taskbars
  • Same taskbar as window
  • Same taskbar as window and primary taskbar
  • Shift-clicking 'Exit RetroBar' will now restart it instead (#402)
  • Support for additional languages:
  • Swedish (#438, thanks @maclermo!)
  • Indonesian (#437, thanks @leap0x7b!)
  • Improvements:
  • Moved "RetroBar" settings section to its own tab, added version information, and a GitHub link (#184)
  • Custom themes and languages can now also be installed to %localappdata%RetroBarThemes or %localappdata%RetroBarLanguages
  • Improved error handling
  • Updated languages:
  • Catalan (#444, thanks @xoascf!)
  • Russian (#460, thanks @1280px!)
  • Vietnamese (#454, thanks @michioxd!)

New in RetroBar 1.10.2 (Sep 17, 2022)

  • New features:
  • Added progress indicator to tasks (#387)
  • Drag items into Quick Launch to create a shortcut (#378)
  • Drag items onto the Start button to open the Start menu (#378)
  • Location, microphone, and Windows Update icons are now inverted when they should be (#427)
  • Support for additional languages:
  • Catalan (#390, thanks @jvfjordiv!)
  • Lithuanian (#376, thanks @ItsMeSaturn and @xoascf!)
  • Improvements:
  • Fixed non-grayscale colors inverting on notify icons
  • Improved colors on Vista Basic theme (#414, thanks @xoascf!)
  • Text on Start button is always smoothed on XP non-classic themes (#391)

New in RetroBar 1.9.46 (Jul 19, 2022)

  • New features:
  • ARM64 system support (#66)
  • New themes:
  • Windows Longhorn Aero (#350)
  • Windows Vista Aero (#15)
  • Windows Vista Basic
  • Support for additional languages:
  • Bulgarian (#348, thanks @SA2180!)
  • Traditional Chinese (#322, thanks @karurosuma!)
  • Dutch (#323, thanks @Mathijsz!)
  • Romanian (#345 and #347, thanks @florinsdistortedvision and @Edward205!)
  • Korean (#359, thanks @Y0Pa!)
  • Improvements:
  • Fixed balloon notifications sometimes appearing on the wrong monitor (#311)
  • Fixed popup windows not being brought to foreground by the taskbar (#353)
  • Fixed positioning issues with tray icons on multiple monitors
  • Fixed the scrollbar showing in the taskbar unexpectedly (#314)
  • Fixed the taskbar not showing when pressing the Windows key in a full-screen app (#171)
  • Fixed taskbar buttons being too short in some themes (#333)
  • Fixed spacing issues in some themes (#341, #375)
  • Updated languages:
  • Russian (#309, thanks @iDolmatov!)
  • Vietnamese (#324, thanks @Toasty9004Dev!)
  • Updated XP themes to show the date on vertical taskbars (#374)
  • Theme authors can now add a Vista-like protruding Start button by setting UseFloatingStartButton to True in the theme
  • Theme authors can now customize the layout of the clock (#300, thanks @xoascf!)

New in RetroBar 1.8.45 (Mar 29, 2022)

  • New features:
  • 32-bit system support (#143)
  • New themes:
  • Windows XP Embedded Style (#266, thanks @mutoyoru!)
  • Windows XP Olive Green (#195)
  • Windows XP Royale (#263)
  • Windows XP Royale Noir (#235, thanks @lpmusicon!)
  • Windows XP Zune Style (#266, thanks @mutoyoru!)
  • Windows Vista Classic (#296, thanks @xoascf!)
  • Scrolling over the volume icon changes volume (#264, thanks @xoascf!)
  • Support for additional languages:
  • Czech (#238, thanks @mrflamist!)
  • English (United Kingdom) (#256, thanks @mrflamist!)
  • German (#230, thanks @0x5066!)
  • Greek (#257, thanks @ColdSalt09!)
  • Turkish (#232, thanks @mutoyoru!)
  • System notification area icons that are monochrome white are now dark when necessary (#41)
  • Improvements:
  • Accuracy improvements for the Windows XP Classic theme (#248, thanks @xoascf!)
  • Custom themes can use large icons by setting UseLargeIcons to True (#289)
  • Default task context menu item is now correctly bold (#253, thanks @xoascf!)
  • Fixed clock position on Windows XP Blue and Silver themes (#270)
  • Fixed Explorer taskbar sometimes stuck in autohide after closing RetroBar
  • Fixed Start button not appearing as pressed (#255, thanks @xoascf!)
  • Fixed Start button showing outline (#133, thanks @xoascf!)
  • Fixed windows sometimes maximizing to the wrong size, especially on Windows 7
  • Improved reliability of customized notification area icons (#261)
  • Updated languages:
  • Polish (#301)
  • Portuguese (#229, thanks @pedro-fixingstuff!)
  • Simplified Chinese (#228, thanks @wcxu21!)
  • Spanish (#247, thanks @xoascf!)
  • Vietnamese (#241, thanks @michioxd!)

New in RetroBar 1.7.30 (Jan 18, 2022)

  • New features:
  • Collapsed icons in the notification area are individually configurable (#47)
  • Taskbar buttons and quick launch icons can be re-arranged via drag-and-drop (#19)
  • System theme option with XP flag (#28)
  • Support for additional languages:
  • Arabic (#196, thanks @WindowsNinetyTen!)
  • Italian (#212, thanks @Davoleo!)
  • Polish (#219, thanks @setmatrix!)
  • Improvements:
  • Updated the properties window layout to more closely resemble Windows XP, with accurate previews (#221)
  • Font smoothing settings are respected in context menus
  • The context menu near the clock shows all items
  • Prevented duplicate instances of RetroBar starting (#136)
  • Fixed RetroBar not starting with Magnifier open in docked mode (#186)
  • Fixed pressing quick launch buttons occasionally shifting the taskbar (#225)
  • Updated languages:
  • Russian (#216, thanks @1280px!)
  • Spanish (#211, thanks @xoascf!)
  • License is now included

New in RetroBar 1.6.9 (Dec 20, 2021)

  • New features:
  • Windows XP Silver theme (#115, thanks @xoascf!)
  • Option to use software rendering if necessary (#57, #130)
  • Right-to-left language support (#132, thanks @xoascf!)
  • Support for additional languages:
  • Hebrew (#142, thanks @novatiberium!)
  • Japanese (#182, thanks @noyciy7037!)
  • Vietnamese (#160, thanks @michioxd!)
  • Improvements:
  • Fixed Chromium-based apps, Firefox, and others incorrectly thinking the taskbar is auto-hidden and displaying a gap at the bottom of their window (#53)
  • Fixed clock not reflecting changes to system region settings (#156, thanks @xoascf!)
  • Fixed middle-click on UWP apps not opening a new instance on supported apps (#174)
  • Fixed Open Shell Menu sometimes not appearing correctly (#159)
  • Fixed some applications not starting from quick launch due to an incorrect working directory
  • Improved appearance of scrollbars on Windows XP Blue theme (#185, thanks @xoascf!)
  • Updated languages:
  • French (#176, thanks @xoascf!)
  • Hungarian (#179, thanks @webmaster442!)
  • Portuguese (#166, thanks @pedro-fixingstuff!)
  • Russian (#163, thanks @1280px!)
  • Simplified Chinese (#154, thanks @wcxu21!)

New in RetroBar 1.5.6 (Nov 9, 2021)

  • New features:
  • Option to show the taskbar, notification area, and clock on multiple monitors (#13)
  • Left-clicking the clock now opens Action Center on Windows 10 (#146)
  • Added new languages:
  • Brazilian Portuguese (#113, thanks @pedro-fixingstuff!)
  • Hungarian (#134, thanks @webmaster442!)
  • Russian (#122, thanks @1280px!)
  • Simplified Chinese (#111, thanks @wcxu21!)
  • Improvements:
  • Fixed the start button getting stuck on Windows 7
  • Fixed double-clicking the clock on Windows 11 also opening notification center
  • Fixed a line showing next to the Windows XP Blue start button with high DPI (#43, thanks @xoascf!)
  • Fixed appearance of the notification area toggle with no pinned icons visible
  • Improved accuracy of Task Manager menu item (#116)
  • Improved appearance when changing DPI with RetroBar running

New in RetroBar 1.4.42 (Oct 6, 2021)

  • New features:
  • The taskbar can now be shown on any side of the screen, even on Windows 11 (#50)
  • Balloon notifications are now shown when RetroBar is running (#51)
  • Windows 11 support
  • Power/Network/Volume notification area icons now correctly open the action center (#65)
  • Left-clicking on the clock now opens the calendar and notification center (#46)
  • Support for multiple languages (#34 - thanks @xoascf!)
  • English
  • Español (translation by @xoascf)
  • Français (translation by @VoXaN24)
  • When an update is available, an unobtrusive notification will appear in the RetroBar context menu (#105)
  • Improvements:
  • Start button correctly stays pressed when the start menu is open for non-English users, Windows 7 and 8, as well as alternate Start menus such as Open Shell, StartIsBack, and Start8/10 (#40, #60)
  • Log files are now available in %localappdata%RetroBarLogs
  • Improved keyboard navigation (#72)
  • System theme now uses the system font (#20)
  • Fixed some notification area flyouts appearing at the top of the screen (#81)
  • Fixed some minor issues when changing themes
  • Fixed some Windows 8 shell windows incorrectly appearing in the taskbar

New in RetroBar 1.3.9 (Jul 13, 2021)

  • New features:
  • Font smoothing is now configurable
  • Option to start RetroBar automatically at logon (#12)
  • Uses the Windows 10 start button context menu for better usability
  • Windows XP-style collapsible notification area option (#25)
  • Always shows system icons (power, network, sound)
  • Improvements:
  • Start button correctly stays pressed when the start menu is open, and clicking it again closes the start menu (#33)
  • The properties window can no longer have multiple instances
  • Fixed a condition that could cause the notification area to be unresponsive
  • Fixed .scf files such as "Show Desktop" not working (#21)
  • Fixed settings being forgotten in certain cases
  • Fixed the Explorer taskbar sometimes appearing while RetroBar is open

New in RetroBar 1.2.15 (Jun 24, 2021)

  • New features:
  • Click in the taskbar margins to activate buttons (#22)
  • Drag over a taskbar button to restore that window (#16)
  • Middle-click on taskbar buttons to open a new window
  • More windows visible at a time in a scrolling taskbar
  • Support for hiding system notification icons via GPO/registry (#11)
  • Support for transparent themes
  • Watercolor theme (modeled after build 2416 for the most part)
  • Improvements:
  • Fixed appearance and behavior of flashing taskbar items
  • Fixed appearance and behavior of the taskbar overflow scrollbar
  • Fixed layout of taskbar when using non-integer scaling
  • Fixed overflowed taskbar button size sometimes being incorrect
  • Fixed overflowed taskbar not scrolling to active window when switching windows
  • Fixed RetroBar covering some full-screen apps
  • Fixed some notification icons not appearing or working incorrectly (#11)
  • Fixed some windows not restoring correctly when clicked in the taskbar
  • Fixed sounds not playing for minimize/restore when enabled
  • Fixed system theme not updating when system color scheme changed
  • Fixed UWP app icons not showing for some windows

New in RetroBar 1.1.1 (Jun 11, 2021)

  • Added a basic quick launch toolbar (#8)
  • Improved compatibility