The latest and greatest 3D panel is ready to use – complete with optimized rendering performance, improved usability, and more! 👀

Drag and drop a 3D (Beta) panel into your layout to check out the changes!

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Added

• Added support for foxglove.PointCloud and foxglove.FrameTransform messages in the 3D (Beta) panel
• Added a disclaimer for the native ROS 2 connection in the Data source dialog
• Added ability to visualize MarkerArray topics in the 3D (Beta) panel when no transform messages are published
• Added measurement tool to the 3D (Beta) panel
• Implemented syncing extensions to a private registry
• Added ability to click a marker to publish a point or pose in the 3D (Beta) panel
• Added URDF support for the 3D (Beta) panel
• Implemented more defaults in the 3D (Beta) panel settings
• Added a context menu when clicking on multiple objects in the 3D (Beta) panel
• Added a button and keyboard shortcut for toggling between 2D and 3D view in the 3D (Beta) panel

Changed

• Replaced missing messages with an error when playing malformed JSON messages
• Made layout sync failure notifications less intrusive

Fixed

• Exposed settings for nav_msgs/Path messages in the 3D (Beta) panel settings
• Fixed issue with Node Playground panel scripts that reference custom datatypes
• Fixed an issue with ROS 2 bag message reading
• Fixed a crash in the 3D (Beta) panel when rendering PoseArrays that grew over time as axes or arrows
• Fixed certain MCAP files from having their message data read out of order
• Fixed a bug where saving changes to a new layout while offline would delete that new layout when going back online

Added

• Added support for bgra8 encoding in the Image panel and 3D (Beta) panel

Changed

• Improved performance in the 3D (Beta) panel
• Improved performance of text markers in the 3D (Beta) panel

Fixed

• Fixed ordering of the Map panel’s settings fields to be more intuitive
• Fixed an issue with dragging panels within a Tab panel’s tab
• Removed visual artifacts when rendering grids and lines in the 3D (Beta) panel
• Removed the global variable UI from the 3D (Beta) panel, as the feature is not yet implemented

Added

• Added support for FlatBuffers as an MCAP encoding
• Implemented the decay setting for PointCloud and LaserScan topics in the 3D (Beta) panel

Changed

• Padded nsec fields with leading zeros in the Raw Messages panel
• Improved handling of MCAP files containing errors on some channels
• Improved 3D (Beta) panel behavior when moving between different display resolutions
• Improved 3D (Beta) panel performance when marker IDs change frequently
• Improved the panel settings UI by showing color input field values as hex values

Fixed

• Fixed incorrect color conversion for LaserScan points in the 3D (Beta) panel
• Fixed 3D (Beta) panel to follow the app color scheme
• Fixed Foxglove WebSocket support for MCAP files with JSON encoded data

The latest iteration of our 3D Panel is available for beta testing! 🥳

Add the new 3D (Beta) panel to your layout, and check out its newly streamlined settings UI in the sidebar's "Panel settings" tab. Enjoy a more seamless visualization and debugging experience, with improved 3D rendering performance and other upgrades.

Added

• Enabled custom panel extensions in the Foxglove web app
• Added a new 3D (Beta) panel, designed largely to improve 3D rendering performance, for user testing
• Added ability to filter by label in the sidebar’s panel settings UI

• [Extension API] Added a dataSourceProfile string to the PanelExtensionContext

Changed

• Made Data source dialog more responsive on smaller screens

Fixed

• Fixed the sample data layout so that clicking the Diagnostics – Summary (ROS) panel correctly updates the existing Diagnostics – Details (ROS) panel
• Fixed an issue where the app would temporarily stop displaying data when panels were hidden or removed from the layout
• Fixed an issue with the Plot panel’s legend not having an updated list of paths whenever a path is added from outside the panel, e.g. a Raw Messages panel
• Fixed issues with native ROS 2 connections by including missing datatypes in the underlying data player

Added

• Added an Indicator panel that allows you to configure a map of values to colors / labels for display
• [Extension API] Added ability to specify which subscribed topics should be preloaded
• Added a Map panel setting for a topic to follow in the viewport
• [Extension API] Added a boolean didSeek value to the RenderState

Changed

• Moved the controls in the URDF panel toolbar into the settings sidebar
• Improved usability of the input fields in the Plot panel
• Changed external links in the Help sidebar to open in a new window instead of replacing the current Foxglove window

Fixed

• Fixed loading data sources with foxglove.FrameTransform messages in the 3D panel
• Fixed app crash when loading a layout with missing extension panels
• Fixed an issue with undraggable panels
• Fixed alignment for the empty loading state in the Map panel

Added

• Added an error indicator for invalid custom tile URLs in the Map panel’s settings
• Added support for images encoded in rgba8 in the Image panel
• Added a callService method to the custom panel extension API

Changed

• Cleaned up topic dropdown and refactored the zoom button for visual consistency in the Image panel
• Updated Node Playground type definitions to include newer Foxglove message schemas from @foxglove/schemas
• Updated ROS 2 native connection's type definitions to include newer Foxglove message schemas from @foxglove/schemas
• Sorted the annotation topics in the Image panel so that camera topics are at the top of the list
• Removed the help icon from the panel toolbar to conserve toolbar space
• Reorganized panel toolbar buttons for improved UX
• Improved performance of the Layouts sidebar with more caching
• Changed sample data exploration to serve the demo bag from our CDN
• Encourage users to get rid of any deprecated Welcome panels in their layouts
• Made it possible to rename node labels in the sidebar's settings UI
• Moved the topic dropdown from the Log panel's toolbar into the sidebar's settings UI and removed the item count from the toolbar
• Moved the topic selector in the Diagnostics – Summary panel into the sidebar’s settings UI
• Moved the topic selector in the Diagnostics – Detail panel into the sidebar’s settings UI
• Hid the settings cog icon in the panel toolbar for panels without settings
• Allowed using http://localhost for custom map tile URLs in the Map panel when using the desktop app

Fixed

• Fixed autocomplete logic for arrays in message path syntax
• Fixed the Raw Message panel from crashing when a user hovers over (u)int64 values within object array fields on messages
• Fixed crash when viewing data with types that reference themselves in the message path input component
• Fixed the Image panel’s zoom to fit and zoom to fill features
• Fixed an issue with keyboard shortcuts in the Image panel
• Fixed desktop app so that clicking "New Window" correctly opens a new app window

Changed

• Improved performance for the Image panel’s zoom functionality
• Disabled the "Experimental bag player" feature by default

Fixed

• Fixed ability to click a marker to view details in the Image panel
• Fixed a crash when parsing Foxglove JSON schemas that contain enums
• Fixed an erroneous empty state in the Image panel

Added

• Added editable title to Plot panel toolbar

Changed

• Increased padding on panel toolbar icons

Added

• Added animation effect when panels enter or exit fullscreen mode

Changed

• Cleaned up extension styling in the app sidebar
• Surfaced an error in the settings sidebar when the Plot panel's "Y min" is greater than its "Y max"

Fixed

• Fixed handling of Protobuf messages containing google.protobuf.Timestamp and google.protobuf.Duration
• Fixed an incorrect error message when an MCAP file contains messages that can't be decoded
• Fixed the 3D panel's pose tool to publish a pose based on the user's first click (start of pose arrow), rather than the second (end of pose arrow)

Changed

• Removed the default folder and file Icons in the settings sidebar

Fixed

• Fixed the issue of redundant toolbars on extension panels
• Fixed y-axis min and max settings for the Plot panel
• Fixed a crash when trying to edit Teleop panel settings