MLEM/CHANGELOG.md

Changelog

MLEM tries to adhere to semantic versioning. Breaking changes are written in bold.

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• 5.2.0 (Unreleased)
• 5.1.0
• 5.0.0

5.2.0 (Unreleased)

MLEM

Additions

• Added a strikethrough formatting code
• Added GenericFont SplitStringSeparate which differentiates between existing newline characters and splits due to maximum width
• Added StaticSpriteBatch class
• Added missing easing functions Quart and Quint to Easings
• Added RotationVector extension methods for Matrix and Quaternion
• Added DrawExtendedAutoTile to the AutoTiling class

Improvements

• Moved AutoTiling to Graphics namespace
• Cache TokenizedString inner offsets for non-Left text alignments to improve performance
• Exposed Camera's RoundPosition
• Exposed the epsilon value used by Camera
• Added Padding.Empty
• Throw an exception when text formatter macros resolve recursively too many times
• Allow using StaticSpriteBatch for AutoTiling
• Made TextFormatter string size based on the currently active font rather than the default one

Fixes

• Fixed some end-of-line inconsistencies when using the Right text alignment

Removals

• Removed deprecated Misc versions of SoundEffectInfo and SoundEffectInstanceHandler

MLEM.Ui

Additions

• Allow specifying a maximum amount of characters for a TextField
• Added a multiline editing mode to TextField
• Added a formatting code to allow for inline font changes

Improvements

• Made Image ScaleToImage take ui scale into account
• Added style properties for a lot of hardcoded default element styles
• Allow setting a custom effect and depth stencil state for ui drawing
• Exposed the epsilon value used by Element calculations
• Allow style properties to set style values with a higher priority, which allows elements to style their default children
• Allow changing the entire ui style for a single element
• Skip unnecessary area updates for elements with dirty parents
• Calculate panel scroll bar height based on content height
• Remember the location that a scroll bar scroller was grabbed in when scrolling

Fixes

• Fixed VerticalSpace height parameter being an integer
• Fixed text not being pasted into a text field at all if it contains characters that don't match the input rule
• Fixed panels that don't auto-hide their scroll bars ignoring their width for child padding
• Fixed some inconsistencies with element transformations and mouse interaction

Removals

• Removed ScrollBar ScrollerOffset

MLEM.Data

Additions

• Allow RuntimeTexturePacker to automatically dispose submitted textures when packing
• Added JsonTypeSafeWrapper and JsonTypeSafeGenericDataHolder

Improvements

• Use TitleContainer for opening streams where possible
• Set GraphicsResource Name when loading assets using RawContentManager

Removals

• Marked features related to Lidgren.Network as obsolete

5.1.0

MLEM

Additions

• Added RotateBy to Direction2Helper

Improvements

• Moved ColorHelper.Invert to ColorExtensions.Invert
• Allow enumerating SoundEffectInstanceHandler entries
• Improved NinePatch memory usage
• Moved sound-related classes into Sound namespace
• Added customizable overloads for Keybind, Combination and GenericInput ToString methods
• Removed LINQ Any and All usage in various methods to improve memory usage
• Improved KeysExtensions memory usage

Fixes

• Set default values for InputHandler held and pressed keys to avoid an exception if buttons are held in the very first frame
• Fixed GenericFont MeasureString using incorrect width for Zwsp and OneEmSpace
• Fixed tiled NinePatches missing pixels with some scales

MLEM.Ui

Additions

• Added a masking character to TextField to allow for password-style text fields

Improvements

• Explicitly disallow creating Paragraphs without fonts to make starting out with MLEM.Ui less confusing
• Removed LINQ Any and All usage in various methods to improve memory usage
• Allow adding Link children to non-Paragraph elements

Fixes

• Fixed a crash if a paragraph has a link formatting code, but no font
• Fixed tooltips with custom text scale not snapping to the mouse correctly in their first displayed frame
• Fixed tooltips not displaying correctly with auto-hiding paragraphs
• Fixed rounding errors causing AutoInline elements to be pushed into the next line with some ui scales

MLEM.Extended

Improvements

• Use FontStashSharp's built-in LineHeight property for GenericStashFont

MLEM.Data

Additions

• Added the ability to specify a coordinate offset in data texture atlases

Improvements

• Improved RawContentManager's reader loading and added better exception handling
• Improved CopyExtensions construction speed
• Improved DynamicEnum caching

Fixes

• Fixed DynamicEnum AddFlag going into an infinite loop

5.0.0

MLEM

Additions

• Added some Collection extensions, namely for dealing with combinations
• Added repeat-ignoring versions of IsKeyPressed and IsGamepadButtonPressed
• Added SoundExtensions
• Added string truncation to TokenizedString
• Added a sprite batch extension to generate a gradient
• Added InputsDown and InputsPressed properties to InputHandler
• Added text alignment options to tokenized strings

Improvements

• Replaced TextInputWrapper with a more refined MlemPlatform that includes the ability to open links on various platforms
• Allow NinePatches to be drawn tiled rather than stretched
• Added the ability for Direction2 to be used as flags
• Made Padding and Direction2 DataContracts
• Expose the viewport of cameras
• Greatly improved the efficiency of line splitting for GenericFont and TokenizedString
• Improved performance of TextFormatter tokenization
• Allow for underline and shadow formatting codes to be mixed with font changing codes
• Exposed Keybind Combinations

Fixes

• Fixed the input handler querying input when the window is inactive
• Fixed UnderlineCode ending in the wrong places because it was marked as a font-changing code

Removals

• Removed the array-based GetRandomEntry method
• Removed obsolete ColorExtension methods

MLEM.Ui

Additions

• Added a text scale multiplier value to Paragraph
• Added an option to limit auto-height and auto-width in elements to a maximum and minimum size
• Added the ability to set a custom viewport for ui systems
• Added string truncation to Paragraph
• Added a simple way to change the action that is executed when a link is pressed in a paragraph
• Added events for when a root element is added or removed
• Added an ElementHelper method to create a keybind button
• Added text alignment options to paragraphs

Improvements

• Removed unnecessary GraphicsDevice references from UiSystem
• Stop a panel's scroll bar from being removed from its children list automatically
• Dispose of panels' render targets to avoid memory leaks
• Allow changing the color that a panel renders its texture with

Fixes

• Fixed auto-sized elements doing too many area update calculations
• Fixed a rare stack overflow where scroll bars could get stuck in an auto-hide loop
• Fixed auto-sized elements without children not updating their size correctly
• Fixed panels drawing children early within the render target (instead of regularly)

MLEM.Extended

Additions

• Added GenericFont compatibility for FontStashSharp
• Added a method to make sidescrolling collision detection easier with TiledMapCollisions
• Added some more TiledMapExtension utility methods

Improvements

• Reversed the y loop in GetCollidingTiles to account for gravity which is usually more important

Fixes

• Fixed some number parsing not using the invariant culture

MLEM.Data

Additions

• Added StaticJsonConverter
• Added DynamicEnum, a cursed custom enumeration class that supports arbitrarily many values

Fixes

• Fixed some number parsing not using the invariant culture
• Fixed RawContentManager crashing with dynamic assemblies present