ImJoy v0.9.80

Support uploading files to the plugin engine

• drag and drop files/folders to the plugin engine
• new api function: api.requestUploadUrl
• remove file and folder in the plugin engine
• goto any folder
• download file from the engine file dialog

Enhanced window management

• shortcut icons to up to 9 windows
• click to focus window
• standalone mode for windows

Improved Engine Dialog

• seperate to new engine dialog and about engine dialog
• add api_version to engine
• show system information for plugin engines
• Reset engine button

More pythonic way of using imjoy api

• support from imjoy import api

Create window plugin in web-python

• support new plugin type web-python-window
• allows access to dom in python
• plot directly with matplotlib

Support cover image(s)/GIFs

• add cover filed to <config> block which allows to add animations to plugins
• demo: https://tinyurl.com/yxdtse8l

Other improvements

• Use tight layout on small screen
• add api.prompt
• show Restart ImJoy button to allow restart manually in PWA
• popup restart button when loading timeout

API version: 0.1.5

Breaking changes

• window.onclose has been renamed to window.onClose
• api.showFileDialog now return an object instead of a string
• if user cancelled api.showFileDialog, it will return false instead of trigger an error

To simplify the api, the following api functions is going to be deprecated:

• api.getFilePath
• api.uploadFileToUrl
• api.downloadFileFromUrl