bitfocus/companion v5.1.0

Bitfocus Companion v5.1.0

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📦 Downloads available at

• https://user.bitfocus.io/download

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• open collective https://opencollective.com/companion

Companion v5.1.0 - Release Notes

📣 CORE FEATURES AND IMPROVEMENTS

• Graphics improvements

  • pinned properties for quicker access to commonly used properties in the style editor #4324 (#4442)
  • wysiwyg toolbar for basic edits to a button's style (#4341)
  • better custom preview aspect ratios (#4450)
  • surface gauge leds (#4314)
  • show expression value previews for elements and style overrides
  • add fill width setting and alpha support for fill colors #4359
  • allow value feedbacks as layered-button style overrides (#4379)
  • make button preview aspect entry more robust and more flexible
  • text style properties (#4337)
  • smooth text autosizing
  • support corner radius for box elements #4359
  • allow rotating composite elements

• Misc UX

  • rework button grid interactions (#4434)
  • support alt+click on CollapsibleTree nodes to expand all at that level
  • make split panel layouts resizable #2781
  • Show local variable value when collapsed (#4386)
  • configurable default export format #4349
  • make module deprecation more visible to users (#4495)

• APIs

  • Prototype of new full system REST API (#4259)
  • REST API to list surfaces and set brightness (#4405)
  • REST API token management (#4453)

• Expressions

  • new maths functions (#4388)
  • expression oscillator function (#4328)

• Variables

  • Local Variables on pages (#4332)
  • expose $(this:delta) for rotary actions and carry rotation amount (#4387)

• Controls

  • reference/mirror control type (#4339)
  • linked presets (#4284)

• Misc

  • lazily evaluate internal feedbacks that are children of an action (#4378)
  • Add milliseconds to log entries #2891
  • add COMPANION_INSTALL_NAME env var to set the installation name
  • prometheus metrics for monitoring (#4304)
  • streaming json parsing/generation (#4390)
  • report collection-disabled connections as disabled, add connection collection status variables #4479
  • add 'Surface: When connected' feedback #4124
  • randomInt() is not re-evaluated in Trigger conditions #3297
  • Add duration to press and release internal action #3389
  • add $(internal:date_monthname) variable #3819

🐞 BUG FIXES

• module versions refresh button not indicating progress
• keep unicode glyphs together when breaking a line #3671
• rework line breaking to work as is was long ago (#4372)
• font size scaling not always consider whether topbar is visible
• keep preset definition ids stable across re-conversion
• surface page-change defer condition and rescanUsb error reporting
• propagate image import errors #4438
• better report import progress to the ui
• sort to the connection selection dropdown (#4402)
• backup file renaming failing #4394
• try to ensure module are shutdown cleanly when companion exits
• adjust line draw bounds to not hide the line #4359
• measure font ascent/descent for better positioning #4359
• avoid excessive button-drawn events upon a cache hit
• colors when downscaling oversampled images
• dropdown freezing when selecting from a large list #4494
• expose pressed state to surfaces
• don't recreate desktop shortcut when updating
• static-text fields should not show expression toggles
• draw a placeholder for missing or cyclic composite elements
• update bonjour lib to limit query answer rate #4499
• logging stopping entirely after a non-string message is logged #4509

Full Changelog: v5.0.7...v5.1.0