Desktop+ NewUI Preview 2 now available

The second preview build of the new in-development Desktop+ version is now available.

These builds are supposed give a glimpse into the ongoing development process. Please note that they are not considered ready for daily use. While bugs are to be expected and there are a few known issues already, feel free to report anything you find in the NewUI Preview Build bug report thread.

What is Desktop+ NewUI?

Desktop+ NewUI is what eventually will become Desktop+ 3.0. See the announcement post for the NewUI Preview Build 1 for more details.

What's new in Desktop+ NewUI Preview 2?

Floating UI Redesign The Floating UI now appears centered right below overlays, with both main bar and Action-Bar stacked on top of each other. This design works better for overlays acting as the dashboard overlay and properly supports the curvature setting.

Window Overlay Auto-Restoration Window overlay captures are now automatically restored when a previously captured window appears again. The window matching algorithm now also uses window class name for comparisons to reduce the chance of false positives.

More Settings Return Window Overlay settings are available in the UI again with some new additions, such as changing On Capture Lost behavior (Nothing/Hide Overlay/Remove Overlay), as well as enabling strict window matching. Performance Monitor settings have returned as part of the Overlay Properties window for Performance Monitor overlays.

Advanced Settings A setting to show advanced settings was added. When turned off it will hide advanced and less frequently used settings to remove clutter and not overwhelm new users as much. For the preview builds, this setting will default to being on as to not hide any new additions, however.

Other Changes

• Added German translation

• Improved stability of dashboard overlay origin

• Don't unstick modifier keys on the VR keyboard automatically if they've been manually sticky-ed by right-clicking

• Tooltips in Settings and Overlay Properties window now stick to the lower end of the window and use all of the available width

• Configurations is now saved when closing the Settings window

• Show the last known title instead of " " in Overlay Properties window if there is one

• Keep showing last known window icon after a capture was lost

• Minimize flicker when swapping overlays

• The source code of the NewUI branch is now available on GitHub

• Various other UI fixes & adjustments

The NewUI Preview branch also includes all changes of the beta branch up until now (v.2.5.4).

Things are coming along, but there is still a lot left to do. Thank you for your patience.