waywallen

Added:

• Automatic playback rules support window exclusions by application ID or title, with wildcard matching.
• Wallpapers can be flipped horizontally, vertically, or both.
• Wallpapers can be hidden from the library and managed from the playlist sheet. #300 by @barrence01
• Optional update checks show a notification badge in the sidebar. #302 by @wehrwolfmann

Improved:

• Thumbnails share animated playback and support configurable decoded-image caching.
• Display controls stay open when switching between displays and canvases.
• Detail actions fold to fit compact layouts.
• Status page labels are translated. #303 by @wehrwolfmann
• Russian translations are updated. #296 by @wehrwolfmann
• The daemon restart button has been removed.

Fixed:

• Pointer leave events are forwarded correctly across shared outputs. #293 by @LostAttractor
• Window size and maximized state are restored correctly, and detail thumbnails reserve space while loading.
• Closed UI processes are reaped instead of remaining as zombie processes.
• QML singleton registration and property bindings work with Qt 6.12.
• AppImage FFmpeg builds include the image demuxers and parsers required for thumbnails.

Improved:

• Wallpaper and Discover details use adaptive sheets on compact layouts.
• Displays page support vertical layout.
• Sidebar content follows navigation drawer expansion.

Fixed:

• Selecting one of exactly two presentation targets no longer selects both. #262
• Displays page open failed due to qml material changes. #291

Added:

• GameMode can trigger configurable automatic playback actions. #280 by @PolisanTheEasyNick

Improved:

• Static image wallpapers release staging memory after publishing.

Fixed:

• Changing wallpapers when displays paused .
• Unable to add wallpapers to playlists. #290

Improved:

• Remote MPRIS artwork is cached locally before being sent to wallpaper renderers. #283 by @CatSema

Fixed:

• Embedded and oversized MPRIS artwork no longer exceeds renderer IPC limits. #282 by @barrence01
• The mouse parallax setting stays in the built-in property section. #274 by @ales-drnz
• The UI no longer fails to load because of stale QML Material cache metadata.