Sorana Flow — free macOS music player with DSP (feedback welcome)

[ruki7423]

Been working for major fixes for weeks, next version expected to be released in weeks thanks! And if you find any errors or bugs, don't mind telling me!

 

[ruki7423]

Sorana Flow v1.11.4 — Scroll Fix + UI Polish

This release resolves the long-standing scroll jitter bug and fixes several UI issues discovered during a full codebase refactoring.

Changelog:

• Fixed scroll content jitter on all views — after 19 fix attempts, the root cause turned out to be a single function (enableAcceptsFirstMouse) that forced native NSView rendering on scroll area widgets, causing frame timing mismatches between Qt's compositor and macOS CALayer compositing. Re-implemented at the NSWindow level without affecting child widgets.
• Fixed Library Folders section not appearing in sidebar
• Fixed NAS browser — clicking connections now properly triggers browsing, right-click context menu restored
• Fixed SMB Add Share dialog form fields getting crushed when error messages appear
• Fixed confirmation dialogs (Full Rescan, Delete Preset, etc.) clipping text at the bottom — now auto-sizes to fit content. Affects all 24 dialog instances across the app.
• Fixed EQ parametric filter type dropdown truncating names (Low Shelf, High Shelf, etc.)
• Fixed 2 automated test suite failures — all 18 suites now pass (504+ tests)

Technical note on the scroll fix:
The jitter was introduced in v1.7.4 when acceptsFirstMouse support was added. Calling widget->winId() on QScrollArea instances forced them from Qt "alien" widgets into native NSViews, changing the entire rendering pipeline for those widgets. Qt's internal paint cycle and macOS NSView/CALayer compositing were not synchronized, causing 1-2px oscillations during trackpad scrolling. The fix removes per-widget native window creation and implements acceptsFirstMouse once at the NSWindow level.

Requirements: macOS 14+ (Sonoma), Apple Silicon (M1+)
Download: https://soranaflow.com/downloads
Support: https://ko-fi.com/ruki7423

 

[ruki7423]

Tell me if the new version needs any improvements! And most critical errors reported will be fixed in a week!

 

[ruki7423]

Sorana Flow v1.11.4 — Scroll Fix + UI Polish

This release resolves the long-standing scroll jitter bug and fixes several UI issues discovered during a full codebase refactoring.

Changelog:

• Fixed scroll content jitter on all views — after 19 fix attempts, the root cause turned out to be a single function (enableAcceptsFirstMouse) that forced native NSView rendering on scroll area widgets, causing frame timing mismatches between Qt's compositor and macOS CALayer compositing. Re-implemented at the NSWindow level without affecting child widgets.
• Fixed Library Folders section not appearing in sidebar
• Fixed NAS browser — clicking connections now properly triggers browsing, right-click context menu restored
• Fixed SMB Add Share dialog form fields getting crushed when error messages appear
• Fixed confirmation dialogs (Full Rescan, Delete Preset, etc.) clipping text at the bottom — now auto-sizes to fit content. Affects all 24 dialog instances across the app.
• Fixed EQ parametric filter type dropdown truncating names (Low Shelf, High Shelf, etc.)
• Fixed 2 automated test suite failures — all 18 suites now pass (504+ tests)

Technical note on the scroll fix:
The jitter was introduced in v1.7.4 when acceptsFirstMouse support was added. Calling widget->winId() on QScrollArea instances forced them from Qt "alien" widgets into native NSViews, changing the entire rendering pipeline for those widgets. Qt's internal paint cycle and macOS NSView/CALayer compositing were not synchronized, causing 1-2px oscillations during trackpad scrolling. The fix removes per-widget native window creation and implements acceptsFirstMouse once at the NSWindow level.

Requirements: macOS 14+ (Sonoma), Apple Silicon (M1+)
Download: https://soranaflow.com/downloads
Support: https://ko-fi.com/ruki7423

The most recognizable fix is the down bar jittering when you scroll in albums or artists details! And removed the hero image(big image in artist details) because I thought it's pretty annoying.

 

[DWPress]

Still working on this @ruki7423 ?

 

[ruki7423]

Still working on this @ruki7423 ?

of course! Just update term has been longer because of studying

 

[ruki7423]

update will be delayed pretty much due to my hard studying and a lot of backlogs to fix and improvements