11.3.0-beta1

Full Changelog: 11.2.6...11.3.0-beta1

What's Changed

Features

• Add Popup.ShouldUseOverlayLayer property by @maxkatz6 in #5629
• Add ItemsControl.PreparingContainer event by @TomEdwardsEnscape in #14153
• feat: Support ContactRect in X11 and Windows platform by @lindexi in #16498
• [GeneratedComInterface] based Windows automation by @maxkatz6 in #16543
• feat(DevTools): Allow configure DevTools HotKey by @workgroupengineering in #16668
• feat(Window): Allow to persist content of Clipboard after App close by @workgroupengineering in #16778
• Added Binding.Delay feature by @TomEdwardsEnscape in #16805
• Feature - Container Queries by @emmauss in #16846
• Update Unicode data and algorithms to v. 16.0 by @Gillibald in #16919
• feat: Allow use of (Classes.classname) syntax on Style and ControlThe. by @workgroupengineering in #16938
• Try to infer DataContext type from the $parent and #named compiled binding path parts by @maxkatz6 in #17204
• Introduce font family mapping by @Gillibald in #17234
• Add new constructor to AvaloniaDictionary and include unit tests #17311 by @IoannTerrible in #17312
• Properly handle nc hittest for caption buttons by @maxkatz6 in #1738
• add automation peer for UserControl by @baochenw in #17480
• Search all SelectingItemsControl items with TextSearch on key input, not just realized ones by @jonko0493 in #17506
• [TextBox] Add readonly property: LineCount. by @rabbitism in #17656
• Implement Matrix.CreateRotation with center point. by @rabbitism in #17657
• BoolConverters.Not should support ConvertBack by @maxkatz6 in #17658
• Implement support for Android TalkBack by @IsaMorphic in #17704
• Access single file or folder from IStorageFolder by name by @nickodei in #17771
• Added WrapPanel item alignment by @TomEdwardsEnscape in #17792
• feat: add hidesuggestions property to textbox by @jcsawyer in #17815
• Add missing Blend Modes and expose BlendMode on Image Control by @leocb in #17903
• [Refactor] Get trailing whitespace length from the glyph run metrics by @dme-compunet in #17960
• [DockPanel] Add Spacing properties by @Poker-sang in #17977
• add spacing to uniform grid - issue 8406 by @Enzx in #17993
• [Grid] Add RowSpacing and ColumnSpacing by @zxbmmmmmmmmm in #18077
• [WrapPanel] Add Spacing Properties by @Poker-sang in #18079
• feat: Support pressure and tilt on macos by @AkiSakurai in #18082
• FontFamily.FamilyTypefaces support by @Gillibald in #18113
• Warning AVLN2208: Item container in the data template by @maxkatz6 in #18132
• Add Analyzer and CodeFixProvider for Initializing Bitmap with a "avares" scheme argument. by @rabbitism in #18150
• Null conditional operator in bindings by @grokys in #18270
• Add diagnostic metrics/activities by @maxkatz6 in #18314
• Added IClipboard:TryGetInProcessDataObjectAsyns by @kekekeks in #18340
• Implement SetItems method in ResourceDictionary by @StefanKoell in #18354
• Add ContentTemplate property to flyout by @emmauss in #18361
• Introduce GlyphTypeface.FaceNames by @Gillibald in #18392
• Implement TextSearch.TextBinding by @MrJul in #18405
• Allow [AssignBinding] on attached properties by @MrJul in #18425
• Added LogToDelegate and LogToTextWriter APIs by @kekekeks in #18472

Enhancements

• Use the himetric location instead of the pixel location. by @walterlv in #16850
• Fixes and improves several access key (accelerator) related issues by @StefanKoell in #17292
• Add _NET_WM_PID atom to Linux X11 window by @lindexi in #17470
• Throw ObjectDisposedException for ClipboardImpl/ClipboardDataObject by @MrJul in #17472
• Nullable annotations for LinuxFramebuffer by @MrJul in #17489
• Align bitmap memory to 4 bytes by @Gillibald in #17774
• Nullable annotations for X11 by @MrJul in #17814
• Add FontSize property validation by @maxkatz6 in #18198
• Improve KeyGesture.ToString() output in case when Key is set to Key.None by @Samael7777 in #18353
• Bring control into view only if control isn't properly visible in viewport by @emmauss in #18359
• Raise pointer events on captured element by @MrJul in #18420
• Prevented setting 0 to ColumnSpan or RowSpan. by @abenedik in #18516

Performance

• Avoid Select when no boxing required by @YohDeadfall in #16886
• Fix PopupRoot.ConfigurePosition being called unnecessary by @MrJul in #17322
• Optimization for Process.GetCurrentProcess() in Avalonia.Win32.Automation by @NeverMorewd in #17422
• Optimize SKRoundRectCache Clear Method for .NET 6+ by @lindexi in #17605
• Expanding StringTokenizator with ReadOnlySpan. by @Meloman19 in #17645
• Use Flat Array Text Blob Cache instead of more expensive ConcurrentDictionary in Avalonia.Skia.GlyphRunImpl by @Washi1337 in #17727
• [Text] Make BreakUnit a readonly struct by @Gillibald in #17729
• Add SpanStringTokenizer and avoid many string allocations in FontCollectionBase by @Washi1337 in #17745
• Optimization: Add an optimized path for notifying property changes for inherited va. by @danwalmsley in #18223
• Layout performance improvements by @MrJul in #18315
• Remove List<IObserver<T>>.ToArray() allocations in LightweightObservableBase by @xoofx in #18316

Fixes

• Considering scaling when centering windows by @HermanKirshin in #16158
• Enhance OpenGlControlBase.cs by @heku in #17011
• Fix INotifyCollectionChanged Move and Replace handling by @mpylon in #17171
• Fix the known valuator do not update. by @lindexi in #17321
• Fix .NET 9 WASM incompatibility by updating SkiaSharp.WASM package by @maxkatz6 in #17362
• Fix xml-test error message being not culture-invariant by @nickodei in #17374
• Fix adapter selection in Vulkan demo by @SCLDGit in #17442
• Ensure VirtualizingStackPanel correct element size estimate and fix #17460 by @BobLd in #17461
• AutoCompleteBox don't lose text selection when contextmenu opens by @punker76 in #17462
• Fix TimePicker breaking change, when using pre-11.2 styles by @maxkatz6 in #17516
• Rework XAML compilation targets by @MrJul in #17539
• Fix macOS ActivatableLifetime events by @MrJul in #17608
• DropShadowDirectionEffect: add AffectsRender for ShadowDepthProperty and DirectionProperty by @laolarou726 in #17664
• Filepath with space not recognized correctly by xdg-open by @nickodei in #17682
• Add missing nullcheck in AvnView::mouseEvent by @jmacato in #17709
• bugfix: ScrollBar will be hidden when ScrollBarVisibility is specified as Visible by @metaone01 in #17718
• [macOS]: Don't set IsModal when changing window parent. by @grokys in #17742
• Reset bidi levels of trailing whitespace after text wrapping (According to TR9 guidelines) by @dme-compunet in #17924
• Fix - Complete window dialog task when dialog is hidden by @emmauss in #18047
• Fix NSEvent.subType assertion by @MrJul in #18126
• Correct which types receive CompilerGeneratedAttribute by @TomEdwardsEnscape in #18166
• fix NumericUpDown Spinned event by @nightfog-git in #18180
• Fix DockPanel index out of range by @Poker-sang in #18261
• Added surface dispose to DrawingSurfaceDemoBase by @flabbet in #18412
• Fix DBus type in exported menu by @affederaffe in #18450
• [X11] attempt to use _NET_WM_STATE_FOCUSED or _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW for tracking window activation, if available by @kekekeks in #18464
• Fix grid spacing measure issue by @Poker-sang in #18473
• Fix grid desired size error by @zxbmmmmmmmmm in #18507
• Fixed invalid monitor detection when changing window position by @kekekeks in #18562

Miscellaneous

• Integration tests: add retries to OpenWindowWithClick by @MrJul in #17259
• Restore the progress bar page by @kekekeks in #17285
• Updated Avalonia.Desktop.slnf by @kekekeks in #17391
• Improve automation XML docs. by @grokys in #17405
• Added generate-headers.sh for convenience purposes by @kekekeks in #17413
• Fix build Clean target by @MrJul in #17531
• Update IInsetsManager.cs by @Keboo in #17468
• Add missing ItemGroup to build tasks by @MrJul in #17630
• Fix double build of Avalonia.Build.Tasks by @MrJul in #17813
• Update AndroidFramebuffer.cs by @corvinsz in #17488
• Remove Tizen workload; use the Tizen SDK package directly instead by @MrJul in #17550
• Warning fixes: '25 winter wave by @MrJul in #18103
• Bump DBus stack by @affederaffe in #18343
• Remove DataGrid from the main repository by @MrJul in #18401
• Move all submodules to external directory by @MrJul in #18431
• Set build number to version on CI by @MrJul in #18538