chore(release): bump to v1.2.0 — layout refresh

HellionChat/HellionChat.csproj

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
              0.1.0 is our bootstrap release; the underlying Chat 2 base is
              called out in the yaml changelog so users can see what it
              derives from. -->
-        <Version>1.1.0</Version>
+        <Version>1.2.0</Version>
         <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
         <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
         <!-- Honor packages.lock.json on restore so floating version ranges

HellionChat/HellionChat.yaml

@@ -55,6 +55,54 @@ tags:
   - Replacement
   - Privacy
 changelog: |-
+  **Hellion Chat 1.2.0 — Layout Refresh**
+
+  Second cycle of the UI modernisation. Tab layouts modernised in
+  both modes, a new bottom status bar surfaces five live signals,
+  and messages render as card rows by default.
+
+  Tab layouts:
+
+  - Sidebar is now icon-only at fixed 44 px width. Tab name shows
+    as tooltip on hover. Active tab marked with a vertical accent
+    pill on the left window edge.
+  - Top tabs get an accent underline pill on the active tab
+    instead of a background fill.
+  - Per-tab custom icons via Settings → Tabs (15-glyph
+    FontAwesome picker). Default mapping covers General/System/
+    FreeCompany/Group/Linkshell/Tells/Auto-Tells.
+
+  Bottom status bar (22 px):
+
+  - Active channel with color dot
+  - Privacy-First badge
+  - Tab and message counters
+  - Auto-tell counter (hidden when zero)
+  - Plugin version (right-aligned, muted)
+
+  Updates 1×/second, cached.
+
+  Message rendering:
+
+  - Card rows are the new default. Sender header in channel color,
+    body on its own line, subtle border between cards.
+  - Compact-Density toggle in Appearance switches back to the
+    classic single-line `[HH:mm] Sender: Text` layout.
+
+  Migration:
+
+  - v14 → v15: legacy Configuration fields HellionThemeEnabled
+    and HellionThemeWindowOpacity removed. All other settings
+    preserved. Users who skip versions and migrate v13 → v15
+    directly will receive the default WindowOpacity (0.85);
+    re-adjust in Settings → Themes if needed.
+
+  Polish (lerps, theme crossfade, header quick-picker) follows
+  in v1.3.0. v1.2.0 is intentionally hard-switch — clean layout
+  first, motion next.
+
+  Based on Chat 2 1.35.3 (upstream Infiziert90/ChatTwo, EUPL-1.2).
+
   **Hellion Chat 1.1.0 — Theme Foundation**
 
   First major UI cycle after the standalone v1.0.0 cut. Theme engine,

docs/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -12,6 +12,24 @@ und verlinkt für Details auf die Release-Pages.
 
 ---
 
+## v1.2.0 — Layout Refresh (2026-XX-XX)
+
+### Added
+- Sidebar tab modernization: icon-only at fixed 44 px, tooltip on hover, vertical accent pill for active tab
+- Top tabs: accent underline pill replaces background fill on active tab
+- Per-tab custom icons in Settings → Tabs (15-glyph FontAwesome picker)
+- Bottom status bar (22 px): channel indicator, privacy badge, counters, tells, version — updates 1×/sec
+- Card rows as default message render: sender header in channel color, subtle border between cards
+- Compact-Density toggle in Appearance: switches back to single-line `[HH:mm] Sender: Text` layout
+
+### Changed
+- Migration v14 → v15: deprecated Configuration fields `HellionThemeEnabled` and `HellionThemeWindowOpacity` removed
+- Appearance settings cleaned: legacy theme-engine bindings replaced by Themes tab (introduced in v1.1.0)
+
+### Notes
+- Polish phase (animations, theme crossfade, header quick-picker) follows in v1.3.0
+- Top-Tab icon prefixes were considered but dropped: Dalamud's default font atlas does not include FontAwesome codepoints, so mixed-font in a single TabItem label renders as tofu. Underline pill alone is the v1.2.0 visual treatment. Resolution would require Font-Atlas merge at FontManager level — out of scope.
+
 ## [1.1.0] — 2026-05-05 — Theme Foundation
 
 Erster großer UI-Cycle nach v1.0.0. Theme-Engine, fünf Built-In-Themes,