- Implemented channel-based debouncing (20ms) in MainViewModel to fix result flickering (matches WPF behavior)
- Added ResultForUpdate struct and ProcessResultUpdatesAsync for batching updates
- Added HighlightTextConverter and TextBlockHelper for bolding matched query terms
- Updated ResultListBox to display highlighted title and subtitle
- Add HotkeyRecorderDialog with global keyboard hook for capturing hotkeys
- Implement manual modifier state tracking to handle swallowed key events
- Add HotkeyControl button that opens the recorder dialog
- Add CheckAvailability and RemoveToggleHotkey to HotKeyMapper
- Expose GetKeyFromVk helper in GlobalHotkey infrastructure
- Add Settings pages (General, Plugin, Theme, Proxy, About)
- Add PreviewPanel for result previews in main window
- Fix hook reuse issue by clearing callback on close instead of disposing
- Add Glyph and GlyphAvailable properties to ResultViewModel
- Set Glyph from plugin Result when creating result items
- Add resultGlyph style matching icon size (32x32)
- Update ResultListBox to show glyph or image icon based on ShowGlyph property
- ShowGlyph = true when UseGlyphIcons is enabled AND glyph is available
- MainWindowVisibility starts as false (window hidden)
- Window IsVisible bound to MainWindowVisibility
- Set MainWindowVisibility = true in OnPluginsReady() after plugins load
- Create Internationalization service that parses WPF XAML language files
- Load translations from main Languages/ folder and all plugin Languages/ folders
- Add LocalizeExtension markup extension and Translator helper for XAML/code
- Fix IPublicAPI.GetTranslation to use the i18n service for plugin context menus
- Update MainWindow to use localized placeholder text
- Add ActiveView enum to track Results vs ContextMenu view state
- Add ContextMenu ResultsViewModel and view switching logic
- Implement LoadContextMenuCommand using PluginManager.GetContextMenusForPlugin
- Add keyboard navigation: Shift+Enter/Right to open, Left/Escape to close
- Update SelectNextItem/SelectPrevItem to navigate appropriate list
- Update EscCommand to return from context menu before hiding
- Wrap each plugin query in Task.Run() to ensure synchronous plugin code
doesn't block the UI thread
- Show results progressively as each plugin completes using ConcurrentBag
- Update UI after each plugin returns instead of waiting for all plugins
- Use DynamicData SourceList with automatic sorting by score descending
- Add ReplaceResults() with EditDiff for minimal UI updates (reduces flickering)
- Keep previous results visible while typing until new results arrive
- Add ImageLoader with Windows Shell API (IShellItemImageFactory) for exe/ico icons
- Use AlphaFormat.Unpremul to correctly render transparent icons without white borders
- Query all plugins in parallel and merge/sort results globally
- Load settings from disk via FlowLauncherJsonStorage
- Initialize PluginManager and query plugins on text change
- Add minimal AvaloniaPublicAPI implementing IPublicAPI
- Execute plugin results on Enter key
- Add WPF framework reference for IPublicAPI compatibility
Create Flow.Launcher.Avalonia project as foundation for migrating from WPF to Avalonia UI framework.
Key components:
- MainWindow with query box and results list (matching WPF layout)
- ViewModels: MainViewModel, ResultsViewModel, ResultViewModel
- Themes/Base.axaml with converted styles from WPF
- FluentAvaloniaUI for Windows 11 styling
- References existing Core/Infrastructure/Plugin projects
The project builds and runs alongside the existing WPF application.
This is Phase 1 of the incremental migration approach.
