WindowHop 1.6.1

8 September 2026

WindowHop 1.6.1

Changed

• Updated Sparkle to 2.9.6.

Fixed

• Window previews are readable again on wide displays: every preview card took its shape from the monitor, so on an ultrawide screen the snapshot shrank to a thin strip exactly where previews are hardest to recognize. Cards now use one fixed 16:10 canvas on every Mac. The expanded preview shown after pausing goes further and takes the shape of the window it is showing, so the snapshot fills it instead of floating in empty space.
• The expanded preview stays put: an unrelated window changing its title, moving, or appearing used to collapse an open expanded preview for the rest of the session. It now survives anything that does not change the selected window. If the first snapshot is still being captured when the pause elapses, the preview opens as soon as it arrives instead of never appearing.
• VoiceOver can activate a window: window tiles announced themselves as buttons but did nothing when activated through VoiceOver. Pressing one now switches to that window, and it can no longer be confused with the separate Close action.
• Two tab groups in one app stay collapsed: refreshing one native tab group dissolved the others in the same application, so their hidden tabs reappeared as separate entries. Each group is now independent.
• Settings is listed on the display it is actually on: dragging the Settings window to another display left it filed under the display it opened on while "Include windows from other displays" was off.
• A conflicting Open WindowHop shortcut is rejected again: after changing the switcher shortcut, recording a chord that collided with the new one was saved silently and then opened the wrong kind of session.
• No terminal window at login for development builds: enabling "Launch at login" from a build that is not a real app bundle registered that bare executable, which opened a terminal window at the next login. It is now refused, with the existing explanation.
• Honest permission onboarding: the first-run screen claimed WindowHop never records the screen and never uses the network. It now explains that Accessibility is the only permission always required, that Window Previews asks for Screen Recording and keeps its snapshots in memory, and that the network is used only for updates.
• Readable download buttons on the website: the primary download buttons did not meet the minimum text contrast, in Light Mode and much less in Dark Mode.
• Preview snapshots of a window are released on every path that removes it, so repeatedly opening and closing Settings no longer leaves stale images in memory.