Microsoft’s PowerToys has unveiled an exciting update with the release of version 0.87.0, marking a significant enhancement for users who rely on Workspaces. This latest iteration now integrates support for Progressive Web Apps (PWAs), effectively eliminating a previous limitation that hindered a seamless user experience. With this update, users can effortlessly save and launch a tailored layout of apps and PWAs directly from their desktop, all with the simple push of a button.
PowerToys v0.87.0
- Highlights
- Advanced Paste introduces “Advanced AI,” utilizing Semantic Kernel for orchestrating sequential clipboard transformations.
- Workspaces now accommodates Progressive Web Applications.
- A new feature in Workspaces allows users to move existing windows instead of creating new ones.
- Mouse Jump has been enhanced with new settings for customizing screen pop-ups, thanks to @mikeclayton!
- New+ is now compatible with Windows 10, courtesy of @cgaarden!
- Quick Accent enables users to select character sets displayed in the UI, thanks to @Sirozha1337!
- Advanced Paste
- Introduced an optional feature that leverages AI for orchestrating clipboard transformations.
- Awake
- Improvements in initialization, logging, and tray icon setup, thanks to @dend!
- File Explorer add-ons
- Preview Pane extensions now utilize PerMonitorV2 DPI mode to rectify scaling errors, thanks to @davidegiacometti!
- Keyboard Manager
- Labels have been added to the IME On and IME Off keys, thanks to @kit494way!
- Resolved an issue where the Shift key would remain stuck if a numpad key was mapped to it.
- Monaco Preview
- Support for .ahk files added for plaintext viewing in Peek and File Explorer add-ons, thanks to @daverayment!
- Support for .ion files for plaintext viewing in Peek and File Explorer add-ons, thanks to @octastylos-pseudodipteros!
- Syntax highlighting for .srt files in Peek and File Explorer add-ons, thanks to @PesBandi!
- Mouse Jump
- Customization options for the Mouse Jump pop-up UI have been introduced, thanks to @mikeclayton!
- New+
- Now supports Windows 10, thanks to @cgaarden!
- Fixed an issue where renaming new files would not trigger consistently, thanks to @cgaarden!
- Updated New+ icons, thanks to @niels9001!
- Peek
- Peek now assesses local capabilities to determine supported image formats for the Image Previewer, thanks to @daverayment!
- Resolved an issue causing the Code Files Previewer to fail under certain conditions, thanks to @daverayment!
- Improvements made to logging when loading user settings files, thanks to @daverayment!
- PowerToys Run
- A scoring function has been added for better ordering of WindowWalker plugin results, thanks to @andbartol!
- UUIDv7 support introduced to the ValueGenerator plugin, thanks to @frederik-hoeft!
- The calculator plugin now accommodates scientific notation with a lowercase ‘e’, thanks to @PesBandi!
- The UI has been ported from WPF-UI to .NET 9 WPF, addressing “Desktop composition is disabled” crashes.
- Quick Accent
- A new setting allows users to select which character sets to display, thanks to @Sirozha1337!
- Screen Ruler
- A setting has been added to display measurements in inches, centimeters, or millimeters, thanks to @Sophanatprime!
- Settings
- Fixed an issue where all links on the “What’s new?” OOBE page pointed to the same milestone.
- Removed extra space from the Welcome page, thanks to @agarwalishita!
- Updated icons in the left navigation bar, thanks to @niels9001!
- Addressed accessibility issues in the dashboard page, thanks to @davidegiacometti!
- Workspaces
- Now supports Progressive Web Applications.
- Introduced a feature to move existing windows instead of creating new ones.
- Fixed a crash in the workspaces editor related to incorrect encoder parameters when saving Bitmap files.
- Workspaces editor position is now saved for consistent reopening.
- Resolved an issue where multiple instances of the same application were incorrectly positioned due to timer issues.
- Improved detection of exact application versions when multiple versions are installed.
- Documentation
- Enhanced language in CONTRIBUTE.md, thanks to @sanskaarz!
- Added mentions of the Bilibili plugin and others in thirdPartyRunPlugins.md, thanks to @Whuihuan and @skttl!
- Updated COMMUNITY.md to include more contributors.
- Development
- Upgraded to .NET 9, thanks to @snickler!
- Fixed building issues on Visual Studio 17.12.
- Updated various dependencies to enhance functionality and performance.
