Hello everyone,
Thaw's first major update is here! Out of the gate, I have to thank all of you who gave Thaw a shot, reported bugs and feature requests, and helped to test. I'm really overwhelmed by the response.
Important
Due to essential internal changes in how Thaw manages menu bar items, your current icon positions will be reset to "Always Visible." I sincerely apologize for the inconvenience, but this manual re-adjustment is unavoidable to ensure future stability.
Localization Support (100% Completion)
Thaw is now fully localized in 12 languages. A massive thank you to our community contributors who made this possible:
- Chinese (Simplified): by @picpo
- Chinese (Traditional): by @7a6163
- Dutch: by @SeBr28
- French: by @UYTR5
- German: by @Mutzki13
- Hungarian: by @johnnybakucz
- Indonesian: by @volcbs
- Italian: by @zichichi
- Korean: by @yurihan
- Spanish: by @diazdesandi
- Thai: by @priesdelly
Key Changes & Fixes
New Interactions & UI Polish
- Double-Click Gesture: You can now double-click directly on the menu bar to reveal the "Always Hidden" section.
- Instant UI Refresh: Menubar shapes (split/full) now update immediately when configuration changes, removing the previous 30-second delay.
- Refined Tooltips: Updated "Show on click" instructions to explicitly guide users on the new double click interaction.
Display & Layout Improvements
- Ultrawide Monitor Fix: Resolved a specific issue where items from the primary display were incorrectly included in calculations for external monitors. This previously caused "Always Hidden" items to appear incorrectly on the left side of ultrawide screens.
- Thaw Bar Scaling Fix: Resolved rendering issues by capping item height and clamping the menu bar content height to ensure a consistent appearance across different display scales.
- Intelligent Multi-Monitor Support: Thaw now detects the active menu bar for each screen and hides the app menu when items would otherwise overflow the screen edge.
- Advanced Notch Detection: Improved accuracy using
auxiliaryTopLeftAreaand added a new option to enable the Thaw Bar specifically for displays that feature a hardware notch.
Performance & Cleanup
- CPU Optimizations: Reduced overhead by debouncing image cache updates, adding polling delays, and skipping background work when panels are hidden.
- Simplified Settings: Removed the redundant "temporary item delay" setting as the smart rehide logic now handles these transitions automatically.
New Contributors
A special thank you to everyone who contributed code, translations, or documentation to this release:
- @UYTR5 made their first contribution in #45
- @7a6163 made their first contribution in #47
- @diazdesandi made their first contribution in #48
- @Mutzki13 made their first contribution in #52
- @picpo made their first contribution in #58
- @yurihan made their first contribution in #68
- @priesdelly made their first contribution in #77
- @volcbs made their first contribution in #80
- @p-linnane made their first contribution in #101
- @zichichi made their first contribution in #111
- @johnnybakucz made their first contribution in #116
- @mittal-gunjit made their first contribution in #123
Full Changelog: 1.0.0...1.1.0
Donations
If you find Thaw useful and want to support its further development, consider throwing a coin in my hat: https://github.com/sponsors/stonerl