0.76 changelogs (#30085)

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Co-authored-by: Stefan Markovic <stefan@janeasystems.com>
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@ -39,19 +39,19 @@ Microsoft PowerToys is a set of utilities for power users to tune and streamline
Go to the [Microsoft PowerToys GitHub releases page][github-release-link] and click on `Assets` at the bottom to show the files available in the release. Please use the appropriate PowerToys installer that matches your machine's architecture and install scope. For most, it is `x64` and per-user.
<!-- items that need to be updated release to release -->
[github-next-release-work]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues?q=project%3Amicrosoft%2FPowerToys%2F49
[github-current-release-work]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues?q=project%3Amicrosoft%2FPowerToys%2F48
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[ptMachineX64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.75.1/PowerToysSetup-0.75.1-x64.exe
[ptMachineArm64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.75.1/PowerToysSetup-0.75.1-arm64.exe
[github-next-release-work]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues?q=project%3Amicrosoft%2FPowerToys%2F50
[github-current-release-work]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues?q=project%3Amicrosoft%2FPowerToys%2F49
[ptUserX64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.76.0/PowerToysUserSetup-0.76.0-x64.exe
[ptUserArm64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.76.0/PowerToysUserSetup-0.76.0-arm64.exe
[ptMachineX64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.76.0/PowerToysSetup-0.76.0-x64.exe
[ptMachineArm64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.76.0/PowerToysSetup-0.76.0-arm64.exe
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@ -97,142 +97,158 @@ For guidance on developing for PowerToys, please read the [developer docs](/doc/
Our [prioritized roadmap][roadmap] of features and utilities that the core team is focusing on.
### 0.75 - October 2023 Update
### 0.76 - November 2023 Update
In this release, we focused on new features, stability and improvements.
**Highlights**
- New utility: An environment variables editor with the functionality to configure profiles that can be enabled/disabled. Thanks [@niels9001](https://github.com/niels9001) for the design and UI work that made this possible!
- Settings has a new Dashboard home page, with quick access for enabling modules, short descriptions and activation methods. Thanks [@niels9001](https://github.com/niels9001) for the design and UI work that made this possible!
- Added a previewer to Peek that hosts File Explorer previewers to support every file type that a machine is currently able to preview. For example, this means that if Microsoft Office handlers are installed, Peek can preview Office files. Thanks [@dillydylann](https://github.com/dillydylann)!
- Upgrade to .NET 8. Thanks [@snickler](https://github.com/snickler)!
- Keyboard Manager can now remap keys and shortcuts to send sequences of unicode text.
- Modernized the Keyboard Manager Editor UI. Thanks [@dillydylann](https://github.com/dillydylann)!
- Modernized the PowerToys Run, Quick Accent and Text Extractor UIs. Thanks [@niels9001](https://github.com/niels9001)!
- New File Explorer Add-ons: QOI image Preview Handler and Thumbnail Provider. Thanks [@pedrolamas](https://github.com/pedrolamas)!
### General
- Updated the WebView 2 dependency to 1.0.2088.41. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)!
- Fixed unreadable color brushes used across WinUI3 applications for improved accessibility. Thanks [@niels9001](https://github.com/niels9001)!
- Flyouts used across WinUI3 applications are no longer constrained to the application's bounds. Thanks [@Jay-o-Way](https://github.com/Jay-o-Way)!
- Upgraded the WPF-UI dependency to preview.9 and then preview.11. Thanks [@niels9001](https://github.com/niels9001) and [@pomianowski](https://github.com/pomianowski)!
- Upgraded to .NET 8. Thanks [@snickler](https://github.com/snickler)!
- Updated the WinAppSDK dependency to 1.4.3.
- Many typo fixes through the projects and documentation. Thanks [@brianteeman](https://github.com/brianteeman)!
- Refactored and improved the logic across utilities for bringing a window to the foreground after activation.
### Awake
### Color Picker
- Added localization to the tray icon context menu.
- After activating Color Picker, it's now possible to cancel the session by clicking the right mouse button. Thanks [@fredso90](https://github.com/fredso90)!
### Crop And Lock
- Fixed restoring windows that were reparented while maximized.
### Environment Variables
- Added a new utility: An environment variables editor that has the functionality to configure profiles that can be enabled/disabled. Thanks [@niels9001](https://github.com/niels9001) for the design and UI work that made this possible!
- Shows in the title bar if it's running as an administrator. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)!
- Fixed crash caused by WinAppSDK version bump by replacing ListView elements with ItemsControl.
### FancyZones
- Fixed an issue causing context menu pop-ups from some apps to automatically snap to a zone. (This was a hotfix for 0.74)
- Applied the fix for the context menu pop-ups to the logic that decides which windows can be snapped.
- Reworked the "Keep windows in their zones" option to include the work area and turn it on by default, fixing an incompatibility with the Copilot flyout.
- Fixed an issue causing windows to be snapped while moving to a different virtual desktop.
- Reverted a change that caused some applications, like the Windows Calculator, to not snap correctly. (This was a hotfix for 0.75)
- FancyZones Editor will no longer apply a layout to the current monitor after editing it.
- Fixed and refactored the code that detected if a window can be snapped. Added tests to it with known application window styles to avoid regressions in the future.
### File Explorer add-ons
- Fixed an issue blocking some SVG files from being previewed correctly. (This was a hotfix for 0.74)
- Fixed crashes on invalid files in the STL Thumbnail generator.
- Solved an issue incorrectly detecting encoding when previewing code files preview.
- Fixed the background color for Gcode preview handler on dark theme. Thanks [@pedrolamas](https://github.com/pedrolamas)!
- New utilities: Preview Handler and Thumbnail Provider for QOI image files. Thanks [@pedrolamas](https://github.com/pedrolamas)!
- GCode Thumbnails are now in the 32 bit ARGB format. Thanks [@pedrolamas](https://github.com/pedrolamas)!
- Added the perceived type to SVG and QOI file thumbnails. Thanks [@pedrolamas](https://github.com/pedrolamas)!
### GPO
- Added a global GPO rule that applies for all utilities unless it's overridden. Thanks [@htcfreek](https://github.com/htcfreek)!
- Added GPO rules to control which PowerToys Run plugins should be enabled/disabled by policy. Thanks [@htcfreek](https://github.com/htcfreek)!
* All plugins have to provide its plugin ID as static property in its Main method.
- Added the missing Environment Variables utility policy to the .admx and .adml files. (This was a hotfix for 0.75)
- Fixed some typos and text improvements in the .adml file. Thanks [@htcfreek](https://github.com/htcfreek)!
### Hosts File Editor
- Added a proper warning when the hosts file is read-only and a button to make it writable. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)!
### Image Resizer
- Fixed wrong .bmp file association in the registry. Thanks [@meitinger](https://github.com/meitinger)!
- Fixed a WPF-UI issue regarding the application's background brushes. Thanks [@niels9001](https://github.com/niels9001)!
### Installer
- Included the Text Extractor and Awake localization files in the install process.
### Keyboard Manager
- Visually distinguish between the Numpad and regular period characters in the UI.
- This utility is now disabled by default on new installations, since it requires user configuration to affect keyboard behavior.
- Fixed a typo in the Numpad Subtract key in the editor.
- Modernized the UI with the Fluent design. Thanks [@dillydylann](https://github.com/dillydylann)!
- Added the feature to remap keys and shortcuts to arbitrary unicode text sequences.
### Mouse Highlighter
### Mouse Without Borders
- Removed the lower limit of fade delay and duration, to allow better signaling of doing a double click. Thanks [@fredso90](https://github.com/fredso90)!
### Mouse Jump
- The process now runs in the background, for a faster activation time. Thanks [@mikeclayton](https://github.com/mikeclayton)!
- Removed Thread.Suspend calls when exiting the utility. That call is deprecated, unneeded and was causing a silent crash.
### Peek
- Reported file sizes will now more closely match what's reported by File Explorer. Thanks [@Deepak-Sangle](https://github.com/Deepak-Sangle)!
- Added a previewer that hosts File Explorer previewers to support every file type that a machine is currently able to preview. Thanks [@dillydylann](https://github.com/dillydylann)!
- Fixed an issue causing the preview of the first file to be stuck loading. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)!
- Fixed showing the previously previewed video file when invoking Peek with a new file. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)!
- Added the wrap and file formatting options to the Monaco previewer. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)!
### PowerRename
- Save data from the last run in a different file to avoid conflicting with changing settings in the Settings application.
- Added the possibility to pause/resume videos with the space bar. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)!
- Fixed high CPU usage when idle before initializing the main window. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)!
- Implemented Ctrl+W as a shortcut to close Peek. Thanks [@Physalis2](https://github.com/Physalis2)!
- Solved an issue incorrectly detecting encoding when previewing code files.
- Fixed background issues when peeking into HTML files after the WebView 2 upgrade.
### PowerToys Run
- Fixed a case where the query wasn't being cleared after invoking a result action through the keyboard. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)!
- Improved the shell selection option for Windows Terminal in the Shell plugin and improved the backend code for adding combo box options to plugins. Thanks [@htcfreek](https://github.com/htcfreek)!
* The implementation of the combo box items has changed and isn't backward compatible. (Old plugins won't crash, but the combo box setting isn't shown in settings ui anymore.)
- Added Unix time in milliseconds, fixed negative unix time input and improved error messages in the TimeDate plugin. Thanks [@htcfreek](https://github.com/htcfreek)!
- The PowerToys plugin allows calling the new Environment Variables utility. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)!
- Refactored and added support to VSCodium Stable, VSCodium Insider and Remote Tunnels workspaces. Thanks [@eternalphane](https://github.com/eternalphane)!
- Moved to WPF-UI and redesigned according to Fluent UX principles. Thanks [@niels9001](https://github.com/niels9001)!
- Fixed an issue causing 3rd party plugins to not have their custom settings correctly initialized with default values. (This was a hotfix for 0.75) Thanks [@waaverecords](https://github.com/waaverecords)!
- Fixed a crash in the VSCode plugin when the VSCode path had trailing backspaces. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)!
- Fixed a crash when trying to load invalid image icons.
- Fixed a crash in the Programs plugin when getting images for some .lnk files.
- Fixed a rare startup initialization error and removed cold start operations that were no longer needed. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)!
- Improved calculations for Windows File Time and Unix Epoch Time in the DateTime plugin. Thanks [@htcfreek](https://github.com/htcfreek)!
- Fixed a crash when trying to get the icon for a link that pointed to no file.
- Cleaned up code in the WindowWalker plugin improving the logic. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)!
### Quick Accent
- Fixed characters that were removed from "All languages" because they were not in any single language. (This was a hotfix for 0.74)
- Added Asturian characters to the Spanish character set. Thanks [@blakestack](https://github.com/blakestack)!
- Added Greek characters with tonos. Thanks [@PesBandi](https://github.com/PesBandi)!
### Registry Preview
- Fixed a parsing error that crashed the Application. (This was a hotfix for 0.74)
- Fixed opening file names with non-ASCII characters. Thanks [@randyrants](https://github.com/randyrants)!
- Fixed wrong parsing when the file contained an assignment with spaces around the equals sign. Thanks [@randyrants](https://github.com/randyrants)!
- Fixed key transversal issues when a key was a substring of a parent key. Thanks [@randyrants](https://github.com/randyrants)!
### Runner
- Fixed the update notification toast to show a Unicode arrow. Thanks [@TheJoeFin](https://github.com/TheJoeFin)!
- Moved from ModernWPF to WPF-UI. Thanks [@niels9001](https://github.com/niels9001)!
- Added support to the Finnish language character set. Thanks [@davidtlascelles](https://github.com/davidtlascelles)!
- Added currency symbols for Croatian, Gaeilge, Gàidhlig and Welsh. Thanks [@PesBandi](https://github.com/PesBandi)!
- Added a missing Latin letter ꝡ. Thanks [@cubedhuang](https://github.com/cubedhuang)!
- Added fraction characters. Thanks [@PesBandi](https://github.com/PesBandi)!
- Added support to the Danish language character set. Thanks [@PesBandi](https://github.com/PesBandi)!
- Added the Kazakhstani Tenge character to the Currencies characters set. Thanks [@PesBandi](https://github.com/PesBandi)!
- Renamed Slovakian to Slovak, which is the correct term. Thanks [@PesBandi](https://github.com/PesBandi)!
- Added the Greek language character set. Thanks [@mcbabo](https://github.com/mcbabo)!
### Settings
- Added a new Dashboard home page, with quick access for enabling modules, short descriptions and activation methods. Thanks [@niels9001](https://github.com/niels9001) for the design and UI work that made this possible!
- Fixed a typo in the Hosts File Editor page. Thanks [@Deepak-Sangle](https://github.com/Deepak-Sangle)!
- Added a lock icon to the flyout listing of all modules when its enabled state is controlled by policy.
- The "All apps" list in the flyout will now list all apps even if their enabled state is controlled by policy.
- When clicking a module's name on the Dashboard, it will navigate to that module's page.
- Fixed the clipping of information in the Backup and Restore section of the General Settings page. Thanks [@niels9001](https://github.com/niels9001)!
- Updated the File Explorer Add-ons fluent icon. Thanks [@niels9001](https://github.com/niels9001)!
- Added a warning when trying to set a shortcut that might conflict with "Alt Gr" key combinations.
- Added a direct link to the OOBE's "What's New page" from the main Settings window. Thanks [@iakrayna](https://github.com/iakrayna)!
- Changed mentions from Microsoft Docs to Microsoft Learn.
- Fixed the slow reaction to system theme changes.
### Video Conference Mute
### Text Extractor
- Added an option to allow for the toolbar to hide after some time passed. Thanks [@quyenvsp](https://github.com/quyenvsp)!
- Added an option to select to mute or unmute at startup. Thanks [@quyenvsp](https://github.com/quyenvsp)!
- Fixed an issue causing a cascade of mute/unmute triggers.
- Move to WPF-UI, localization and light theme support. Thanks [@niels9001](https://github.com/niels9001)!
- Disabled by default on Windows 11, with a information box on Settings to prefer using the Windows Snipping Tool, which now supports OCR.
### Documentation
- Updated the Group Policy documentation on learn.microsoft.com, removed the Group Policy documentation from the repository and linked to the published documentation on learn.microsoft.com instead.
- Fixed some typos in the README. Thanks [@Asymtode712](https://github.com/Asymtode712)!
- Reworked the gpo docs on learn.microsoft.com, adding .admx, registry and Intune information. Thanks [@htcfreek](https://github.com/htcfreek)!
### Development
- Added project dependencies to the version project and headers to avoid building errors. Thanks [@johnterickson](https://github.com/johnterickson)!
- Enabled Control Flow Guard in the C++ projects. Thanks [@DHowett](https://github.com/DHowett)!
- Switched the release pipeline to the 1ES governed template. Thanks [@DHowett](https://github.com/DHowett)!
- Styled XAML files and added a XAML Style checker to the solution, with a CI action to check if code being contributed is compliant. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)!
- Suppressed redundant midl file warnings in PowerRename.
- Add unit tests to FancyZones Editor. Thanks [@garv5014](https://github.com/garv5014), [@andrewbengordon](https://github.com/andrewbengordon) and [@Cwighty](https://github.com/Cwighty)!
- Improved the Default Layouts internal structure in FancyZones Editor. Thanks [@garv5014](https://github.com/garv5014)!
- Fixed code issues to allow building in Visual Studio 17.8 Preview 4.
- Updated the check-spelling ci action to 0.22. Thanks [@jsoref](https://github.com/jsoref)!
- Refactored the modules data model used between the Settings Dashboard and Flyout.
- Fixed a flaky interop test that was causing automated CI to hang occasionally.
- Increased the WebView 2 loading timeout to reduce flakiness in those tests. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)!
- Added support for building with the Dev Drive CopyOnWrite feature, increasing build speed. Thanks [@pedrolamas](https://github.com/pedrolamas)!
- Addressed the C# static analyzers suggestions. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)!
- Addressed the C++ static analyzers suggestions.
- PRs that only contain Markdown or text files changes no longer trigger the full CI. Thanks [@snickler](https://github.com/snickler)!
- Updated the Microsoft.Windows.CsWinRT to 2.0.4 to fix building with the official Visual Studio 17.8 release.
- Fixed new code quality issues caught by the official Visual Studio 17.8 release.
- Added a bot trigger to point contributors to the main new contribution issue on GitHub. Thanks [@Aaron-Junker](https://github.com/Aaron-Junker)!
- Removed unneeded entries from expect.txt.
- Turned off a new feature from Visual Studio that was adding the commit hash to the binary files Product Version.
- Refactored and reviewed the spellcheck entries into different files. Thanks [@Jay-o-Way](https://github.com/Jay-o-Way)!
- Added Spectre mitigation and SHA256 hash creation for some DLLs.
- Reverted the release pipeline template to a previous release that's stable for shipping PowerToys.
#### What is being planned for version 0.76
#### What is being planned for version 0.77
For [v0.76][github-next-release-work], we'll work on the items below:
For [v0.77][github-next-release-work], we'll work on the items below:
- New utility: Command Not Found
- Language selection
- .NET 8 upgrade
- Allowing Keyboard Manager to output arbitrary Unicode sequences
- Automated UI testing through WinAppDriver
- Modernize and refresh the UX of PowerToys based on WPF. Here's Work in Progress previews for the modules "PowerToys Run" and "Color Picker":
![PowerToys Run UI refresh WIP](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/assets/9866362/16903bcb-c18e-49fb-93ca-738b81957055)
- Develop support for Desired State Configuration
- Modernize and refresh the UX of PowerToys based on WPF. Here's the Work in Progress preview for "Color Picker":
![ColorPicker UI refresh WIP](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/assets/9866362/ceebe54b-de63-4ce7-afcb-2cd4280bf4d1)