Albert v0.28.0 released

Albert

  • Make global and triggered triggersqueryhandler behave the same

API

  • Force plugins to not convert from ascii.
  • Move system related functions into systemutil.h
    • Remove void open(const std::string &path);
    • Remove default param workdir in runDetachedProcess
    • Add long long runDetachedProcess(const QStringList&);
    • Remove open(const std::string &path);
    • Add open(const std::filesystem::path &path);
  • Remove Query::isFinished()
  • Changes to albert::util::InputHistory
    • Add uint limit() const;
    • Add void setLimit(uint);
    • Support multiline entries (store in JSON format)
  • Add keychain support
    • Add QString PluginInstance::readKeychain(const QString & key) const;
    • Add void writeKeychain(const QString & key, const QString & value);
  • Iconprovider add mask: and comp: schemes
    • mask: Mask a given icon given a radius divisor.
    • comp: Composes two given icons.
  • Move messagebox utils to messagebox.h
  • Move utility symbols into albert::util namespace
  • Add class albert::util::FileDownLoader
  • Add class albert::util::OAuthConfigWidget
  • Add class albert::util::OAuth
  • Add widgetsutil.h
    • Add bind function for QCheckBox
    • Add bind function for QLineEdit
    • Add bind function for QSpinBox
    • Add bind function for QDoubleSpinBox
    • Remove ALBERT_PROPERTY_CONNECT_* macros
  • Add networkutil.h
    • Move albert::network() to albert::util::network
    • Add waitForFinished(QNetworkReply *reply)
    • Add QNetworkRequest makeRestRequest(…)
  • Add CMake macros
    • albert_plugin_link_qt
    • albert_plugin_dbus_interface
    • albert_plugin_sources
    • albert_plugin_link
    • albert_plugin_include_directories
    • albert_plugin_i18n
    • albert_plugin_generate_metadata
    • albert_plugin_compile_options
  • Add dynamic items feature
    • Add interface class albert::Item::Observer
    • Add void albert::Item::addObserver(Observer *observer);
    • Add void albert::Item::removeObserver(Observer *observer);
  • Add albert: scheme handling support
    • Add albert::UrlHandler extension

Plugins

  • chromium
    • Show the full folder path
  • datetime
    • Add paste action
    • Dynamic item support
  • docs
    • Compose icon with the books emoji to compensate for its 32x32 size
    • Fix missing cache location initialization
    • Fix directory init mismatch
  • mpris → mediaremote
    • v6 macOS implementation
  • path
    • Fix trigger behavior
  • snippets
    • Fix https://github.com/albertlauncher/albert-plugin-snippets/issues/1
    • Use query dependent synopsis
    • Allow putting text directly into inputline
    • Add input validation in snippet name input dialog
  • ssh
    • Avoid empty match in global query.
  • timer
    • Use dynamic item feature
  • timezones
    • Fix icon and translations
    • Use batch add to avoid flicker
  • vpn
    • Use dynamic item feature
  • websearch
    • Fix 6.9 breaking tableview behavior
  • widgetsboxmodel
    • Make use of Query::dataChanged for dynamic items
    • Disable window properties for now
    • Add input edit mode
    • Change animation durations to a more calm behavior
    • Drop redundant history text equality check
    • Properly reset input history search on hide.
    • Restore user input on backward history iteration end
    • Fix macOS cmd+backspace behavior in multiline editing
    • Fix weird selection glitch
    • Fix out of bounds crashes. Trigger length is set async and may exceed the text length.
    • Fix null query segfaults
    • Fix comboboxes not showing system theme

Check the GitHub repositories for details.