2022.14.0

This is a small 'in between' release with just bugfixes & improvements, no new functionality. As it goes with fixing bugs in complex environments - it always creates new ones, so please keep notifying me if you find any :)

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Improvements

• Translations:

  • New translation: Turkish (thanks Alp)
  • New translation: Polish (thanks MichoP and team)

• Powershell sensor output support for characters like umlaut (thanks steff)

• Notifier: HASS.Agent will try to check if it has permission from Windows to show notifications

  • This will only show in logs for troubleshooting purposes, no popup

Bugfixes

• QuickActions: entity dropdown bugs on 0 entities (thanks Moldis)

• QuickActions: certain domains have their entities perpetually added (thanks Moldis)

• QuickActions: cover stop triggers media_stop [#159] (thanks @menuet88)

• WebView in tray: doesn't relocate after a resolution change

• Fast-switching between commands/local sensors gives unhandled exceptions

• Display sensor: alternative dpi results in wrong resolution, incomplete display naming [#199] (thanks @ITensEI)

  • From now on, the Virtual attributes show usable resolutions
  • The others contain the actual resolution, ignoring DPI
  • Added RotatedDegrees as a hidden bonus feature

• Installer wrongly fails internet connectivity test [#196] (thanks @waps11)

• Post-sleep resume not correctly detected, handle disconnects/sensor update smarter [#204] (thanks everyone reporting)

  • I'm unable to replicate this, so let me know if it still occurs

• MediaPlayer: media_player entity not showing up in Music Assistant integration (thanks @Protoncek)

  • This required volume control to be added to the HASS.Agent integration - another hidden bonus feature

• MediaPlayer: volume always set to 0 in integration

• MediaPlayer: crash when MQTT is disabled [#156] (thanks @cbarth3)

• ProcessActive: process names with full stops get truncated (thanks benjani85)

• LoggedUser(s) sensor: show actual logged-in user instead of connected [#158], [#168] (thanks @energywave and @shuntfield)

• Powershell sensor: wrong output parsing [#201] (thanks @icegothic)

• WebView in tray: topmost not working [#160] (thanks @brainiac19 and ewonais)

• Forms freeze with non-topmost messagebox open

• MediaPlayer: only log identical monitoring errors once

• AudioSensors: Default Device volume rounding fault (thanks Chreece)

• Hide icon-only listview columnnames in all languages

2022.14.0-beta1

Note: this is a beta release!

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The coming release (2022.14) will be a small 'inbetween' release with just bugfixes & improvements, no new functionality. As it goes with fixing bugs in complex environments - it always creates new ones, so please notify me if you find any :)

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Bugfixes

• QuickActions: entity dropdown bugs on 0 entities (thanks Moldis)

• QuickActions: certain domains have their entities perpetually added (thanks Moldis)

• QuickActions: cover stop triggers media_stop [#159] (thanks @menuet88)

• WebView in tray: doesn't relocate after a resolution change

• Fast-switching between commands/local sensors gives unhandled exceptions

• Display sensor: alternative dpi results in wrong resolution, incomplete display naming [#199] (thanks @ITensEI)

  • From now on, the Virtual attributes show usable resolutions
  • The others contain the actual resolution, ignoring DPI
  • Added RotatedDegrees as a hidden bonus feature

• Installer wrongly fails internet connectivity test [#196] (thanks @waps11)

• Post-sleep resume not correctly detected, handle disconnects/sensor update smarter [#204] (thanks everyone reporting)

  • I'm unable to replicate this, so let me know if it still occurs

• MediaPlayer: media_player entity not showing up in Music Assistant integration (thanks @Protoncek)

  • This required volume control to be added to the HASS.Agent integration, so another hidden bonus feature

• MediaPlayer: volume always set to 0 in integration

• MediaPlayer: crash when MQTT is disabled [#156] (thanks @cbarth3)

• ProcessActive: process names with full stops get truncated (thanks benjani85)

• LoggedUser(s) sensor: show actual logged-in user instead of connected [#158], [#168] (thanks @energywave and @shuntfield)

• Powershell sensor: wrong output parsing [#201] (thanks @icegothic)

• Support for other characters like umlaut (thanks steff)

• WebView in tray: topmost not working [#160] (thanks @brainiac19 and ewonais)

• Forms freeze with non-topmost messagebox open

• Notifier: check if HASS.Agent has permission from Windows to show notifications

2022.13.0

Heads up: this is quite the release, so you might want to click the 'Release Page' link to open the notes in a browser (easier to read). You'll still be able to use the 'Install Update' button afterwards.

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TL;DR breaking changes: if you use the notifier integration and aren't planning on using the new integration, update it to the latest version in HACS (no other change necessary). Because of sensor attributes being added to the multivalue sensors (and some of their individual sensors removed), your automations/scripts may need adjustments.

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First of all: sorry, it's been a while. The past few months were busier than expected, but I think it's worth the wait: this release has quite a few nice additions! The last release got over 18k downloads, which is really awesome :) Thanks to everyone using HASS.Agent, submitting suggestions, bugreports and tips, creating youtube howto videos. Thanks to everyone who donated, it's really appreciated a lot, and thanks to the monthly sponsors! <3

Probably the most notable addition is @fillefilip8's work. First, he implemented actionable notifications! He did a great job: it's a very neat implementation and uses the same structure as the companion apps, so if you have those setup, it's a breeze to add them to HASS.Agent as well.

But he didn't stop there, and decided to create an entire new integration from scratch, providing:

• MQTT support

  • As long as you can reach your broker, you can now receive notifications and use the mediaplayer functionality wherever you are
  • No more messing with port reservations or firewall rules

• Autodiscovery

  • Your devices show up by magic in HA's integration page
  • No more looking up your device's IP
  • Don't use MQTT? You can still add your device using the local API, through a config flow! No more yaml :)

• Improved mediaplayer

  • Support for seek, position and cover art
    • Only when supported by the media app, like Spotify
  • So so snappy! No more lagging behind

• Improved notifications

  • Use device triggers to easily create new actions
  • Change the default notification title through UI
  • Use media_source in the image field
  • Supports camera proxy: /api/camera_proxy/camera.camera_name

• One integration to rule (integrate?) them all

  • Contains both notifications and mediaplayer
  • Both MQTT and HASS.Agent's legacy local API are supported

This integration is now available through HACS (simply called HASS.Agent). You don't have to switch: if you're happy with your current setup, everything will keep working (as long as you update the notifier integration through HACS). If you do switch, consider removing your old notification and media_player entities.

From now on, this integration will be considered the default, and the other two as (still supported) legacy. So, HASS.Agent will no longer automatically process the port reservation + firewall rule. You can still do so through the Configuration window. If you're switching to the new integration, consider removing the firewall rule from your system, for a little extra security.

Please test as much as you can, and report any bugs/strange behavior :)

The second notable change is that sensors can now use attributes! This is especially useful for multivalue sensors, and really cleans up the entity list HASS.Agent creates. Attributes have been implemented in all of them, and there's also a new one: printers. Contains a ton of info per printer, and info about pending documents. This means usb printers can now be fully integrated into HA as well.

However, this does mean that if you created automations/scripts using the old sensors, they may not work anymore. For instance; the storage sensor created a lot of sensors, but now only one per volume with its values (and more added!) as attributes.

All changes and features require a lot of documentation rewriting, which will get done over the following days. If you have examples or other useful stuff to share, let me know and I'll put them online.

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Features & improvements

• New monthly sponsor: @jdiegmueller, thank you! <3

• New monthly sponsor: @ewonais, thank you! <3

• Translations:

  • German translation is now completed (thanks @Syntoxr)
  • New translation: Russian (thanks Ravkovski1306)
  • Added translation: French (thanks team, note: 92% done)
  • Slovenian language got improved (thanks Pavel)
  • English translation got its capitalization refactored (thanks Skully)
  • These languages are partially done, if you can please help complete them:
    • Ukrainian, Swedish, Polish, Russian and French

• Actionable notifications! (thanks @fillefilip8)

  • Manual: https://hassagent.readthedocs.io/en/latest/notifications/notification-actionable/

• Support and UI changes for @fillefilip8's new integration

• Sensors now have the ability to include attributes

  • This has been implemented for all new ánd existing multivalue sensors
  • Most of the existing multivalue sensors have extra info added in their attributes
    • For instance, Storage now shows diskspace used and available as percentages

• The Key command now detects the key you want to press

  • Instead of having to look up the keycode, just press the key you want simulated
  • The corresponding code will be set for you
  • This doesn't affect the MultipleKeys command

• DeviceName sanitation can now be disabled (thanks ABEIDO)

  • Use this if you're sure the name you want won't cause troubles in HA
  • The checkbox is in Configuration -> General

• You can now completely disable the state toasts

  • This applies to the MQTT and HA (dis)connected messages
  • The checkbox's in Configuration -> General

• New sensor: BluetoothDevices (thanks ChrisRosenkreuz23)

  • Creates a sensor showing the amount of bluetooth devices (both connected and disconnected)
  • The devices are added as attributes, containing: ID, name, paired state and connected state

• New sensor: BluetoothLeDevices (thanks ChrisRosenkreuz23)

  • Creates a sensor showing the amount of LE bluetooth devices (both connected and discovered)
  • The devices are added as attributes, containing: ID, name, connected state and last seen (UTC)
  • Contains only devices that have been seen since the last scan interval

• Added manage satellite service button to its configuration page

• The Satellite Service now uses HASS.Agent's MQTT configuration by default

  • Except client_id
  • When you change the settings in the configuration page, they get synced to the service as well

• Sensor- and command names are now sanitized on creation to prevent rejection by HA (thanks @RamonaSteve)

• WindowsUpdates multivalue sensor now uses attributes

  • Available driver & software updates sensors (containing update names, type and other info)
  • Driver & software pending update count sensors

• Display multivalue sensor now uses attributes

  • Every display has its own sensor, with its info as attributes
  • Added a default display sensor, and amount of displays

• Storage multivalue sensor now uses attributes

  • Every partition has its own sensor, with its info as attributes
  • Added a total disk count sensor

• Network multivalue sensor now uses attributes

  • Every network card has its own sensor (or the one you specified), with its info as attributes

• Audio multivalue sensor now uses attributes

  • This only applies to the 'audio sessions' sensor, the rest is the same

• New multivalue sensor: Printers

  • Provides information about all installed (usb and network) printers and their queues
  • Creates a sensor per printer, with its state as attributes
  • Also creates a sensor for the default printer ('queue') and the amount of pending prints

• New command: MonitorSleep

• New command: MonitorWake

• New command: SetVolume

  • Sets the volume of the current default audiodevice to the provided value
  • Can be used with an Action

• New sensor: MonitorPowerState (thanks Buffalo_Bro)

  • Provides the last monitor power state change:
    • Dimmed, PowerOff, PowerOn and Unknown

• New sensor: PowershellOutput

  • Contains whatever output your powershell command or script gives, converted to text
  • You can test using the test button when creating the sensor

• New sensor: WindowState (thanks TheHolyRoger)

  • Provides the current state of the process' window:
    • Hidden, Maximized, Minimized, Normal and Unknown

• New sensors: MicrophoneProcess and WebcamProcess [#108] (thanks @DennisGaida)

  • Contains the name of the process using the device, or nothing if it's not being used
  • The existing MicrophoneActive and WebcamActive sensors still exist

• You can now configure the tray icon to show the default menu on left-click (thanks madelena)

  • Only applicable when a WebView's set as the right-click action
  • This is a work-in-progress, ymmv

• Home Assistant API now has an allow untrusted certificates option (thanks Moldis)

• MQTT can now be completely disabled (thanks AfcaEricNL)

  • This will also disable commands, sensors and the use of the new integration

• HASS.Agent now checks the HA API token for unexpected chars and minimum length (thanks doge & @Syntoxr)

• HASS.Agent now checks the URI formatting of the HA API & MQTT broker

• AudioSensor: added global muted state (thanks Nejc)

• AudioSensor: added input device info (thanks ChrisRosenkreuz23)

  • Default Input Device
  • Default Input Device State
  • Default Input Device Muted
  • Default Input Device Volume

• LibreHardwareMonitorLib updated to latest version

• AudioSensors now tries to show the complete friendly name [#44] (thanks @dimmuboy and @tachibanayui)

Bugfixes

• LoggedUser sensor shows wrong value ...

2022.13.0-beta4

Note: this is a beta release!

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Last beta, @fillefilip8 implemented actionable notifications, which was already awesome. Well, he didn't stop there, and decided to create an entire new integration from scratch, providing:

• MQTT support

  • As long as you can reach your broker, you can now use notifications and mediaplayer functionality wherever you are
  • No more messing with port reservations or firewall rules

• Autodiscovery

  • Your devices show up by magic in HA's integration page
  • No more looking up your device's IP
  • Don't use MQTT? You can still add your device using the local API, through a config flow! No more yaml :)

• Improved mediaplayer

  • Support for seek, position and cover art
    • Requires a media application that supports Windows' media API, eg. Spotify
  • So so snappy! No more lagging behind

• Improved notifications

  • Use device triggers to easily create new actions
  • Change the default notification title through UI
  • Use media_source in the image field

• One integration to rule (integrate?) them all

  • Contains both notifications and mediaplayer
  • Both MQTT and the legacy local API are supported
  • Not ready to switch? The old integrations still work

Documentation will follow later, but the new notification action docs posted in the last release notes still apply:
https://hassagent.readthedocs.io/en/latest/notifications/notification-actionable/

The integration's pending to be merged on HACS, but you can manually add the repo:

https://github.com/LAB02-Research/HASS.Agent-Integration

This beta is a release candidate, so the more testers the better :)

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Features & improvements

• Support and UI changes for @fillefilip8's new integration

• New sensor: BluetoothDevices (thanks ChrisRosenkreuz23)

  • Creates a sensor showing the amount of bluetooth devices (both connected and disconnected)
  • The devices are added as attributes, containing: ID, name, paired state and connected state

• New sensor: BluetoothLeDevices (thanks ChrisRosenkreuz23)

  • Creates a sensor showing the amount of LE bluetooth devices (both connected and discovered)
  • The devices are added as attributes, containing: ID, name, connected state and last seen (UTC)
  • Contains only devices that have been seen since the last scan interval

• Added manage satellite service button to its configuration page

• The Satellite Service now uses HASS.Agent's MQTT configuration by default

  • Except client_id
  • When you change the settings in the configuration page, they get synced to the service as well

• Sensor- and command names are now sanitized on creation to prevent rejection by HA (thanks RamonaSteve)

Bugfixes

• Powershell sensor: remove newline chars ending [#152] (thanks @99030063)

2022.13.0-beta3

Note: this is a beta release!

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A few small additions, and the AudioSensor now supports input devices (eg. a mic), but nevermind that - @fillefilip8 went and implemented actionable notifications!

He did a great job: it's a very neat implementation and uses the same structure as the companion apps, so if you have those setup, it's a breeze to add them to HASS.Agent as well. For usage examples, check the new docs (link in the notes below).

The notifier integration needs to be updated for this to work. To prevent confusion (it's not fully backwards compatible), it won't get published until the stable update of HASS.Agent is released.

However, this means that if you want to install this beta and use notifications (even without actions), you'll have to update manually. Luckily, it's really easy:

• Download the new version of notify.py here: https://github.com/LAB02-Research/HASS.Agent-Notifier/raw/master/custom_components/hass_agent_notifier/notify.py
• Replace it on your HA instance: config/custom_components/hass_agent_notifier
• Remove the __pycache__ folder from there
• Restart HA
• Done!

Another option is to just skip this beta and wait for the stable release.

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Features & improvements

• Actionable notifications! (thanks @fillefilip8)

  • Manual: https://hassagent.readthedocs.io/en/latest/notifications/notification-actionable/

• HASS.Agent now checks the HA API token for unexpected chars and minimum length (thanks doge & @Syntoxr)

• HASS.Agent now checks the URI formatting of the HA API & MQTT broker

• AudioSensor: added global muted state (thanks Nejc)

• AudioSensor: added input device info (thanks ChrisRosenkreuz23)

  • Default Input Device
  • Default Input Device State
  • Default Input Device Muted
  • Default Input Device Volume

• LibreHardwareMonitorLib updated to latest version

Bugfixes

• MicrophoneProcess and WebcamProcess sensors have improved detection of the application's name [#108] (thanks @DennisGaida)

2022.13.0-beta2

Note: this is a beta release!

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TL;DR breaking changes: because of sensor attributes being added to the multivalue sensors (and some of their individual sensors removed), your automations/scripts may need adjustments.

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Finally, sensors can now use attributes! This is especially useful for multivalue sensors, and really cleans up the entity list HASS.Agent creates. Attributes have been implemented in all of them, and there's also a new one: printers. Contains a ton of info per printer, and info about pending documents.

However, this does mean that if you created automations/scripts using the old sensors, they may not work anymore. For instance; the storage sensor created a lot of sensors, but now only one per volume with its values (and more added!) as attributes.

There are also a bunch of new sensors and commands to tinker with :)

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Features & improvements

• Sensors now have the ability to include attributes

  • This has been implemented for all new ánd old multivalue sensors
  • Most of the old multivalue sensors have extra info added in their attributes
    • For instance, Storage now shows diskspace used and available as percentages

• WindowsUpdates multivalue sensor now uses attributes

  • Available driver & software updates sensors (containing update names, type and other info)
  • Driver & software pending update count sensors

• Display multivalue sensor now uses attributes

  • Every display has its own sensor, with its info as attributes
  • And a default display sensor, and amount of displays

• Storage multivalue sensor now uses attributes

  • Every partition has its own sensor, with its info as attributes
  • And a total disk count sensor

• Network multivalue sensor now uses attributes

  • Every network card has its own sensor (or the one you specified), with its info as attributes

• Audio multivalue sensor now uses attributes

  • This only applies to the 'audio sessions' sensor, the rest is the same

• New multivalue sensor: Printers

  • Provides information about all installed (usb and network) printers and their queues
  • Creates a sensor per printer, with its state as attributes
  • Also creates a sensor for the default printer ('queue') and the amount of pending prints

• New command: MonitorSleep

• New command: MonitorWake

• New command: SetVolume

  • Sets the volume of the current default audiodevice to the provided value
  • Can be used with an Action

• New sensor: MonitorPowerState (thanks Buffalo_Bro)

  • Provides the last monitor power state change:
    • Dimmed, PowerOff, PowerOn and Unknown

• New sensor: PowershellOutput

  • Contains whatever output your powershell command or script gives, converted to text
  • You can test using the test button when creating the sensor

• New sensor: WindowState (thanks TheHolyRoger)

  • Provides the current state of the process' window:
    • Hidden, Maximized, Minimized, Normal and Unknown

• New sensors: MicrophoneProcess and WebcamProcess [#108] (thanks @DennisGaida)

  • Contains the name of the process using the device, or nothing if it's not being used
  • The existing MicrophoneActive and WebcamActive sensors still exist

• You can now configure the tray icon to show the default menu on left-click (thanks madelena)

  • Only applicable when a WebView's set as the right-click action
  • This is a work-in-progress

• Home Assistant API now has an allow untrusted certificates option (thanks Moldis)

• MQTT can now be completely disabled (thanks AfcaEricNL)

  • This will also disable commands and sensors

Bugfixes

• MQTT: device doesn't register if its name contains a whitespace

• Improve handling of non-standard scaling [#99] (thanks @gorbunovav)

• WebView: tray icon variant doesn't remember position for 'preview' button [#103] (thanks @Majumafoo)

• 'Keep page loaded in the background' impacts all Webviews, processes never close [#131] (thanks @NCopeman)

• WebView and LaunchUrl fail when using Action (thanks neonDog)

• MQTT: messages are not sent with retain flag [#128] (thanks @TarcisioMenezes)

• HASS.Agent no longer crashes when the OS doesn't support its media functionality [#113] (thanks @RafaelEstevamReis and @Stuke00)

2022.13.0-beta1

Note: this is a beta release!

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A small beta release, containing a few bugfixes and improvements to (hopefully) scratch off my todo list.

Note for the translators (and users of non-English languages): any new or changed to-be-translated texts aren't usually uploaded for translation until the release candidate. This is because that process takes time, and the texts change constantly during development. So this way, there's only one to-be-translated batch per release - but there'll be non-translated texts in the betas.

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Features & improvements

• Translations:

  • German translation is now completed (thanks @Syntoxr)
  • New translation: Russian (thanks Ravkovski1306)

• The Key command now detects the key you want to press

  • Instead of having to look up the keycode, just press the key you want simulated
  • The corresponding code will be set for you
  • This doesn't affect the MultipleKeys command

• DeviceName sanitation can now be disabled (thanks ABEIDO)

  • Use this if you're sure the name you want won't cause troubles in HA
  • The checkbox's in Configuration -> General

• You can now completely disable the state toasts

  • This applies to the MQTT and HA (dis)connected messages
  • The checkbox's in Configuration -> General

Bugfixes

• LoggedUser sensor shows wrong value if logged in as another user [#38] (thanks @bverkron)

• MQTT: client doesn't respect the allow untrusted certificates flag [#82] (thanks @DeerMaximum)

• Button texts become misaligned on the main window

• Webview cache location textbox remains empty

• MQTT: gracefully handle NotAuthorized [#77] (thanks @klkohl)

• Local API: port reservation needs to be done for all users [#90] (thanks @JvdMaat)

• Satellite Service: changed name doesn't propagated to new entities

• Satellite Service: various sensors aren't being stored properly [#68] (thanks @JvdMaat)

2022.12.0

This release contains two major new features: the mediaplayer integration, and the webview component. I'll give them both a short introduction:

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You can now control your device as if it were a regular mediaplayer, regardless of what application's actually playing. It has support for 'currently playing' info, but only if the application uses it (e.g. Spotify does, VLC doesn't). And: you can also now use your PC as a text-to-speech device! The implementation's still basic and will be improved in the coming releases. Make sure to check the new docs for info on how to configure and use (listed in the release notes).

The new webview component uses Edge's core to display webpages, without having to launch a full fledged browser. You need Microsoft's webview runtime, but the installer will take care of that for you - or, if you install manually, you'll get the option to download on first use.

It's of course implemented in a new command: WebView. You can easily configure what url to show, its location, size and some other settings. Use the new configure command parameters button when adding a webview command.

The second webview implementation is that you can now configure the tray icon's right mouseclick-button to show a webview instead of the menu. Use this to for instance easily show a dashboard! Check out the new Configuration -> Tray Icon page for all options.

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Apart from the new features, the quickactions received some love: the creation page has its layout refreshed, and you can now directly bind your own commands to a quickaction. This means that either through the quickactions popup, or a hotkey, you can trigger any command you've configured. Because it doesn't go by Home Assistant, it's really fast :)

This release also adds initial support for screenreaders (thanks for pointing it out to me @blindndangerous). It was a lot of work (which is why this release took longer than usual), but I'm glad the basics are done. It's not completely covered, so let me know what can be improved. For those interested, I wrote a short blogpost about it: https://lab02-research.org/2022-05-29-accessibility.

Not all items on the 'planned for next release' list are done, but it's been nearly two months since the last release so I thought I'd roll this one out for everyone to use. The next release will be bugfixes, enhancements and new commands/sensors (so no large new features).

A 'heads up': because of the summer months, I'll be either busy at work filling in for coworkers on vacation, or on vacation myself, so the next release might take some time. But I'll still try to answer questions/tickets as soon as I can, as always :)

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Features & improvements

• Add media_player capabilities to HASS.Agent [#31] (thanks @DeftNerd)

  • This requires the new MediaPlayer integration, available through HACS
  • For configuration info, check the new docs:
    • https://hassagent.readthedocs.io/en/latest/mediaplayer/mediaplayer-usage-and-examples/

• New command: WebView

  • Can be used to show any webpage, without having to launch a full-fledged browser
  • Use the new configure command parameters button to easily configure what where and how to show
  • Also usable through an Action (so you can set what url to show dynamically in HA)

• HASS.Agent now supports screenreaders, based on Microsoft's recommendations [#65] (thanks @blindndangerous)

  • Forms and controls have been assigned roles, names and descriptions
  • Controls have been assigned a tab-order value
  • Buttons and textboxes have been assigned a keycode

• The tray icon's right mouseclick can be configured [#59] (thanks @paccerdk)

  • By default, it shows an options menu
  • You can now configure it to show a webview page
    • For instance, a HA dashboard (your HA url is set by default)
    • Enable keep page loaded in the background to make sure it shows up instantly
    • If you resize the webview, it'll store the new size as its default
  • Configurable through the new Configuration -> Tray Icon page

• New documentation: https://hassagent.readthedocs.io

  • GitHub's wiki pages won't be updated anymore and will be removed soon
  • Missing docs, or have additions yourself? Let me know :)

• The QuickAction add/modify window has been updated

• You can now bind your own commands to a QuickAction

  • Choose the new HASS.Agent Commands domain to show your entities

• The tray icon's default theme has been aligned with the rest of HASS.Agent

• The 'Notification API' has been renamed to 'Local API'

  • This is to reflect the fact that the API now has multiple uses
  • Onboarding and configuration have been changed accordingly

• New command: SendWindowToFront (thanks ChrisRosenkreuz23)

  • Can be used to force a specified process to the foreground
  • Usable as a regular command, or through an action

• Translations:

  • New translation: Dutch
  • New translation: German (thanks Gerd, JbbDE, r100gspd, Sebastian Tobias Koch and Syntox)
    • Note: this translation is only 68% done
  • New translation: Spanish (thanks Carlos Cordero)
    • Note: this translation has mostly automated translations, results may vary
  • If you're proficient in German or Spanish, please improve!
  • There are a bunch of languages waiting to get some more love, like French and Polish
  • You can dive right in (it's online, easy, and no coding required): https://poeditor.com/join/project/R7HIVG0wie

• The devicename is now validated and sanitized [#53] (thanks @mdrichardson)

  • Home Assistant rejects your device if it contains certain special characters
  • The check is done during onboarding and when saving configuration changes
    • So you might get a notification saying you've changed your device name, that's actually the sanitation being applied
    • Your sensors and commands will keep working

Bugfixes

• Satellite Service: unable to create non-switch command types (thanks jello)

• The MultipleKeysCommand now correctly escapes a bracket (thanks ChrisRosenkreuz23)

  • Escaping can be done by using a backslash, so [ is [\[] and ] is [\]]

• QuickAction: add/mod window crashes when no entity is found (thanks jello)

• Username is now put between quotes when registering the local API's port to support spaces (thanks beecho01)

2022.12.0-beta4

Note: this is a beta release!

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This beta adds initial support for screenreaders (thanks for pointing it out to me @blindndangerous). It was a lot of work (which is why this beta took longer than usual), but I'm glad the basics are done. It's not completely covered, so let me know what can be improved. For those interested, I wrote a short blogpost about it: https://lab02-research.org/2022-05-29-accessibility.

This is a release candidate, even though not all 'planned for next release' tickets are done. But by releasing, everyone can start using the new webview and mediaplayer functionality while I finish up the list.

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Features & improvements

• New translation: Dutch

• New translation: Spanish (thanks Carlos Cordero)

  • Note: this translation has mostly automated translations, results may vary
    • If you're proficient in Spanish, please improve!
  • There are a bunch of languages waiting to get some more love, like French, German and Polish
    • Feel free to dive right in (it's online, easy, and no coding required): https://poeditor.com/join/project/R7HIVG0wie

• HASS.Agent now supports screenreaders, based on Microsoft's recommendations [#65] (thanks @blindndangerous)

  • Forms and controls have been assigned roles, names and descriptions
  • Controls have been assigned a tab-order value
  • Buttons and textboxes have been assigned a keycode

• The devicename is now validated and sanitized [#53] (thanks @mdrichardson)

  • Home Assistant would reject your device if it contained certain special characters
  • The check is done during onboarding and when saving configuration changes
    • So you might get a notification saying you've changed your device name, that's actually the sanitation being applied
    • Your sensors and commands will keep working

Bugfixes

• Satellite Service: unable to create non-switch command types (thanks jello)

• The MultipleKeysCommand now correctly escapes a bracket (thanks ChrisRosenkreuz23)

  • Escaping can be done by using a backslash, so [ is [\[] and ] is [\]]

• QuickAction: add/mod window crashes when no entity is found (thanks jello)

• Username is now put between quotes when registering the local API's port to support spaces (thanks beecho01)

2022.12.0-beta3

Note: this is a beta release!

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Two hotfixes for yesterday's beta. If they don't apply to you, feel free to skip.

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Bugfixes

• Windows shutdown is blocked when keep page loaded in the background is enabled for the new trayicon webview

• When using a non-default DPI scaling, the new trayicon webview doesn't scale [#62] (thanks @holdestmade)

  • I've enabled a new scaling mechanism, which generally looks fine and fixes this bug
  • Because of the new mechanism, some other parts (mostly text) don't render correctly
    • Like the tabpage-titles in Configuration
  • Scaling is a work in progress, sorry
  • Let me know if something can't be used at all