What's new in Desktop+ 2.4?

Performance Monitor

Version 2.4 adds a new kind of overlay: The Performance Monitor.
This overlay lets you quickly check the current state of your system from within VR in real time. It can be customized and positioned like any of the desktop/window overlays.

The following performance characteristics and other kind of state can be displayed by the Performance Monitor:

• CPU Frame Time Graph
  
• GPU Frame Time Graph
  
• CPU Load %
  
• CPU Frame Time
  
• RAM Usage
  
• GPU Load %
  
• GPU Frame Time
  
• VRAM Usage
  
• FPS
  
• Average FPS
  
• Reprojection Ratio
  
• Dropped Frames
  
• Controller Battery Levels
  
• Tracker Battery Levels
  
• Vive Wireless Temperature
  
• Time
  

You can configure and create the Performance Monitor overlay in the Performance settings page. Newly created Performance Monitor overlays will appear on the left hand-controller by default if connected.
Keep in mind that while you can create as many overlays of it as you want, they will all be showing the same content. Performance Monitor settings are global.

Improvements for Controller-less Use

There is now a notification/tray icon allowing easier access to the UI's desktop mode, as well as quitting Desktop+ while keeping SteamVR running.

Actions can now be bound to global keyboard hotkeys as well. To go with that, overlays can be assigned to one of three groups to toggle the visibility of multiple overlays at once.
This enables bringing up overlays from keyboard input.
Custom actions and action-related input settings have been moved to a new "Actions" settings page.

The overlay change position pop-up has been redesigned. Its new layout should be a bit easier to use. In the UI's desktop mode, overlays can now be dragged with the mouse from this pop-up.
There's also a new button to orient the overlay towards the HMD. The position reset button is now accessible without closing the pop-up as well.

First Launch Improvements

As it turns out, Desktop+'s first startup experience can be a bit overwhelming and confusing for some users. There have been some small changes and additions aiming to improve this, even if just a little:

• The dashboard overlay is now opened automatically on first launch
  
• Added welcome notification with quick start guide. Existing users can just press on it and choose "Do not show this again" to hide it permanently.
  
• It is now additionally checked if the HMD is tracking before deciding to show a VR notification on first launch
  

These certainly don't address the underlying problem of Desktop+ not being as accessible as it could be, but I hope they'll serve their purpose to ease users in a little bit as a short-term solution.

Other Changes

New:

• Added option to reset all settings to default values (Misc -> Troubleshooting)
  
• Added additional rename button to the overlay management pop-up
  
• Added "Toggle Keys" option to "Press Keys" custom actions
  

Changed:

• "Ignore WMR Virtual Desktops" now takes the source adapter into account instead of just ignoring the last 3 desktops
  

Fixed:

• Fixed overlay input not working while the Performance settings page was open
  
• Fixed maximum cropping area being limited to the last selected desktop when using Desktop+ UI while SteamVR wasn't running
  
• Fixed not reacting to display arrangement changes when there's no active Desktop Duplication overlay
  
• Fixed trying to adapt cropping rectangle on display arrangement change for non-Desktop Duplication overlays
  
• Fixed built-in actions not working when bound to controller input
  

The Future of Desktop+'s Interface

In the long run I'm planning to redo the interface of Desktop+. This is not something that will happen right away, nor will it be a blocker for other new features. While I do have a few ideas of my own, I thought it would be helpful to just ask the actual users of the app first.
If you have any great concepts of what you'd like to see in a new UI for Desktop+, head over to the forum topic and share them with me. Thank you!