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

[Deepender25]

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

[Deepender25]

what you guys think about the latest update any thing off

[Deepender25]

@codexophile

in the settings there is a setting name automatic updates and you can just try turning it off and on if it is on and if you want you can turn it off and then you will sea check for update button and then it is manual so i am thinking of making this more easy and intuitive in the next update so sorry for the issue

[codexophile]

Oh thanks! But I think mine's broken. I manually triggered the update like you said but It's been stuck here for a few hours now.

[Deepender25]

@codexophile this is a issue that i am seeing for the fist time and if you can just tell me the version you are on and if you want you can download the .exe file of the app and just quit edge drop and run that or download edgedrop form the microsoft store

[codexophile]

Version 0.3.0. Happy to provide any other info if you need.

[Deepender25]

@codexophile what i think is this is some kind of network blocking or something else i will look into this as i am currently working on some other things it may take some time so sorry for that you cand download the new versions manually from github and install it for now

[Deepender25]

this is a iteration of top position for EdgeDrop i am working on tell me how its looking

[atulyya]

looks good

[atulyya]

i think the opening animation is a little jumpy? like, there a smooth closing anim but the opening is kind of abrupt. Same goes for the copy indicator but in reverse: the closing animation is jumpy but opening is smooth.

[Deepender25]

@atulyya i made them this way as you should get access to the clipboard instantly without any slow animation it is a ux choice i made and i looked on the internet and lot of sources suggests this only but we can change them a little bit

[atulyya]

okay so i tested it again. The thing is, when there are lots of items inside edge-drop that are copied (tested with 86 items), the animation is kinda choppy so it looks worse in both opening and closing (the opening barely renders). I tried again after clearing all itmes and it significantly improves. So what you said makes sense as long as it's effectively using performance resources but worsens when it doesnt. Maybe that's the reason why it felt jumpy earlier. Could probably benefit from some cache management or something else related to item storage? im not exactly sure how it works im no software engineer

edit: i still feel it could benefit from just a teeny-tiny bit slowness in the opening anim

[Deepender25]

@atulyya i will definitely look into it