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v22.20.0217 - 2021-09-21 18:51
    + Cell Context Menu: Added command "Quick Search". Will run a Quick Search 
      looking for that property.
    * Cell Context Menu | Set as Live Filter: Renamed it to "Live Filter".
    * Cell Context Menu: Moved "Live Filter" and "Quick Search" to the top.
    + Configuration | General | Menus, Mouse, Usability | Context Menus: Added 
      option "Hold Ctrl to show cell context menu" (default is ON). Untick to 
      pop the Cell Context Menu by a simple right-click without holding CTRL.
      - That way the new cell-oriented functions are more easily accessible.
      - If unticked you still can pop the standard Edit context menu by holding 
        CTRL (or by "rocker-click"). So this setting swaps the need for CTRL 
        between the two possible context menus.
    ! Set as Live Filter: Did not work yet for some columns with a space in the 
      name. Fixed.

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v22.20.0216 - 2021-09-20 20:25
    ! List: Column headers were destroyed on tab change in the last beta. Fixed.

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v22.20.0215 - 2021-09-20 20:01
    ! Configuration | Colors and Styles | Styles | Columns | Autofit the width 
      of the Name column: Under certain conditions a horizontal scrollbar 
      appeared when it should not.
    ! Configuration dialog: It was smaller than necessary on small screens of a 
      certain size. Fixed.

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v22.20.0214 - 2021-09-20 16:00
    + Find Files and Quick Search: Now you can find files by their Shell 
      Properties even when such a column is currently not present in the list. 
      These are the properties that are available in the "Property Columns". You 
      find a list of them here: Configuration | Information | File Info Tips & 
      Hover Box | Show these fields
      Simply use the Property name as selector, for example:
        Item type: TXT File
    + Find Files and Quick Search: Now you can find files by their Special 
      Properties even when such a column is currently not present in the list. 
      Simply use the Special Property name (as you see it in the "Select Special 
      Property" dialog that you can show when you right-click a such a column 
      header) as selector, for example:
        MD5: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e
        Aspect Ratio: 2:3
      Alternatively you can use the internal selector (if you know it ... see 
      below). It is locale independent and pretty safe against ambiguities (the 
      user could have one or more Custom Columns named "MD5" which would make 
      the actual outcome of the simple forms above unpredictable):
        hash.md5: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e
        aspectratio: 2:3
      Note that the old way still works. It is more clumsy and harder to remember 
      but even more safe against ambiguities:
        prop:#hash.md5: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e
        prop:#aspectratio: 2:3
      There aren't any notable speed difference between the alternatives.
    + Now you can show the internal Special Property selectors (e.g. "hash.md5") 
      in the "Select Special Property" dialog if you hold CTRL down while 
      opening the dialog. They are canonic, i.e. locale independent.
    + Live Filter Box: Now Shell Properties and Special Properties are 
      supported. Works independently of any currently visible columns.
      Patterns are identical to the ones used in Find Files, for example:
        Item type: TXT File
        MD5: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e
        Aspect Ratio: 2:3
    % Configuration | Colors and Styles | Styles | Columns | Always autosize the 
      Size column: Less flicker when changing locations while Show Folder Sizes is 
      enabled.
    ! Set as Live Filter: Did not work yet for the Type column. Fixed.

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v22.20.0213 - 2021-09-19 17:44
    + Batch Rename: Now it has progress feedback in the status bar.
    % Clipboard Markers: Turned out that the Clipboard Markers were poorly 
      implemented and caused heavy delays when the number of items in the 
      clipboard was high. Improved in 2 ways:
      - Now when both of these settings are OFF...
        - Configuration | Colors and Styles | Styles | Clipboard Markers | Dimmed icons
        - Configuration | Colors and Styles | Styles | Clipboard Markers | Colored lines
        ... no work related to the markers is done anymore.
      - There is a limit now up to which Clipboard Markers are processed and 
        shown. The factory default is 1000 (= up to 1000 items in the clipboard).
        This value can be tweaked here:
          ClipboardMarkersLimit=1000
    * MLS: Internally updated to version 8.135.
      > TRANSLATORS: Please wait until Reference_8.135.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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v22.20.0212 - 2021-09-19 13:06
    + Configuration | Colors and Styles | Styles | Columns: Added option "On 
      autosize disregard the column headers". Tick it to mind only the column 
      contents, not the headers, when autosizing. Can save a lot of horizontal 
      space if you have long-named columns with short contents.
      Note that there is a certain minimum width guaranteed so you can at least 
      guess what the header is saying, especially when the sort symbol is also
      present in the column.
      FYI, this option raises tweak AutoSizeIgnoreHeader to UI.
    + List: Now you get tooltips for column headers that are only partially 
      visible due to sizing or scrolling.
    + Find Files by Size and Filters: Handling thousand separators now also works 
      when they are periods (as eg in German locale).
    ! Find Files by Size: Non-KB patterns like "Size: 3 MB" or "Size: >=2.83 MB" 
      did not work yet correctly. Fixed.
    ! Set as Live Filter: Did not work yet for Date columns if "Show Age" was in 
      effect. Fixed. Now always the absolute date is used for the Live Filter.
    > List: Remember that the Ctrl+Right-Click menu of each cell in Details view 
      (with the cool new "Set as Live Filter" command) can also be opened 
      one-handedly using the "rocker-click" (Left-Mouse-Down + Right-Mouse-Click).

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v22.20.0211 - 2021-09-18 21:11
    ! Visual Filters and Live Filters: Filtering by Size did not work yet where 
      thousand separators were combined with units, e.g. "Size: 5,318 KB". Fixed.
    > Note that handling thousand separators only works when they are commas.

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v22.20.0210 - 2021-09-18 20:10
    + Find Files by Size: Now you can pass file sizes with units in the search 
      term. Also local thousand separators are handled now.
      Examples:
        
        Search Pattern          Notes
        ----------------------------------------------------------------------
        Size: 529 KB            assumes "KB (rounded up)" as unit
        Size: 528.49 KB         assumes "KB" (= KB rounded to 2 decimal places) as unit
        Size: <= 528.49 KB      ~ same as above ~
        Size: >= 500,000        assumes "B" (bytes) as unit
        Size: >= 500000         ~ same as above ~
        
        - Works independently of the current Size Column Format in the list.
        - Also works in Quick Search.
        
    + Find Files by Columns: Now you can prefix any column header (canonic name 
      or current caption) to the search term (separated by :).
      Examples:
        Ext: jpg
        Ext: j*g
        Size: >= 500000
        Size: 529 KB  (see "Find Files by Size" above)
        Modified: 2014-09-21 12:55:09
    + Visual Filters and Live Filters: All columns (apart from "Index") are supported now.
      Examples:
        Ext: jpg
        Ext: j*g
        Size: >= 500000
        Size: 529 KB
        Size: 528.49 KB
        Size: <= 528.49 KB
        Modified: 2014-09-21 12:55:09
        Label: Green
        Tags: Charlie
        Comment: More columns are supported now.
        Len: 108
        Attr: R           (R must be among the attributes)
        AttrList: HSDJI   (attributes must perfectly match)
    > Note that the "Index" column contains an internal value that cannot be 
      searched or filtered. All other columns should work now.

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v22.20.0209 - 2021-09-17 16:53
  +++ Visual Filters and Live Filters: Now you can filter lists by the data 
      shown in Custom Columns. Awesome.
      - You can reference the columns by their canonic name and also by their 
        caption (the latter can be ambiguous).
      - Like with other filters you can use numeric operators (>=, <, ==, etc) 
        and wildcards (*, ?). What makes sense when, only you can know since you 
        wrote the Custom Columns.
      - Note that the filtering also works for columns that are not currently 
        present in the list. So you now have handy shortcuts to ever so complex 
        filters. Mega awesome.

      - Examples:
      
        Filter Pattern        Used Column Reference    Matches
        ----------------------------------------------------------------
        cc18: >= 2            Canonic Name             all numbers >= 2
        Date Done: *25 days   Caption                  1 month  25 days
        
    + List: Experimentally added a new command "Set as Live Filter" (another 
      possible caption would be "Filter by This Property") to the 
      Ctrl+Right-Click menu of each cell in Details view. It seems to work well 
      with Custom Columns, but not with some of the other columns. Work in 
      progress...
    ! Preview: Previewing very large text files could lead to Error 6 
      (Overflow). Fixed.
    ! Content Search: A RegExp search of very large text files could lead to 
      Error 7 (Out of Memory). Fixed.
    ! Find Files: When searching by a Custom Column and this column returned a date 
      and the Format was set to "Age", the matching was falsely done by the absolute 
      date, not by the age term shown in the column. Fixed.
      This, for example, will find all items where the Custom Column "Date MC" 
      returns an age ending with "25 days":
        Date MC: *25 days
      Note that this search also works when the Custom Column is not currently 
      present in the list.

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v22.20.0208 - 2021-09-16 09:48
    + Small Audio Preview: If the Preview Pane is visible an audio-only preview 
      shows its progress in the Status Bar (just like the Quick Audio Preview on 
      MDBU) -- this is called "Small Audio Preview" now.
      Now the Small Audio Preview also supports winding backward and forward:
          Left:         5 sec backward
          Right:        5 sec forward
          Shift+Left:   30 sec backward
          Shift+Right:  30 sec forward
          Ctrl+Left:    1 sec backward
          Ctrl+Right:   1 sec forward
      Works in playing and in paused state.
    + Small Audio Preview: Now it supports the following keys (apart from ESC 
      these keys work the same way in the Preview Tab ever since):
              Space = toggle Play/Pause
        Shift+Space = Stop (Pause and Rewind)
                ESC = End Preview
    ! Small Audio Preview: Stopping this preview (and hiding the progress bar) 
      by unselecting the previewed file did not work anymore since 20210329. 
      Fixed.

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v22.20.0207 - 2021-09-15 12:30
    + Custom Event Actions: Added new event "Exit". It is fired right before the 
      automatic save settings on exit (if any).
    ! SC catalogreport: If the Catalog wasn't shown on startup and still hidden 
      when calling SC catalogreport the report didn't cover the complete 
      Catalog because at that point it wasn't yet fully loaded internally. Fixed.
    > Time-Stamping: FYI, the earliest possible file date you can set in XY is this:
        1601-01-01 00:00:00.0000001Z  (Z for Zulu = UTC = Coordinated Universal Time)
      It is not possible to set the file date to the absolute low (which would 
      be shown as "(unknown)"):
        1601-01-01 00:00:00Z (= 1601-01-01 00:00:00.0000000Z)
      This is because the SetFileTime API interprets a 0 value as "Do not change 
      the current timestamp".
      BTW, the latest possible file date you can set in XY is this:
        9999-12-31 23:59:59.9999999Z
      I guess at this moment (9999-12-31 23:59:59) some sweat will flow...

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v22.20.0206 - 2021-09-13 19:46
    + Configuration | File Operations | File Operations | Custom Copy 
      Operations: Added option "Check beforehand whether there is enough space". 
      Tick it check beforehand whether there is enough space.
      - Before, it was hard-coded to "Yes". So now you have the option to turn 
        it off, which can be useful sometimes.
      - This setting applies to Custom Copy/Move and also to Backup operations.
      - Intra-volume moves do not check space anyway since this version so here 
        the setting is irrelevant.
      - BTW, also the setting "Default to repeat action on collisions" applies 
        to Custom Copy/Move and also to Backup operations.
    * File | Quick File View: Now if a LNK file is viewed, the Quick File View 
      will show the target file, not the LNK file.
    * Custom Copy: Free space check is completely skipped now for move 
      operations in the same drive (aka intra-volume moves) because a better API 
      was employed to do the move job.
      If overwrites are involved intra-volume moves are also faster now.
    * XYcopy: Updated to 2.10.0175.

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v22.20.0205 - 2021-09-12 19:10
    + Scripting got a new function.
      Name: IndexAtPos
      Action: Returns the fixed internal item index within a control at a 
              certain screen position.
      Syntax: indexatpos([x], [y], [flags])
              (same as SC ItemAtPos)
        return: Item index.
                The index is usually 0-based, i.e. the first index is "0".
                Returns "-1" if the X/Y coordinates do not point to any item.
      Remarks:
        Supported controls are:
        - Tree (index of hovered item)
        - Catalog (index of hovered item)
        - List (index of hovered item)
        - Toolbar (index of hovered button)
        - Tab Bar (index of hovered tab)
        With Breadcrumb Bar and Status Bar, the Index value is meaningless (it's 
        always 1 less than the position index).
      Examples:
        echo indexatpos(); //item position at current mouse position on screen
        echo indexatpos(592, 662); //item position at arbitrary mouse position on screen
        echo indexatpos(73, 108, 1); //item position at arbitrary mouse position on XYplorer
        status posatpos() . " - " . indexatpos(); //show position and index in the Status Bar
    + SC catalogreport enhanced: Added {Index} to the variables supported in 
      template_category and template_item-
      Action: Creates a report on the Catalog.
      Syntax: catalogreport(template_category, template_item, [currentcategory=0])
        template_category:  Template for categories.
          The following variables are supported:
          {Caption}   = Caption field.
          {Index}     = Item index (a fixed numeric ID, independent of the position).
          {Location}  = Location field ("Description" in Categories)
          {RGB Text}  = Text color in RRGGBB format.
          {RGB Back}  = Background color in RRGGBB format.
        template_item:      Template for items.
          Variables see template_category above.
        currentcategory:
          0: [Default] Report on whole catalog.
          1: Report on current category.
        return:             The report.
      Example:
        text catalogreport("Category: {Caption}", "  #{Index}: {Caption}, {Location}, {RGB Text}, {RGB Back}");
    + SC savethumb: Now it also generates thumbnails from video files.
    ! SC posatpos: Over Catalog it returned the fixed internal index instead of 
      the position. Fixed.

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v22.20.0204 - 2021-09-12 11:46
    + Configuration | Preview | Thumbnails | Show folder thumbnails: Now if none 
      of initial strategies find a thumbnail ("Desktop.ini"; "folder.jpg", 
      "folder.png"; any JPEG or PNG) the first image or video file is used for 
      the thumbnail.
    + Scripting got a new function.
      Name: PosAtPos
      Action: Returns the item position index within a control at a certain 
              screen position.
      Syntax: posatpos([x], [y], [flags])
              (same as SC ItemAtPos)
        return: Position index. First position is "1".
                Returns "0" if the X/Y coordinates do not point to any item.
      Remarks:
        Supported controls are:
        - Tree (position of hovered item)
        - Catalog (position of hovered item)
        - List (position of hovered item)
        - Toolbar (position of hovered button)
        - Tab Bar (position of hovered tab)
        - Breadcrumb Bar (position of hovered path component)
        - Status Bar (position of hovered section)
      Examples:
        echo posatpos(); //item position at current mouse position on screen
        echo posatpos(592, 662); //item position at arbitrary mouse position on screen
        echo posatpos(73, 108, 1); //item position at arbitrary mouse position on XYplorer
    * Configuration: Simplified and reorganized the return of the undocumented 
      Ctrl+Right-Click function to display breadcrumb paths to each option.

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v22.20.0203 - 2021-09-11 13:24
    + Hover Box | Image: While the Hover Box is showing an image you now can 
      toggle whether photo data are shown in the Hover Box status by pressing 
      the "P" key. Remembered across sessions.
      - The same setting is also found here: Configuration | Information | 
        Report & Data | Photo Data | Show photo data in the Hover Box.
      - Photo Data include Camera Model, Focal Length, F-Stop, Exposure Time, 
        Exposure Bias, ISO Speed, and Date Taken.
      - FYI, before this setting was controlled by the "Show Photo Data" setting 
        in the Large Tiles view.
    + Configuration | Information | Report & Data | Photo Data: Added option 
      "Show photo data in the Hover Box". Tick it to show photo data in the 
      Hover Box status.
    + Configuration | Information | Report & Data | Photo Data: Added option 
      "Show photo data in the Large Tiles view". Tick it to show photo data in 
      the Large Tiles view.
      - The same setting is also found as "Show Photo Data" in the 
        CTRL+Right-click menu of the text area of each tile in the Large Tiles 
        view.
    * Configuration | Information | Report: Renamed it to "Report & Data".

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