v3.0.0-alpha3 - New Overlay

This is the alpha release of new overlay code to resolve issues with the old method (Issue 20 & Issue 27.

The method used is very different to the old one, and the effect needs to be tuned differently. More work needs to be done, but the extension is now usable and I am now running it in this form myself.

Known Issues

• Frame drops while changing the overlay colour while it is active
• Also, flickering when changing hot
• When running in the embedded test environment, rendering problems happen leading to the mouse trailing
• The alpha slider has a different impact curve than with the old overlay
• Alpha cap no longer works
• New colour picker is clunky
• Design so different will need to capture feedback
• Overlay only applies to main monitor if activated when not in activities view. if in activities view, the overlay applies to all monitors

Planned changes

• Move colour selection to extension settings with a colour selector widget, showing a preview
• Expand preferences page to have an about dialog and link to capture feedback
• New alpha cap function

Installation

To install this release, download the source and run make install from the terminal or use the package file (colortint@matt.serverus.co.uk.zip) and manually copy to the extensions directory.

Updating

Please note: You will not receive automatic updates.
You will need to check for updates on the Releases page and manually install updated versions. Using the make install command will do the trick as above. The next release will be v3.0.0-alpha-4.

Uninstallation

To remove this version of the extension so you can download the main release:

• delete the folder ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/colortint@matt.serverus.co.uk
• log out of and log back into your GNOME session
• Install from the GNOME Extensions Website as normal

3.0.0-alpha-2 - New Overlay Branch

Deprecated > Use Next Version
This is an alpha release of new overlay code to resolve issues with the old method (Issue 20 & Issue 27.

The method used is very different to the old one, and the effect needs to be tuned differently. More work needs to be done, but the extension is now usable and I am now running it in this form myself.

Known Issues

• Frame drops while changing the overlay colour while it is active
• Also, flickering when changing hot
• When running in the embedded test environment, rendering problems happen leading to the mouse trailing
• The alpha slider has a different impact curve than with the old overlay
• Alpha cap no longer works

Planned changes

• Move colour selection to extension settings with a colour selector widget, showing a preview

Installation

To install this release, download the source and run make install from the terminal or use the package file (colortint@matt.serverus.co.uk.zip) and manually copy to the extensions directory.

Updating

Please note: You will not receive automatic updates.
You will need to check for updates on the Releases page and manually install updated versions. Using the make install command will do the trick as above. The next release will be v3.0.1-alpha.

Uninstallation

To remove this version of the extension so you can download the main release:

• delete the folder ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/colortint@matt.serverus.co.uk
• log out of and log back into your GNOME session
• Install from the GNOME Extensions Website as normal

3.0.0-alpha-1 - New Overlay Branch

Deprecated > Use Next Version

This is the first alpha release of new overlay code to resolve issues with the old method (Issue 20 & Issue 27.

The method used is very different to the old one, and the effect needs to be tuned differently. More work needs to be done, but the extension is now usable and I am now running it in this form myself.

Known Issues

• Frame drops while changing the overlay colour while it is active
• When running in the embedded test environment, rendering problems happen leading to the mouse trailing
• The alpha slider has a different impact curve than with the old overlay

Planned changes

• Move colour selection to extension settings with a colour selector widget, showing a preview

Installation

To install this release, download the source and run make install from the terminal or use the package file (colortint@matt.serverus.co.uk.zip) and manually copy to the extensions directory.

Updating

Please note: You will not receive automatic updates.
You will need to check for updates on the Releases page and manually install updated versions. Using the make install command will do the trick as above. The next release will be v3.0.1-alpha.

Uninstallation

To remove this version of the extension so you can download the main release:

• delete the folder ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/colortint@matt.serverus.co.uk
• log out of and log back into your GNOME session
• Install from the GNOME Extensions Website as normal

2.3.7- Alpha Cap and Repairing Autostart

2.3.7 - 2024-08-09

Added

• Maximum alpha option to prevent making the overlay opaque (Fixing Issue 13)

Fixed

• Removed broken fix from 2.3.6, it didn't work (Failing to fix Issue 27)
• Repaired show overlay on start functionality (Fixing Issue 29)

v2.3.6-rc1 - Fixing Overlay Over Fullscreen Issue

fixed fullscreen overlay problem

GNOME 46 Support

v2.3.4

Merge branch 'develop'

2.3.2: GNOME 45 Support

No feature changes, but ported to GNOME 45.

2.3.2 RC2: GNOME 45 Support

Responds to GNOME Extensions site feedback

2.3.2 RC1: GNOME 45 Support

Ports to GNOME 45. Submitted to EGO for review

2.3.1: GNOME 44 Support

This release adds support for GNOME 44