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Pika Changelog

What's new in Pika 0.0.17 Beta 2

Mar 22, 2024
  • Updates:
  • adds more URL schemes for triggering

New in Pika 0.0.17 Beta 1 (Mar 13, 2024)

  • Updates:
  • adds more keyboard shortcuts
  • adds URL schemes for triggering
  • adds a setting to show Pika at launch
  • minor tweaks to settings and about
  • Bug Fixes:
  • fixes a bunch of minor inconsistencies and weirdness, mostly around displaying keyboard shortcuts and focus states

New in Pika 0.0.16 (Dec 3, 2023)

  • Updates:
  • adds Spanish language support
  • moves to "Settings", instead of "Preferences", as per macOS Sonoma
  • Bug Fixes:
  • fixes an issue where the Pika icon would wander out of the menu bar

New in Pika 0.0.16 Beta 1 (Nov 20, 2023)

  • Updates:
  • adds Spanish language support
  • moves to "Settings", instead of "Preferences", as per macOS Sonoma
  • Bug Fixes:
  • fixes an issue where the Pika icon would wander out of the menu bar

New in Pika 0.0.15 (Mar 27, 2023)

  • Updates:
  • adds a link to give feedback in the navigation and menubar
  • Bug Fixes:
  • fixes broken auto-updater for first installs
  • fixes broken link

New in Pika 0.0.15 Beta 2 (Mar 9, 2023)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixes broken auto-updater for first installs

New in Pika 0.0.15 Beta 1 (Jan 28, 2023)

  • Updates:
  • adds a link to give feedback in the navigation and menubar
  • Bug Fixes:
  • fixes broken link

New in Pika 0.0.14 (Dec 23, 2022)

  • Updates:
  • adds the option to run Pika as a non-menubar app
  • adds German translation
  • Bug Fixes:
  • fix for launch at login issue on newer versions of macOS

New in Pika 0.0.14 Beta 1 (Nov 28, 2022)

  • Adds the option to run Pika as a non-menubar app
  • Adds German translation

New in Pika 0.0.13 (Sep 6, 2022)

  • Updates:
  • introduces a new default WCAG compliance layout
  • adds an appearance preference section to manage the default WCAG compliance layout (so you can roll it back if you'd prefer)
  • adds a preference for copying / displaying colors for either CSS, design applications, or in an unformatted style
  • introduces a scrollable preferences panel for smaller displays
  • cleans up the preferences view, consolidating menu items
  • updates color names
  • adds a preview colour to the preferences panel when showing the export options
  • adds undo / redo (with ⌘ + z and ⌘ + shift + z respectively)
  • Bug Fixes:
  • fixes an issue when displaying French in the preferences panel
  • fixes an issue with long text being truncated unnecessarily

New in Pika 0.0.13 Beta 5 (Aug 1, 2022)

  • Adds undo / redo (with ⌘ + z and ⌘ + shift + z respectively)

New in Pika 0.0.13 Beta 4 (Jun 28, 2022)

  • Updates:
  • introduces a scrollable preferences panel for smaller displays
  • Bug Fixes:
  • fixes some slightly not-quite-right spacing on the preferences panel

New in Pika 0.0.13 Beta 3 (Jun 8, 2022)

  • Introduces a new default WCAG compliance layout
  • Adds an appearance preference section to manage the default WCAG compliance layout (so you can roll it back if you'd prefer)

New in Pika 0.0.13 Beta 2 (May 15, 2022)

  • Updates:
  • adds a preview colour to the preferences panel when showing the export options
  • Bug Fixes:
  • fixes an issue when displaying French in the preferences panel
  • fixes an issue with long text being truncated unnecessarily

New in Pika 0.0.13 Beta 1 (May 10, 2022)

  • Need to export colors without any formatting? Well, now you can, with the newly simplified and consoliated preferences pane. Display and export colors for either CSS, design applications, or in an unformatted style. Works with text and JSON exports, too, so everyone wins!
  • Updates:
  • adds a preference for copying / displaying colors for either CSS, design applications, or in an unformatted style
  • cleans up the preferences view, consolidating menu items
  • updates color names

New in Pika 0.0.12 (Nov 23, 2021)

  • This release adds a much requested feature with automatic copy on pick. This, coupled with the global shortcut, means you can now use the app without ever needing to see it at all.

New in Pika 0.0.12 Beta 1 (Oct 25, 2021)

  • Adds a toggle to copy the color on pick

New in Pika 0.0.11 (Apr 16, 2021)

  • Ads French language support
  • Adds the color space of your main display to the preferences, and uses it as the default option (if you haven't chosen another)
  • Adds toggleable color names (thanks to color-names)
  • Adds the ability to export data as text, and in JSON format
  • Adds a toggle to suppress the format of the color on copy (so no more pesky #)

New in Pika 0.0.11 Beta 2 (Apr 12, 2021)

  • Updates:
  • adds a toggle to suppress the format of the color on copy
  • Bug Fixes:
  • fixes an issue when displaying French on the splash window
  • fixes an issue with the window size obscuring the UI in some cases
  • fixes an issue with copying data as text displaying the wrong values

New in Pika 0.0.11 Beta 1 (Mar 29, 2021)

  • Adds French language support
  • Adds the color space of your main display, and uses it as the default option (this wasn't always included in availableColorSpaces)
  • Adds toggleable color names (thanks to color-names)
  • Adds the ability to export data as text, and in JSON format

New in Pika 0.0.10 (Mar 8, 2021)

  • Excited to roll out some changes to how Pika looks and works, with the goal of making it faster and easier to use. This update includes an overhaul of the swatch itself, relocation of the color format to the toolbar, and general accessibility improvements. As always, thanks for the support, and if you have any issues or feedback, let me know on GitHub.
  • Updates:
  • Simplfies the swatch design
  • Updates and simplifies color copying
  • Moves the color format from preferences to the toolbar
  • Initialises color picking on the global shortcut / when showing Pika
  • Removes the background on swatches in favour of a drop shadow, to improve consistency and readability
  • Adds swap colors as a keyboard shortcut to both the menu, and to About
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Improves accessibility in the swatch component
  • Adds the preferences shortcut to the right-click menu bar menu

New in Pika 0.0.10 Beta 3 (Mar 7, 2021)

  • Updates:
  • Adds swap as a keyboard shortcut to both the menu, and to About

New in Pika 0.0.10 Beta 2 (Mar 5, 2021)

  • Updates:
  • Improves the swatch design
  • Initialises picking using the global shortcut
  • Removes the background on swatches in favour of a drop shadow, to improve consistency and readability
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Adds the preferences shortcut to the right-click menu bar menu

New in Pika 0.0.10 Beta 1 (Mar 2, 2021)

  • Updates:
  • Updates and simplifies color copying
  • Simplfies the swatch design
  • Moves the color format from preferences to the toolbar
  • Initialises color picking on the global shortcut / when showing Pika
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Accessibility improvements in the swatch component

New in Pika 0.0.9 (Feb 18, 2021)

  • Support for the Touch Bar
  • Localization across the UI, opening the doors to translations in future
  • Adds the option to hide Pika while picking, via the main window menu
  • Adds a button to quickly swap colours

New in Pika 0.0.9 Beta 2 (Feb 15, 2021)

  • Updates:
  • Support for copying direct from the Touch Bar
  • Adds a button to quickly swap colours
  • Makes hiding Pika while picking optional, via the main window menu
  • Bug fixes:
  • Suppresses the Touch Bar visualisation for macOS 10.15
  • Adds missing localization items

New in Pika 0.0.9 Beta 1 (Feb 9, 2021)

  • Updates:
  • Support for the Touch Bar
  • Localization across the UI, opening the doors to translations in future
  • Pika now hides when you're picking, so you can access the whole display

New in Pika 0.0.8 (Feb 9, 2021)

  • Updates:
  • Support for HSL (alongside HEX, RGB, and HSB)
  • Support for color spaces (like Abobe RGB, P3, and sRGB)
  • The menu bar icon now has a right click menu to make it easier to quit (and open About / check for updates / jump to Preferences) without having to open the app
  • Keyboard shortcuts for picking colors (⌘D and ⇧⌘D) and copying them to the clipboard (⌘C and ⇧⌘C), which you can find in About, with some sweet animations
  • An option in Preferences to hide the menu bar icon (I'd recommend setting a global shortcut, but you can always access it by double clicking the app)
  • Unlike here, HEX codes are now lowercase by default, for readability
  • You can also now sign up to beta releases in Preferences, if you're comfortable with trading new stuff for rough edges
  • Bug fixes:
  • Fixes an issue on Big Sur where the settings menu would be greyed out until selected (still seems to need to be opened twice to show keyboard shortcuts, though)
  • Fixes an issue where a single focus ring would display with keyboard navigation enabled (accessibility improvements are on the roadmap)
  • Improves picker context menu icon display in dark and light modes
  • Zeroes out values for HSB and HSL when pure white or black