DeskLayer Update — 60 FPS DWM Smoothness, Zero-Freeze Autohide & Hub Polish
Hi everyone! This update delivers massive engine-level stability improvements, completely eliminating presentation stalls and input freezes during dock interaction, along with smarter auto-hide behavior and audio polish.
Engine & Performance Overhaul
- Eliminated DWM Presentation Lock: Removed invasive focus-stealing hooks that previously forced Windows DWM Direct Flip into contention. Cursor jumping and random input stutter during dock reveals are completely resolved.
- No More GPU Texture Eviction: Replaced legacy working-set trimming with safe async garbage collection, preventing DirectX swapchain drops and render thread errors (UCEERR).
- Instant Click-to-Hide: Resolved a 500ms post-click dispatcher freeze by deferring work-area broadcast updates off the main animation frame. Interacting with apps from the dock is now instantaneous.
Smarter Auto-Hide & Peek Mechanics
- Edge-Isolated Peek Trigger: When the dock is hidden in auto-hide mode, peek reveal is now strictly confined to the screen edge trigger zone. Enlarged dock magnification boxes and satellite bounds will no longer trigger false-positive reveals.
- Intelligent DeskLayer Hub Windowing: Opening the DeskLayer Settings/Hub window over a maximized application no longer forcefully wakes the hidden dock, unpauses video wallpapers, or forces widgets awake. Auto-hide cleanly respects your background workflow.
- Emergency Recovery Shortcut: Ctrl + Shift + D remains your dedicated emergency hotkey to force-wake the interface and reset occlusion under any circumstances.
Workshop & Audio Fidelity
- Full Audio Spectrum Alignment: Precise WASAPI extensible audio frequency mapping with zero distortion and ultra-responsive live visualizer waves.
- Workshop Detail Navigation: More resilient virtual machine navigation and preview flows when browsing and updating community presets.
- Streamlined Memory Management: Compact preview caching and background priority render loops for 60 FPS animation smoothness throughout the desktop session.
Thank you for your continuous support and feedback! As always, if you encounter any quirks, reach out through our community hub or report via the in-app tool.