Getting closer to v0.10 stable release...
Let's welcome Latte Dock v0.9.98 the Second Beta of v0.10.x branch!
A new beta was needed because some core parts were updated such as Last Active Window implementation (L.A.W.) . LAW is responsible to track windows per panel/dock level and provide these information to latte centric applets such as appmenu, title, buttons etc. Through LAW, Latte is possible to provide information for windows on inactive VDs/Activities/Screens. By reimplementing some of its parts the multi-screen users that use appmenus/titles/buttons applets in different screens should now get one of the best experiences. You can check how this fix was tracked down from: https://github.com/psifidotos/applet-window-appmenu/issues/172
LAW implementation is found at https://invent.kde.org/plasma/latte-dock/-/blob/master/app/wm/tracker/lastactivewindow.h
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Changes from First to Second Beta
- update Last Active Window implementation (L.A.W.)
- latte sidebars are ignored from plasma notifications
- latte tasks, activation through mouse scrolling now works again
- new option in Latte Preferences window to disable broadcast of screen available geometry to Plasma
- fix icon typo for running layouts and primary screen
- fix layout for debug window "-d --with-window"
- add cmd line option to "--add-dock" from available dock/panel templates
Highlights
- multiple docks and panels on the same screen edge
- floating docks and panels
- support background radius and background shadow size
- ten different visibility modes
- OnSemand sidebars
- inform Plasma Desktop about panels and docks geometries (since plasma 5.18)
- inform window managers about docks visible area (GTK_FRAME_EXTENTS support)
- provide internal Widgets Explorer dialog and thus being able to be used completely in other desktop environments such as GNOME and XFCE
- support multiple Latte Tasks in the same dock or panel
- improve applets positioning for Justify alignment in latte panels
- support latte centric applets that can use parabolic effect easily
- support Plasma Margins Area Separators
- user can specify custom color scheme per layout
- redesign and improve all layouts dialogs
- use templates for all layout functionality
- provide move/copy/paste functionality for docks and panels
- export layouts and docks/panels as templates for public use
- 2200 commits after version 0.9.0
- plenty of small bug fixes and improvements all around
Donations
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or you can split
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