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Dev Home Preview v0.20

This version just has one update to communicate deprecation to users:

Changes

• Added global info bar. (#4028)

Dev Home Preview v0.19

Welcome to version 0.19 of Dev Home! In this release, we focused on adding File Explorer source control integration, code health, and quality improvements! Check them out:

Accessibility fixes

• Narrator should now properly announce all of the content in the File Explorer source integration page. (#3906) (#3941)
• The Learn more links on the app install page should no longer get cut off. (#3917)
• The keyboard should no longer lose focus after opening and closing a File Explorer window from Dev Home. (#3926)

Changes

• File Explorer source control integration now supports repositories in WSL. (#3893)
• WinAppSDK has been updated to version 1.5. (#3921)
• You can now unassigned the version control from a selected repository in the File Explorer source integration page. (#3932)
• The Introducing Dev Home page has been removed. (#3952)
• The functionality to continue restoring your device after OOBE has been removed. (#3953)
• Dev Diagnostics, an experimental feature, has been removed. (#3955)
• Quickstart playground, an experimental feature, has been removed. (#3961)
• Quiet background processes, an experimental feature, has been removed. (#3962)
• Group Policy (GPO) has been added with an overall toggle to disable Dev Home. (#3965)
• The GitHub extension is no longer automatically installed on first run. (#3975)

Bug fixes

• Installing WSL distros through Dev Home should no longer time out. (#3897)
• Dev Drive insights better handles moving package caches (Thanks @SohamDas2021!). (#3898)
• Environments should now better handle when multiple accounts are logged in. (#3907)

Dev Home Preview v0.1801.640.0

This is a patch release for version 0.18 of Dev Home. Here are the fixes:

Bug fixes

• The SSH wallet widget should no longer crash Dev Home. (#3895)

Dev Home Preview v0.18

Welcome to version 0.18 of Dev Home! In this release, we focused on adding File Explorer source control integration, code health, and quality improvements! Check them out:

Accessibility fixes

• Narrator should now read out content when the "committing changes" dialog appears on the Virtualization feature management page in Windows customization. (#3640)
• Environments cards now have a higher contrast. (#3808)

Changes

• File Explorer source control integration is now available as an experimental feature in Windows Insider Program Dev (26120.1620+) and Beta (22635.4082+) channels. You can register repository folders using Dev Home to see source control content in File Explorer, such as branch name, status, last change message, etc. (#3542)
• When enabling an experimental feature, you can now navigate directly to where that feature lives (Thanks @davidegiacometti!). (#3595)
• Project Ironsides has been renamed to Dev Diagnostics. (#3738)
• The WSL extension should now use your default terminal to launch and install distros. (#3742)

Bug fixes

• You should now be able to add a standard user account to the Hyper-V Administrator group when elevating using a separate admin account. (#3589)
• Navigating away from the dashboard should no longer crash Dev Home. (#3619)
• You can now create multiple Hyper-V VMs at the same time in Environments. (#3687)
• Errors have been fixed when creating a WSL environment. (#3743)
• Windows customization should now respect Dev Home's theme. (#3750)
• The SSH wallet widget should now update when the config file changes. (#3850)

Dev Home Preview v0.17

Welcome to version 0.17 of Dev Home! In this release, we focused on code health and quality improvements! Check them out:

Accessibility fixes

• Widgets can now be rearranged with the keyboard (Alt+Shift+Arrow Keys). (#3426)
• Narrator should now announce the information button next to "Generate Configuration file" and the content in its teaching tip within Machine Configuration. (#3497)
• Narrator should now announce when you click the "remove all" button on the Install Applications page. (#3605)

Changes

• You can now configure an environment from the Environments page. (#3492)

Bug fixes

• Disabling an extension now hides its widgets. (#3253)
• The summary view for configuration files should now load much faster. (#3397)
• The maximized state should no longer be lost when launching a second instance (Thanks @davidegiacometti!). (#3437)
• The Dev Home process should now fully terminate the Dev Home process. (#3524)
• The correct user should now be added when adding yourself to the Hyper-V admin group. (#3532)
• • Dev Home should no longer crash when navigating away from the Dashboard while widgets were still loading. (#3587)
• Pinned WinGet packages should now load in the Install Applications page. (#3596)

Dev Home Preview v0.16

Welcome to version 0.16 of Dev Home! In this release, we focused on code health, quality improvements, and adding new features! Check them out:

Accessibility fixes

• Narrator should now properly announce the progress bar and loading screen messages when installing apps. (#3271) (#3274)

Changes

• You can now add external tools to Project Ironsides from the list of installed apps along with .bat, .cmd, .ps1, and .msc files. (#3255) (#3406)
• General system and virtualization feature settings are now available in Windows customization. (#3268)
• Dev Drive insights folder path is now prepopulated (Thanks @willibrandon!). (#3287)
• WSL is now available as an environment type in Environments (Thanks @crramirez!). (#3365)

Bug fixes

• Disabling an extension will now hide its widgets from the dashboard. (#3253)
• There should no longer be an error due to localization for adding a user to the Hyper-V administrators group (Thanks @MJECloud!). (#3373)

Dev Home Preview v0.15

Welcome to version 0.15 of Dev Home! In this release, we focused on quality improvements and adding new features! Check them out:

Accessibility fixes

• Narrator should now announce proper content within the Environments flow. (#2986)
• The Winget configuration and app install flows should be much more accessible now. (#2991)
• Text in the add widget dialog and environments page should no longer get cut off. (#3009) (#3167)
• Narrator should now announce errors in widgets. (#3023)
• Machine configuration should now be fully navigable with arrow keys. (#3119)

Changes

• You can now configure the SSH keychain widget with using a file picker, rather than manually typing in the path. (#2477)
• SSH keychain widget now shows entries with multiple Host aliases (Thanks @gohellp!). (#2664)
• You can now use the application install flow via a URI protocol, allowing you to programmatically install apps through Dev Home. (#2733)
• Project Ironsides is now available as an experimental feature, intended to help you identify problems with applications and help provide solutions. (#2887)
• You should now see an error in Dev Home if an environment fails to be created. (#3149)

Bug fixes

• Launching a project from Quickstart Playground should no longer launch to a stale project. (#2930)
• Sentence structure is now more consistent throughout Dev Home (Thanks @AndrewKeepCoding!). (#2988)
• Environments search area should now be properly vertically aligned (Thanks @AndrewKeepCoding!). (#3002)
• Dev Home should no longer crash when opening a content dialog at 200% text scaling. (#3020)

Dev Home Preview v0.14

Welcome to version 0.14 of Dev Home! In this release, we focused on quality improvements and adding new features! Check them out:

Accessibility fixes

• Text on widgets should no longer get cut off when scaling changes. (#2723)
• Dev Home should no longer crash when in high contrast on the Introducing Dev Home page. (#2788)
• The add widget dialog now has tooltips. (#2908)

Changes

• Utilities are now in Dev Home, including Hosts File Editor, Registry Preview, and Environment Variables editor from PowerToys. (#2795)
• Environments is no longer marked as an experimental feature. (#2811)
• Quickstart playground is now available as an experimental feature, providing a containerized way of creating development projects using AI. (#2846)
• Hyper-V VMs in environments are not currently available on ARM. (#2858)

Bug fixes

• Links within Dev Drive insights should now work properly. (#2803)
• Deleting a running Hyper-V VM should no longer cause a crash. (#2880)
• You should now be able to pin widgets after unpinning all of your widgets. (#2687)
• Dev Home should no longer crash when updating environments page. (#2950)

Dev Home Preview v0.13

Welcome to version 0.13 of Dev Home! In this release, we focused on adding new features! Check them out:

Accessibility fixes

• Narrator should now announce the headings of button groups and repository names within Machine Configuration. (#2490)
• Narrator should now announce the titles of the banners. (#2510)
• The popular apps pane should now look better in high contrast and Narrator should now read the class name instead of the settings card header in Machine Configuration. (#2516)
• Widgets should now look better in high contrast. (#2522)
• Narrator should now announce when a widget is removed from the dashboard. (#2537)
• Narrator should now announce the name of the Dashboard page. (#2545)
• You can now select widget size while now in scan mode. (#2555)
• Extensions page should no longer have clipped text. (#2612)
• The Learn more link on the Introducing Dev Home page should no longer get cut off. (#2691)

Changes

• The memory widget now displays utilization percentage (Thanks @Gobinath-B!). (#2335)
• Environments are now available in Dev Home, providing the ability to create, manage, and configure Hyper-V VMs and Microsoft Dev Boxes. (#2346) (#2438) (#2493) (#2639)
• Files ending in *.winget can now activate the Configuration file flow in Machine Configuration. (#2379)
• Windows customization is now available, with options to change File Explorer settings, access Dev Drive insights, and quiet background processes. (#2383) (#2486) (#2596)
• The extensions page navigation item is now in the navigation footer. (#2431)
• When cloning through the Machine Configuration tool, Dev Home can now detect configuration files in the repository. (#2459)
• You can now generate a configuration file from the setup flow in Machine Configuration. (#2466)
• Small widgets no longer display graphs. (#2472)
• When using a configuration file in Dev Home, you can now see a summary view of the file before running it. (#2495)

Bug fixes

• The Add Widget dialog now respects Windows theme changes. (#2407)
• The scroll bars no longer overlap page content. (#2423) (#2445)
• Dev Home should no longer crash when attempting to add a repository at certain screen resolutions. (#2524)

Dev Home Preview v0.12

Welcome to version 0.12 of Dev Home! In this release, we focused on accessibility and quality improvements. Here are our latest changes:

Accessibility fixes

• You can now use mouse navigation in Dev Home. (#2164)
• Manage extension toggle now has an accessible name and Feedback is no longer clipped when text is scaled. (#2292)
• Accessible names have been added to the buttons on the Introducing Dev Home page. (#2311)
• Combo boxes in widgets should now have accessible names. (#2319)
• The close button on the popular applications page in machine configuration now has an accessible name. (#2323)
• Narrator should now announce the selection state of list items in widget tiles. (#2338)
• Widgets now have more accessible colors for error messages and proper button styling. (#2349)

Changes

• You can now select which app version you'd like to install when installing applications through machine configuration. (#2272)
• Extension settings have been removed from the Settings page and are now only accessible through the Extensions page. (#2301)
• WinAppSDK has been upgraded to version 1.5. (#2337)

Bug fixes

• Memory widget dark mode screenshot now has the proper text and scaling when going to pin. (#2343)
• The order of widgets should now be maintained on reboot after deleting and adding new widgets. (#2352)
• Installing an extension should now update the Extensions page without needing to relaunch Dev Home. (#2372)