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• Support for unpublished transforms referenced in point clouds, and transforms with missing parents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!