Version History
Version history for Draw on Gnome (and it's previous name - DrawOnYourScreen)
Note: You can also see the version history at the releases page
WORKING !!! v1.4 - Mar, 2025
- Issue #22 - Fixed translations filenames (thanks @carvalhods)
v1.3 - Mar, 2025
- Version 1.3 - only works on GNOMEv48.
- Fixed other session crash when moving or resizing - Issue #17. Both moving
Ctrl+M
and resizingCtrl+X
should work. - Added new translations for pt_BR - thanks @carvalhods !!
- Trademarked 1st instance of GNOME in README and documentation.
v1.2 - Mar, 2025
- Fixed session crash - Issue #17 - thanks to @litemotiv !!!
Note: This is for GNOME v48 only. GNOME v47 and v46 users should use this and the install instructions for that are here
v1.1 - Mar, 2025
- Second set of E.G.O. edits. More to come.
- Name change to Draw-on-Gnome to avoid trademark issues.
- Works with GNOME Versions 46 through 48-rc3. (For GNOME V48 full release see version 1.2.)
Thanks again to everyone involved in the project! 👨💻
v1.0 - March, 2025
GNOMEv48, v47, and v46 versions of Draw On Gnome:
- Set up GNOME version 48 usage.
- Re-branded the tool.
- Name change from DrawOnYourScreen3 to Draw On Gnome.
- Restarted version numbering from 1.
- Fixed and rebuilt translations.
v15.0 - November 2024
GNOMEv47 and v46 version of DOYS:
- Configured JS for backward compatibility with GNOMEv46
- Included arrow tool (thanks to extrememicro!)
- Fixed main palette white issue (thanks to adaschma!)
- Also built separate GNOMEv47 and GNOMEv46 versions available via individual branches (different code)
- Verified functionality of GNOMEv47 (Debian SID - November 2024 using 47.0 and 47.1)
- Verified backward compatibility and functionality of GNOMEv46 (Ubuntu 24.04 and Debian SID)
v14.0 - November 2024
GNOMEv45 version of DOYS:
- Built a v45 version based on v42 plus older commits from DOYS2
- Verified functionality on Fedora 39 and Ubuntu 23.10
- Not backward, or forward, compatible with other GNOME versions.
v13.0 - November 2024
GNOMEv42-v44 version of DOYS3.
- Updated the GNOMEv42 version to incorporate various commits
- Added support for GNOMEv43 and v44
- Verified functionality on GNOMEv42 (Fedora 36 and Ubuntu 22.04), v43 (Debian 12), and v44 (Ubuntu 23.04 and Fedora 38).
November 2024
- daveprowse took over as maintainer
- Decided on 3 separate versions for GNOMEv42-44, v45, and v46-47. 0 They are version 13, 14, and 15 respectively. This catches up the releases and is more easily compatible with E.G.O. versioning rules.
v12.7 - March 2023
- Released version for GNOMEv42
- Temporarily stored on E.G.O. but removed for unknown reason.
v12.2 - April 2022
- Initial Support for GNOME v42
v12 - March 2022
- Removed Intermediate Points (Improved Perfomance)
- Fixed broken stylus/two cursors on Wayland
2022
- zhrexl took over as maintainer
v11.1 - April 2021
- Not to erase the text when pressing "Escape" #60
v11 - February 2021
- GS 40 compatibility (40.beta)
- Gtk4 port (preferences)
- Toggle animations (background, grid and square area)
- Multi-line text elements
- Start a new line with "Enter" (text tool)
- Add "centered" text alignment
- Convenient marks for rotation and stretch transformations
v10 - October 2020
- Fix multi-monitor support #52
v9 - October 2020
- Split the drawing area in several layers (performance)
- Start a new line with "Shift + Enter" (text tool)
v8.1 - October 2020
- Fix unsanitized GType names #46
- Quick free drawings are smoother #45
- Transformations are undoable/redoable
v8 - September 2020
Nothing.
v7 - September 2020
- Can import GIMP palettes.
- Can color SVG images.
- Integrate color picker (GS buit-in or Color Picker extension).
v6.4 - September 2020
- Prepare GS 3.38 compatibility.
- Add tooltips to sub-menu buttons also.
- Fix drawing directory monitoring when it does not exist yet.
- Fix text entry / ibus candidate popup position.
v6.3 - September 2020
- Replace user stylesheet with proper drawing settings
- Multi-palettes
- Possibility to add insertable images from the clipboard
- Image directory is configurable
- Thumbnails in "Open drawing" sub-menu
- Drawings can be directly inserted as an image.
- Add a lot of icons in the menu and the OSD notifications
- Group menu items at the bottom
- Add tooltips to menu buttons
- New "Persistent over toggles' setting #42
v6.2 - August 2020
- Show the text entry when ibusCandidatePopup is used
- Regroup first menu items
- Center grid overlay
- Image shape
- Extend font family choices
- Fix sub-menu scroll view adjustment
v6.1 - June 2020
- Fix empty media-keys settings case #28
- Fix label color in OSD and menu #31
- Fix OSD width
- Fix "Hide panel and dock"
- Small menu on small monitor
- Start a new text line with the
Enter
key #30 - IBus inputs #29 #34
- Non-latin and emoji characters rendered
- GS keyboard is now available to type text
- Grid overlay
- Polygon and polyline shapes
- Move, resize and mirror tools
- Fill rule and text alignment style attributes
- An optional fourth control point for Bézier curves
- Keybinding to toggle modeless/modal #6 #9 #20 #24 #33 (ungrabs keyboard and mouse while drawing remains at the top)
- Attributes are now persistent through drawing mode toggling #27
v6 - March 2020
- GS 3.36 compatibility
v5.1 - March 2020
- Add "Open" and "Save drawing"
- Change some keyboard shortcuts
- Replace "smoothed stroke" preference with
Ctrl
key modifier - Add
space
key modifier to ignore pointer movement #20 - User style is now stored in user data directory (
user.css
) - Customizable square area size #22
v5 - December 2019
- Improve pointer cursor
- Add 3.24 version as supported
- Use maxLevel in line-width OSD
- Small fix with text shape that displayed keybindings
v4.1 - October 2019
- GS 3.34 compatibility
- Create drawing menu on demand
- Allow 0 px line width because stroke lines cannot have color with some transparency
v4 - April 2019
- Add drawing menu
- Add panel indicator
- Prefs to disable indicator and notifications
- Change middle click action
v3 - March 2019
- Fix area container integration #1
- Add persistence
v2 - March 2019
- Add transformations
- Add square area
v1 - March 2019
- Initial release