CtrlrX 5.6.36 | Maintenance Update

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Dear Ctrlr Users,

A new version for the CtrlrX Fork has been released: CtrlrX v5.6.36
It's now available on the CtrlrX Master and on the CtrlrX 5.6.36 Branch.

We did some major updates to CtrlrX, LUA 5.1 has been upgraded to LuaJIT 2.1 which is way faster.

Modulators now have a Bubble Help which can be triggered from all mouse events:

The Fuzzy Search for the combo boxes has been updated for a cleaner look and a better compatibilty.

The Read Me documentation has also been refreshed and splitted into sections :
https://github.com/damiensellier/CtrlrX/blob/master/README.md

What are you looking for?	Jump straight to…
Core overview, donation links, and credits	01 — About
Licensing Terms	02 — Licensing
Binary links, installation paths, and OS security flags	03 — Installation Guide
Compiling via CMake, Visual Studio or Xcode, and source dependencies	04 — Compilation Guide
Exporting standalone into DAW plugin targets	05 — Exporting Instances
Full version logs and ongoing task trackers	06 — Roadmap & Changelog
Step-by-step start-up guide	User Manual Index
Documentation maintenance guidelines	Documentation guidelines

Many users were asking for a centralized version of the User Manual, here it is :
https://github.com/damiensellier/CtrlrX/blob/master/Doc/manual/README.md

You want to…	Start here
Understand what CtrlrX is and install it	01 — Getting Started
Learn the vocabulary before clicking around	02 — Core Concepts
Build a panel right now	03 — Your First Panel
Know which on-screen control to use	04 — GUI Elements
Map a control's range to real values	05 — Value Mapping
Connect MIDI devices	06 — MIDI Basics
Make a control send MIDI or run Lua	07 — Making Elements Responsive
Send/receive CC, NRPN, SysEx	08 — Sending & Receiving MIDI
Figure out why something isn't working	09 — Debugging
Save, share, or run your panel as a plugin	10 — Distribution & Advanced
Fix install / macOS / crash-on-startup issues	10 — Troubleshooting & platform notes
Learn Lua scripting	Lua Guide · Lua API Reference

Linux has been improved in many ways and especially thanks to @dnaldoog who made it easier to install with dedicated bundles for Debian and Fedora.

NOTE : John @dnaldoog has worked really hard on upgrading CtrlrX from JUCE 6.0.8 to JUCE 8 alongside many extra improvements. CtrlrX v8 is still in beta version but you can try it and give some feedback and report issues about it on the CtrlrX issue section.

A huge thanks to John @dnaldoog, Hedde @sgorpi, Holger @dehnhardt , Anton @Tonfisch , Dominique @dobo365 and Andrej @randrej for their precious help and all the other users who reported bugs and issues.

Donations

Development and maintenance of CtrlrX are supported by the community.
If you find this project useful, especially if you are selling derivative work such as librarians or panels as plugins and would like to support Damien Sellier, the main person behind CtrlrX, any donations are greatly appreciated.

You can donate via ko-fi using this link: ko-fi.com/damiensellier
You can also donate via PayPal using this link: paypal.me/damiensellier/

Thanks for your help and understanding

Damien

CtrlrX v5.6.36 - Changelog

Version 5.6.36 | 2026.10.21

• FIXED CtrlrTabsComponents.cpp and CtrlrGroup.cpp keep component owner group on uiTabs. CtrlrTabsComponent.cpp, CtrlrGroup.cpp
• FIXED Doubling of menu item causing potential crash. CtrlrEditor.cpp. Thanks to John Goodland CtrlrEditorApplicationCommandsHandlers.cpp
• FIXED Slider double click interval definition (uiSliderDoubleClickValue). CtrlrIDs.xml
• FIXED Custom Keyboard mappings not being saved on panel close due to the Wayland fix options. Thanks to John Goodland CtrlrEditorApplicationCommandsHandlers.cpp
• FIXED WIN doRegisterExtension menu item removed from unrelated OS. Thanks to John Goodland CtrlrEditorApplicationCommandsMenus.cpp
• FIXED FIXED Slider not reacting on Midi channel different than 1. Thanks to John Goodland CtrlrMIDIDevice.cpp
• FIXED MIDI IN leakage between multiple panels. Thanks to John Goodland and Holger Dehnhardt
• FIXED Label component leak on exit. CtrlrPropertyComponent.cpp. Thanks to John Goodland
• FIXED Some modulator duplication when loading a panel. CtrlrPropertyComponent.cpp. Thanks to John Goodland
• ADDED .clang-format file to the root to enforce code style across IDEs. .clang-format
• UPGRADED LUA 5.1 to LuaJIT 2.1. Thanks to John Goodland
• ADDED refresh MIDI devices shortcut (cmd/ctrl + D). CtrlrEditorApplicationCommands.cpp, CtrlrEditorApplicationCommandsHandlers.cpp. Thanks to John Goodland
• UPDATED Zoom Shortcuts & Keypad Minus zoom-out. Thanks to John Goodland
• FIXED Zoom Out for Linux Wayland. Thanks to John Goodland
• FIXED Resources not updating on load after panel update. RSRCs now compared by hash. CtrlrPanelResourceManager.cpp, CtrlrPanelResource.cpp & .h. Thanks to John Goodland
• FIXED Modulator List configurations being lost or duplicated incorrectly. CtrlrPanelModulatorList.cpp & .h. Thanks to John Goodland
• FIXED Modulator List selected row background color giving a gradient blue part at the end of the line. CtrlrPanelModulatorList.cpp
• ADDED Bubble Help for component triggered from mouse events. CtrlrIDs.h, CtrlrIDs.xml, CtrlrComponent.cpp &.h, CtrlrPropertyComponent.cpp & .h. Thanks to John Goodland
• ADDED uiSliderBackgroundColour property to uiSlider & uiFixedSlider for linear bar background colour. CtrlrIDs.h, CtrlrIDs.xml, CtrlrSlider.cpp, CtrlrFixedSlider.cpp , CtrlSliderInternal.cpp & .h
• ADDED Centralized documentation as .md file. Thanks to Sgorpi
• ADDED Align/Space/Resize components on canvas. Thanks to John Goodland.CtrlrPanelCanvas.cpp & .h, CtrlrPanelCanvasHandlers.cpp
• FIXED ComboBox fuzzy search. Thanks to John Goodland. CtrlrCombo.cpp & .h
• ADDED new templates for LUA table and class on right-click menu in LUA editor. Thanks to John Goodland. CtrlrLuaMethodEditor.cpp & .h
• UPDATED Custom colours LnF logic to remove ui_Component_LookAndFeelIsCustom for sliders, buttons, group and combo.
• UPDATED play, stop, clear missing icons added to CtrlrLuaMethodDebuggerPrompt.cpp. Thanks to John Goodland. CtrlrLuaMethodDebuggerPrompt.cpp
• FIXED layer drag/drop in Layer Editor. Thanks to John Goodland. CtrlrPanel/CtrlrPanelLayerList.cpp & .h
• FIXED leak in CtrlrPropertyComponent. Thanks to Sgorpi CtrlrPropertyComponent.cpp & .h
• UPDATED CI/CD test files for JUCE 8 compatibility. Thanks to Sgorpi
• ADDED uiLabel showTextEditor() to display the text field editor. CtrlrLabel.cpp & .h, CtrlrComponentLuaRegistration.cpp, CtrlrComponentLuaRegistration.cpp
• UPDATED UTF8 support for LUA string. Thanks to John Goodland. LCore.cpp, stdafx_luabind.h
• ADDED uiSlider (all types) showTextEditor() to display the value field editor. CtrlrComponentLuaRegistration.cpp, CtrlrSlider.cpp & .h, CtrlrFixedImageSlider.cpp & .h, CtrlrFixedSlider.cpp & .h,, CtrlrImageSlider.cpp & .h
• ADDED JUCE PluginHostType & SystemStats to LuaBind. LJuce.cpp & .h, LCore.cpp, LPluginHostType.h, LSystemStats.h, LuaAPI.xml
• UPDATED CI/CD LuaJIT compilation via CMake. Thanks to Sgorpi
• UPDATED CtrlrEditorApplicationCommandsHandlers to prevent child windows to hide behind the main window. CtrlrEditorApplicationCommandsHandlers.cpp
• UPDATED panel resources submodule. Thanks to Sgorpi
• UDPATED getNumParameters to prevent notifying param UPDT with parameter index > getNumParameters. Thanks to Sgorpi
• UPDATED CI/CD to deliver CPack configuration for DEB/RPM packages with the portable tarball target. Thanks to John Goodland. CMakeLists.txt, build_and_test.yml
• UPDATED debugger for LuaJIT. Thanks to John Goodland.

Full Changelog: damiensellier/CtrlrX@v5.6.35...v5.6.36

https://tooomm.github.io/github-release-stats/?username=damiensellier&repository=CtrlrX

Installers

CtrlrX v5.6.36 for macOS
https://github.com/damiensellier/CtrlrX/releases/download/v5.6.36/CtrlrX-5.6.36-macOS.pkg

CtrlrX v5.6.36 for Windows
https://github.com/damiensellier/CtrlrX/releases/download/v5.6.36/CtrlrX-5.6.36-Windows.exe

CtrlrX v5.6.36 for Linux
Debian Installer : https://github.com/damiensellier/CtrlrX/releases/download/v5.6.36/ctrlrx-5.6.36-Linux.deb
Fedora Installer : https://github.com/damiensellier/CtrlrX/releases/download/v5.6.36/ctrlrx-5.6.36-Linux.rpm
tarball Installer : https://github.com/damiensellier/CtrlrX/releases/download/v5.6.36/ctrlrx-5.6.36-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
Manual Install : https://github.com/damiensellier/CtrlrX/releases/download/v5.6.36/CtrlrX-5.6.36-Linux.zip

Enjoy!

Damien

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