Heimer

Release date:

Wed, 27 Mar 2024 22:29:16 +0200

New features:

• Search text also in edge labels

• Implement group deletion of edges

• Apply text search on undo/redo

Bug fixes:

• Fix GitHub Issue #191: Windows: Text highlighted by the search not visible

• Fix GitHub Issue #255: Run error in ArchLinux

• Fix search field not always taking focus on startup

Note: Package support for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS has been dropped as it's EOL'd.

Release date:

Tue, 12 Dec 2023 21:33:12 +0200

New features:

• Fix GitHub Issue #249: Option to include grid on export

  • Grid will be exported if set visible
  • Works for both PNG and SVG exports

• Fix GitHub Issue #251: Feature request: child has same colors as parent

  • Change "Copy on Drag" behavior so that only the style will be copied

• Set default filename with a timestamp in PNG and SVG export dialogs

• Disable recent file entries that don't exist anymore

Other:

• Optimize rendering of grid lines
  • Prevent situations where a zoomed-out view would have way too many grid
    lines visible, even multiple lines per pixel

Release date:

Thu, 18 May 2023 15:51:49 -0000

New features:

• Automatic zoom-to-fit on search

• Enable clear button on search text edit

Other:

• Add small padding on the edge label text field

• Don't zoom to fit on cleared search if used has unselected all nodes

• Remove shadow effects from edges that are not completely visible while dragging

Release date:

Fri, 17 Mar 2023 19:48:40 -0000

New features:

• Add setting for shadow effect optimization

• Layout optimization

  • Allow bigger aspect ratio
  • Allow longer edges

• Darker default outline for nodes

• Add subtle outline for edge labels

Bug fixes:

• Fix GitHub Issue #238: Shadow effects introduce performance issues

• Fix GitHub Issue #239: Cannot drag if the drag position is inside the virtual rectangle spanned by an edge

Other:

• Update Italian translations

• Update Dutch translations

• Performance

  • Don't update scene rect when adding edges
  • Remove shadow effects from edges as long edges can make dragging stutter

Release date:

Fri, 10 Mar 2023 17:28:44 -0000

New features:

• Add setting for 'inverted controls'

  • Pan the view with a modifier key (Ctrl) and select a group of items without a modifier key being pressed

• Add parameter initialization options to layout optimization dialog

• Add progress indicator when opening a mind map

• Add tool tips for optimizer parameters

• Add tool tip text for selecting node group by intersection

• Change help texts into tool tips

Bug fixes:

• Fix tab key not working properly with node and edge text inputs

• Unselect implicitly selected node after context menu has closed

• Don't autosave unmodified mind map on exit

• Don't autosave unmodified mind map on new file or open file

Other:

• More subtle new version indicator with a timeout

• Change help texts to tool tips in edit settings

• Update Italian translations

• Update Dutch translations

• Breaking changes to ALZ-format (old files can still be opened normally)

  • Move style data into style element

  • Move layout optimizer config into metadata element

  • Save and load application and format versions separately

  • Rename index => i, index0 => i0, index1 => i1

Release date:

Mon, 13 Feb 2023 19:21:18 -0000

New features:

• Add default settings for arrow size and edge width

• Add default settings for text size and font

• Add edit option to mirror the layout horizontally or vertically

• Animate edge deletion

• Animate node deletion

Bug fixes:

• Fix node left selected on canceled node/text color dialog

Release date:

Mon, 19 Dec 2022 19:49:40 -0000

Bug fixes:

• Fix crash when trying to copy a group of connected nodes

Other

• Update Italian translations

Release date:

Sun, 11 Dec 2022 18:28:24 -0000

New features:

• Fix GitHub Issue #229: Add option to automatically open the last used file on application start

  • Autoload can be now enabled in edit settings

• Implement asynchronous file save for autosave

  • Fixes stuttering user experience on large files

Bug fixes:

• Fix Heimer Snap on Ubuntu 22.04
  • Didn't launch due to Wayland issues
  • Forced to X11 for now

Other:

• Initialize a new mind map to avoid an undefined state if the mind map fails to load

• Apply autosave only when settings dialog is accepted

• Increase edge with step to 0.25

• Update Dutch and Italian translations

Release date:

Fri, 11 Nov 2022 16:22:10 -0000

New features:

• Add tooltips to node handles

• Set handle background color based on node color

• Light or dark text edit highlight based on node color

Bug fixes:

• Fix GitHub issue #224: Tests fail when compiled with UBSan

• Fix GitHub Issue #226: Attached node background images not loading

  • Decode images in memory without exporting into a file first

Other:

• Add timestamp to log file name

• Save immediately when autosave enabled

Release date:

Wed, 21 Sep 2022 18:26:35 -0000

Bug fixes:

• Fix shadow effect of edge label when edge is selected

• Fix edge label not deleted together with the edge

• Fix edge context menu not opening when edge text edit right-clicked

Other:

• constants.hpp: added to QVector so that the compiler wouldn't throw an error

Release date:

Sat, 27 Aug 2022 19:03:46 +0300

New features:

• Usability improvements:
  • Show a dummy edge label with '...' when the actual label won't fit
  • Stack edge text edits on top of nodes

Release date:

Sat, 30 Jul 2022 21:12:12 +0300

New features:

• Fix GitHub Issue #112: Optimizer: Take current node locations into account when building initial layout
  • This change makes the optimizer way more stable with respect to the original global placement
  • Tries to find the best possible initial locations for the nodes in a normalized coordinate space
  • Makes only local changes within a very small search radius (row-wise and cell-wise)

Other:

• Update German translations

• Update Dutch translations

Release date:

Sun, 26 Jun 2022 21:42:11 +0300

New features:

• Fetch the newest version and show in status bar if newer version available

• Fix GitHub Issue #210: Option to set shadow offset and disable shadows

  • Adds effects tab to the settings dialog
  • Shadow offset and blur radius can now be set

• Fix GitHub Issue #211: Color defaults

  • Default colors can now be set via the default settings tab

• Make it possible to tune shadow colors via the effects tab

Release date:

Thu, 12 May 2022 21:09:29 +0300

New features:

• Add German translations

• Fix GitHub Issue #206: An option to change the size of the arrows

  • Toolbar now includes a spinner widget to set the arrow size

Bug fixes:

• Fix GitHub Issue #205: Click dragging from an existing node,
  then pressing delete before dropping the node, crashes the program

Release date:

Sat, 15 Jan 2022 20:42:13 +0200

New features:

• Fix GitHub Issue #181: Copy should copy also edges within the group
  • When copying (and pasting) nodes, also the edges within the copy group are now copied

Bug fixes:

• Fix GitHub Issue #195: Decrease size of "About" dialog

Other:

• Updated Dutch & Italian translations

Release date:

Fri, 24 Dec 2021 12:47:41 +0200

New features:

• Option to automatically snap existing nodes to grid

• Option for dashed lines in the edge context menu

Bug fixes:

• Fix GitHub Issue #186: Icon is installed in /usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64 but actual size is 256x256

• Fix GitHub Issue #188: Double-clicking on a large node zooms in incorrectly

• Fix GitHub Issue #189: Export to PNG breaks zoom out

• Fix GitHub Issue #190: Export to PNG works only once

  • Fixes the same issue with SVG export, too

Other:

• Simplify edge context menu

Release date:

Sun, 21 Nov 2021 22:43:30 +0200

New features:

• Fix GitHub Issue #36: Double-click to zoom into a node
• Fix GitHub Issue #138: Make it possible to change the font
• Fix GitHub Issue #180: Make edge text disappear if it doesn't fit between nodes

Bug fixes:

• Fix auto save not triggering immediately on file operations

Release date:

Mon, 25 Oct 2021 21:11:27 +0300

New features:

• Fix GitHub Issue #173: Being able to paste and create a node right-away

  • Pasting text to Heimer will create a new node with that text
  • Pasting image data e.g. from Gimp to Heimer will create a new node with that image

• Highlight text found by search

  • Not perfect as only the first occurrence is being matched

Bug fixes:

• Fix GitHub Issue #175: Windows installer doesn't add shortcuts

• Fix image save when original image is missing

• Write images with same id only once

Other:

• Unselect text on all nodes when background is clicked

New features:

• Add Chinese translation

• Add Spanish translation

• Fix GitHub Issue #129: Add search field

Bug fixes:

• Fix editor scene getting broken when a file cannot be opened

Other:

• Limit application window startup size

New features:

• Add support for .ALZ drag'n'drop

Other:

• Build Windows build with CMake