1.18.1

Fix

• 49aec73 fix: stop hover_tab reverting wheel tab switches by @Bush2021

  With both hover_tab and wheel_tab enabled, a tab switched by the wheel jumped back to the previous tab hover_tab_delay ms later. Hover now activates only on real cursor movement, so a wheel switch sticks until you actually move the mouse away.

• cc055d3 fix: invalidate tab UI cache on layout toggle by @Bush2021

  Switching between horizontal and vertical tabs broke every tab feature until the browser was restarted, including hover_tab, wheel_tab, double-click and right-click close, keep_last_tab, and new_tab_disable. The toggle is now detected and the stale tab strip is dropped.

• f9d662b fix: avoid UIA teardown hang on browser exit (#277) by @ziboh

  Resolves #271 - Fixes a chrome.exe process left running in Task Manager after the browser window is closed.

• 98f6f2a fix: fix open_bookmark_new_tab when find-in-page bar is on @Bush2021

  Opening a bookmark in a new tab stopped working while the find-in-page bar was open. Bookmark clicks are now resolved correctly in that state.

• 490e98d fix: adapt for Chrome 152 tab container by @Bush2021

  Resolves #275 - Restores double-click close and other tab features on Chrome 152, which rebuilt the vertical tab strip internally. The horizontal strip is covered too, once Chrome moves it to the same implementation.

• 499809b fix: fix cold tab UI lookup while find-in-page bar is open by @Bush2021

  Tab actions such as double-click close did nothing when the find-in-page bar was opened before any tab feature had been used in that window. The failure looked intermittent because it only appeared with a cold cache, and it could persist for about a second after closing the find bar.

Full Changelog: 1.18.0...1.18.1

1.18.0

New

• 4b6cf2e feat: add hover_tab and hover_tab_delay by @Bush2021 and @benzBrake

Full Changelog: 1.17.1...1.18.0

1.17.1

Maintenance

• b832fc3 docs: fix invalid switch syntax and wrong term in chrome++.ini by @Bush2021

• 519ad22 perf: keep tab hit-testing out of web content by @Bush2021

  Resolves #270. We significantly improved performance, particularly on resource-intensive web pages, resolving the issues introduced by the UIA refactoring.

• ad59a43 perf: share the patched pak entry with renderers by @Bush2021

• 4a79176 perf: keep bookmark hit-testing out of web content by @Bush2021

• 6acb077 chore: drop dead UIA conditions and PakFind by @Bush2021

Full Changelog: 1.17.0...1.17.1

1.17.0

New

• b8cd367 feat: add suppress_false_upgrade_notification by @Bush2021

  Portable Chrome has no updater, so it can show a false "Chrome is out of date" notice that you can't act on, most visibly on the Safety Check page in Settings.

  Set suppress_false_upgrade_notification to 1 to hide it (off by default). It only clears this false notice and won't hide a genuine update prompt.

  Check the new chrome++.ini for more detail.

Fix

• 6a1b366 fix: anchor bookmark new-tab click to the validated point by @Bush2021

  Fixes open_bookmark_new_tab opening the wrong entry in a vertical bookmark menu when the cursor kept moving after release: the new tab now opens the bookmark that was actually under the cursor.

• b0b4704 fix: keep bookmark hit-testing out of web content by @Bush2021

  Fixes lag during left-clicking when open_bookmark_new_tab=1.

• 19db502 fix: patch resources.pak in the renderer process by @Bush2021

  Resolves #263 - Fixes recent Chromium builds where the browser UI fails to render fully, without breaking settings-page branding information.

Maintenance

• 343f247 chore: cleanup unused code by @Bush2021
• d4616ad chore: add clangd config and align tooling to c++23 by @Bush2021
• 1049027 chore: fix invalid value in clang-format by @Bush2021
• d7a8fa5 chore: update Detours by @Bush2021
• 076ef33 chore: drop the ineffective bookmark BuildCache by @Bush2021
• de5f25a perf: stop pak traversal once the patch lands by @Bush2021

Full Changelog: 1.16.2...1.17.0

1.16.2

Fix

• 6ebac92 fix: avoid root UIA scan for mouse wheel tab check by @Bush2021

  Resolves #257 #258 - Fixes a regression that causes lag when scrolling.

Full Changelog: 1.16.1...1.16.2

1.16.1

Fix

• a3936dc fix: fix tab hit-testing hidden by DevTools Chrome_RenderWidgetHostHWND by @Bush2021

  Resolves #250.

• 648e018 fix: use CreateProcessW for pre-entry relaunch by @Bush2021

  Resolves #252 #253 #255 - Fixes a startup issue on Chrome 149+.

Maintenance

• A simple GUI implementation has been added to setdll.

Full Changelog: 1.16.0...1.16.1

1.16.0

New

• 8b22f8d feat: migrate IA2 to UIA and support vertical tabs by @Bush2021

  This replaces the old IA2-based logic with a UIA-based implementation. Besides adding vertical tab support, it also fixes many long-standing tab interaction issues, improves behavior when the find/search bar changes the accessibility tree, and removes several fragile IA2-era hacks and workarounds.

  --force-renderer-accessibility is no longer needed. If you need custom new-tab matching, simply use new_tab_disable_name.

  This should also improve repeated close handling for tabs. Rapid double-click, middle-click, or right-click close gestures should no longer accidentally act on a tab that has already been destroyed, close extra tabs unintentionally, or trigger the vertical tabs crash described in #220.

Fix

• 3d64ecc fix: fix static state contamination in IsNeedKeep by @Bush2021
• d838684 fix: make arrow-selected omnibox suggestions open in new tab (#237) by @Bush2021
• e7970a5 fix: fix opening arrow-selected omnibox suggestions again by @Bush2021
• d697555 fix: clear win32k lockdown mitigation bit correctly by @Bush2021
• 58d19d2 fix: fix wheel_tab on vertical tabs by @Bush2021
• 2f3926e fix: add VerticalTabStripBottomContainer to tab bar check by @Bush2021
• 8c7c34a fix: count tabs in collapsed groups via trusted raw-view scan by @Bush2021
• 245691f fix: fix bookmark hits hidden by Omnibox Popup by @Bush2021

Maintenance

• 533b2d9 refactor: extract ComInitializer into shared header by @Bush2021
• 7429263 chore: remove unused lbutton_down_point variable by @Bush2021
• 9113065 chore: correct return type of MyLogonUserW to BOOL by @Bush2021

Full Changelog: 1.15.2...1.16.0

1.16.0-alpha.4

Fix

• 8c7c34a fix: count tabs in collapsed groups via trusted raw-view scan by @Bush2021

Full Changelog: 1.16.0-alpha.3...1.16.0-alpha.4

1.16.0-alpha.3

Fix

• 2f3926e fix: add VerticalTabStripBottomContainer to tab bar check by @Bush2021

Full Changelog: 1.16.0-alpha.2...1.16.0-alpha.3

1.16.0-alpha.2

Fix

• d697555 fix: clear win32k lockdown mitigation bit correctly by @Bush2021
• 58d19d2 fix: fix wheel_tab on vertical tabs by @Bush2021

Maintenance

• 533b2d9 refactor: extract ComInitializer into shared header by @Bush2021
• 7429263 chore: remove unused lbutton_down_point variable by @Bush2021
• 9113065 chore: correct return type of MyLogonUserW to BOOL by @Bush2021

Full Changelog: 1.16.0-alpha.1...1.16.0-alpha.2