This release contains minor performance improvements.

Performance

• Improvements to memory consumption in the stream service and the inbox listener

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Added

• Added the ability to search for message fields in the Topics sidebar, and drag & drop fields onto panels to visualize them – currently supported for Raw Messages, Image, Plot, State Transitions, and Table panels
• Added support for CDR-encoded messages that use XCDR1 encapsulation kinds
• Added support for omgidl schemas that use enumerator overrides and unions

Changed

• Moved data generation for Plot panels to a Web Worker to reduce plot generation memory usage
• Allow arbitrary precision in number inputs in settings fields
• Changed "Rotation offset" fields in the 3D panel’s “Transforms” settings to compose with the original rotation, vs adding to it

Added

• Added a Call Service panel to call services and view results
• Added the current data source’s date to the playback bar
• Added settings for x-axis min, max, and range to the State Transitions panel
• Added support for the omgidl schema encoding to Foxglove WebSocket connections

Changed

• Improved performance and memory usage when loading large messages in the State Transitions panel
• Improved language localization support for menus in the desktop app

Fixed

• Fixed buffering not stopping when buffer is full
• Fixed incomplete loading of large datasets in the Plot panel

Added

• Added font settings for the Raw Messages panel
• Added support for raw images' step value in the 3D panel

Changed

• Improved warning message for empty MCAP files

Fixed

• Fixed desktop app crash on certain Linux machines
• Fixed an issue with the Publish panel's data resetting on load

Added

• Added support for extensible DDS-types in XCDR2 cdr messages using omgidl schemas

Changed

• Improved performance when editing message paths with long autocomplete lists
• Changed playback behavior to pause and buffer a fixed amount of time (1 second by default) before resuming for a smoother playback experience

Fixed

• Fixed an issue where trying to switch layouts would sometimes produce a 404 error
• Fixed the sample layout to plot IMU by receive time
• Fixed an issue with transforms edits being cleared from the 3D panel when seeking backwards
• Fixed an issue with rendering plots with an indexed x-axis in the Plot panel

Added

• Added support for loading URDFs from a topic in the 3D panel
• Added Image panel settings to support mapping mono16 image values to built-in colormaps or custom gradients
• Added a fallback color setting for URDFs loaded into the 3D panel without color information

Changed

• Made panel settings’ color inputs more flexible and accept different hex string variations
• Improved interactivity when editing message paths in the Plot panel
• Added references to @foxglove/schemas in the User Scripts panel’s templates and examples
• Improved performance of Raw Messages panel when editing the message path

Fixed

• When Foxglove admins invite new users, the emails now point to the appropriate Foxglove organization; signed in users belonging to other organizations will be prompted to switch organizations
• Fixed an issue with messages from a previous connection influencing the current connection’s visualizations

Added

• Added options to import or export the current layout using the app’s View menu

Changed

• Signing in via the desktop app when already signed in via the browser will log the user into the appropriate Foxglove organization
• Performance improvements for Foxglove WebSocket connections
• Removed 3D panel support for adding URDFs as custom layers using param:// URLs
• Performance improvements for the Plot panel

Fixed

• Fixed the User Scripts panel to autosave the current script when the user navigates away, e.g. switching layout tabs
• Fixed image flickering in adjacent Image panels
• Fixed the rendering of map points with a NO_FIX status
• Fixed opening too many windows when viewing docs via the desktop app's Help menu
• Fixed an issue with Plot panels not updating when global variables change
• Fixed ros2idl Time and Duration schemas to be compatible with the Foxglove time type {sec, nsec}
• Fixed a bug where clicking “Seek forward" on the timeline incorrectly resumed playback after seeking
• Fixed an issue with rendering vertex-colored triangle meshes in the 3D panel
• Fixed a bug where adjusting point cloud settings created copies of the point cloud in the 3D panel
• Fixed an issue with the ordering of state transitions when zooming out in the State Transitions panel
• Fixed unintuitive behavior around expanding and collapsing a single node in the Raw Messages panel

Added

• Added the ability to access @foxglove/schema definitions in the User Scripts panel
• Added support for specifying a default layout in the Foxglove Docker image
• Added the ability to duplicate and rename custom URDF layers in the 3D panel

Fixed

• Fixed text copying from the datasource name in the app top bar
• Fixed a bug where unchecking the "Remember my preference" button would close the launch settings dialog and open a browser window
• Fixed an issue with the State Transitions panel’s zooming behavior

Added

• Added support for fetching assets with package:// URLs for the 3D panel via a Foxglove WebSocket connection
• Added support for specifying param:// URLs and frame prefixes when adding URDFs as custom layers in the 3D panel
• Added support for displaying URDF collisions in the 3D panel
• Added support for omgidl-encoded schemas for cdr-encoded messages
• Added raw image encoding yuv422_yuy2 as an alias for yuyv in the 3D and Image panels
• Added support for the rational_polynomial model with calibration parameters $k_4$, $k_5$, $k_6$ in the 3D and Image panels

Fixed

• Fixed issues with clicking on individual LaserScan message points in the 3D panel
• Fixed issues with clicking on PointCloud and LaserScan messages with a decay time in the 3D panel
• Fixed inaccurate rendering of LaserScan messages with a decay time in the 3D panel
• Fixed an issue with inaccurate index-based x-axis plots in the Plot panel
• Renamed raw image encoding uyuv to uyvy for accuracy in the 3D and Image panels
• Fixed issues with camera distortion correction in the 3D and Image panels
• Fixed the ordering of values in Plot panel legends with disabled series
• Fixed the default display of markers with a "Show outline" setting in the 3D panel

Known issue

• This release of the desktop app crashes on launch. Use 1.61.1 instead.

Changed

• Avoid re-computing messages in the User Scripts panel when global variables change
• Improved selection of thin scale_invariant LinePrimitive markers in the 3D panel

Fixed

• Fixed various parsing issues with FlatBuffers messages