Welcome to version 0.19 of Dev Home! In this release, we focused on adding File Explorer source control integration, code health, and quality improvements! Check them out:
Accessibility fixes
- Narrator should now properly announce all of the content in the File Explorer source integration page. (#3906) (#3941)
- The Learn more links on the app install page should no longer get cut off. (#3917)
- The keyboard should no longer lose focus after opening and closing a File Explorer window from Dev Home. (#3926)
Changes
- File Explorer source control integration now supports repositories in WSL. (#3893)
- WinAppSDK has been updated to version 1.5. (#3921)
- You can now unassigned the version control from a selected repository in the File Explorer source integration page. (#3932)
- The Introducing Dev Home page has been removed. (#3952)
- The functionality to continue restoring your device after OOBE has been removed. (#3953)
- Dev Diagnostics, an experimental feature, has been removed. (#3955)
- Quickstart playground, an experimental feature, has been removed. (#3961)
- Quiet background processes, an experimental feature, has been removed. (#3962)
- Group Policy (GPO) has been added with an overall toggle to disable Dev Home. (#3965)
- The GitHub extension is no longer automatically installed on first run. (#3975)
Bug fixes
- Installing WSL distros through Dev Home should no longer time out. (#3897)
- Dev Drive insights better handles moving package caches (Thanks @SohamDas2021!). (#3898)
- Environments should now better handle when multiple accounts are logged in. (#3907)
Contributors
SohamDas2021