Our engineers spent the week on an expedition deep into our chart rendering code. I think we could call it a success! Somehow, they managed to also build a few shiny new features at the same time...

Added​

• New Map panel
• New Topic Graph panel
• New grid layer in the 3D panel
• Ability to customize the 3D panel background with ColorRGBA messages
• Support for loading 3D panel TFs from any topic
• Node Playground can now learn TFs from MarkerArray messages
• Support for ROS topics that don't start with /
• New time zone setting
• UI to opt out of telemetry & crash reporting

Changed​

• Way better Plot panel performance
• Use /clock for currentTime if available on native ROS connections
• Improved topic selector UX in the Image panel
• Better error messages for remote bags

Fixed​

• Fixed app crash on some Windows machines due to off screen font loading
• Fixed dragging panels from the Add Panel menu
• Fixed 3D panel breaking after reconnecting an external display
• Fixed click-to-seek functionality in Plot panel
• Inform ROS master when unsubscribing from a topic
• Node Playground was broken due to loading wasm from shared workers
• Fixed silent getUserDefault error on non-macOS platforms
• Fixed automatically inferred transforms for some point clouds
• Fixed "split panel" action for panels with no config

Internals​

• New high-performance lazy ROS message parser
• Fixed an issue with hot reloading icons
• Moved default panel configuration into each panel
• Updated sample-robot-docker to work on macOS
• Better capturing of errors from shared workers
• Upgraded electron, fixing several issues including missing source maps
• Fixed storybook delays
• Automatically merge dependabot updates
• Split app/util/hooks.tsx into separate files
• Added Windows git checkout to CI
• Replace PopperJS with FluentUI tooltips
• Added logging support to @foxglove/ros1
• Replaced custom Dimensions component with react-resize-detector
• Fixed wasm-bz2 unit tests on Windows
• Fixed many @typescript-eslint/strict-boolean-expressions and missing return types
• Added typescript-plugin-styled-components for improved CSS class names
• Added release tracking to Sentry error reports

Our robots have been hard at work attempting to press buttons on keyboards, and it appears to have resulted in new features.

Added​

• We can now render raw Velodyne point clouds (velodyne_msgs/VelodyneScan messages from /velodyne_packets topic) in Foxglove, without them needing to be converted into sensor_msgs/PointCloud2. This makes it possible to visualize point clouds from additional open source datasets such as the Udacity Self Driving Car dataset.
• Support for unpublished transforms referenced in point clouds, and transforms with missing parents
• Support for all sensor_msgs/PointCloud2 field data types
• Support for older style tf/tfMessage transforms
• Added a "repeat" toggle to enable/disable repeat during bag playback
• Added new telemetry.crashReportingEnabled preference

Changed​

• Automatic x-axis sync in Plot and State Transition panels
• Integrated @fluentui/react component library, with some minor icon other UI changes
• Auto-hide menu bar on Linux and Windows
• Remember last URL for ROS and bag connections

Fixed​

• Fixed several issues with Node Playground
• Fixed native file system integration (double click to open bag)
• Fixed errors attempting to publish to empty topics
• Fixed support for bags with unaligned Float32Array
• Minor improvements to how we handle some errors
• Cleaned up menu warnings in the developer console

Internals​

• New @foxglove/velodyne-cloud package for working with raw Velodyne packets in TypeScript
• New @foxglove/log package
• Upgraded chart.js to v3, moved off a custom fork, and rewrote most of the Plot and State Transitions panels in the process
• Upgraded react-mosaic-component and moved off a custom fork
• Replaced react-spring with react-transition-group

Happy release day! We're excited to bring you a selection of new treats:

Added​

• Native ROS 1 connection support! You can now connect directly to a running rosmaster, without needing to run the rosbridge_server websocket node (which is still fully supported).
• Better timestamp formatting in the 3D panel
• Hid the playback bar when connected to a live robot
• Moved Electron Developer Tools under View -> Advanced menu
• Added support for nav_msgs/Path
• Added telemetry (opt-out available in settings.json)

Changed​

• Opening bags compressed with bz2 is at least 2x faster
• Improvements to keyboard shortcuts and undo/redo handling
• Always use dark mode if the OS supports it, to match our app theme
• Keep layout menu open after deleting a layout
• Renamed WebSocket to Rosbridge in the UI
• Lots more refactoring and improvements under the hood!

Fixed​

• Many improvements to error handling around new connections
• Fixed bug when displaying unknown panels
• Fixed markers not being properly deselected
• Fixed table color inheritance

Removed​

• Removed the 2D Plot panel. This had overlapping features with the existing Plot panel (not to mention a confusing name), and we plan to merge their features.

It's that time of the week again! Here's what we've been working on:

Added​

• Layout management! No longer are you constrained to a single layout. You can now save multiple layouts for different purposes, and easily switch between them. You can also import/export layouts as json files to share with friends.
• New Welcome layout and panel, explaining how to get started with Foxglove.

Fixed​

• Fixed various issues regarding missing tf frames, preventing prominent open source bags from loading in the 3D panel

Removed​

• We removed the Note panel. We plan to investigate better ways of annotating layouts.

Just some small quality of life changes.

Changed​

• macOS builds are now universal binaries

Fixed​

• Windows automatic updates should now be working

Happy Monday! Here are some new features and tweaks for your enjoyment...

Added​

• Windows builds are now available! Try them out and send us your feedback.
• Added file association support (double click to open .bag files in Foxglove)

Changed​

• Improved Experimental Features dialog
• UX improvements to showing/hiding menus

Removed​

• Removed vim support in Node Playground editor

Fixed​

• Fixed incorrect rendering of special characters

Note: v0.1.3 was removed, as it contained a bug loading bag files. This has now been fixed. Sorry for the interruption!