[Bug] Minor visual bug - Labels are blurry during menu popup transition

[UndeadKitten]

When you click on an App Group shortcut, the labels for the shortcuts in the popup menu are blurry as they slide up. Once they stop moving the labels become more legible. It almost looks like they go from non-bold to bold.

Text size is set to the default, 12.

Blurry.labels.example.mp4

I don't have any idea as to what causes this. If not something within the App Group program then maybe something with Microsoft ClearType, or some sort of Windows text aliasing not applying when the text is in motion?

[iandiv]

@UndeadKitten I tested this and it appears to be related to Windows text rendering during animations. I’ve added a workaround using custom content animation in v1.5.0.

Try it again when you can and let me know if the issue still shows up

[UndeadKitten]

It looks much better now, though with one very minor visual issue. It seems like the text labels are sliding slightly too high, before they shift back down into their final position. However, this doesn't occur if you're using a particular set of settings for the group.

To start with, here is a recording of what it looks like in v1.5.0 on my end:

Text.blur.test.60fps.60hz.-.header.top.labels.bottom.mp4

Next, incase it's hard to see the issue in the above recording, here is a recording of me going frame by frame through the above recording (there is a tiny white square at the bottom, each time it moves is a new frame):

Text.blur.test.60fps.60hz.-.header.top.labels.bottom.-.frame.by.frame.mp4

In that recording, it appears that the text labels ideally should have stopped sliding 4 or 5 frames earlier.

Next I have a recording of how the issue doesn't happen if you enable the card setting for the group:

Text.blur.test.60fps.60hz.-.card.header.top.labels.bottom.mp4

And the frame by frame recording:

Text.blur.test.60fps.60hz.-.card.header.top.labels.bottom.-.frame.by.frame.mp4

And for further details, written below is the settings of each test I performed, with the resolution & refresh rate of my monitor, and the framerate of my recording during the test. All of these tests other than the ones with the "- no issue" label had the issue.

At 1920x1080 143.61hz 30fps:
Header top + labels bottom
Header bottom + labels bottom
Card + Header top + labels bottom - no issue
Card + header bottom + labels bottom
Labels bottom
Labels side

At 1920x1080 143.61hz 60fps:
Header top + labels bottom
Card + Header top + labels bottom - no issue

At 1920x1080 60hz 60fps:
Header top + labels bottom
Card + Header top + labels bottom - no issue

Lastly, here is a .zip file containing all of the recordings of these tests I performed, incase it's needed:

Text blur test all recordings.zip

On Windows 11 Version 25H2 (OS Build 26200.8328), with AppGroup v1.5.0.