Edge-Drop v0.3.1: A Better UI, Built-in Emoji Picker, and Everyday Polish

Edge-Drop v0.3.1: A Better UI, Built-in Emoji Picker, and Everyday Polish

Edge-Drop v0.3.1 is all about making the app look significantly better and fixing the everyday quirks that got in your way. It brings a built-in Emoji Picker right into the top bar, cleaner borderless card designs with crisp bundled fonts, full URL visibility on link cards, and reliable fixes for duplicate captures, image categorization, and Windows autostart.

What's New in v0.3.1

Built-in Emoji Picker

• Full Emoji Library: Click the smile icon in the top filter bar to open a full emoji picker. Browse categories, search recents, and pick your preferred skin tones.
• Direct Pasting: Click any emoji to paste it straight into your active application without losing window focus or cluttering your clipboard history.
• Fast and Seamless: Switching between your clipboard history and emojis is instant, with zero flicker or stutter.

A Better, Cleaner UI

• Redesigned Filter Buttons: Replaced the old rectangular tabs with clean circular category buttons (Recents, Text, Links, Images, Files) and a smooth white sliding pill that matches the deep charcoal tone of your cards.
• Sharper Fonts: Edge-Drop now bundles Plus Jakarta Sans and JetBrains Mono directly. Text, titles, and code snippets look clean and modern instead of falling back to default system fonts.
• Useful Card Details: Card footers now show practical info at a glance—file sizes (e.g. 78 MB), image dimensions, copy counts (×2, ×3), and timestamps positioned neatly on the right.
• Smoother Sheet Animation: The shelf now opens and closes with a natural, unified glide that feels like a native system sheet rather than a jumping pop-up window.
• Flat Settings Toggles: Replaced bulky switch controls with modern, flat toggles that animate smoothly with zero lag.

Cleaner Link Cards

• See the Real URL: Copied web links now display the full destination address right below the webpage title so you know where the link goes before clicking it.
• Accidental Paste Protection: Clicking outside a preview flyout or on empty shelf space closes it cleanly without accidentally pasting the link into whatever window you have open.

Sensible Copy Indicator

• Instant Desktop Feedback: When you copy something anywhere on your computer (Ctrl+C), Edge-Drop immediately shows a quick confirmation at your screen edge.
• Quiet Inside the Shelf: When you click the Copy button inside Edge-Drop, the edge indicator is muted so it doesn't flash an unnecessary popup over the panel you are already using.

Clipboard & File Fixes

• No More Double Copies: Fixed an issue where copying from Windows Explorer or spreadsheets (Excel, Google Sheets) could capture the same item twice.
• Images Go to Images: Image files copied from Windows Explorer now go directly into the Images tab instead of cluttering your Files tab.
• Live Timestamps: Card timestamps now update every 5 seconds while the shelf is open, naturally aging from "just now" to "1m", "5m", and beyond without needing to click around.

Windows Integration & Startup Fixes

• Reliable Launch at Login: Fixed Windows autostart for usernames or folders with spaces (e.g. C:\Users\John Doe\...). Edge-Drop now reliably starts with Windows and automatically repairs existing startup entries on first run.
• Taskbar Visibility: The system tray icon now automatically stays clearly visible whether your Windows taskbar is dark or light.
• Live Update Progress: When an update is downloading, you'll see a live percentage right inside the app, followed by a single-click "Restart to Update" button when it's done.

Complete 31-Language Translations

• 100% Translated: Every screen, button, setting, and notification—including the new emoji picker and language selector—is fully translated across all 31 supported languages with native Right-to-Left (RTL) support for Arabic, Hebrew, and Persian.

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Installation & Upgrades

Windows Package Installer (GitHub Release)

1. Download Edge-Drop-Setup-0.3.1.exe from the Assets section below.
2. Run the installer. If you are updating from an existing version, your preferences, pinned items, and history will be preserved.
3. Edge-Drop will launch minimized to the tray. Move your cursor to the designated screen edge (or press Alt+C) to open your shelf.

Microsoft Store Version

Users running the Microsoft Store package will receive this update automatically via Windows Store background updates.

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Full Changelog

For a complete list of commits and architectural changes, see the commit comparison:
v0.3.0...v0.3.1

Edge-Drop v0.3.0: Smarter Multi-Monitor Triggering, Refined Drag & Drop, and Rich File Stacks

Edge-Drop v0.3.0: Smarter Multi-Monitor Triggering, Refined Drag & Drop, and Rich File Stacks

Edge-Drop v0.3.0 introduces smarter multi-monitor edge detection, cleaner drag-and-drop integrity, larger file stack previews with animated GIF support, hardware-accelerated animations, and enhanced Windows integration reliability.

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What's New in v0.3.0

Smarter Multi-Monitor Edge Opening

• Rest-as-Intent Seam Policy: Moving your cursor between displays is now fluid and natural. Edge-Drop distinguishes when you are crossing over to an adjacent monitor versus intentionally stopping at the edge to open your shelf, preventing accidental activations on interior display boundaries.
• Deterministic Multi-Display Geometry: Geometric screen calculations are cached and versioned, eliminating edge jitter across mixed-DPI monitor configurations.

Refined Drag and Drop Lifecycle

• Clean Return-to-Shelf: Dragging an item out and dropping it back onto the shelf is now a safe return-to-shelf operation without duplicating files, splitting card stacks, or incrementing usage counts.
• Click vs. Drag Discrimination: Pointer movements are now differentiated with a movement threshold, ensuring drag attempts on text and link cards never dispatch accidental click-to-paste actions.
• External Usage Accounting: Usage counters (hitCount) and top-of-shelf reordering now update exclusively when an item is dropped into an external application (such as Microsoft Word, Adobe Photoshop, Discord, or File Explorer).

Richer File Stack Previews & Animated GIFs

• 20% Larger Preview Tiles: Collapsed file stacks now display 154px preview cards with unified folder-silhouette masks and category-specific pastel vector badges.
• Animated GIF Playback: Stack preview tiles now support animated playback for GIF files.
• Fluid Stack Folding: Expanding and collapsing bundles is seamless—clicking anywhere outside an open stack neatly folds it back into place without layout shifting.

Hardware-Accelerated Motion & Virtualized Scrolling

• Compositor-Only Transitions: Card pinning, unpinning, and category tab switching run entirely on GPU transforms (transform and opacity), eliminating layout reflows during rapid interactions.
• Smooth History Scrolling: Implemented list virtualization with content-visibility: auto, ensuring a steady 60 FPS scroll performance even across large history databases.

Original File & Image Name Preservation

• Consistent File Naming: Images and files captured or dropped into Edge-Drop retain their original source filenames throughout drag-and-drop operations, image previews, and disk exports.

Startup and Update Reliability

• Persistent Launch at Login: Windows Registry startup configuration is automatically synchronized with live binary paths, ensuring your Launch at Login preference persists across automatic updates.

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Installation & Upgrades

Windows Package Installer (GitHub Release)

1. Download Edge-Drop-Setup-0.3.0.exe from the Assets section below.
2. Run the installer. If you are updating from an existing version, your preferences, pinned items, and history will be automatically preserved.
3. Edge-Drop will launch minimized to the tray. Move your cursor to the designated screen edge (or press Alt+C) to open your shelf.

Microsoft Store Version

Users running the Microsoft Store package will receive this update automatically via Windows Store background updates.

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Full Changelog

For a complete list of commits and architectural changes, see the commit comparison:
https://github.com/Deepender25/Edge-Drop/compare/v0.2.7...v0.3.0

Edge-Drop v0.2.9 — Custom Hotkey Recorder, Filter-Scoped History Clearing & Pastel Icon Suite

Edge-Drop v0.2.9 Release Notes

Edge-Drop v0.2.9 introduces configurable global hotkey recording, filter-scoped history clearing, handcrafted 3D pastel file iconography, hover pre-staging for zero-latency drag-and-drop, and structural deletion animation fixes.

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Key Features and Improvements

• Configurable Global Toggle Shortcut

  • Customize the shelf toggle hotkey (defaults to Alt+C) directly from the Settings menu.
  • Features live keycap preview, automatic modifier conflict detection, and dynamic background shortcut registration.

• Filter-Scoped and Time-Based History Clearing

  • Clear history across predefined time intervals (Last 1 hour, 6 hours, 24 hours, or Clear all).
  • History clearing performed while inside a category view (Images, Files, Links, Text) or an active search query is strictly scoped to that view, ensuring items in other categories remain intact.

• 3D Pastel SVG File Iconography Suite

  • Added handcrafted vector SVG icons for all supported file classifications: Folders, Code, Spreadsheets (.xlsx, .csv), Documents, PDFs, Presentations, Audio, Video, Archives, and Executables.
  • Replaced raster assets across item cards, file bundles, preview flyouts, and OLE drag ghosts.

• Hover Pre-Staging for Instant Drag-and-Drop

  • Hovering over clipboard cards pre-stages OLE file handles and drag previews in the background, eliminating drag ghost initiation latency.
  • Dynamically manages window Z-band hierarchy during active drags for consistent handoffs into external desktop software.

• Windows Snipping Tool Integration

  • Native recognition for screenshot clips captured via Windows Snipping Tool (Win+Shift+S) across Rectangular, Freeform, Window, and Fullscreen modes with standardized timestamped file naming (Screenshot YYYY-MM-DD HH.MM.SS.png).

• Zero-Gap Layout Deletion Physics

  • Item deletion transitions now utilize physical height and margin collapse within Framer Motion layout projections, eliminating empty spaces and list coordinate shifts during card removal.

• Win32 Focus Protection and Explorer Recovery

  • Applied WS_EX_NOACTIVATE window styling to ensure clicking on Edge-Drop controls never steals active OS input focus from foreground applications.
  • System tray state and taskbar exclusion are safely re-asserted if Windows Explorer (explorer.exe) restarts.

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Verification and Quality Assurance

• Type Safety: 100% strict TypeScript compilation across Node.js backend (electron/) and React 19 frontend (src/).
• Automated Test Suite: 19 test files passed (175 unit tests across geometry, power management, storage encryption, and clipboard pipelines).
• Package Formats: Available as a standalone GitHub release executable (.exe) and Microsoft Store package (.appx).

Edge-Drop v0.2.7 - introduces disk-backed payload offloading, image thumbnailing protocols, OS-level Windows fullscreen detection fixes, self-healing launch-at-login registry synchronization, and performance optimizations.

Edge-Drop v0.2.7

Edge-Drop v0.2.7 introduces disk-backed payload offloading, image thumbnailing protocols, OS-level Windows fullscreen detection fixes, self-healing launch-at-login registry synchronization, and performance optimizations.

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What's New in v0.2.7

Performance & Memory Optimization

• Disk-Backed Payloads: Text entries over 300 characters are stored on disk (payloads/<id>.txt), keeping RAM usage stabilized at ~130 MB.
• Image Thumbnailing Protocol: History cards render 240px custom thumbnails (edgelocal://thumb/), preventing GPU memory inflation from high-resolution images.
• Optimized Poll Engine: Cached work area metrics eliminate redundant Win32 kernel calls during idle hover polling.

Windows OS Integration Fixes

• Home Screen & Fullscreen Detection Fix: Win32 window class filtering (Progman, WorkerW, Shell_TrayWnd) resolves false-positive game detection on the Windows Home Screen while preserving fullscreen game suppression.
• Self-Healing Launch at Login: Autostart entries automatically update Windows Registry keys with live binary paths and --hidden launch flags on startup.

Features & Usability

• Universal Drag-and-Drop Vault: Drag text, links, web images, and files directly into Edge-Drop.
• Offline Rich Link Previews: Zero-cost offline parsing for copied URLs with website titles and favicons.
• Settings & Controls: Added Move Pasted Items to Top toggle, Edge Trigger Proximity Slider (1px–7px), default history limit set to 250 items, official domain link update (www.edgedrop.app), and Persian language support.

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Installation Files

• Edge-Drop-Setup-0.2.7.exe (Windows NSIS Installer)
• Edge-Drop-0.2.7.appx (Microsoft Store Package)

Edge-Drop v0.2.6: Multilingual Text Overflow & Layout Fixes

Release Notes - v0.2.6

Performance Improvements

• Removed CPU blur effects across UI components for smoother panel opening and scrolling.

Settings UI

• Reordered the settings footer to place the Support section above the Quit button.
• Redesigned Support and GitHub Star buttons into matching pill shapes with a soft pastel red support button.
• Updated the support link to direct to the official support page (Ko-fi & UPI).
• Replaced the Quit section with a compact, low-profile quit button at the bottom.

Localization & Typography

• Updated filter category labels across languages with shorter native terms.
• Added dynamic font scaling so filter text fits cleanly without overlapping.

Edge-Drop v0.2.5 — Global 30-Language Localization, Laptop Sleep Guard & Custom Text Scaling

Edge-Drop v0.2.5 — Global 30-Language Localization, Laptop Sleep Guard & Custom Text Scaling

Features & Enhancements

• Complete 30-Language Localization & Smart Language Selector: Implemented full translation dictionaries across 30 languages, added RTL layout support for Arabic and Hebrew, integrated audio haptics, and added auto-scrolling to position the selected language in the dropdown viewport.
• Text Size Settings: Added a customizable typography scale setting (Small, Normal, Medium, Large) applying dynamic font scaling across the app.
• Ko-fi Support & GitHub Star Promotion: Integrated a dedicated support section in Settings featuring official vector brand logos and direct project sponsorship links.
• Automatic Updates Engine: Integrated background GitHub release checking, auto-update preferences, manual update checks, and Microsoft Store build isolation.
• Hover Activation Control: Added a dedicated toggle in Settings and System Tray to pause or enable hover activation, linked with Fullscreen Protection.
• Multi-File Selection & Preview Action Bar: Added tap-to-toggle multi-file selection with a batch action bar (Select All, Copy Selected, Paste Selected, Clear Selection).
• Battery & Edge Performance Optimizations: Implemented battery-aware adaptive cursor polling to reduce CPU draw and reduced edge retract delay to 800ms for faster panel response.
• Dynamic Filter & Search Counters: Bound item count badges and clear actions directly to the active category filter (Text, Links, Images, Files) and search query.

Bug Fixes

• Laptop Sleep/Unlock False Copy Indicator Fix: Resolved an issue where the Copy Indicator beacon falsely activated when opening the laptop lid or unlocking the screen, using native powerMonitor lifecycle handlers.
• Multi-Monitor Display Alignment: Resolved an issue where Edge-Drop reset to the primary monitor when display cables or TV mirrors were disconnected or reconnected.
• Preview Flyout Offset Alignment: Fixed vertical misalignment between side preview flyouts and custom panel verticalOffset positions.
• Subpixel Text Rendering: Fixed text blurriness on low-DPI displays by removing subpixel CSS transforms.
• Full-Resolution Image Quality: Resolved thumbnail blurring on image cards by directly streaming unblurred full-resolution images.
• Staged Image Persistence: Fixed raw PNG byte rendering when immediately captured from the clipboard.

Edge-Drop v0.2.2 - Segmented Settings Architecture, Web Audio Haptic Suite & Proximity Beacon

Edge-Drop v0.2.2 - Segmented Settings Architecture, Web Audio Haptic Suite & Proximity Beacon

Welcome to Edge-Drop v0.2.2. This major update introduces a stationary 3-category Settings architecture with independent scroll memory, a real-time synthesized Web Audio API haptic sound suite, customizable trigger alignment with edge location hint beacons, and 5% magnetic tick sliders.

Key Features in this Release

1. Segmented 3-Category Settings Navigation

• Stationary Top Header: Fixed category tab bar (Behaviour, Position, Appearance) stays 100% stationary at the top while settings controls scroll independently underneath it.
• Independent Scroll Memory per Section: Each category section maintains its own separate scroll position across tab switches, returning right where you left off.
• Pure CSS Selection Sync: Native active tab styling eliminates layout projection glitches during vertical panel movements.

2. Synthesized Web Audio Haptic Suite

• Zero-Asset Sound Engine: Real-time Web Audio API sound synthesis providing tactile audio feedback for UI micro-interactions without audio file assets.
• Haptic Sound Types: Mechanical dial ticks (playDialTickSound), tactile button clicks (playButtonClickSound), switch pops (playToggleSound), and mechanical dual-stage delete thuds (playDeleteSound).
• Global Sound Control: Added a global Sound effects toggle switch in Settings (ON by default) with eager AudioContext auto-unlock on initial user interaction.

3. Independent Trigger Position Alignment & Edge Location Hint

• Independent Edge Trigger Placement: Choose exact trigger strip placement (Top, Center, or Bottom) relative to the shelf, with dynamic CSS clipPath calculation matching the exact sensor region.
• Edge Location Hint (Proximity Beacon): Subtle 1.5px hairline gradient pulse (300ms duration, 0.28 opacity) that flashes once on the screen edge when touching the edge at a misaligned vertical position.

4. 5% Magnetic Tick Slider & Application Management

• Smooth 1-to-1 Drag Tracking: Continuous 0.002 high-precision tracking during drag with 60fps/120fps real-time cursor alignment, live percentage badge (50%), and percentage quick-jump buttons (0%, 50%, 100%).
• Magnetic 5% Snapping: Automatically snaps to the nearest 5% tick mark on pointer release with dial tick audio feedback.
• Quit Edge-Drop Action: Integrated Quit Edge-Drop button under Application settings with IPC integration to cleanly terminate electron main and background processes.
• Independent Pinned Section Collapse: Each filter category tab (All, Text, Links, Images, Files) maintains its own independent pinned section collapse/expand state (collapsedMap), persisted across sessions.

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Installation Instructions

1. Download Edge-Drop-Setup-0.2.2.exe from the Assets section below.
2. Run Edge-Drop-Setup-0.2.2.exe to install or upgrade.
3. The app will launch silently in the background. Move your mouse cursor to your configured screen edge to slide open the clipboard shelf!

v0.2.1 - Cross-Reboot Display Persistence & 5-Category Segmented Filters

Edge-Drop v0.2.1 Release Notes

Summary

Edge-Drop v0.2.1 introduces Cross-Reboot Multi-Monitor Display Persistence, a 5-Category macOS Segmented Control Filter Suite, Unified Image Entity Classification, and HD Anti-Aliased Curved Edges rendering optimizations.

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Key Changes

Cross-Reboot Display Persistence & Multi-Monitor Engine

• 4-Tier Display Resolution Pipeline: Implemented a display resolution pipeline (stickDisplayWorkArea and stickDisplayScaleFactor) that preserves monitor preferences across system restarts when Windows re-assigns numeric display IDs.
  • Tier 1 (Exact Session ID): Fast path resolution within active session.
  • Tier 2 (Fuzzy WorkArea Geometry Match): Resolves target monitor via workArea bounds matching within an 8px tolerance window, using DPI scale factor as a secondary tiebreaker.
  • Tier 3 (Nearest Position): Maintains continuity during window geometry updates.
  • Tier 4 (Primary Display Fallback): Gracefully re-anchors to the Primary Display if the target monitor is disconnected.
• Fail-Safe Primary Fallback: Automatically re-anchors to the Primary Display if a secondary display is disconnected, preventing off-screen rendering or UI clipping.

macOS Segmented Control 5-Category Filter Suite

• 5 Category Filters: Quick-access filtering across All, Text, Links, Images, and Files.
  • Text: Filters plain text clips and notes (isUrl === false).
  • Links: Filters web links and URLs (isUrl === true).
  • Images: Filters screenshots and copied image files (.png, .jpg, .webp, .svg).
  • Files: Filters non-image document assets (PDFs, Zip archives, folders).
• Single Persistent Indicator Node: Replaced conditional unmount/mount nodes with a single persistent spring indicator pill, eliminating rectangular scale-distortion artifacts during tab switching (stiffness: 500, damping: 35).
• Contextual Empty States: Updated empty state messaging for each specific filter view.

Unified Image Entity Classification

• Unified Screenshots and Copied Image Files: Native system screenshots (Win + Shift + S) and copied image files (photo.png via Explorer) are now unified under the Images filter tab with visual thumbnail cards.

HD Anti-Aliased Curved Edges & Visual Rendering

• GPU Layer Anti-Aliasing (transform: translateZ(0)): Promoted curved UI surfaces onto hardware-accelerated compositing layers, enforcing GPU Multisample Anti-Aliasing (MSAA) on rounded borders.
• Smooth Vector Rasterization: Replaced image-rendering: crisp-edges with image-rendering: smooth and shape-rendering: geometricPrecision.
• Background Clip Optimization: Applied -webkit-background-clip: padding-box across curved elements to prevent background color bleed under 1px hairline borders.
• Fluid README Media: Updated header graphics in project documentation for consistent scaling across desktop and mobile displays.

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Upgrade Instructions

• Automatic Background Update: Users on v0.2.0 will receive a background download notification in Settings with a single-click "Restart to Update" option.
• Manual Installation: Download Edge-Drop-Setup-0.2.1.exe below for direct installation.

Edge-Drop v0.2.0 - Automatic Background Updates, One-Click Web Links & Pinned Deck

Edge-Drop v0.2.0 - Automatic Background Updates, One-Click Web Links & Pinned Deck

Welcome to Edge-Drop v0.2.0. This update introduces seamless silent background auto-updates, direct one-click web link launching, a dedicated Pinned items deck, interactive setting controls, and live release notes synchronization.

Key Features in this Release

1. Automatic Background Updates

• Silent Background Download: New updates now download silently in the background while you work. When ready, simply click Restart to Update inside Settings to apply the newest version instantly.
• Microsoft Store Isolation: Isolated update pipelines ensure Microsoft Store packages remain compliant with store guidelines without integrated update mechanisms.

2. Direct URL Detection & Web Link Launcher

• One-Click Web Launching: Items containing web links now feature a direct link button on clipboard cards and preview flyouts.
• Default Browser Opening: Clicking the link button opens the URL directly in your default web browser without needing to copy and paste manually.

3. Pinned Deck Container & Setting Controls

• Dedicated Pinned Items Deck: Pinned clipboard items are now encapsulated inside their own dedicated container at the top of the shelf, keeping pinned content separated from recent history.
• Tactile Switch Controls: Upgraded setting toggle switches across the application with responsive motion controls and distinct dark and light contrast styling.

4. Live Release Notes Timeline & Display Precision

• Live Release Notes Sync: The What's New view inside Settings now connects directly to release updates, allowing you to view recent feature additions anytime.
• Display Scale Precision: Improved display hardware detection across all high-resolution Windows screens and custom display scale factors.

Installation Instructions

1. Download Edge-Drop-Setup-0.2.0.exe from the Assets section below.
2. Run Edge-Drop-Setup-0.2.0.exe to install or upgrade.
3. The app will launch silently in the background. Move your mouse cursor to your configured screen edge to slide open the clipboard shelf!

Edge-Drop v0.1.5 - Copy Indicator Styles & Panel Stability Fixes

Edge-Drop v0.1.5 - Copy Indicator Styles & Panel Stability Fixes

Welcome to Edge-Drop v0.1.5. This update introduces customizable Copy Indicator styles with a 2x2 grid selector flyout alongside important panel hover stability fixes for medium and large panel heights.

Key Features in this Release

1. Customizable Copy Indicator Styles

• Four Vector Indicator Options: Added support for 4 customizable copy indicator styles including Logo, Tick, Copy, and Sparkle.
• Balanced 2x2 Grid Flyout Selector: Integrated a 2x2 grid selector flyout inside Settings under Indicator Style for quick style previews and one-click selection.
• Clean Vector Rendering: Removed background circle badges so all icons float natively as solid vector graphics with subtle glowing drop shadows.

2. Panel Hover Boundary Fix for Settings Button

• Medium and Large Height Stability: Resolved an issue where moving the cursor down toward the Settings button on medium (60%) and large (80%) panel heights caused the clipboard to prematurely close.
• Recalibrated Y-Axis Hot Zone: Updated the panel height bounds calculation (panelHalfH) in the edge hover detector so the entire vertical area of the expanded blade remains active.

Installation Instructions

1. Download Edge-Drop Setup 0.1.5.exe from the Assets section below.
2. Run Edge-Drop Setup 0.1.5.exe to install or upgrade.
3. The app will launch silently in the background. Move your mouse cursor to your configured screen edge to slide open the clipboard shelf!