https://youtube.com/watch?v=eN3UHq6hjBc [Embed]
windows
zip: https://github.com/hydrusnetwork/hydrus/releases/download/v582/Hydrus.Network.582.-.Windows.-.Extract.only.zip
exe: https://github.com/hydrusnetwork/hydrus/releases/download/v582/Hydrus.Network.582.-.Windows.-.Installer.exe
macOS
app: https://github.com/hydrusnetwork/hydrus/releases/download/v582/Hydrus.Network.582.-.macOS.-.App.dmg
linux
tar.zst: https://github.com/hydrusnetwork/hydrus/releases/download/v582/Hydrus.Network.582.-.Linux.-.Executable.tar.zst

Hey, if you use the macOS App and use the 'hydrus default darkmode' stylesheet, skip the release this week! I removed it by accident.

I had a great week mostly working on UI fixes and quality of life.

Full changelog: https://hydrusnetwork.github.io/hydrus/changelog.html

sidecar UI

The sidecar UI now has a testing panel with a live preview of what is going to be sourced. If you are doing a manual import or managing an import folder, it shows a sample of the files actually about to be imported and what their sidecars will be loading, and if you are doing a manual export or managing an export folder, it shows a sample of the files in hydrus you will be exporting and what tags/urls/whatever you have selected to be exported. If you set up string processing rules, the test panel also shows these.

I hope this helps you see better that you have the sidecar metadata migration set up how you want, but it is only one step. I want to do more: more and better testing panels, and fewer ridiculously nested dialogs, and also in the general parsing and string processing UI, which suffers from the same problems. Let me know how this works for you!

stylesheet colours

The colours in options->colours are now all settable in a stylesheet! The 'colours' options panel remains, but it is now wrapped in a 'override what is set in the stylesheet?' checkbox, which is default True for existing users and False for new users. Selecting a darkmode stylesheet with the override set to False now gives you some good dark colours, instead of the ugly mix of dark and white we had before. Thanks for bearing with me as we figured this out.

If you are a stylesheet maker, please check the hydrus_default.qss to see how this works. I have pasted the internal hydrus darkmode default colours into all the default stylesheets in hydrus, so feel free to go in there and adjust these to something better for your particular stylesheet, and if you send it in I'll be happy to update the defaults.

I am not totally sure what the future of the 'colours' panel is. I suspect it will be migrated into a more dynamic system that has odd custom rules like 'if a file has >4 star rating, give it a gold border'. We'll see how this goes, and we'll see how Qt 7, which I understand has some better darkmode tech, proves itself.

next week

I'd like to take a week to focus on boring code cleanup.