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Foxglove v0.25.0

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Added

  • Added a Data source dialog to more easily select data sources and view sample datasets
  • Added light mode support for empty panel state
  • Added support for loading and visualizing rosbag2 .db3 files larger than 2GB
  • Added tooltip descriptions for each entry in the panel list
  • Added support for the Plot panel in non-Chrome browsers
  • Added support for the Image panel in non-Chrome browsers
  • Added rgba field support for PointCloud2 in the 3D panel

Changed

  • Changed the Plot panel's tooltip to show all values under a series label when hovering on multiple values within a series
  • Improved ImageMarker handling
  • Improved handling of deep links in fresh browser sessions
  • Made applicable controls in the Preferences sidebar into dropdown menus
  • Improved handling of point cloud render errors
  • Changed URDF errors to surface as toast notifications instead of full-screen error dialogs
  • Reordered 3D panel's toolbar items and changed transform control dropdown menu to always be visible
  • Avoided displaying a hint for unsupported package:// URLs in the web app
  • Enabled better performance when rendering complex scenes, especially in the 3D panel
  • Avoided displaying "Your active layout was deleted" when users delete the current layout themselves
  • Split the existing "Open Connection" menu item in the desktop app's File menu into 3 items: "Open File", "Open Remote File", "Open Connection"
  • Removed the Welcome layout from the desktop app's Help menu
  • Changed 3D panel to remember a user's previously selected follow frame, even as they toggle through follow modes
  • Removed support for LinedConvexHulls in the 3D panel
  • Improved visibility for point clouds colored with "Turbo" and changed pose markers to purple in the 3D panel
  • Improved the display of low frequency markers and transforms in the 3D panel by reading messages several seconds before the playhead when seeking
  • Made usability improvements to the 3D panel’s follow control
  • Reduced memory usage of the empty app at startup

Fixed

  • Deselected the active layout when remotely deleted within another session
  • Omitted the time URL parameter for non-seekable datasources
  • Fixed a bug where the Foxglove WebSocket connection would stop displaying data if topics disappeared and re-appeared on the server
  • Fixed URL state encoding for Foxglove WebSocket connections
  • Fixed pose handling for OccupancyGrid messages
  • Fixed app crash when when adding a Publish panel while connected to a Foxglove WebSocket data source
  • Correctly updated the URL state for data sources that support URL state, and correctly cleared the URL state for data sources that do not support URL state
  • Ensured that infrequently published transforms no longer expire, and that transforms are never used ahead of their publish time
  • Fixed app crash when encountering incomplete Tab panel configs
  • Fixed unselectable color modes in point cloud settings editor
  • Fixed errors when loading certain Draco-compressed .glb meshes
  • Fixed loading of more .urdf, .xacro, and COLLADA (.dae) files
  • Fixed a bug where renaming a layout would not take effect when signed in across multiple devices
  • Fixed interaction so that pressing cmd + n number in the web app properly changes you to your nth browser tab
  • Fixed user nodes to be initialized with the latest globalVariables values
  • Displayed the disabled reason for a connection once, rather than twice
  • Fixed renderables that are not frame-locked (point clouds, occupancy grids, markers with frame_locked=false) to remain at their original position in the root frame in the 3D panel
  • Fixed URDF viewer to correctly parse .xacro files containing comments
  • Kept help text in the Data sources sidebar, even when a data source is reconnecting
  • Fixed lines connecting child and parent frames in the 3D panel to be more accurate for long distances
  • Fixed fetching mesh markers for non-200 but successful HTTP responses
  • Avoided filling in the follow control icon when not following a frame in the 3D panel
  • Fixed the Data Source Info panel to correctly display datatypes
  • Fixed LaserScan poses when rendering a different frame; added support for visualizing intensities[] values
  • Fixed the color of a difficult-to-read link in the web app
  • Fixed drag-and-drop functionality in Firefox
  • Fixed panel list from scrolling behind the input field in the panel settings' "Change panel" submenu