v3.1.0

Web Greeter 3.1.0 is here!

The build system changed to cx_freeze, though the previous build/install method, can be used. You can install the .deb package for Ubuntu 21.04 (python 3.9) and Ubuntu 20.04 (python 3.8)

Changes

• Removed whither dependency
• Improved themes
  • Added keyboard layout selector
  • Added eye password reveal
• Devtools implemented as a side view
• Build system now uses cx_freeze
• Brightness and battery are controlled by signals instead of timers

Full changelog

v3.0.0

3.0.0 arrives

Finally, I think this is ready to use, with a lot of changes from 2.2.4 release

Thanks to Antergos team for leaving a good guide about how this could evolve.

Changes

Added:

• New themes: gruvbox (default) and dracula
• Added newer documentation
• Support for brightness control
• Support for battery status
• Support for ES2020, as using Chrome 83
• Improved mock.js system
• Better debug logging
• Custom cursor theme option as icon_theme
• Vendors added:
  • material-icons added
• Tab completion for web-greeter command

Changed:

• lightdm-webkit2-greeter name changed to web-greeter
• Webkit2Gtk replaced with PyQtWebEngine
  • Migrated from C to Python
• Man-pages updated
• Updated API usage for LightDM 1.26.0
• lightdm.start_session_sync replaced with lightdm.start_session method
• greeterutil renamed to theme_utils
• config renamed to greeter_config
• lightdm-webkit2-greeter.conf renamed to web-greeter.yml
• Themes are now installed inside /usr/share/web-greeter/themes
• Vendors updated:
  • js-cookie updated
  • fontawesome updated, now in _vendor/fontawesome/
• Previous deprecated methods and properties were removed.

Removed:

• Antergos theme removed
• Vendors removed:
  • jQuery removed, as now we are in 2021
  • moment.js removed. Use Intl
  • Bootstrap removed. Include it in theme if needed.
• time_format config option removed
• Transifex removed, sadly

Full Changelog

[RELEASE CANDIDATE] v3.0.0rc5

Probably, this will be the last Release Candidate. I do not have a lot to add or fix now, so this is now practically ready to use.

Changes

• Added newer documentation
• Config options updated:
  • time_format removed
  • time_language now refers to a language subtag, like "en-us" or "ja"
  • icon_theme allows to specify the cursor theme to use
• mock.js updated
• Vendors updated:
  • material-icons added
  • js-cookie updated
  • fontawesome updated
  • jQuery removed
  • moment.js removed
  • Bootstrap removed
• Transifex translations removed, as they are not compatible and not mantained.

[RELEASE CANDIDATE] v3.0.0rc4

Changes

• Added tab completion for bash and zsh
• Added error handling, allowing to load the default theme
• Battery and backlight support
• Better javascript logging in console

[RELEASE CANDIDATE] v3.0.0rc3

A long time

So, after all this time, I decided to fix some things, and add some other features; and this happened. That's all.

Changes

• Command line arguments, such as --help, --theme, --debug
• Some fixes with LightDM API, as power functions didn't work
• Man pages updated