Groupy 1.41 (Released 8/11/2020)

Owned by Paul Scroggins (Unlicensed)
Last updated: Feb 27, 2023 by Sean Drohan
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Groupy 1.41 is a culmination of multiple prior betas and some additional changes for 1.40. Below are the changlogs for each and links to the discussions for them.

1.41

  • Should address some languages not being able to create saved groups (Greek for example) or have access to the save text box at all (Chinese being one).

1.40

  • Fix issue with combine mode tab showing black with a very dark blue accent color

  • Fix for the edge of Excel/Word/Powerpoint etc going slightly off-screen when snapped to the left or right of the screen

  • Fix for higher than expected CPU when Excel is used to hide a worksheet

  • Possible fix for Teams / WhatsApp / other electron apps from being slightly out of alignment with other apps in a tab group

  • Addresses an issue with active tabs when they are not the foreground window using darker Curtains themes having a wrong text color (combine mode)

  • Fixes a Curtains issue to keep dark mode tabs when using a curtains style when in combine mode

  • Fixes themes which use the solid area under text to correctly blank out the area under the tabs and + / ... buttons when in combine mode (the macmono style is one such style)

  • May address legacy Microsoft Office store version where it may not open member apps from a saved group

  • Add tab (+) will now launch a new tab as elevated if the original tab was also elevated.

1.39 Beta

  • Fixed an issue where the min, max, close buttons could be clipped under certain conditions

  • To improve the success rate of adding an app to a group with delayed grouping enabled, to make it more obvious that an app will be grouped when moved to an area, we expanded the tabbing area to include the tabs when they are placed above the titlebar.

  • Discussion: https://forums.stardock.com/500993

1.38 Beta

  • Some tweaks for Curtains compatibility

  • Font on tab tweaked to be slightly bigger to match OS correctly

  • Excel and Word add tab button no longer caused Excel/Word to hang around after you close all windows

  • Groupy tabs update for change in color scheme with curtains now

  • Fixes where Curtains 1.0 had a different image for the left-most tab in Groupy

  • Enables the newly added global close button (top right in Groupy) could be skinned in Curtains

  • Discussion: https://forums.stardock.com/500911/

1.37 Beta

  • Addressed an issue that would cause Groupy 1.36 beta to crash if Curtains RC2 was installed.  This 1.37 version must be installed to avoid that crash if Curtains RC2 is installed

  • Discussion: https://forums.stardock.com/500521  

1.36 Beta

  • Curtains style support - requires at least Curtains Beta 6 

  • Automatic selection of suitable colors when using a curtains style without custom groupy parts - Needs Curtains Beta 6

  • Expanded max tabs in a group from 25 to 50

  • Fixed LibreOffice/OpenOffice not grouping when launched from a saved group

  • When in dark mode the tab bar is now dark in all apps for foreground state

  • Added new close all button on far right of tab bar. This only applies to tabs above mode and only when tab bar is set to fill full width

  • Fixed an issue with a tab group being slightly too small leaving a gap when maximized on higher scale factors

  • Fixed an issue with FancyZones not detecting the drag of a group when dragging the tab bar

  • Fixed an issue with FancyZones which resulted in the tab bar being outside of the zone in some circumstances

  • Fixed an issue with the option to hold ctrl down to make a new window merge with the last window if a window had been closed from a group recently

  • Tweaked hold ctrl down to make new windows merge with the last window to make it respect the exclusion/inclusion list settings

  • Stopped Groupy trying to launch documents as elevated when the user has disabled UAC entirely on their system

  • Locking a group should no longer prevent grouping from working once that group is closed

  • Steam and similar apps with custom titlebars no longer get clipped on the left-hand border when in a group and maximized

  • Fixed an issue with combine if possible groups not allowing switching to other tabs when your mouse is at the very top of the screen

  • Fixes an issue with a blank area below maximized apps with custom titlebars

  • Fixes an extra 1-2 pixel line under apps when on scaling > 1 with some apps

  • Excel macro editor can no longer be added to a group as it is not compatible

  • Dragging a window to a group that's maximized on another monitor should not cause the group to jump to the monitor the new window was on before dragging started

  • Maximized windows of differing types should have more consistent tab heights

  • Added option to use the middle button in explorer to act as double click on items and middle button on a blank area to go up a level in a folder

  • Added related option to make a middle button click open folder as tab

  • Added option to use ctrl+tab for tab switching (advanced page)

  • Tweaked office file saving to use Unicode rather than ANSI for checking for existence just in case this is causing an issue for foreign setups

  • Discussion: https://forums.stardock.com/500347

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