lightdm-webkit2-greeter/NEWS.md

Change Log

3.3.0 ~ 01-28-2022

Changes:

• Bugfixes related to LightDM signals
• Allow --no-sandbox argument
• Allowed relative path with theme_utils.dirlist
• Added brightness controller to use instead of external programs

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3.2.1 ~ 12-11-2021

Changes:

• Bugfixes related to older Qt versions

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3.2.0 ~ 12-08-2021

Changes:

• Default build system reverted to zippy method
• Battery bugfixes
• QWebChannel and Web Greeter bundle merged as one file
  • LightDM API should be instantly accessible
• Lots of bugfixes

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3.1.1 ~ 10-27-2021

Changes:

• Bugfixes, just bugfixes

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3.1.0 ~ 09-15-2021

Added:

• Devtools implemented as a side view
• Build system now uses cx_freeze
• Improved themes:
  • Added keyboard layout selector
  • Added eye password reveal

Changes:

• Brightness and battery are now controlled by signals instead of timers
• Old build system (zip build) is still usable with build_old and install_old

Removed:

• whither dependency removed

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3.0.0 ~ 07-28-2021

Added:

• New themes: gruvbox (default) and dracula
• Added newer documentation
• Support for brightness control
• Support for battery status
• Support for ES2020, as using Chrome 83
• Improved mock.js system
• Better debug logging
• Custom cursor theme option as icon_theme
• Vendors added:
  • material-icons added
• Tab completion for web-greeter command

Changed:

• lightdm-webkit2-greeter name changed to web-greeter
• Webkit2Gtk replaced with PyQtWebEngine
  • Migrated from C to Python
• Man-pages updated
• Updated API usage for LightDM 1.26.0
• lightdm.start_session_sync replaced with lightdm.start_session method
• greeterutil renamed to theme_utils
• config renamed to greeter_config
• lightdm-webkit2-greeter.conf renamed to web-greeter.yml
• Themes are now installed inside /usr/share/web-greeter/themes
• Vendors updated:
  • js-cookie updated
  • fontawesome updated, now in _vendor/fontawesome/
• Previous deprecated methods and properties were removed.

Removed:

• Antergos theme removed
• Vendors removed:
  • jQuery removed, as now we are in 2021
  • moment.js removed. Use Intl
  • Bootstrap removed. Include it in theme if needed.
• time_format config option removed
• Transifex removed, sadly

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2.2.5 ~ 04-24-2017

Fixed:

• Support for webkitgtk 2.16+

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2.2.4 ~ 04-04-2017

Added:

• Support for webkitgtk 2.16+

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2.2.3 ~ 02-18-2017

Changed:

• Revert workaround implemented in v2.2.2 for webkit2gtk 2.14.4+. It remains in place for versions in the 2.14.0 series older than 2.14.4.

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2.2.2 ~ 01-18-2017

Fixed:

• Implement workaround to prevent the web process from crashing in webkit2gtk 2.14.3

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2.2.1 ~ 12-26-2016

Fixed:

• Increased the timeout for the "theme loaded" check to ensure themes are given enough time to load (when running on less powerful systems). (GH #98)
• Fixed issue where users' custom .face image failed to load. (GH #98)

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2.2 ~ 12-18-2016

Added:

• The JavaScript API for themes is now fully documented.
• New Theme Error Recovery System that will alert the user when errors are detected during JavaScript execution and give them the option to to load a fallback theme.
• New config option: secure_mode (enabled by default). When enabled, only local http requests are allowed in themes. All non-local requests will be blocked.
• It is now possible to override the language and format used by the greeter when displaying the current time. See the greeter config file for details.
• A new utility method for getting the current localized time is available to themes.
• Simple theme now has a fade out exit animation.

Changed:

• Switched build systems from Autotools to Meson.
• Updated API usage for LightDM 1.19.2+.
• Updated bundled JS & CSS vendor libs to their latest versions.
• Updated translations with latest changes contributed by the Antergos Community on Transifex.
• Default theme:
  • Buttons and user list-box items received some minor style enhancements.
  • Theme is now compatible with the latest jQuery.
• Simple theme:
  • Removed deprecated HTML4 tags.
  • Improved styles for the input field.

Fixed:

• The ugly default X cursor will no longer be shown after the greeter exits.
• Default theme:
  • The error messages container will now appear correctly (size and position).
  • It is now once again possible to skip straight to password entry by pressing either the spacebar or the enter key.

Removed:

• Removed the Theme Heartbeat system.

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2.1.6 ~ 10-17-2016

Added:

• The greeter is now compatible with LightDM 1.19.2+

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2.1.5 ~ 10-14-2016

Fixed:

• Remove old code related to GDKWindow filters as it is no longer necessary and was actually causing issues with webkitgtk 2.14+.

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2.1.4 ~ 04-27-2016

Added:

• New Theme Heartbeat System to allow the greeter to detect and respond to theme failures.

Changed:

• Updated translations.

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2.1.3 ~ 04-16-2016

Added:

• New Theme Heartbeat System to allow the greeter to detect and respond to theme failures.

Changed:

• Implemented work-around in default theme for a webkit2gtk bug related to localStorage.
• Moved vendor css, js, & font files into new top level _vendor directory for easy access from any theme that needs them.

Fixed:

• Default theme:
  • Fix time format when no value is cached.
  • Fix empty session dropdown when no session is cached.

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2.1.2

• Allow access to right-click context menu when debug mode is enabled in lightdm-webkit2-greeter.conf.
• Add additional debug messages to the default theme to help identify points of failure.
• Fix issue with screen blanking functionality when greeter is used as a lockscreen.

2.1.1

• Fix default theme initialization failure if config file values are missing.

2.1.0

• It is now possible to configure branding including logos and backgrounds in lightdm-webkit2-greeter.conf.
• The GTK+ fade-out on-exit animation was removed in favor of allowing themes to handle the animation with webkit (via javascript) as the latter provides a much nicer effect. See the default antergos theme for an implementation example.
• Themes Javascript API Improvements:
  • Themes can now easily query values from lightdm-webkit2-greeter.conf using the new global "config" object:
    • config.get_str()
    • config.get_num()
    • config.get_bool()
  • A new global object "greeterutil" was added to provide utility functions to themes. Newly added utility functions:
    • greeterutil.dirlist() - List the contents of a directory.
    • greeterutil.text2html() - Escape HTML entities in a string.
  • Themes should now query the config file for the distro logo to use. See the default antergos theme for an implementation example.
• Default theme:
  • Theme is no longer compiled to ES2015 as Webkit2Gtk now supports ES6.
  • The logo can now be configured in lightdm-webkit2-greeter.conf.
  • The background images directory can also be configured in lightdm-webkit2-greeter.conf.
• Several small bug fixes, enhancements, and code cleanup commits also made it into this release.

2.0.0

• Version scheme updated for both the webkit1 and webkit2 greeters as follows:
  • MAJOR.MINOR.UNIQUE_FIXES
    • MAJOR: Denotes a major release. Shared by legacy webkit1 and webkit2 greeters.
    • MINOR: Denotes small changes/fixes. Also shared by webkit 1 and webkit2 greeters.
    • UNIQUE_FIXES: Denotes fixes unique to either the legacy webkit1 or webkit2 greeters.
• Legacy Webkit1 greeter development is officially in maintenance-only mode (bug fixes only).
• Webkit2 greeter supersedes the Webkit1 greeter and is the focus of all new development.
• Completed API including the guest and auto-login functions.
• API is now completely in-line with LightDM API.
• Several functional code improvements.
• Added Exception handling.
• Added man page.
• Default theme:
  • Added translations.
  • Added confirmation dialogue for system actions.
  • Theme's script was completely rewritten in ES6.
  • Use babel to compile ES6->ES5 until webkit catches up.

0.2.3

• Add support for getting the lock_hint from lightdm.
• Default webkit theme is now antergos.
• Code formatting cleanup

0.2.1

• Handle tasks that a WM would normally handle.
• Code clean-up

0.2.0

• Add missing lightdm.set_language function
• Fix compile warnings

0.1.3

• Port from webkitgtk -> webkit2gtk
• Use GTK+ 3.0

0.1.2

• Fix files not being added to tarball
• Don't use AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR in configure.ac

0.1.1

• Update to work with newer LightDM

0.1.0

• Split out into separate module from lightdm