Workrave Files

Workrave 1.11.0 has been released. This is the first stable release of the 1.11 series, the result of more than four years of alpha, beta, and release candidate development.

Changes since Workrave 1.10.54

• Highlights:
• You can now change the operation mode for a limited amount of time (#98, [#305])
• Workrave can automatically change the operation mode based on Windows Focus Assist (#255, [#226])
• High DPI support on both Windows (#650, Charlie Lin) and Xorg
• Several new sounds contributed by Phil Dibbs
• The Windows version is now 64 bit, with a modern Windows 11 UI theme
• Modern desktop integration on Linux: StatusNotifierItem tray icons and a redesigned GNOME Shell extension supporting GNOME Shell 50, Wayland (experimental), and high-DPI/fractional scaling
• An auto-update feature for Windows
• ARM64 Windows support, including keyboard/mouse locking
• The Workrave networking functionality was removed
• The legacy Windows DeskBand/taskbar applet was removed
• New features and improvements:
• Workrave now follows the XDG Base Directory specification (#192)
• A dark UI theme on Windows now follows the OS dark/light mode setting (#214, [#529])
• The default sound theme was changed to the "Subtle" theme (#362)
• It is no longer required to accept the GPL license on installation on Windows (#648)
• The Windows installer now asks whether to install Workrave per-user or system-wide
• The D-Bus utility (gdbus) is no longer installed by default by the installer
• Added examples of usage with swaybar (#597, J. J. Ramsey)
• Ported the Workrave Python scripts for waybar, Yambar, etc. to dasbus (#557-#563, [#627], J. J. Ramsey)
• Allow Workrave to ignore idle inhibitors if possible (#596, J. J. Ramsey)
• A portable version is now available for Windows and Linux
• Desktop integration:
• Support for the StatusNotifierItem protocol (#447)
• The redesigned GNOME Shell extension supports GNOME Shell 50 and fixes several extension issues beyond the support already available in Workrave 1.10 (#396, #582, #661)
• Added DPI scaling support for the GNOME Shell extension on Xorg, and fixed Wayland detection
• Use the GNOME Shell extension to display prelude windows (#621)
• Added Cinnamon applet support with GTK 4 (#487)
• Fixed Wayland activity monitoring on KDE, and improved layer-shell support on other Wayland compositors
• Handle the screen lock shortcut during breaks under Xorg
• Enable application autostart across all Linux desktop managers (#548, Jon Petrissans)
• Notable bug fixes (spanning the full 1.11 development cycle):
• Fixed crash when a monitor is powered off (#606)
• Fixed an empty AppIndicator menu (#556, [#614], wojnilowicz)
• Fixed the tray icon not appearing on waybar, swaybar, or wf-shell (#555, [#613], wojnilowicz)
• Fixed the status window showing when Sway reloads despite being disabled (#612, [#615], wojnilowicz)
• Fixed the Rest Break window appearing in the top left corner in "No Lock" mode (#663, [#664], ValdikSS)
• Fixed a crash on wlroots compositors when a break starts (#550, [#552], [#553], [#554], Kirill Primak)
• Fixed high DPI fractional scaling on Windows
• Fixed the application icon on Linux
• Fixed DPI scaling with multiple monitors (#308, [#315])
• Prevented state and daily-statistics data loss by saving files atomically
• Fixed focus changing unexpectedly after a break warning
• Fixed the main window reopening after the screen was unlocked
• Fixed the Rest Break window opening below other Workrave windows
• Fixed exercises not always appearing on the primary monitor
• Fixed issues that prevented sounds or the status window from being disabled (#443, [#444])
• Fixed Windows language selection, special characters in the tray menu, and unselectable menu items
• Improved hibernate/suspend handling (#539, [#540])
• Translations:
• Added Georgian translation (#669, NorwayFun)
• Created and maintained the Tamil translation (#498, [#579], [#581], TamilNeram)
• Simplified Chinese: complete overhaul (#385, [#391], sr093906) and further updates (#645, Sisyphe42)
• Updated Indonesian translation (#560, [#653], Andika Triwidada)
• Updated Italian translation (#359, [#403], [#489], [#490], [#496], albanobattistella)
• Updated Polish translation (#423, [#465], [#484], ChuckMichael, Hanna Kraska)
• Updated French translation (#545, WedoneOfficiel; fix [#656])
• Updated Brazilian Portuguese translation (#512, Paulo Haddad Martim)
• Updated Dutch translation (#437, WKobes) and fixed several strings
• Updated Hebrew translation (#361, Omer I.S.)
• Updated Persian translation (#358, MSKF)
• Updated Catalan translation (#338, Jordi Mallach)
• Updated Spanish translation (#494, Cristian Martínez)