Added
- Added support for rgba color values in the panel settings sidebar
- Added ability to toggle the visibility of nodes in the panel settings sidebar
- Added a 2-point gradient color picker to the panel settings sidebar
Changed
- Formatted the x-axis tick marks in the Plot panel for consistency, to reduce jitter for live-updating data
- Replaced the inline help buttons on panel settings fields with tooltips
- Adjusted light mode background color hierarchy to be more consistent with dark mode styles
- Moved the Rosbridge connection option to the top of the list in the Data source dialog
- Moved the actions buttons in the panel settings sidebar into an action menu
- Improved the link-sharing experience by always attempting to remotely load a URL’s
layoutId from a signed in user’s account
Fixed
- Fixed app from freezing when seeking to the end of a dataset time range
- Fixed panels so that they no longer flash to an empty state when seeking or scrubbing
- Fixed ROS 2 native subscriptions to large message topics
- Fixed a bug where ROS 1 C++ subscribers were unable to connect to topics published by the app
- Fixed a
CameraInfo error in the Image panel when the “Transform markers” setting is enabled
Changed
- Converted Plot panel settings to the new settings sidebar
- Converted 3D panel to new settings sidebar
- Printed datatype along with topic in errors for ROS2 connections
- Improved message path autocomplete suggestions
- Showed panel settings for single panel layouts when opening the settings sidebar
Fixed
- Fixed settings toggle interaction
- Fixed Foxglove publishing for ROS1 C++ subscribers
- Fixed the docs link in the open dialog
- Fixed a crash when trying to visualize a ROS2 topic with a missing message definition
- Fixed handling of the
layoutId URL query param
- Improved React rendering performance
Added
- Display message counts and frequencies for live data sources' subscribed topics in the Data source sidebar
- Implemented a new settings interface for the Map panel
- Implemented a new settings interface for the Image panel
- Implemented a new settings interface for the Publish panel
- Implemented a new settings interface for the Variable Slider panel
- Implemented a new settings interface for the Diagnostics – Summary panel
- Implemented a new settings interface for the Node Playground panel
- Implemented a new settings interface for the 3D panel’s camera settings
Changed
- Allow users to name their nodes in the Node Playground panel without a
/studio_node/ prefix
- Display useful errors for invalid URL formats under the relevant field in the Data source dialog
- Improved bag player to backfill the last message on every topic on seek
Fixed
- Support
NaN and Infinity rosparam values when using a native ROS 1 connection
- Keep the user’s cursor in the proper location while editing node names in the Node Playground panel
- Fixed an issue where creating too many layouts caused the web app to run out of storage space
- Fixed an issue where errors while loading Foxglove data could lead to the app repeatedly requesting the same data
- Fixed the missing marker images in the GeoJSON layers on the Map panel
Added
- Added the concept of optional fields to Foxglove datatype definitions
- Allow users to load URDF files using
.obj meshes into the URDF panel
Changed
- Respect the URL's
layoutId query parameter in the web app, even if no other parameters are specified
- Persist app state across refreshes in the desktop app
Fixed
- Fixed an issue with the spacebar adding unwanted panels
- Fixed an issue with the Plot panel auto-scaling on the y-axis
- Fixed an issue with the Topic Graph panel on startup with a
rosbridge connection
- Fixed a bug where the panel settings menu would close when the Log panel received a new message and scrolled to display it
- Fixed an issue with stale messages being shown in the Raw Messages panel
- Fixed a bug where seeking in large files would occasionally crash
- Fixed an issue with content in the Data source dialog overflowing
- Ensure the panel settings menu is always displayed for built-in and extension panels, even when there are currently no settings available
- Fixed URL state encoding for ROS 1 and ROS 2 players in the web app
Added
- Added links for contacting Foxglove and scheduling a demo to the Data source dialog
- Added basic support for
foxglove.Grid, foxglove.PointCloud, and foxglove.LaserScan messages to the 3D and Node Playground panels, for users with MCAP files or Foxglove WebSocket data sources
Changed
- Allow users to set
ROS_PACKAGE_PATH to the root of their workspace so Foxglove can traverse all subdirectories when resolving package:// urls
Fixed
- Fixed a jumping dropdown menu in the Diagnostic panels
- Fixed publishing to
roscpp subscribers
Added
- Added support for best-effort QoS mode for ROS 2 topics (
sensor_data mode); added support for VLS-128 LIDAR sensors in the Velodyne data source
- Added support for the
/clock topic in ROS 2 data sources; populated MessageEvent.publishTime for ROS 2 and MCAP data sources
- Allow extensions to access
MessageEvent.publishTime for ROS 2 and MCAP data sources
- Properly detect COLLADA (
.dae) mesh markers in the 3D panel if the Content-Type header or data: URL MIME type is set to "model/vnd.collada+xml"
Changed
- Moved information inside the Data Source Info panel into the Data source sidebar once connection is live
- Display a topic warning when
nav_msgs/Path poses have different frame_ids in the 3D panel
- Simplified platform-specific app setup so that users only need one
App component via @foxglove/studio-base
Fixed
- Fixed a bug with calibration data for VLS-128 LIDAR sensors in the 3D panel
- Fixed an issue with calculating start and end times in Foxglove player
- Fixed a bug where
enum fields in Protobuf schemas were not usable via message path syntax
- Fixed ROS 2 native subscriptions to multiple publishers with different QoS profiles
Added
- Added data source descriptions and docs links to the Data source dialog
- Added a
Frame lock setting in a topic settings modal for nav_msgs/OccupancyGrid topics in the 3D panel
- Added support for
geometry_msgs/PoseArray messages and a setting to control geometry_msgs/PoseStamped and geometry_msgs/PoseArray messages' arrow shaft length in the 3D panel
- Added support for loading MCAP files from a remote URL
- Made all built-in types available for use in the Node Playground panel, even when users' data does not contain those types
- Added
velodyne_msgs/VelodyneScan and velodyne_msgs/VelodynePacket to the set of built-in message types
- Added support for
foxglove.FrameTransform messages to the 3D panel, so users with MCAP files or Foxglove WebSocket data sources can build a transform tree graph
- Made current playback time available via the extensions API
- Added support for
foxglove.GeoJSON messages that adds GeoJSON markers to the map in the Map panel, for users with MCAP files or Foxglove WebSocket data sources
- Added support for
foxglove.PoseInFrame, foxglove.PosesInFrame, and foxglove.Color support to the 3D panel, for users with MCAP files or Foxglove WebSocket data sources
Changed
- Improved error messages during MCAP reading to include information about which library produced the file
- Display message order warnings in the Data source sidebar, instead of via toast notifications
- Adjusted shaft length of pose in nuScenes sample data demo
- Improved error messages when attempting to access data from Foxglove when not logged in or logged in to the wrong organization
Fixed
- Include the relevant
package:// URL in the error message when failing to load a resource via a package:// URL
- Fixed a bug in the 3D panel where
sensor_msgs/LaserScan messages with intensities would sometimes not allow coloring by intensity
- Fixed an issue with incorrect updates to the state URL and the Data source dialog's "Recents" list
- Do not display errors when users encounter previously unseen schema/channel combinations while playing data from Foxglove
- Confirmed image annotation dropdown does not jump around between selecting options
- Fixed 3D panel flicker when using the Velodyne connection with a sensor in dual return mode
- Fixed incorrect fetching behavior for remote bag and MCAP file sources, where the app would make HTTP Range requests that were too large and beyond the end of the file
Added
- Added settings for manually configuring line colors in the Plot panel
Changed
- Moved the Plot panel setting for
receive time vs. header stamp ordering into the new settings dialog available per data series
- Layouts will no longer appear modified in the sidebar if they’ve been edited to result in the original configuration data
Fixed
- Fixed an issue where loading a layout with a Plot panel would cause the layout to appear modified immediately
- Fixed an issue with the Table panel collapsing its previously expanded rows when receiving new data
- Removed outdated comment from Node Playground panel’s sidebar
- Fixed an issue where image markers disappeared in the Image panel when switching between topics
Added
- Display the same topics settings used to render
sensor_msgs/PointCloud2 messages for sensor_msgs/LaserScan messages in the 3D panel
- Double-clicking an
.mcap file now opens it in the Foxglove desktop app
Changed
- Show all valid annotation topics in the Image panel's annotations dropdown
- Improved handling of stale authenticated sessions
- Display dashes in the Data Source Info panel if message counts aren't available for a data source
- Display each visible topic in a different color in the Map panel
- Update the Node Playground panel's nodes with generated types as the data source loads new topics and datatypes
- Improve macOS Quick Look preview when displayed in small viewports
- Improve preloading when streaming data from Foxglove
- Correctly visualize a series ordered by header stamp in the Plot panel, regardless of the order of incoming messages
- Fall back to
visualization_msgs/Marker messages' color field in the 3D panel, in the event that the colors array is non-empty but has fewer entries than the points field
- Expire 3D panel markers with lifetimes relative to their header stamp, not receive time; show warning when receiving an expired marker
- Removed requirement for the Node Playground panel's output topics to have a
/studio_node prefix
- Simplified the default layout for exploring sample data
Fixed
- Display
foxglove.LocationFix messages without position_convariance in the Map panel without crashing the panel
- Fixed a crash when hovering or clicking on a negative timestamp in the Plot panel
- Improved double-clicking to select text values in the Raw Messages panel
- Fixed an issue where macOS Quick Look integration displayed an error with certain valid MCAP files
- Fixed an issue with plotting incompletely fetched Foxglove data
- Fixed a display issue with the Plot panel's legend
- Fixed an issue with publishing to multiple subscribers using the latest version of
@foxglove/electron-socket
- Resolved an error in ROS 1 Rosbridge WebSocket connections
- Fixed clicking the upper area of panels with hidden floating toolbars
- Fixed an issue where playing back data from Foxglove would stall
Added
- Add
foxglove.CameraCalibration support to Image panel
- Add
foxglove.ImageAnnotations support to Image panel
- Add built-in types to the Node Playground panel's
Message type
- Add support for loading v0.x MCAP data from Foxglove
- Support wrapping topic names in quotes when using message path syntax
- Support missing object properties in JSON data
Changed
- Improve error reporting for
PointCloud2 messages' x/y/z fields
- Handle deleted layouts better on startup
- Ensure that clicking "Reset" on a crashed panel will clear the error before resetting the panel
- Add better error states to Teleop panel
- Edit copy for the Account tab
- Improved preloading for the Foxglove player
- Improved performance in
zstd decompression
Fixed
- Update
@foxglove/ros2 to fix ROS 2 timestamps
- Clamp time when seeking based on the initial URL state for Foxglove URLs
- Resubscribe when rosbridge connection is re-established
- Clear problems when re-establishing ROS1 connection
- Fix unbounded memory growth in plot panel for new messages
- Fix memory leak of player state from previous players
- Fix playback bar getting stuck in drag mode
- Fix performance issue with large datasets in plots