cymian/mouseless v0.4.0-x_preview.2

v0.4.0-preview.2 (Mac-only)

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This recommended release has an important stability fix and significant enhancements, including:

• Free mode for mouse functionality without the overlay
• nudges for enhanced precision
• Improved UX for users with custom SSL certs

It also incorporates work done to make Mouseless cross-platform, so reports of any regression bugs, and other feedback, is appreciated as always!

Enjoy! 🚀

preview.1 release notes
preview.0 release notes

Enhancements

• Free mode, relative movement
  • free mode has replaced wheel mode. It allows you to (without bringing up the overlay):
    • move the cursor directionally
    • use mouse buttons
    • use the mouse wheel in the same manner as before (new default hotkeys though)
  • This means pixel-perfect click locations are now possible, as well as putting the cursor at the screen edge
  • Use the 'free mode' kebab menu to 'restore defaults' to get started quickly (granular presets forthcoming)
  • 'Easing' settings are adjustable, for controlling the smoothness / abruptness of move and wheel motion
• Cursor 'nudges'
  • With the new hold subgrid key for nudge (beta) setting, you can now refine click/action location (via the nudge up/left/right/down commands) while holding a subgrid keypress (non-subgrid levels forthcoming)
• hold for speed increase/decrease commands are now 'stackable'
  • I.e. assigning multiple hotkeys to a single command and pressing them simultaneously will result in an even greater increase/decrease
• Check Secure Input Status button for diagnosing macOS getting stuck in 'Secure Input' mode
• Improved experience when using a custom SSL certificate
  • No more need to run from the terminal -- you will now be prompted to import the certificate on startup, and Mouseless should thereafter work whether you're on the network that requires the custom cert, or on a normal network

Fixes

• Some (hopefully most or all) instances of hotkeys becoming unresponsive should now be fixed
• Toast messages should no longer linger after overlay closes
• Values set via cycle button/action/count commands now persist across mouse actions

Misc

• Mouse buttons w/o overlay has been renamed to Global mouse buttons

Known issues

• The max value (10) for base wheel speed is too low -- will be fixed in the next release
  • Note that you can use the wheel _ fast commands for a faster speed (base * multiplier)
• At least one user has gotten stuck in a loop where Mouseless asks for an SSL certificate even after its imported (#285)
  • If this happens to you and you need to go back to 0.4.0-preview.1, you can restore your backed-up config with the following command (if terminal asks for an access permission, know that it resets when you quit terminal):

    cd ~/Library/Containers/net.sonuscape.mouseless/Data/.mouseless/configs/ && mv config.yaml.0.4.0-preview.1.bak config.yaml
    

• The homebrew repo is not updating automatically as it should. I am reaching out to the homebrew team about this.