miracle-wm-org/miracle-wm v0.5.0 on GitHub

I'm back with the first release of 2025 🌸 🍀

Check out the release demo video on YouTube if you'd like to see everything in action 🎥

⭐ Features ⭐

Added the ability to drag and drop containers (default is to hold the action key + shift and use the left mouse pointer to move containers around in the grid)
(Re)added the ability to move floating containers with the mouse pointer (default is to hold the action key and use the left mouse pointer to move the floating container)
When floated outside of the grid, users can now turn floating windows into a "mini" tiling grid that is floating above the main tiling grid, thus unlocking some pretty neat workflows!
Implemented i3/sway's command criteria, minus a few of the X11-specific bits
Added window closing animations (finally!)
Added the ability to fade in/out windows and made that the default behavior

🐛 Bugs Fixed 🔧

Fullscreen windows now appear on the correct layer (above shell elements)
Disallowed maximized/minimized windows
Fixing a lot of bugs where clients were sending an incorrect size and we were respecting it
Lots and lots of output unplug/replug bugs
Improved animation smoothness
Fixed X11 app flickering issues
GET_OUTPUTS ipc command now returns a correct payload
Sending an i3 shutdown notification correctly when miracle closes
Fixed a bug where clip areas were not scaling correctly (#188)
Improved object lifetime management using C++ smart pointers
Increased test coverage 20x
Improved build flags for debug and release modes
And lots more!

What's Changed

release: v0.4.0 by @mattkae in #322
refactor: change how animation is done to improve smoothness + maintainability of the software by @mattkae in #324
feature: add new feature flag for drag and drop by @mattkae in #325
feature: add drag_and_drop to the configuration by @mattkae in #326
refactor: the focused output is now set via an interface rather than yolo-ing equality by @mattkae in #327
feature: clicking on a leaf container with the proper modifiers held now triggers the dragging state to be entered in reported to applications like waybar by @mattkae in #328
feature: added the ability to drag leaf containers around and return them to their tile afterward by @mattkae in #329
refactor: move all controller logic from the Policy to a separate controller to ease testing by @mattkae in #330
refactor: prepare CommandController such that it can more easily be tested by @mattkae in #331
feature: implement the core drag and drop functionality by @mattkae in #333
feature: if a container is being dragged and focus is lost to it, then we end the drag and return to the normal mode by @mattkae in #334
feature: when dragged, the actual position of the window cannot deviate from the dragged position by @mattkae in #335
bugfix: when dragging a container, we make sure that we do not constantly intersect the same container by @mattkae in #336
feature: when a window is being dragged, it is unconstrained by @mattkae in #337
refactor: create the DragAndDropService and move the state over there by @mattkae in #338
feature: add the ability to drag to an empty tiling window tree by @mattkae in #339
bugfix: guard StubSurface::initial_placement_done so that miracle can be updated in f41 by @mattkae in #340
bugfix: remove remaining references to boost by @mattkae in #341
bugfix: when we release a drag, we call set_rectangle so that we hook into the animation loop properly by @mattkae in #342
bugfix: processing the modifier key on drag and drop by @mattkae in #343
testing: add gmock dependency to tests by @mattkae in #344
release: v0.4.1 by @mattkae in #345
testing: implement tets for the DragAndDropService by @mattkae in #346
bugfix: Enforce minimum Mir version at build-time by @Conan-Kudo in #347
refactor: renderer now gathers its data from an intermediary list instead of reaching out to the container and its surrounding objects by @mattkae in #349
bugfix: last_selected should be std::nullopt when unset, not nullptr by @mattkae in #350
bugfix: the animation system no longer crashes due to bad accesses on the miral::Window by @mattkae in #352
bugfix: fixed how intersections are done with drag and drop to work appropriately + added a test for dragging on top of another container by @mattkae in #359
refactor: miracle::Output should not rely on the miral::Output by @mattkae in #360
bugfix: when an output disappears, we now mark it as defunct instead of removing it by @mattkae in #361
feature: when an output disappears, we now rehome its workspaces to the next available output by @mattkae in #363
refactor: leaf container is now more separated from the tiling tree by @mattkae in #364
refactor: removed the TilingWindowTree entirely and moved all functionality up to the Workspace by @mattkae in #365
feature: add a ParentContainer.is_anchored flag by @mattkae in #366
refactor: floating windows are now just LeafContainers in an unanchored tiling window tree by @mattkae in #367
refactor: added functionality to move one container to another to the Container instead of the Workspace by @mattkae in #369
refactor: large refactor of lifetimes and long ignored edges in the codebase by @mattkae in #370
bugfix: pinned windows now work as they did before by @mattkae in #371
feature: enable build flags for debug and release builds by @mattkae in #372
(#376) firefox no longer flickers when switching workspaces by @mattkae in #377
(#373) workspaces select the application zone as their area during construction by @mattkae in #378
(#368) reimplement scratchpad per the latest understanding by @mattkae in #383
(#379) moving a window to its current workspace no longer causes a crash by @mattkae in #384
feature: users can resize a single window floating container with the resize mechanism by @mattkae in #385
(#388) if a window starts attached or hidden, then it should not become a leaf by @mattkae in #389
(#386) appropriately handling the case for fullscreened and maximized windows by @mattkae in #390
bugfix: ipc uses weak_ptr instead of raw ptr by @mattkae in #393
bugfix: slightly smoother 60fps animations, but this might need something very different by @mattkae in #395
(#394) bugfix: properly selecting the last selected container when switching to a workspace by @mattkae in #396
refactor: use the ServerActionQueueAnimator instead + minor fixes by @mattkae in #397
(#398) fixing clip area of fullscreen requests coming from the client (e.g. youtube) by @mattkae in #403
(#400) when hidden, a leaf should be sent to the back to avoid focus issues with X11 windows by @mattkae in #404
(#402) no longer allowing minimized windows by @mattkae in #405
bugfix: clients cannot request to be hidden by @mattkae in #406
(#188) applying proper scale to clip area at render time by @mattkae in #409
(#355) layer shell elements no longer interact with the animation system by @mattkae in #411
(#407) workspace animations do not have a race condition + we select the right container when we switch by @mattkae in #415
(#419) fixing how LeafContainer resolves is_focused by @mattkae in #420
(#417) do not make output selections on an output that is animating by @mattkae in #421
warnings: fix output compilation warnings by @mattkae in #422
feature: implementing command criteria for all IPC commands by @mattkae in #424
feature: request the handle move request from clients by @mattkae in #428
bufix: Fix FTBFS with glm 1.0.0+ and musl/libc++ (again) by @JamiKettunen in #432
feature: implementing surface outro animations by @mattkae in #433
feature: implement fade in / out animations by @mattkae in #437
(#438) No longer throwing a fatal error when we don't have an output in Policy::advise_new_window by @mattkae in #441
feature: reenable the ability to resize windows when they are floating by themselves by @mattkae in #442
(#443) bugfix: hack-fixing the ipc notification not being sent on shutdown by @mattkae in #445
(#444) opacity changes trigger a rerender on the surface properly by @mattkae in #446
(#447) bugfix: consuming the input event even if we don't move by @mattkae in #448
(#425) GET_OUTPUTS ipc now returns a sway-compatible result by @mattkae in #450
(#451) move and drag and drop container services always use the primary button now instead of a random one by @mattkae in #452
bugfix: supporting more IPC criteria and using it on the focus command by @mattkae in #455
release: bump version to 0.5.0 by @mattkae in #456

Full Changelog: v0.4.1...v0.5.0