v0.38.0

A nice april update for y'all brought by the Hyprland Corporation

No backdoors added, I promise.

New features:

• config/workspace: added workspace selectors
• hyprctl: add missing commands to usage (#5211)
• input: Add options to set tablet's active area (#5199)
• input: add misc:hide_cursor_on_key_press
• keybinds: add Dispatchers for "force float" and "force tiling" (non-toggle) (#5137)
• keybinds: add binds:disable_keybind_grabbing
• layers: add animation direction overrides
• renderer: add support for gles3.2 screen shaders
• screenshader: add screen_size uniform
• socket2: add pin event
• tablet: Add left_handed option for tablets (#5178)

Fixes:

• CGradientValueData: fix toString() method (#5220)
• IME/TI: Fixes and refactoring
• IME: Fix ime popup coordinates and artifacts (#5373)
• IME: Refactor and fixup popups
• IME: don't assert on lock mismatch, just fix it
• IME: fix crashes with destroyed text-inputs
• README: Fix Preview B image (#5188)
• animations: Fix animation issue in focusworkspaceoncurrentmonitor (#5202)
• animations: Fix incorrect animation when manually moving a window when its being created (#5141)
• animations: fix layer slide with fade
• animvar: fixup update callbacks and cleanup
• avar: fix warp onEnd conditions
• avar: minor fixes
• build: fix builds without pch (#5198)
• core: Fix resizeparams (#5262)
• core: fix fullscreen + floating focus change (#5291)
• core: fix missing workspace events during swapping (#5251)
• deco: fix groupbar offset (#5364)
• dispatchers: fix swap workspaces wrong positioning of floating windows (#5328)
• format: fix format
• github: fix github issue template crash dir (#5269)
• hyprctl: fix plugin list on no plugins (#5357)
• hyprpm: add missing newline (#5207)
• ime: fix build without pch
• input: Fix incorrect keyboard focus taken when no window was present (#5337)
• input: fix crash with text-input-v1 (#5234)
• keybinds: Fix exit trigger by moving it to monitor.frame (#5240)
• layers: fix bottom slide animation (#5307)
• master: fix moving fullscreen workspace and remove duplicate code (#5131)
• reenderer: Add 1 border damage to fix number rounding issues (#5343)
• renderer/animations: Fix various inaccurate damage tracking issues and offsets (#5297)
• renderer: Fix layer and window damage sometimes missing 1 frame (#5370)
• renderer: Fix rendering when swiping workspaces (#5367)
• renderer: minor fixes to misaligned reported surface rendering
• renderer: minor fixups for misaligned surface rendering offsets
• scripts: fix asan patch
• swipe: fix nullptr in onSwipeUpdate (#5191)
• tablet: minor focus fixes
• textinput: fix ime when opening multiple windows (#5281)
• textinput: fix typo (#5365)
• windowrules: Fix resizeparams parsing. (#5206)
• workspace: fix integer overflow in selector parser (#5177)
• workspace: fix selectors with special:

Other:

• IME: Improve handling of text-input and ime-relay (#5147)
• IME: guard unfocused TIs in leave
• Nix: match derivation to Nixpkgs
• animationmgr: use realpos and size for border damage
• animations: simplify window loop
• compositor: remove windows from fading out on destroy
• config: Config error limit/hyprctl (#5165)
• config: be a bit louder in the disabled log warning
• constraint: do not disable constraints in destroy
• constraint: set active flag before propagating props
• core: ensure m_pLastMonitor validity over unsafe state
• core: match all workspace rules instead of the first one only (#5340)
• cursormgr: don't set x theme in changeTheme
• cursormgr: initialize size to 0
• cursormgr: log theme loading failures
• cursormgr: scale hotspot with buffer
• dispatchers: open special ws on active monitor instead of mouse monitor (#5330)
• github: remove redundant instruction (#5163)
• hyprctl: output json with --batch if requested (#5277)
• hyprpm: avoid crashes on corrupted headers
• hyprpm: log shell in build without fails
• input: Only limit drag resizes (#5164)
• input: focus window on mouse down on groupbar (#5224)
• internal: removed Herobrine
• layer-shell: render popups above everything
• layers: don't change workspace on layer restore focus (#5308)
• layershell: release all mouse buttons before focus on new ls (#5219)
• layershell: update render pos and size in arrange
• layout: improve initial size prediction for floating
• makefile: Remove old headers first (#5316)
• master: Make master workspace orientation rule dynamic (#5339)
• opengl: minor adjustment to getPreferredReadFormat
• opengl: report shader compilation errors from screen_shader (#5138)
• refactor: move window.hpp to desktop/
• renderer: allow blurring ls popups
• renderer: disable surface adjustments for misaligned reported when manual resizing
• renderer: don't render window on other mons during anim in
• renderer: don't translate surface box on interactive resizes with non-updated sizes
• renderer: dont render fullscreen special on wrong monitor (#5249)
• renderer: forward decl for b_pch=false (#5250)
• screenShader: allow camel for screensize
• socket2: sanitize data for newlines
• swipe: Touchscreen workspace swipe (#4489)
• text-input: reset lock counter on surface destroy
• textinput: send deactivate on disable ti
• window: assign surface on create
• window: set config only when both props end anims
• xwayland: assign wlr_surface on associate

Special thanks

Special thanks as always to these chads for donating:

• alukortti
• Wickedly
• pulsar256
• Philipp Soldunov
• MasterHowToLearn
• Theory_Lukas
• Goggi
• someone
• sandsquare
• Yok0ri
• C0d3Cr4f73r
• Keule2
• Bims
• yutkat
• taigrr
• Crazyroostereye
• Zerron21
• jaketompkins
• Vic
• ari-cake
• ModalDiagram

MRs

• Update LICENSE by @somerand0mcat in #5132
• Fix master moving fullscreen workspaces by @thejch in #5131
• Dispatchers for "force float" and "force tiling" (non-toggle) by @djvs in #5137
• Touchscreen workspace swipe by @earboxer in #4489
• Fix incorrect rendering when manually moving a window when its being created by @thejch in #5141
• github: remove redundant instruction by @phonetic112 in #5163
• input: Handling multiple surfaces for the text-input-v1 protocol implementation and imporve InputMethodRelay logic by @sujoshua in #5147
• Only limit drag resizes by @phonetic112 in #5164
• Fix infinite loop in workspace selector caused by integer overflow 💀 by @thejch in #5177
• Add left_handed option for tablets by @khalid151 in #5178
• Fix Preview B image by @linfindel in #5188
• swipe: fix nullptr in onSwipeUpdate by @horror-proton in #5191
• fixing gentoo ebuild due to lack of precompiled headrs in build env by @brettalcox in #5198
• Config error limit/hyprctl by @zakk4223 in #5165
• opengl: report shader compilation errors from screen_shader by @oatmealine in #5138
• hyprpm: add missing newline by @PraneethJain in #5207
• hyprctl: add missing commands to usage by @Ligthiago in #5211
• windowrules: Fix resizeparams parsing. by @schilkp in #5206
• fix: release all mouse buttons before focus on new surface by @drendog in #5219
• CGradientValueData: fix toString() method by @holgerschurig in #5220
• focus window on mouse down on groupbar by @MightyPlaza in #5224
• Add options to set tablet's active area by @khalid151 in #5199
• input: fix crash with text-input-v1 by @sungyoonc in #5234
• Fix animation issue in focusworkspaceoncurrentmonitor by @thejch in #5202
• forward decl for b_pch=false (CInputPopup in Renderer.hpp by @brettalcox in #5250
• Dont render fullscreen special on wrong monitor by @thejch in #5249
• Move exit trigger to monitor frame by @dmayle in #5240
• Send workspace events during swapActiveWorkspaces and focusWorkspaceOnCurrentMonitor (when swapping) by @thejch in #5251
• Fix github issue template crash dir by @thejch in #5269
• Update hyprctl to output json with --batch by @khalid151 in #5277
• Fix ime not able to grab a new window without unfocusing textbox by @sungyoonc in #5281
• fix fullscreen + floating on monitor focus change by @MightyPlaza in #5291
• fix bottom layer slide by @MightyPlaza in #5307
• layer: don't change workspace when restoring focus by @MightyPlaza in #5308
• Remove old headers first by @mmhobi7 in #5316
• Fix swap workspaces and moveworkspacetomonitor wrong positioning of floating windows by @thejch in #5328
• Allow opening special workspace on active monitor instead of mouse monitor by @thejch in #5330
• Fix resizeparams by @Aqa-Ib in #5262
• Match all workspace rules instead of the first one only by @thejch in #5340
• Focus: Fix incorrect keyboard focus taken when no window was present by @earboxer in #5337
• Fix various inaccurate damage tracking issues and some incorrect offset issues by @thejch in #5297
• Add 1 border damage to fix number rounding issues by @thejch in #5343
• Fix for #5349 by @Micovec in #5357
• Fix typo in enterLocks by @sungyoonc in #5365
• Fix groupbar offset by @thejch in #5364
• Make master workspace orientation rule dynamic by @thejch in #5339
• Fix rendering when swiping workspaces by @thejch in #5367
• Fix layer and window damage sometimes missing 1 frame by @thejch in #5370
• Fix ime popup coordinates and artifacts by @sungyoonc in #5373

New Contributors

• @somerand0mcat made their first contribution in #5132
• @sujoshua made their first contribution in #5147
• @khalid151 made their first contribution in #5178
• @linfindel made their first contribution in #5188
• @horror-proton made their first contribution in #5191
• @oatmealine made their first contribution in #5138
• @PraneethJain made their first contribution in #5207
• @Ligthiago made their first contribution in #5211
• @schilkp made their first contribution in #5206
• @holgerschurig made their first contribution in #5220
• @sungyoonc made their first contribution in #5234
• @dmayle made their first contribution in #5240
• @mmhobi7 made their first contribution in #5316
• @Aqa-Ib made their first contribution in #5262
• @Micovec made their first contribution in #5357

Full Changelog: v0.37.1...v0.38.0