Canvus Client 1.x release notes

Canvus 1.7.6

Released on Mar 28, 2018 - Fixed potential crash when a workspace was opened and immediately closed - Changed the default value for auto-pin to disabled

Canvus 1.7.5

Released on Mar 20, 2018 - Fixed a regression where the clock in the info panel was showing UTC time instead of local time

Canvus 1.7.4

Released on Mar 15, 2018 - Fixed potential data corruption if a machine run out of disk space - Fixed using same channel in multiple audio zones - Fixed potential PDF cache corruption - Fixed annotations not being included when zooming to show content - Fixed video playback when no audio is available - Fixed stuck touch points on some 3rd party hardware

Canvus 1.7.3

Released on Dec 14, 2017 - Added option to configure number of concurrent background operations - Added optimization for scanning of new video inputs - Added optimization for scanning of new USB devices - Fixed issue which could cause all edits on a canvas to replay from the start when loading - Fixed issue where folder contents did not change dynamically if multiple folder widgets used concurrently - Fixed a possible application freeze when using video inputs with remote touch

Canvus 1.7.2

Released on Nov 30, 2017 - Fixed renaming anchors in the anchor list - Fixed potential crash when switching canvases with videos on them - Fixed remote touch not working in presentation mode - Improved port assignment stability for remote touch on Linux - Changed the folders that licenses are searched from

Canvus 1.7.1

Released on Nov 22, 2017 - Added option to disable touch visualizations - Added option to display some or all mounted drives on side menu - Extended support for zoned audio to support multiple workspaces - Improved port assignment for remote touch - Improved Windows desktop integration - disable desktop notification panel swipe gesture in Windows while full screen - Fixed crash when making video inputs full screen - Fixed possible crash when using video input side menu - Fixed issue where touches can be ignored while using pens on Windows Surface Hub - Fixed issue where third party touch mode can be changed by users in other workspaces - Fixed issue where anchor based presentations did not navigate to the first slide reliably - Fixed issue where auxiliary PC also appeared in video input menu

Canvus 1.7.0

Released on Oct 5, 2017 - Added desktop mode to Windows version allowing Canvus to be used on desktop, laptop and tablet PCs - Improved support on lower end GPUs and added hardware compatibility check - Improved handling of graphical resources for improved performance on all platforms - Removed the need to install Cornerstone separately - Added out-of-the-box support for image searching - Added drag and drop support for supported content/document types - Added support for audio panning / positional audio - Added mouse emulation mode in browser to better support legacy web applications - Added feature to allow search terms to be entered in browser address bar - Added feature to configure initial viewport positions of workspaces - Added option to mute video inputs by default - Added option to ignore SSL errors when sending emails - Added ability to view contents of local and mapped drives in desktop mode - Added feature to allow specific mapped drives to be shown on iWall - Added feature to pause video widgets when viewing in presentation mode - Added feature to zoom browsers when viewed in presentation mode - Added out-of-the-box support for Launcher - Added license management - Added feature to automatically close Canvus side menus - Changed default value for hardware/presentation-mouse-mode to \'interact\' - Changed search location of mt-canvus.ini file to new standard paths - Changed default pen color from white to red - Fix issue where canvas tables initially have gray background - Fix issue where documents dragged to USB were exported as images - Numerous small fixes and improvements

Canvus 1.6.7

Released on Sep 12, 2017 - Fix possible crash when deleting items from folder widget - Fix occasional hang or crash when exiting Canvus

Canvus 1.6.6

Released on Sep 1, 2017 - Fix issue where video inputs are not displayed consistently in additional Canvus menus

Canvus 1.6.5

Released on Aug 25, 2017 - Fix issue where side menus could be hidden inadvertently - Fix missing side menus when old style fixed-workspaces option is used - Fix handling of external linked folders when exporting and importing a canvas - Fix leak of video input resources - Improve performance when using eraser codice marker

Canvus 1.6.4

Released on Aug 15, 2017 - Fixed issue where external linked folder content could be deleted - Fixed \'stuck\' touches on third party touch screens

Canvus 1.6.3

Released on Aug 3, 2017 - Fixed issues when more than 32 workspaces are used - Added option to hide workspace visualizations - Added option to hide canvas menus on workspaces

Canvus 1.6.2

Released on May 4, 2017 - Fixed crash in TCP socket handling - Fixed crash related to use of auxiliary PC - Fixed problems occurring if a second instance of Canvus started accidentally - Fixed issue where annotating a widget did not auto-pin the workspace - Fixed data migration in Windows version of Canvus - Fixed issue where tapping an auxiliary PC widget in presentation mode froze the auxiliary PC desktop - Improved logging when data version mismatch is detected

Canvus 1.6.1

Released on Apr 12, 2017
This release is available for Linux only. - Fixed video scrub bar appearing too large for small videos - Fixed webcam not working with /dev/video0 using default config on Linux - Fixed being able to pause screen capture widgets when tap-to-play was enabled - Fixed Canvus not creating a data backup on migration when run inside Showcase - Fixed workspace splits sometimes getting stuck - Fixed video capture leaking file handles on Linux

Canvus 1.6.0

Released on Apr 6, 2017
This release is available for Windows only. - Added suported for Windows OS - Added ability to hide Canvus Info panel or disable per workspace - Moved browser button to top level of finger menu - Added option to restrict start/stop of videos to taps on the play button only - Added ability to control initial viewport of canvases when loading - Added ability to configure initial visibility of anchors - Added presentation mode for general widgets on a canvas - Added ability to play videos full screen - Added support for eraser on Surface Hub - Added support for in-memory browser caches to preserve state when switching canvas - Fixed browser clone to use the same session as the original browser

Canvus 1.5.0

Released on Mar 14, 2017 - Added support for presentation mode for a single widget or table - Added support for use of stable identifier for auxiliary PC video input - Added support for a dedicated remote touch port for auxiliary PC - Added third party touch mode selector - Added support for hiding anchor widgets - Added support for Cornerstone 2.3 (Updated version of Chromium browser to version 3.2883)

Canvus 1.4.5

Released on Feb 23, 2017 - Added support for accessing remote file shares - Added option to configure whether last password character is displayed or not - Added support for removing and adding canvases externally - Fixed erasing in presentation mode also erasing on canvas behind it - Fixed crash in finger menu when closing Canvus - Fixed an issue where AuxPC might get to a state where it constantly disconnected - Fixed web browser crash when using Google Drive - Changed log filenames to not contain colons

Canvus 1.4.4

Released on Jan 10, 2017 - Fixed crash when resuming Canvus from Experience

Canvus 1.4.3

Released on Jan 3, 2017 - Fixed web browser caret character sometimes getting lost - Fixed virtual keyboard enter key not working in web browser - Fixed performance regression on 4K video playback - Fixed a number of issues in MultiWidgets::RippleOverlayWidget - Fixed render process crash in web browser on certain pages

Canvus 1.4.2

Released on Dec 14, 2016 - Fixed performance issue in main window - Fixed widgets sometimes appearing too large - Fixed canvas not being unloaded when switching to Experience

Canvus 1.4.1

Released on Nov 24, 2016 - Fixed canvas menu layouting on small screens - Fixed crash in web browser popup handling (regression in 1.4.0)

Canvus 1.4.0

Released on Nov 16, 2016 - Added support for 3rd party touch hardware - Added improved mouse support - Added support for password protected canvases - Added option to enforce password protection on canvases - Added support for erasing with a pen - Added support for Cornerstone 2.2 - Fixed USB disk sometimes not unmounting - Fixed finger menus sometimes appearing blank

Canvus 1.3.8

Released on Jan 26, 2017 - Added reset button - Added option to disable encryption for email

Canvus 1.3.7

Released on Jan 10, 2017 - Added option to restore previous workspace configuration - Improved demo canvas state recovery after abnormal program termination

Canvus 1.3.6

Released on Dec 8, 2016 - Fixed password dialogs displaying characters on screen - Fixed video preview getting lost when dragging from USB to personal folder - Fixed performance issue with auxilary PC - Fixed copying PDF files from USB to personal folder never finishing

Canvus 1.3.5

Released on Nov 28, 2016 - Fixed web engine overriding Canvus signal handlers - Fixed screen sharing widget location not serializing properly - Fixed screen sharing resolution not always updating

Canvus 1.3.4

Released on Nov 9, 2016 - Fixed crash if Canvus was quit while splitting a workspace - Fixed warnings about /dev/video63 appearing in dmesg - Fixed video capture sources not appearing reliably after PC reboot - Fixed AuxPC not connecting after it was rebooted

Canvus 1.3.3

Released on Nov 3, 2016 - Fixed issues related to data persistence - Fixed deadlock and crash related to remote touch - Fixed memory leak and possible crash in screen sharing menu - Fixed remote Codice feature not reconnecting after Canvus PC reboot - Fixed finger menu opening logic on sensitive displays - Fixed AuxPC document viewing failing on first attempt - Fixed AuxPC remote touch initialization

Canvus 1.3.2

Released on Jul 29, 2016 - Fix source asset path in importing content from USB - Fix crash in closing screen sharing window with active remote touch - Fix crash in keyboard if fps is low enough

Canvus 1.3.1

Released on Jul 20, 2016 - Fixed crash in web browser favicon handling - Fixed crash in erasing annotations in Experience

Canvus 1.3.0

Released on Jul 11, 2016 - Added support for demo canvases where changes won\'t persist - Added support for auxiliary Windows PC integration - Added support for using network folders with Codice - Fixed excessive gap between pages in PDF viewer - Fixed performance issues with annotations - Fixed performance issue with anchor list

Canvus 1.2.4

Released on Jul 29, 2016 - Fix crash in closing screen sharing window with active remote touch - Fix crash in keyboard if fps is low enough

Canvus 1.2.3

Released on Jul 20, 2016 - Fixed crash in web browser favicon handling - Fixed crash in erasing annotations in Experience

Canvus 1.2.2

Released on Jun 22, 2016 - Fixed missing text cursors in various text fields - Fixed issues in the virtual keyboard - Fixed crash on removing USB drive while in Experience - Fixed remote touch sometimes not initializing if network wasn\'t ready when canvus was started - Fixed potential crash when removing USB disks - Fixed check marks being movable in Canvas list - Fixed depth of resize handle not being locked

Canvus 1.2.1

Released on May 30, 2016 - Fixed crash in detecting video sharing inputs when running Experience - Fixed potential crash while running Experience with Canvus in the background - Fixed WebGL not working on certain hardware due to bug in Chromium GPU blacklist - Fixed sound not working sometimes in browser - Fixed annotation not working near workspace edges - Fixed anchor presentation menu not being visible - Fixed popups not working in browser in Experience - Fixed file operation tasks sometimes not progressing - Fixed holding a widget not preventing it from moving with canvas - Fixed widgets sometimes going behind canvas, preventing interaction with them - Fixed pinned widgets changing parents - Fixed developer mode being enabled by default - Changed startup script to ensure pulseaudio is running - Changed the default number of video decoding threads from 1 to 2 per video

Canvus 1.2.0

Released on Apr 20, 2016 - Added split workspaces - Added duplicate widgets functionality - Added floating widgets - Added snapshot area selector - Added audio capture from video input - Added support for downloading files with browser - Added support for uploading files with browser - Added transparent mode for browser - Added better browser popup support - Added browser dialog popups and error pages - Added bottom canvas menus for large installations - Added better physical keyboard support - Added functionality to move active remote control to a particular widget - Added option to set eraser area in configuration file - Added icons for tables in folders - Added better names for e-mailed Canvus content such as notes - Added automatic uploading of crashdumps - Added keyboard shortcuts - Added optional pulse audio backend for sound playback - Changed remote control user interface - Changed video output menu user interface - Changed finger menu and personal folder opening animations - Changed table edit icons - Changed video widgets user interface and added a mute button - Changed folder UI to show unsupported files with pl - Changed some UI elements (such as folders, anchor and canvas list) to stay on top of canvas content - Changed storing application logs to user home folder - Changed the default eraser size to match the official eraser - Fixed unpartitioned USB devices not showing up in Canvus - Fixed crash in rearranging anchors in anchor list - Fixed issue with importing widgets from personal folder to canvas - Fixed annotations not being saved in edit history correctly - Fixed opening migration loading screen when migration is not needed - Fixed handling of canvases of different aspect ratios in canvas list and navigation window - Fixed handling of anchors of different aspect ratios in anchor list - Fixed video outputs staying active when returning to Experience - Fixed crash in loading PDFs - Fixed crash in grouping a widget that doesn\'t have a parent widget - Fixed crash in loading browser in startup - Fixed crash in closing browser - Fixed crash in closing video input widget with active remote control - Fixed crash in tables with an empty drop event - Fixed crash if there\'s no valid canvas - Fixed duplicate widget ids when importing same canvas multiple times - Fixed anchor list making the application slow - Fixed remote control not working in widgets in table - Fixed issues in undoing deleting a browser - Fixed missing pin-status of grouped widgets in loading a canvas - Fixed automatic idle timeout of on-screen keyboard - Fixed inconsistent capitalizations in titles and tooltips - Fixed empty tooltip for anchor presentation - Fixed error description for empty name in creating folder - Fixed error description for empty name in registering codice card - Fixed incorrect icon in closing annotation menu in presentation - Fixed wrong initial size for PDF widget scroll bar - Fixed spawn location for snapshot of widget - Removed resize handle for pinned widgets - Removed extra eraser codes from default config file - Removed false message that e-mail has been sent after registering a codice card

Canvus 1.1.4

Released on Dec 8, 2015 - Fixed image search due to Google removing the search API. The API requires additional configuration to work, see the image search page for details. - Fixed secondary menu close button not closing sub-menus

Canvus 1.1.3

Released on Dec 1, 2015 - Added possibility to change annotation parameters from plugins - Fixed issue where pen tracking might get disabled when displays are restarted while Canvus is running - Fixed possible crash with migrated anchors - Fixed annotation depth issues - Fixed missing annotations in e-mailed images - Fixed missing annotations in PDF snapshots - Fixed copying a note to folder cropping the edges of the note

Canvus 1.1.1

Released on Nov 26, 2015 - Added video output functionality - Added import & export of canvases - Added video stream support - Added remote touch functionality - Added web boomarks - Added tables for restricting content layout - Added option to logout after inactivity (disabled by default) - Added example plugin to show custom content from an external source - Fixed crash when interacting with canvas while it was loading - Fixed performance issues with lots of annotations - Fixed audio panning with default Experience configuration - Fixed Codice registration dialog not disappearing after a timeout - Fixed email progress indicator for empty messages - Fixed various buttons not having visual push feedback - Fixed various empty tooltips - Fixed image search result window being scalable - Fixed grouping sometimes resulting in very large widget menu icons - Fixed canvas menu positioning under bezels on some display configurations - Fixed note edges being cropped in snapshots - Fixed moving content from its title bar - Fixed anchor list not being closed when changing canvas - Fixed image search not working with network proxy - Fixed potential crash when converting multiple PDFs simultaneously

Canvus 1.0.2

Released on Sep 21, 2015 - Added feature to re-position an open keyboard when pressing the keyboard button on a note - Added JavaScript plugin example - Fixed slow performance browsing folders with large amounts of files - Fixed CEF browser crash in Experience when inputting text - Fixed widget menu buttons that could be rotated - Fixed very low resolution on canvas snapshots - Fixed small hitbox for closing finger menu - Fixed crash when creating a new folder - Fixed small hitboxes for input bars - Fixed keyboards not staying inside the visible area - Fixed keyboards not having a timeout

Canvus 1.0.1

Released on Sep 3, 2015 - Removed extra branding - Fixed keyboard close button overlapping web search - Fixed some missing dependencies from fresh installations - Fixed crash when loading folders with several videos - Fixed some keyboards moving with canvas - Fixed deleted browsers appearing after canvas reload - Fixed anchors being highlited after loading canvas - Fixed dropping items on anchor list - Fixed canvas loading sometimes getting stuck - Fixed erasing annotations not persisting after canvas reload