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PixelStick Changelog

What's new in PixelStick 2.15.0

Jul 31, 2018
  • Fix for 0's displaying for location of circle and square in pixelstick panel for some people. this occurred if in the system preferences:mission control the item "Displays have separate Spaces" was unchecked. this was, as you can imagine, difficult to discover. we apologize for the delay. this version solves that. the sys pref can now be set either way. you don't need to change any settings.

New in PixelStick 2.12.0 (Nov 8, 2017)

  • IMPORTANT: With PixelStick 2.12 now recommends that its default scale uses the coordinates directly reported by macOS. Previously it scaled those coordinates by a screen-dependent "backing scale" (typically 2x for Retina screens).
  • However the "backing scale" does not correspond to physical pixels because macOS supports a variety of scaling options via Displays Preferences, none of which change the backing scale reported by macOS to apps. For compatibility with previous versions' saved coordinates, PixelStick will continue to apply
  • that scaling until you open PixelStick's preferences and select "Use macOS coordinates".
  • [New] Reworked the loupe code so that the magnified screen images are much crisper and do not include magnified copies of PixelStick's endpoints and guides.
  • [Fix] Prevent the situation on some systems where the cursor appeared in the endpoint and colour picker loupes (and thus was magnified and prevented colour selection).
  • [Fix] Remove the red frame from accessibility element screen grabs.
  • [Fix] Prevent PixelStick from reporting the screen width as double the number of pixels macOS reports. (This is precisely the problem of previous versions of PixelStick using a Retina screen's backing scale.)
  • [Fix] Corrected the measurements PixelStick reports when moving PixelStick from a Retina screen to a non-Retina screen.
  • [Fix] Redraw and, if necessary, adjust PixelStick's endpoints when the display's scale is changed via Displays Preferences.
  • [Fix] Reduce duplication of some internal calculations, improving consistency between unscaled and scaled measurements.

New in PixelStick 2.10.1 (Jun 16, 2017)

  • [Fix] Draw circle guides correctly on Retina screens.
  • [Fix] Improve behaviour when editing values directly in the palette.
  • [Fix] Double-click on the palette title bar only to collapse the palette. This means double click within the content of the palette now correctly selects the text to edit instead of collapsing the window.

New in PixelStick 2.10 (Jun 16, 2017)

  • [new] Map mode for measuring angles increasing clockwise. When combined with setting the baseline to a vertical line, this is great for taking bearings on a map. [mod] Updated to a more secure version of the Sparkle Updater framework.
  • [mod] The manual has been updated to explain map mode. The manual is here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KqDl9z-s0jOYSFL-YB5XR-NDN0YKRVLVG0N9eHYhjAU/edit

New in PixelStick 2.9 (Nov 20, 2015)

  • IMPORTANT: You need to manually download and replace the old version. Check for update works and download works but the auto-replace does not, it will give an error because of new Apple security that breaks Sparkle a utility many developers used for doing check for updates. Now you need to go to the site download the new version and replace/delete the old version.
  • [new] Remembers the last used scale and eye dropper settings.
  • [new] Can now measure angles relative to a non-horizontal baseline.
  • [mod] Angle and length now displayed with more precision (i.e. not rounded to integer values).
  • [mod] Compatible with Mac OS 10.6 - 10.11
  • [new] User preference setting for displaying or hiding the loupe shown when dragging points.
  • [new] User preference setting for displaying or hiding the grid inside the loupe (when the loupe is shown).
  • [fix] Loupe view now also works on OS X 10.6 (previously it only could appear on OS X 10.7 or higher).
  • [fix] Make closing the preferences window behave in a more standard fashion.
  • [fix] Restore the missing app icon and include hi-res versions.

New in PixelStick 2.8 (Dec 19, 2014)

  • [new] Support for the "Screens have separate Spaces" user preference added in OS X Mavericks.
  • [mod] compiled with xcode 6.1.1
  • [mod] compatible with Mac OS 10.10 - 10.6
  • [fixed] Color picker shows the wrong color in some screen arrangements, particularly when secondary screens are arranged higher or lower than the primary screen.
  • [fixed] Loupe not magnifying the correct area of the screen on secondary screens in some screen arrangements.
  • [fixed] Reset position can result in endpoints moving off-screen some screen arrangements.
  • [fixed] PixelStick does not extend into newly revealed screen space when screen arrangements are changed while PixelStick is running.
  • [fixed] Crashes on OS X Mavericks and higher when selecting the "screen elements" ruler more than once.
  • [new] this version courtesy of guest programmer Bernie Maier of australia. thanks should be directed to him for this holiday gift. Bernie identified issues with multiscreen support and stepped and nailed them and made other improvements. Big thanks to him for his ability to quickly get up to speed, understand and make a huge contribution to PixelStick.

New in PixelStick 2.7 (Apr 24, 2014)

  • [fix] a variety of small improvements.
  • [updated] icons and some graphics

New in PixelStick 2.6 (Apr 6, 2013)

  • [mod] updated graphics, icons and function for retina displays (thanks to user Damien).
  • [fix] cursors disappearing under "invisible rug". this happens when you use several
  • displays or simply change screen resolution (thanks to user Colin Murray's).
  • [fix] position of main panel was not saved in older versions of OS X (thanks to user Chris Pritchard).
  • [new] new icons.
  • [mod] optimized code and compiled with xcode 4.4.
  • [mod] improved documentation.
  • [new] signed by plum amazing with apple developer certificate to follow apple's latest security guidelines.
  • [new] gatekeeper turned on to follow apple latest security guidelines.
  • [new] added holding the command key to have the square move pixel away from the circle. so the ruler expands in size when you hold command key and hit the left or right arrow key
  • [new] added holding the command key to have the diamond rotate around the circle when you also hit the up or down arrow key
  • [new] added holding the shift key and clicking the arrow moves it 10 pixels/click. without shift key it moves the ruler 1 pixel at a time.
  • [new] to change the angle 1 degree add option key pressed. opt and arrow key changes the angle. circle is the center and square is the part that moves 1 degree
  • [new] the camera is the beginning of an advanced screenshot utility.
  • [new] you can click on the numbers in the palette to copy, change and edit them.
  • [mod] in the prefs. turn on/off the guides is instantly updated. you don't need to close the dialog first like in previous versions.
  • [new] set hotkeys for show/hide and center ruller in prefs.
  • [new] double click title bar to hide pixelstick palette.
  • [new] totally compatible with mac os 8.

New in PixelStick 2.5 (Oct 15, 2012)

  • [fix] issue for users of Mac OS 10.6 may also work in 10.5 (we can't test, let us know).
  • IMPORTANT: Mac OS 10.7 users. Please make sure you have the latest Mac OS version installed. PixelStick won't launch unless 10.7.5 has the latest update. The reason is this app is code signed and uses gatekeeper (Apples latest security) and 10.7.5 was updated to handle that. The info on that update is here: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1599?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US

New in PixelStick 2.4 (Oct 15, 2012)

  • [mod] updated graphics, icons and function for retina displays (thanks to user Damien).
  • [fix] cursors disappearing under "invisible rug". this happens when you use severalĂ‚
  • displays or simply change screen resolution (thanks to user Colin Murray's).
  • [fix] position of main panel was not saved in older versions of OS X (thanks to user Chris Pritchard).
  • [new] new icons.
  • [mod] optimized code and compiled with xcode 4.4.
  • [mod] improved documentation.
  • [new] signed by plum amazing with apple developer certificate to follow apple's latest security guidelines.
  • [new] 100% compatible with mac os 8.
  • more improvements coming...

New in PixelStick 2.3 (Sep 20, 2011)

  • [mod] added more color formats to view and copy color info.
  • [mod] rewrote the code dealing with resize panel.
  • [mod] now loads list color format from plist file.
  • 100% lion (Mac OS 10.7) compatible.

New in PixelStick 2.2 (Sep 12, 2011)

  • [mod] added 5-th item into color format menu RGB
  • [mod] rewrote the code dealing with resize panel
  • 100% lion (Mac OS 10.7) compatible.

New in PixelStick 2.1 (Aug 16, 2011)

  • 100% Lion (Mac OS 10.7) compatible.

New in PixelStick 2.0 (Jul 18, 2011)

  • [new] eyedropper shows the color under the cursor in 4 formats (css, html, rgb integer, rgb hex)
  • [new] eyedropper copies the color under the cursor using copy (command c) in the chosen format.
  • [new] zoomed view shown under the cursor.
  • [new] user interface changes and additions.
  • [mod] code updated, optimized and improved.
  • [new] customized scaling settings in addition to templates for google and yahoo maps and in photoshop.

New in PixelStick 1.2.1 (Nov 22, 2010)

  • [Fix] added copy and paste to the registration dialog.