180 posts tagged with "Foxglove"

Added

• Added a grid display of available panels when the layout is empty
• Added support for ROS_PACKAGE_PATH values with multiple paths

Changed

• Changed seek behavior to play all messages until the desired seek time (vs. jump seeking), achieving the same visualization results as playing the data source
• Improved rendering of data source timestamps in narrow views
• Improved usability for Diagnostics – Detail panel
• Removed panel name from panel toolbars
• Used consistent title case for the Data Source Info panel’s table headers

Fixed

• Fixed panel extension API to unsubscribe from all topics when subscribe is provided an empty topic list
• Fixed an autocomplete regression in the Raw Messages panel
• Fixed Plot panel panning
• Fixed an issue with the Data source dialog failing to close when a data source is successfully opened
• Fixed an issue with the data source when loading a remote data source via URL
• Fixed an orientation issue when rendering cube and sphere lists in the 3D panel

Added

• Added ability to toggle error details in the ErrorBoundary component and to click quick action buttons to "Dismiss", "Reset" and "Remove Panel"
• Added selectable markers for the Image panel, analogous to the interactive markers in the 3D panel
• Added tooltip thumbnail images to every panel in the panel list
• Added a desktop app preference to "Automatically install updates"
• Added rotation and horizontal / vertical mirroring to the Image panel
• Added native ROS 2 connection support for subscribing to topics with volatile durability

Changed

• Widened columns in Data Source Info panel and allowed column resizing
• Defaulted markers without a frame_id to the (empty) frame when rendering
• Improved hover interaction of hiding and showing toolbars in Tab panels
• Displayed a detailed and actionable error message when failing to load a remote url from a server
• Changed the tooltip for the panel toolbar's cog icon from "Panel settings" to "More"
• Removed the duplicate fullscreen entry from each panel toolbar's dropdown menu
• Hid the State Transitions panel's add button when the panel isn't hovered to prevent it from overlapping with the chart
• Surfaced native ROS 2 message deserialization errors and fixed a bug decoding message headers in the ROS 2 native connector
• Improved message path autocomplete behavior

Fixed

• Fixed a bug where the URL bar flickered and removed/added the data source when loading a data source via url
• Fixed a bug where extension panels rendered incorrect data when the user loaded a new data source
• Fixed 3D panel to hide any internal implementation fields when displaying information for a selected marker
• Fixed ability to read foxglove_msgs/ImageMarkerArray messages from ROS 2 .db3 files
• Fixed 3D panel to not render markers with future timestamps or expired lifetimes
• Fixed duration values in the sidebar's Data source tab and the Data Source Info panel to conform to the application's time format setting
• Fixed the duplicate .bag item in the Data source dialog's "Open local file" option text
• Fixed a zoom issue in the State Transitions panel
• Fixed the Map panel to show the corresponding location when a user hovers over the playback bar, even when playback is paused
• Fixed bounds jitter on synced Plot panels
• Fixed parameter updating so that native ROS 1 connection users will receive parameter updates when connected to a remote machine
• Fixed an issue with the hotkey overlay in Tab panels
• Fixed the Node Playground panel to correctly update when a new ros library is generated
• Fixed reading of truncated PX4 ULog files
• Fixed invalid query params in the Slack and docs links

Happy new year! Check out our much improved sample data - we think it better demonstrates the power of Foxglove.

Added

• Added nuScenes sample data and layout
• Added support for changing playback speed for Foxglove data
• Added support for multiple Foxglove processes in native ROS 1 and 2 data sources

Changed

• Improved ROS 1 error handling
• Made performance improvements when loading remote files
• Prevented zooming below a threshold in Image Panel to avoid getting "lost in space"
• Changed Plot panel tooltips to only show a single value + overflow message
• Avoided deselecting a panel on second click when the settings are open
• Made reselecting the same panel type a no-op
• Rendered small points as rectangles in the Image panel for better performance
• Removed zoom in instructions from the Plot panel tooltip's overflow message
• Improved error message when failing to load mesh markers

Fixed

• Fixed the Data source dialog's height
• Queued ROS 1 advertise requests until ROS 1 node is ready
• Fixed follow mode in orthographic mode so the camera no longer wobbles
• Fixed setting publishers before getting topics in the ROS 1 player
• Fixed rendering mesh resource markers referencing ASCII STL files in the 3D panel
• Fixed rosbag initialization errors not showing to the user
• Fixed Image panel from flickering during zoom
• Fixed PointCloud2s' rgb and rgba fields when is_bigendian = false
• Fixed the Data source dialog's recent connections list for new users
• Fixed transform loading from URDF robot models in the 3D panel

Added

• Added a “Show on startup" checkbox to the Data source dialog
• Added support for publishing Docker images for each major.minor and major.minor.patch release to the GitHub Container registry
• Added dragged-and-dropped local files to the Data source dialog's "Recents" list
• Added support for opening rosbag2 files recorded with WAL journaling mode

Changed

• Removed the obsolete ROS_HOSTNAME setting from app Preferences
• Removed feature flag for Data source dialog flow
• Changed Data source dialog to avoid displaying duplicate entries in the "Recents" list

Fixed

• Fixed issue in Data source dialog where clicking "Open file" after having cancelled a previous attempt did not re-open the file dialog as expected
• Fixed the Image panel’s empty state to not display a stale image
• Fixed issue where double-clicking a .bag file without any active Foxglove windows open would not correctly open the file in a new Foxglove window
• Fixed handling of launch preference changes in an active session
• Fixed the 3D panel's follow behavior

Happy holidays! 🎄 We've got a jam-packed release for you...

Added

• Added a Data source dialog to more easily select data sources and view sample datasets
• Added light mode support for empty panel state
• Added support for loading and visualizing rosbag2 .db3 files larger than 2GB
• Added tooltip descriptions for each entry in the panel list
• Added support for the Plot panel in non-Chrome browsers
• Added support for the Image panel in non-Chrome browsers
• Added rgba field support for PointCloud2 in the 3D panel

Changed

• Changed the Plot panel's tooltip to show all values under a series label when hovering on multiple values within a series
• Improved ImageMarker handling
• Improved handling of deep links in fresh browser sessions
• Made applicable controls in the Preferences sidebar into dropdown menus
• Improved handling of point cloud render errors
• Changed URDF errors to surface as toast notifications instead of full-screen error dialogs
• Reordered 3D panel's toolbar items and changed transform control dropdown menu to always be visible
• Avoided displaying a hint for unsupported package:// URLs in the web app
• Enabled better performance when rendering complex scenes, especially in the 3D panel
• Avoided displaying "Your active layout was deleted" when users delete the current layout themselves
• Split the existing "Open Connection" menu item in the desktop app's File menu into 3 items: "Open File", "Open Remote File", "Open Connection"
• Removed the Welcome layout from the desktop app's Help menu
• Changed 3D panel to remember a user's previously selected follow frame, even as they toggle through follow modes
• Removed support for LinedConvexHulls in the 3D panel
• Improved visibility for point clouds colored with "Turbo" and changed pose markers to purple in the 3D panel
• Improved the display of low frequency markers and transforms in the 3D panel by reading messages several seconds before the playhead when seeking
• Made usability improvements to the 3D panel’s follow control
• Reduced memory usage of the empty app at startup

Fixed

• Deselected the active layout when remotely deleted within another session
• Omitted the time URL parameter for non-seekable datasources
• Fixed a bug where the Foxglove WebSocket connection would stop displaying data if topics disappeared and re-appeared on the server
• Fixed URL state encoding for Foxglove WebSocket connections
• Fixed pose handling for OccupancyGrid messages
• Fixed app crash when when adding a Publish panel while connected to a Foxglove WebSocket data source
• Correctly updated the URL state for data sources that support URL state, and correctly cleared the URL state for data sources that do not support URL state
• Ensured that infrequently published transforms no longer expire, and that transforms are never used ahead of their publish time
• Fixed app crash when encountering incomplete Tab panel configs
• Fixed unselectable color modes in point cloud settings editor
• Fixed errors when loading certain Draco-compressed .glb meshes
• Fixed loading of more .urdf, .xacro, and COLLADA (.dae) files
• Fixed a bug where renaming a layout would not take effect when signed in across multiple devices
• Fixed interaction so that pressing cmd + n number in the web app properly changes you to your nth browser tab
• Fixed user nodes to be initialized with the latest globalVariables values
• Displayed the disabled reason for a connection once, rather than twice
• Fixed renderables that are not frame-locked (point clouds, occupancy grids, markers with frame_locked=false) to remain at their original position in the root frame in the 3D panel
• Fixed URDF viewer to correctly parse .xacro files containing comments
• Kept help text in the Data sources sidebar, even when a data source is reconnecting
• Fixed lines connecting child and parent frames in the 3D panel to be more accurate for long distances
• Fixed fetching mesh markers for non-200 but successful HTTP responses
• Avoided filling in the follow control icon when not following a frame in the 3D panel
• Fixed the Data Source Info panel to correctly display datatypes
• Fixed LaserScan poses when rendering a different frame; added support for visualizing intensities[] values
• Fixed the color of a difficult-to-read link in the web app
• Fixed drag-and-drop functionality in Firefox
• Fixed panel list from scrolling behind the input field in the panel settings' "Change panel" submenu

We're excited to introduce the new Foxglove WebSocket protocol, which allows you to load and visualize your custom (non-ROS) data inside Foxglove!

Added

• Added Foxglove WebSocket data source
• Added dark theme for Quick Look previews
• Added app version in Help sidebar

Changed

• Changed Image panel behavior to automatically select an available image topic when opened as a new panel
• Changed ImageMarker colors to use [0,1] range, consistent with Marker

Fixed

• Avoided storing recent files in indexeddb
• Loaded last used layout, if no layout was specified in the app URL

Added

• Added a setParameter method to the extensions API
• Added support for basic datatypes to the Node Playground panel, even when they are not present in the data source
• Added backwards compatibility to deep-linking URLs, to support both legacy foxglove:// and new ds.* URLs
• Added support for dragging and dropping folders – ROS 1 and PX4 currently open the first valid file, while ROS 2 opens multiple files

Changed

• Removed DEPRECATED__ros support from the Node Playground
• Allowed incoming /tf messages to reparent an existing parent-child frame connection
• Allowed 3D panel scene to be set to a non-root frame – to render objects when transforms to the root frame are missing, and to fix precision issues when coordinate frames are far from the root frame
• Reorganized desktop app's menu items across the File, Edit, and View menus
• Changed "ROS 2 Bag (local)" data source to use the Open File, not Open Folder, dialog
• Styled placeholder text in input fields to have a lower opacity

Fixed

• Fixed alignment of the "Change panel" menu
• Fixed subscribing to previously published "latched" topics in ROS 2
• Fixed app crashes when decoding some ROS 2 data
• Set the correct defaults for panels that are swapped in for another panel
• Fixed an issue where Plot panels would reset when topics were dynamically added or removed
• Fixed a crash when rendering PoseStamped topics in the 3D panel
• Fixed handling of locally initiated ROS 1 parameter updates
• Fixed a missing border between the sidebar and sidebar content
• Fixed flickering visualizations when connected to a live ROS 1 source that publishes simulated time on the /clock topic
• Fixed deep-linking issue to properly restore state from URLs not at the root path #2326)

Added

• Added support for displaying ROS URDF files in the 3D panel
• Add Resources, Product, and Legal sections to the desktop app’s Help menu
• Duplicated items in the app sidebar in the desktop app's File menu
• Added support for interpolating transforms in the 3D panel
• Added arm64 builds for Windows

Changed

• Removed extraneous model selection fields from the 3D panel’s pose settings
• Rename WebSocket to Rosbridge in dialog box for consistency
• Duplicated items in the desktop app's Help menu in the Help sidebar
• Improved error messaging for loading empty ROS 2 bags
• Improved error messaging for XML-RPC failures in ROS1 data source
• Changed "View docs" links in Help sidebar to always open a new browser tab
• Grouped connection options under one submenu in the desktop app's File menu

Fixed

• Fixed bugs where panels disappeared when dragged from a tab into a nested tab, and where the app crashed when dragging a Tab panel as the highest-level panel in a layout
• Fixed to avoid app crashes when replaying bag data with the --clock flag
• Updated the "Account Settings" link to direct to the correct URL
• Fixed loading mesh resource markers with capitalized file extensions such as .STL
• Fixed bug where selecting panel docs in the Help sidebar would display the wrong information
• Fixed Node Playground to work with more than one active node at a time
• Fixed parameter parsing in @foxglove/rtps
• Fixed an intermittent incorrect warning ("Bag went back in time") when switching layouts
• Fixed extensions API to initialize panels with the correct default state
• Fixed message path syntax to correctly detect valid paths for time and duration
• Fixed incorrect placement of the "Change panel" menu
• Fixed to avoid app crashes when playing back a data source that publishes markers without transforms
• Fixed Plot panel to update as new live data appears
• Fixed the Plot panel’s CSV download feature to provide the correct values for int64 and uint64 fields
• Fixed unresponsive "Add Topic" item inside the Image panel's "Markers" menu
• Fixed fullscreen toggle for panels within Tab panel tabs

Added

• Added the ability to choose between displaying UNIX vs. local timestamps in the Preferences tab
• Added an enter / exit fullscreen icon to each panel's toolbar
• Added support for loading local .mcap files

Fixed

• Surfaced initialization errors when loading certain data sources in the Connection sidebar tab
• Fixed regression by removing unnecessary help content from the Panel Settings sidebar tab

Added

• Added support for loading and displaying PX4 ULogs (.ulg) files
• Added a setting in the Preferences sidebar to toggle between light mode and the default dark mode
• Added support for loading COLLADA (.dae) files as mesh markers in the 3D panel
• Added a background color setting to the 3D panel
• Added Turbo as a gradient option for coloring point clouds
• Implemented preloading for ROS 2 bags and PX4 ULogs
• Added support for adjusting mesh marker alpha transparency to the 3D panel
• Added a time display above the playback bar on hover
• Added a Help sidebar tab with links to panel documentation and other resources

Changed

• Simplified the Plot panel's tooltip to show only the series name and data
• Renamed Rosout panel to Log panel
• Enabled field matching for all message path syntax input fields by default
• Removed polygon drawing feature from 3D panel
• Removed the Cruise car model from the 3D panel
• Added a "404" indicator when mesh markers are used but fail to load
• Removed behavior where adding a panel to the layout automatically opened the Panel settings sidebar

Fixed

• Updated ROS 1 native connector to use utf-8 instead of non-standard utf8 encoding in xmlrpc
• Surfaced a useful error when opening a new sibling panel via the Extensions API with a type that doesn't exist
• Fixed a bug where changing the timezone to "Detect from system" would temporarily display times in UTC
• Made the Log panel's toolbar static to fix the jumping dropdown menu
• Fixed a crash when adding a panel to a newly created Tab panel in certain cases