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v23.40.0011 - 2022-08-07 11:46
    + Configuration | Preview | Thumbnails: Added option "Overlay caption". Enable it to 
      display the caption on the thumbnail instead of underneath it.
      This is was yesterday was called "subtitles".
      Slightly changed the logic, overlays are now bound to "Show Caption" and you cannot 
      have both simultaneously anymore:
                                Show Caption      Show Overlay
        Show normal captions        ON                OFF
        Show overlaid captions      ON                ON
        Show no caption             OFF               ON or OFF
    > Tip: Ctrl+Numpad Add toggles "Show Caption" in thumbnails.
    * Thumbnail Overlays: Now the overlaid filenames obey to obfuscation level 1 (SC 
      obfuscate).
    + Folder Sizes: Now you get a final feedback in the Status Bar, e.g. "folder sizes 
      done in 52.5 ms (scanned 22 folders with 64 files)". These stats exclude any cached 
      values, so if everything was cached there will just the time.
    * List: Since v23.40.0002 - 2022-08-02 12:15 there is a tweak to control whether the 
      focused element within a multi-selection is drawn slightly lighter to make it stand 
      out:
        ListHighlightFocusedSelection=1
      From now on this behavior is also controlled by "Tools | Customize List | Highlight 
      Focused Item". Both need to be ON to make it happen.
    * MLS: Internally updated to version 8.150.
      > TRANSLATORS: Please wait until Reference_8.150.lng is uploaded.
        You will be notified if you have subscribed to this thread:
        https://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=9648
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:!!: Note that BETA versions are work in progress and might contain fresh bugs. You have been warned. It's a good idea to backup your complete XYplorer settings (menu File | Settings Special | Backup Application Data Folder...) before running a new BETA version. This will also help in fixing any fresh bugs.

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v23.40.0012 - 2022-08-08 10:09
    + Configuration | Preview | Thumbnails | Overlay caption: Now also items without a 
      thumbnail show the overlaid caption.
    + Breadcrumb Bars | Context Menu | Paste and Go: Now you can also paste relative 
      paths. They will be resolved relative to the current list path.
    - Info Panel | Report: Removed the "To Printer..." buttons. The results were just 
      below average. For a good print you need an editor with font options and preview, 
      let alone print options like line height, paper size and margins. That would be 
      overkill for a file manager.
    * Updated the help file.
:info: To update to this BETA version from XYplorer, hold down the CTRL key while you click Help | Online Support | Check for Updates. To download it, choose a package: (1) Installer Package, (2) No-Install Package.

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v23.40.0013 - 2022-08-08 12:50
    + Configuration | Colors and Styles | Highlights & Dark Mode | Selections: Now 
      "XYplorer Classic Style" is the factory default.
    - List: Undid the change from v23.40.0011. Now tweak ListHighlightFocusedSelection is 
      NOT bound anymore to the setting of "Tools | Customize List | Highlight Focused Item".
    % Thumbnails: The list does not change the scroll position anymore when you just 
      toggle "Show Captions" (Ctrl+Numpad Add).
:info: To update to this BETA version from XYplorer, hold down the CTRL key while you click Help | Online Support | Check for Updates. To download it, choose a package: (1) Installer Package, (2) No-Install Package.

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:off: Summary of the latest XYplorer Official Release.

Direct Download: https://www.xyplorer.com/download/xyplorer_full.zip
Download Page: https://www.xyplorer.com/download.php
Release Notes: https://www.xyplorer.com/release.php

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v23.50.0000 - 2022-08-08 18:00
    = NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main developments since last release:
  +++ Overlaid Thumbnail Captions. Thumbnail captions can now be superimposed over the 
      image like subtitles in a movie. Saves space and looks cool.
  +++ Color-Code Folders by Content. Now color filters can be applied to folders in tree 
      and list depending on what items they contain.
To download this OFFICIAL version choose a package: (1) Installer Package, (2) No-Install Package.

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v23.50.0001 - 2022-08-09 18:10
    + Status Bar: Now you can left-button-drag the Status Bar up/down to open/close the 
      Info Panel. The action is fired when you drag more than 8 pixels vertically.
    + Status Bar: Now you can left-button-drag the Status Bar left/right to open/close the 
      Preview Pane. The action is fired when you drag more than 8 pixels horizontally.
      - If "Window | Arrangement | Preview Pane to the Left" is ticked then of course you 
        drag to the right to open the pane, and to the left to close it.
      - You can undo/redo the last action while the mouse is held down, so you can quickly 
        open and close the Preview Pane by a slick mouse move (or finger move if you have 
        a touch screen).
    > Status Bar Dragging: The first direction that triggers an action automatically (and 
      intentionally) disables the other direction, so you can't do both actions in one 
      diagonal move. It's better like this, I made lots of tests.
    * Configuration: Various color labels and textboxes will not increase the font size 
      anymore beyond 9 point, especially those on Configuration | Colors and Styles | 
      Colors. The larger sizes just looked ugly and broke the layout.
:info: To update to this BETA version from XYplorer, hold down the CTRL key while you click Help | Online Support | Check for Updates. To download it, choose a package: (1) Installer Package, (2) No-Install Package.

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v23.50.0002 - 2022-08-10 10:32
    + Status Bar: Reordered the right-click menu and added two toggles:
      - Horizontal Swipe Toggles the Preview Pane
      - Vertical Swipe Toggles the Info Panel
      So these recently added mouse functions can now be deactivated at will.
      The factory default is ON for both, but upgraders need to turn them on themselves.
    + View | Columns | Grow Name Column (Ctrl+Shift+Numpad Add): In thumbnails, this 
      command now toggles "Overlay Captions". Maybe not very logical given the command's 
      name, but since Autosize Columns Now (Ctrl+Numpad Add) is abused in a similar way 
      (since v14.50.0308 - 2014-11-17), it's easy to remember.
      Previously, this command just did nothing when used in Thumbnails views.
    + Tree: Added tweak to show standard shell file info tips for tree folders when you 
      hover the caption:
        ShowInfoTipTree=1
      The contents are controlled by "Configuration | Information | File Info Tips & Hover 
      Box | Show file info tips | Select Standard Fields..." just like in the file list.
      Will add Color Filter info later, which is the main reason for adding this.
      Setting will go to UI later.
    ! Overlaid Thumbnail Captions: Links to folders showed the thumbnail filename instead 
      of the folder name as the caption. Fixed.
    ! Status Bar: After a swipe a Status Bar CEA "Left-click on status bar" could be 
      triggered. Fixed. After a swipe nothing else should happen on MouseUp.
:info: To update to this BETA version from XYplorer, hold down the CTRL key while you click Help | Online Support | Check for Updates. To download it, choose a package: (1) Installer Package, (2) No-Install Package.

:!!: Note that BETA versions are work in progress and might contain fresh bugs. You have been warned. It's a good idea to backup your complete XYplorer settings (menu File | Settings Special | Backup Application Data Folder...) before running a new BETA version. This will also help in fixing any fresh bugs.

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v23.50.0003 - 2022-08-10 19:17
    + Configuration | Information | File Info Tips & Hover Box | Show file info tips: 
      Added option "In tree as well". Tick it to show File Info Tips also for the items in 
      the folder tree.
      FYI, this raises tweak ShowInfoTipTree to UI.
    + Info Tips in Tree: Now it supports the Extra fields (Configuration | Information | 
      File Info Tips & Hover Box | Show file info tips | Extra fields). Of particular 
      interest here is the Color Filter field, which tells you the meaning of the colors 
      you see.
    + Info Tips in Tree: Now it obeys to "Only while the shift key is held down".
:info: To update to this BETA version from XYplorer, hold down the CTRL key while you click Help | Online Support | Check for Updates. To download it, choose a package: (1) Installer Package, (2) No-Install Package.

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v23.50.0004 - 2022-08-11 15:15
    + Admin Settings: Added a way to completely fix the last saved Mini Tree to its 
      current state:
        [AccessControl]
        FixedMiniTree=1
      These are the effects of this setting:
        - The tree will be the last saved Mini Tree, and cannot be turned to a Maxi Tree.
        - It is locked and the expansion state is locked, both cannot be unlocked.
        - You cannot drag anything from the tree.
        - You cannot rename anything in the tree.
        - View | Mini Tree | - submenu - is gone.
        - Tools | List Management | Mini Tree... is gone.
        - Tree changing commands like "Hide Folder from Mini Tree" or "Flatten Folder" are 
          not available anymore.
        - The "Mini Tree" toolbar button is gone.
        - SC button "minitree" does not work anymore.
        - SC loadtree does not work anymore.
      The Fixed Mini Tree is only useful for picking a location or dropping items in a 
      location.
    ! Info Tips in Tree: Didn't work correctly on items on Links folder and some other 
      special items (This PC, etc). Fixed.
    ! Info Tips in Tree: Only worked if "Show tips for clipped tree and list items" was 
      ticked. Fixed.
:info: To update to this BETA version from XYplorer, hold down the CTRL key while you click Help | Online Support | Check for Updates. To download it, choose a package: (1) Installer Package, (2) No-Install Package.

:!!: Note that BETA versions are work in progress and might contain fresh bugs. You have been warned. It's a good idea to backup your complete XYplorer settings (menu File | Settings Special | Backup Application Data Folder...) before running a new BETA version. This will also help in fixing any fresh bugs.

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v23.50.0006 - 2022-08-11 21:10
  +++ Scripting: Started adding arrays. It already seems to be working at a basic level:
        $a[2]="cat"; $b=1; echo $a[$b+$b]; //cat
    + SC property #Empty and #NoSubs: Now on "Accessed Denied" the return value is "X".
      Previously, such folders returned the same values as if they were empty.
    ! SC property #Empty and #NoSubs: Did not work correctly with junctions (they were 
      always shown as empty). Fixed. Now the returns refer to the target paths of the 
      junctions.
    ! Hard Links: Retrieving the number of Hard Links did not work correctly with 
      junctions (they were always shown as having zero Hard Links). Now the returns refer 
      to the number of Hard Links of the target paths of the junctions.
    ! Color Filters: Two separate issues related to the p and f switches resulted in wrong 
      colors in dark mode. Fixed.
    - Configuration | Colors and Styles | Highlights & Dark Mode | Dark mode: Removed the 
      option "Enable dark mode". Putting it here was a design flaw. The functionality 
      is already present in the main window (View | Views | Dark Mode, and Toolbar button 
      Dark Mode), and that's where it belongs.
    ! Configuration | Apply button: Did not work well with changing Dark Mode settings. 
      Removing "Enable dark mode" from Configuration fixed that.
:info: To update to this BETA version from XYplorer, hold down the CTRL key while you click Help | Online Support | Check for Updates. To download it, choose a package: (1) Installer Package, (2) No-Install Package.

:!!: Note that BETA versions are work in progress and might contain fresh bugs. You have been warned. It's a good idea to backup your complete XYplorer settings (menu File | Settings Special | Backup Application Data Folder...) before running a new BETA version. This will also help in fixing any fresh bugs.

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v23.50.0007 - 2022-08-12 14:35
    + Admin Settings | Fixed Mini Tree: Now, if bit 2 of FixedMiniTree is set, the loaded 
      Mini Tree auto-adjusts to the allowed locations as specified in AllowedDirs.
      For example, on this setup in Admin.ini...
        AllowedDirs=C:|E:\Test|X:
        FixedMiniTree=3
      ... all paths that are not within the allowed branches ("C:", "E:\Test", and "X:") 
      are removed from the Mini Tree and it is ensured that the allowed branches are part 
      of the Mini Tree.
    + Scripting | Arrays: Now associative arrays are supported. The named keys have to be 
      put in single quotes:
        $a['pussy']="cat"; $b="pussy"; echo $a[$b]; //cat
    * Configuration | Preview | Thumbnails | Show dimensions of original image on 
      thumbnail: Renamed it to "Show dimensions of original", to save some space, and it 
      makes more sense since also videos are included.
    + Configuration | Preview | Thumbnails: Added option "For videos as well" as a 
      suboption of "Show dimensions of original". The main reason to turn it off speed. 
      Retrieving this info can take time.
    ! Configuration | Preview | Thumbnails | Show dimensions of original: Worked for 
      videos only if "Overlay caption" was enabled. Fixed. Now it works independently of 
      that.
    ! Color Filters: Fixed another readability issue related to the p and f switches in 
      selected thumbnails. Fixed.
    ! Video Thumbnails: Error 6 could happen on some systems since 20220806. Tried a fix.
    ! Hover Box: Photo Data (if you don't see them: press P while the box is showing) were 
      shown without any space since 20211130. Fixed.
:info: To update to this BETA version from XYplorer, hold down the CTRL key while you click Help | Online Support | Check for Updates. To download it, choose a package: (1) Installer Package, (2) No-Install Package.

:!!: Note that BETA versions are work in progress and might contain fresh bugs. You have been warned. It's a good idea to backup your complete XYplorer settings (menu File | Settings Special | Backup Application Data Folder...) before running a new BETA version. This will also help in fixing any fresh bugs.

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v23.50.0008 - 2022-08-12 19:34
    + Scripting | Arrays: Now the named keys in associative arrays can also be 
      double-quoted, it does not make a difference ATM:
        $a["pussy"]="cat"; $b="pussy"; echo $a[$b]; //cat
        $a["pussy"]="cat"; echo $a['pussy']; //cat
        $a['pussy']="cat"; echo $a["pussy"]; //cat
    ! Configuration | General | Startup & Exit | Save Settings | Backup settings on save: 
      This feature was poorly designed and ultimately buggy. The idea was to always have a 
      backup that is at least 24 hours old (to be able to recover from today's errors). 
      However, what actually happened was that the backup files were overwritten (and 
      therefore lost) by the current fresh data when they were determined to be 24 hours 
      or older.
      Fixed: Now a backup of every file that is at least 24 hours old is kept in the "24" 
      subfolder of the AutoBackup folder (<xydata>\AutoBackup\24\).
:info: To update to this BETA version from XYplorer, hold down the CTRL key while you click Help | Online Support | Check for Updates. To download it, choose a package: (1) Installer Package, (2) No-Install Package.

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v23.50.0009 - 2022-08-13 10:52
    + Admin Settings | Managed Tree: Now, if bits 1 and 2 of FixedMiniTree are set 
      (FixedMiniTree=3), the "Fixed Mini Tree" turns into a "Managed Tree" which is a Mini 
      Tree with the following properties:
      - It only shows the folders allowed by AllowedDirs, DisallowedDirs, and 
        DisallowedDirsExcept.
      - Within the AllowedDirs, you can freely expand and collapse nodes, add and remove 
        folders, rename folders, drag and drop stuff. These areas are flexible.
      - Above the AllowedDirs (incl. the AllowedDirs themselves), nothing is allowed. 
        These areas are fixed.
    ! Tweak TabIPUseCustomColors: Was not yet Dark Mode compatible. Fixed.
:info: To update to this BETA version from XYplorer, hold down the CTRL key while you click Help | Online Support | Check for Updates. To download it, choose a package: (1) Installer Package, (2) No-Install Package.

:!!: Note that BETA versions are work in progress and might contain fresh bugs. You have been warned. It's a good idea to backup your complete XYplorer settings (menu File | Settings Special | Backup Application Data Folder...) before running a new BETA version. This will also help in fixing any fresh bugs.

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v23.50.0011 - 2022-08-13 15:12
    + Admin Settings: Added a way to define a default profile path in Admin.ini, e.g. 
      (final backslash is optional):
        [Paths]
        DefaultProfilePath=C:\XYplorerVirginSetup\
      Now, when XY starts and does not find a file XYplorer.ini in its app data path, then 
      the complete contents of C:\XYplorerVirginSetup\ are copied to XY's app data path 
      (it is debug-logged). No questions will be asked on collisions. Then, right after 
      defloration, XY starts with these prepared settings.
      This function can be very useful in companies. It lets the administrator cleanly 
      define how XYplorer is first launched, and this ability extends to ALL settings out 
      there (even the thumbnail cache could be prefilled). And as you know, there are many.      
    ! Admin Settings | Managed Tree: Fixed various glitches.
    ! Configuration | Preview | Thumbnails | For videos as well: Wrong dimensions shown 
      for videos where the dimensions could not be retrieved. Tried an air fix.
:info: To update to this BETA version from XYplorer, hold down the CTRL key while you click Help | Online Support | Check for Updates. To download it, choose a package: (1) Installer Package, (2) No-Install Package.

:!!: Note that BETA versions are work in progress and might contain fresh bugs. You have been warned. It's a good idea to backup your complete XYplorer settings (menu File | Settings Special | Backup Application Data Folder...) before running a new BETA version. This will also help in fixing any fresh bugs.

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v23.50.0012 - 2022-08-14 16:14
  !!! Thumbnails Cache: The cache would not work if Unicode characters were in the cache 
      path (not the cached path!), and that could even result in a crash on start up. 
      Shocking flaw!
      To make it work I had to completely rewrite the data file structure. The old DAT2 
      files were binary files and not human readable. The new INI files have the classic 
      INI-file format, are fully Unicode compliant, and can be visually checked easily and 
      even manually edited (though that needs some knowledge and is not really necessary 
      unless you are very bored).
      The old DAT2 files are still read (so in theory the transition should be smooth), 
      and then killed and replaced by the new INI files whenever the cache is updated. 
      After a while all DAT2 files should be gone.
    + Configuration | Preview | Thumbnails | Cache path: Now you can leave the field empty 
      and tick "Resolve cache path from current folder", and your cache files will be 
      right where your cached images are. This did not work before (the cache ended up in 
      the drive root... rubbish).
    > Remember: You can always retrieve the currently used cache path by this script:
        echo get("thumbs_cache");
    * Tree Context Menus: Two commands renamed to something cooler and more universally 
      applicable:
        - Hide Folder from Mini Tree -> Hide Folder from Tree
        - Hide Siblings from Mini Tree -> Hide Siblings from Tree
    ! Configuration | Preview | Thumbnails | For videos as well: Wrong dimensions shown 
      for videos where the dimensions could not be retrieved. Fixed: Now no dimensions are 
      shown in that case.
      Note that this fix will not work for cached thumbnails, only for freshly made ones.
    ! Color Filters: Fixed another readability issue related to the p and f and b switches.
    ! Custom Event Actions: CEA-triggered menus didn't always pop at the mouse pos. Fixed.
    * MLS: Internally updated to version 8.151.
      > TRANSLATORS: Please wait until Reference_8.151.lng is uploaded.
        You will be notified if you have subscribed to this thread:
        https://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=9648
:info: To update to this BETA version from XYplorer, hold down the CTRL key while you click Help | Online Support | Check for Updates. To download it, choose a package: (1) Installer Package, (2) No-Install Package.

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v23.50.0013 - 2022-08-14 18:54
    ! Thumbnails Cache: Fixed some minor things with the recent change.
:info: To update to this BETA version from XYplorer, hold down the CTRL key while you click Help | Online Support | Check for Updates. To download it, choose a package: (1) Installer Package, (2) No-Install Package.

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