Changelog

For a list of known issues go to the Known Issues page on the Start Page+ website.

Releases

v1.0.1 - 2020-06-16

Fixed

• "Extension tells me projects do not exist" (GitHub Issue #38)
• "Clicking Clone or checkout code show an error" (GitHub Issue #42)
• "Space in Solution Path - Can't Open Solution from Recent Items" (GitHub Issue #43)

v1.0 - 2020-05-28

Added

• General

  • a Show Start Tab Title option
  • a Start Tab Title Text option
  • a Max Width option (GitHub Issue #32)
  • replaces fixed width of 1175
  • new options pages (Start Tab, Recent Items, Developer News)
  • a Start Page+ Options menu item to open Tools | Options | Start Page+ | General
  • found in Tools | Options

• Recent Items

  • the ability to pin/unpin items (GitHub Issue #21)
  • a Pin/Unpin button to Recent Items
  • previous pin button did nothing
  • the ability to Remove items (GitHub Issue #35)
  • a Remove button (only appears when the mouse hovers over an item)
  • the ability to collapse/expand the group headings
  • a context menu
  • Pin/Unpin item
  • Remove item
  • Copy item path (to the Windows clipboard)
  • Open item in VS (new instance)
  • an auto-refresh after an item is clicked (updates the date/group it falls into)
  • a Settings link to the right of the Refresh link
  • opens Tools | Options | Start Page+ | Start Tab | Recent Items in one click
  • a Show Extensions option to show or hide project/solution extensions
  • an Items to Display option

• Get Started

  • a Restart Visual Studio item(GitHub Issue #20)
    • also a Restart Visual Studio as Administrator item
  • a Changelog link to the left of the version number
    • opens the website's changelog page
  • an Options link to the right of the version number
    • opens Tools | Options | Start Page+ | General in one click

• Developer News

  • a Settings link to the right of the Refresh link
    • opens Tools | Options | Start Page+ | Start Tab | Developer News in one click
  • a Clear List Before Display option
  • an Items to Display option
  • an Items Feed Url option

Removed

• the Continue Without Code item from the Get Started column (GitHub Issue #19)

Changed

• the website page that clicking on the version number takes you to
  • used to go to the Changelog page
  • now goes to the website's Overview page
• the position of the date in the Recent Items list
  • to make room for the Remove button

Fixed

• 'Recent item timeframes disappear when Refresh is clicked' (GitHub Issue #5)
• 'Be able to start typing in the Recent Item Filter Box with out having to click in it first' (GitHub Issue #6)
• 'PackageClass did not load correctly' (VS 2017) (GitHub Issue #8)
• 'Open Links in VS option doesn't do anything' (Github Issue #10)
• 'Window is not docked on first ever use' (GitHub Issue #14)
• 'Images in Start tab have the wrong background color in some themes' (GitHub Issue #22)
• 'Projects with space in the name not opening' (GitHub Issue #23)
• 'Dates have a fixed AU/UK format in the Recent Items list' (GitHub Issue #24)
• 'Only folders, solutions, and C# projects currently have icons in Recent Items' (GitHub Issue #26)
• 'VS stopped responding for 28 seconds' (Github Issue #31)
• 'Recent Item accessed date not updating' (Github Issue #37)

Preview Releases

v0.14.3 - 2019-10-02

• Preview 3
• implemented a new & improved, more consistent color scheme (hopefully)

v0.13.2 - 2019-09-30

• Preview 2
• added
  • filtering in Recent Items
  • clear filter button
  • descriptions for tabs that have yet to be implemented
  • easy-to-find, but non-intrusive version number to Get Started
    • clicking on the link opens the Start Page+ website's changelog page
• improved
  • unreadable color combinations in the Blue theme (GitHub Issue #2)
  • thanks to @MagicAndre1981, @sevanmarc
• fixed
  • 'Missing prerequisites for VS 2017' (GitHub Issue #8)
  • 'Wrong icon shown in View | Start Page+' (GitHub Issue #11)
  • 'NRE when there are no recent items' (GitHub Issue #12)
  • thanks to @MagicAndre1981, @sevanmarc

v0.12.1 - 2019-09-15

• Preview 1
• implemented basic Recent Items
• implemented Get Started
• implemented Developer News

Internal Releases

v0.1 - v0.11

• added StartPagePlusWindow (tool window)
• added MainView
• added StartView
• added RecentItemsView
• added StartItemsView
• added NewsItemsView
• added temporary FavoritesView
• added temporary CreateView
• added temporary NewsView
• added GeneralOptions page
• added View | Start Page+
• added Tools | Options