What's new in Transparent Twitch Chat Overlay 1.0.2

Feb 11, 2024
  • Fixed HotkeyAlreadyRegisteredException

New in Transparent Twitch Chat Overlay 1.0.0 (Feb 10, 2024)

  • What's Changed:
  • Simplified Installation: New streamlined installer, easier and more reliable
  • (Please note you will have to manually uninstall any previous versions prior to v1.0.0)
  • In-App Updates: Updates directly within the application – no more GitHub downloads.
  • Global Hotkeys: List of hotkeys follows (customization coming soon).
  • F7: Toggle app interaction for quick chatbox access.
  • F8: Force app to stay on top. This might be necessary for some games, or if you alt-tab out.
  • F9: Toggle window borders and interaction as needed.

New in Transparent Twitch Chat Overlay 0.10.0 Pre-release (Feb 8, 2024)

  • Now using Edge's WebView2 (replaces Chromium)
  • This will allow you to login to Twitch now (For the Twitch Popout chat)
  • WebView2 will also update automatically in the background so you remain on the latest release
  • Updated the UI to be a bit more modern (and dark mode)
  • Volume control for sounds clips
  • Can change the output device for the sound clips
  • Can now change the folder for sound clips
  • When you choose the folder for sound clips, it will scan the folder for .wav and .mp3 files and add them to the list of Chat Sounds to use for notifications when there's a chat message.
  • Widget windows will allow you to open a CSS editor now, in the new window for the CSS you can click the "File" menu at top and Save/Save and Exit/Cancel Changes
  • Added an entry in the context menu to open Dev Tools

New in Transparent Twitch Chat Overlay 0.9.5 Pre-release (Oct 15, 2023)

  • The uninstaller will now remove stored settings/data
  • Audio for browser enabled by default
  • Audio device selection (for sound clips)
  • Volume control for sounds clips
  • Can now change the folder for sound clips
  • Added an entry in the context menu to open Dev Tools
  • CefSharp (Chromium) updated to 117.2.20

New in Transparent Twitch Chat Overlay 0.94 (Feb 11, 2023)

  • Filtering: can add usernames to a block list now
  • Automatically checks for updates on start (Can be disabled in settings)

New in Transparent Twitch Chat Overlay 0.93 Pre-release (Feb 1, 2023)

  • Changes
  • Added a setting to allow multiple instances
  • Fix for crash when adding a widget with a long URL
  • CefSharp (Chromium) and Newtonsoft updated to latest versions
  • Known Issues:
  • Jump lists no longer work if you allow multiple instances (it just launches another instance)
  • Can't login to the popout Twitch, this is caused by Twitch blocking login for unsupported browsers

New in Transparent Twitch Chat Overlay 0.92 Pre-release (Mar 16, 2022)

  • jChat support (this allows BetterTTV, FrankerFaceZ and 7TV emotes)
  • CefSharp (Chromium) updated to 99.2.9
  • Twitch popout with BTTV and FFZ emotes support - PR by: @r-o-b-o-t-o
  • Twitch popout will keep your login session - PR by: @r-o-b-o-t-o

New in Transparent Twitch Chat Overlay 0.91 Pre-release (Aug 4, 2021)

  • TwitchLib support for points redemption
  • Filter settings will let you highlight certain usernames/mods/vip
  • Possible bug fix for startup crash Load() issue.
  • System tray icon will always be enabled for now (to prevent no interaction with app)

New in Transparent Twitch Chat Overlay 0.81 (Dec 7, 2020)

  • Updated CefSharp to 86.0.241
  • Fix for how custom CSS was added

New in Transparent Twitch Chat Overlay 0.8 Pre-release (Oct 1, 2020)

  • More chat sound alerts. Also a lower volume option for each, volume slider soon.
  • New setting to let you add the Twitch Popout chat
  • New setting to allow interaction with the main window source
  • New setting that will hide the taskbar icon
  • Fixed issue with settings not being saved if app was forcibly closed
  • Can change opacity by right-clicking on the top border
  • When loading a webcaptioner link as a new widget, it will load custom css to make it transparent

New in Transparent Twitch Chat Overlay 0.7 (Jul 21, 2020)

  • Added a setting to show/hide the system tray icon control
  • Added a setting to auto-hide borders when the application launches
  • Added a setting to enable/disable the confirmation box when closing the application
  • Added a setting to allow for a notification sound for a new chat message
  • Can now resize the window on any part of the border
  • Added a maximize button
  • Widget windows are a different color from the main window
  • Updated Chromium Embedded Framework (CEF)

New in Transparent Twitch Chat Overlay 0.6.1 Pre-release (Nov 27, 2018)

  • You can right-click on the taskbar icon and reset window position, it will also ask if you want to open the settings folder (in case you need to delete your settings files)
  • If the window becomes maximized, you can now double click the black border at top to un-maximize it

New in Transparent Twitch Chat Overlay 0.6 Pre-release (Nov 22, 2018)

  • Removed the system tray icon control
  • Settings reworked under the hood (you'll lose settings from previous versions, sorry!)
  • You can right-click the icon in the taskbar now to toggle borders/show settings
  • Context menu added to the border (right-click on the black border at top)
  • Settings window added (click cogwheel button on border, right click border and choose "Settings", or right-click on the application in the taskbar and choose "Show Settings" from there)
  • Can change themes for chat now
  • Also custom css (for theme "None" or use Custom URL)
  • Zoom increase/decrease buttons won't close menu now
  • Added "New Window" under context menu. You can add alerts widgets now (like from streamlabs)

New in Transparent Twitch Chat Overlay 0.5 (Jun 7, 2018)

  • You can now set a custom chat url in the settings. Any type of chat that will work with OBS browser sources will work here. A good example is the webchat for restream.io, just copy the url it gives and right-click the system tray icon for the program, go to Settings then Set Custom Chat
  • You can set the zoom level to make the chat bigger, this setting will be saved
  • Window size and position will be saved
  • Added better details for unhandled exceptions.

New in Transparent Twitch Chat Overlay 0.4 (Jun 4, 2018)

  • You can now click through the application while the borders are hidden

New in Transparent Twitch Chat Overlay 0.3 (Jun 4, 2018)

  • Added option to set chat fade time (can set it to 0 to never fade)
  • Added option to enable/disable bot chat messages to show, enabled by default