v1.5.2

ScreenTranslate v1.5.2

Highlights

• 🔧 Settings window now appears below the menu bar instead of screen center
• 🔧 Cmd+C+C and drag translate now prompt for Accessibility permission automatically

Improved

• Settings window positioned below menu bar, centered horizontally
• Removed unnecessary scroll in Advanced settings tab
• Accessibility permission auto-registration via AXIsProcessTrustedWithOptions for Cmd+C+C and drag translate
• CI: Setup Python before awscli install to fix PEP 668 on macOS 26 runner

Fixed

• Cmd+C+C silently failing without Accessibility permission — now shows permission dialog

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v1.5.1

ScreenTranslate v1.5.1

Highlights

• 🔧 Default screen capture shortcut changed from Cmd+E to Option+Shift+E for better compatibility

Improved

• Default screen capture translation shortcut changed from Cmd+E to Option+Shift+E (avoids conflicts with system shortcuts)
• TelemetryDeck event consolidation — merged doubleCopy into dragTranslation event
• CI runner upgraded to macOS 26

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v1.5.0

ScreenTranslate v1.5.0

Highlights

• 🆕 Quick Translate — press Cmd+Shift+E to open a mini translation panel, type text and get instant translation
• 🆕 Cmd+C+C translation — press Cmd+C twice quickly to translate copied text
• 🔧 Default shortcuts changed: Cmd+E for screen translate, Cmd+Shift+E for Quick Translate

Added

• Quick Translate floating panel with language swap, auto-copy, and keyboard-driven workflow (Enter to translate, Shift+Enter for new line, Cmd+/ to swap languages)
• Cmd+C+C drag translation — double-press copy to trigger translation from clipboard
• Translation history auto-trim (keeps latest 50 records)

Improved

• Default shortcuts changed to Cmd+E (screen translate) and Cmd+Shift+E (Quick Translate)
• "Check for Updates" button moved from menu bar to Settings
• About window padding auto-adjusted to content size
• Popup width setting description simplified
• Recent translations text truncated to 40 characters in menu bar

Fixed

• Quick Translate keyboard shortcuts not working on first launch (callback registration retry)

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v1.4.3

ScreenTranslate v1.4.3

Highlights

• 🆕 Custom font for translation popup — choose from 8 built-in Noto Sans fonts or use system default
• 🔧 New menu bar icon design (viewfinder bracket + T_)
• 🔧 Better error message when auto-detect language fails, with quick settings button

Added

• Custom font picker for translation popup (8 Noto Sans fonts: CJK JP/KR/SC/TC, Arabic, Devanagari, Thai, Hebrew)
• Friendly error message with "Open Settings" button when auto-detect language fails

Improved

• Menu bar icon changed from SF Symbol to custom template image (viewfinder bracket + T_ design)
• ModelContainer initialization: graceful recovery instead of fatalError (delete stale DB → reinit → in-memory fallback)
• TranslationCoordinator refactored to AsyncStream-based state propagation
• LanguagePackManager: O(n) English-first optimized path for language status checking
• Dependency injection restored in TranslationCoordinator (removed direct AppSettings reference)
• Multiple utility extractions: Clipboard, DateFormatting, APIKeySection component
• TranslationPopupWindow magic numbers extracted + animation/clamping helpers separated

Fixed

• Settings/About/History windows no longer rise above other apps during translation

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v1.4.2

ScreenTranslate v1.4.2

Highlights

• 🆕 Popup width toggle — match popup width to selection area or auto-adjust by text length
• 🔧 Settings reorganized into General / Advanced tabs

Added

• Popup width matching toggle in Settings (default: off, adjusts by text length)

Improved

• Settings reorganized into two tabs: General (languages, shortcuts, app) and Advanced (engine, popup, other)
• Capture overlay crosshair cursor now appears instantly (AppKit-based)

Fixed

• Screen capture overlay no longer re-activates when already active
• Capture overlay completion handler safety improvements
• CI archive now uses Developer ID certificate only

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v1.4.1

ScreenTranslate v1.4.1

Highlights

• 🆕 Popup font size setting — adjust translation popup text size (11pt to 20pt)

Added

• Popup font size setting in General section (stepper, 11-20pt, default 13pt)
• Dynamic popup size calculation based on font size

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v1.4.0

ScreenTranslate v1.4.0

Highlights

• 🆕 Text Selection Translation — select text in any app, press shortcut to translate instantly (no OCR needed)
• 🔧 Sparkle update dialog now shows release highlights with GitHub link

Added

• Text selection translation (Cmd+Option+Z) — translate selected text directly without screen capture
• Sparkle update dialog HTML release notes with Highlights section
• Changelog Highlights extraction for Sparkle (extract_changelog.sh --highlights)
• GitHub release link in Sparkle update dialog (fullReleaseNotesLink)

Improved

• Popup position stability (top-left anchor fixed when height changes)
• TextGrabber safety (clipboard backup/restore, CoreFoundation cast guard separation)
• Settings shortcut label renamed to "Screen Translate Shortcut"
• README updated with two translation modes (screen capture + text selection)

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v1.3.1

ScreenTranslate v1.3.1

Added

• Engine inline descriptions in Settings (shows engine type and API key requirement)
• Engine status icons in translation engine picker (key status at a glance)
• Engine setup guide link for cloud engines (opens website engines page)
• Help tooltips on 6 settings controls (hover to see description)
• External links section in About window (Website, Engines Guide, Privacy Policy, GitHub)

Improved

• Language pack download UX in Settings and Onboarding (progress indicator, elapsed time, hints)

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v1.3.0

ScreenTranslate v1.3.0

Added

• Popup window resize via bottom-right drag grip
• Expanded supported languages to 20 (Arabic, Dutch, Hindi, Indonesian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese added)
• OCR preprocessing: preserve line breaks for bullet/numbered lists

Improved

• Onboarding UI refinement and X button behavior change
• History timestamps now use smart format (relative for recent, date for older)
• Test suite expanded from 17 to 79 tests

Changed

• Default shortcut changed from Ctrl+Shift+T to Cmd+Shift+T

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v1.2.1

ScreenTranslate v1.2.1

Added

• OCR paragraph break detection (preserves paragraph structure in multi-paragraph text)

Improved

• Popup UX: auto-copy feedback, drag position retention, accessibility support, precise text height measurement

Changed

• License changed from MIT to GPL v3
• Updated README with BYOK engine info and revised project description
• Removed unnecessary files from git tracking (website, local scripts)
• Public CHANGELOG converted to English

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