Here's the new BETA (32-bit)

[admin]

Summary of the latest XYplorer Official Release.

Download Page: https://www.xyplorer.com/download.php

Code: Select all

v22.30.0100 - 2021-10-04 20:00
    = MAINTENANCE RELEASE.
  +++ Minor bug fixes and enhancements.

To download this OFFICIAL version choose a package: (1) Installer Package, (2) No-Install Package.

[admin]

Change Log for the latest XYplorer BETA version:

Code: Select all

v22.30.0006 - 2021-10-04 13:00
    + Live Filter Box: You could already use the Backspace key to remove the 
      last character in the LFB when the focus was in the file list and the LFB 
      contained anything. Now you can use Ctrl+Backspace to remove the last 
      *word* in the LFB.
    * Configuration | Preview | Thumbnails | Show folder thumbnails: Slightly 
      changed the order of precedence when asked which file is used for the 
      folder's thumbnail:
        1.  desktop.ini
              [ViewState]
              Logo=[this file]
        2.  folder.jpg, folder.jpeg, folder.png, or folder.gif (in that order)
        3.  The first image file among the alphabetically first 50 files.
        4.  The first video file among the alphabetically first 50 files.
      The limitation of only checking 50 files is due to performance reasons 
      (imagine a folder of 50,000 TXT files, we don't want to waste too much 
      time on this).
    ! Live Filter: Exact match via quotes did not work with the Name selector. 
      Fixed. Example:
        Name: "Beanie or Cap.txt"
    ! Configuration | Tabs and Panes | Tabs | Minimum / Maximum tab width in 
      pixels: Since 20210628 the maximum could not go below 250. Fix #2. The 
      v22.10.0206 - 2021-08-28 16:08 fix was not complete.

To download this BETA version 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.

[admin]

Change Log for the latest XYplorer BETA version:

Code: Select all

v22.30.0005 - 2021-10-03 16:58
    + Cell Context Menu | Live Filter / Quick Search: Now if the pattern
      contains any Boolean characters or backslashes the pattern is 
      automatically quoted to avoid any parsing ambiguities. Examples:
        Owner: "Vega\Donald"
        Comment: "cat & dog"
        Tags: "!Okay!"
    > FYI, alternatively to quoting you can escape such operators (since this 
      feature is fixed, see below):
        Owner: Vega\\Donald
        Comment: cat \& dog
        Tags: \!Okay!
    ! Find Files and Quick Search: Escaping boolean operators with "\" did not 
      work anymore since 20210312. Fixed. Examples:
        Pattern                 Match
        cat \& dog              "cat & dog"
        cat \and dog            "cat and dog"
        \!cat                   "!cat"
        !\!cat                  NOT "!cat"
    * Thumbnails: New factory defaults for the sizes offered in "Configuration | 
      Preview | Thumbnails | Thumbnail widths and heights". Rounder and larger 
      numbers:
        OLD: 16,32,64,96,128,192,200,300,450,512,675
        NEW: 16,32,64,96,128,192,200,300,400,600,800,1200,1600
      Nothing changes for upgraders. You can always tweak the "ThumbSizes" key.

To download this BETA version 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.

[admin]

Change Log for the latest XYplorer BETA version:

Code: Select all

v22.30.0004 - 2021-10-02 12:01
    + Live Filter Box: Now you can adjust the width of the box in a snap by 
      hitting Shift+Alt+Wheel over the box. The width is increased or decreased 
      in steps of 10 pixels. Minimum is 40 pixels, maximum is screen width.
      In case you don't have a mouse with a wheel, you can tweak the value here:
        LiveFilterBoxWidth=200
    * Live Filter Box: Now the factory default width depends on the screen width 
      and is defined as Max(140, screenWidth / 12). Before it was hard-coded to 
      140. So with screens wider than 1680 the box will be wider than before.
      Once you set the width by Shift+Alt+Wheel the factory default is 
      irrelevant, of course.

To download this BETA version 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.

[admin]

Change Log for the latest XYplorer BETA version:

Code: Select all

v22.30.0003 - 2021-10-01 13:47
    + Cell Context Menu | Live Filter / Quick Search: If you're adventurous 
      enough to call your columns "Not OK" or "Birds and Feathers" (i.e. with 
      Boolean operators in the name) they will survive Boolean parsing only with 
      escapes ("\"). Now such escapes are automatically added where necessary, 
      e.g. "\Not OK" or "Birds \and Feathers".
    ! SC get("rs"): Got stuck in endless loop since 20210924. Fixed.

To download this BETA version 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.

[admin]

Change Log for the latest XYplorer BETA version:

Code: Select all

v22.30.0002 - 2021-09-30 14:09
    + Visual Filters and Live Filters: The verbal NOT-operator "NOT " (or "not ", 
      or "Not ", it's case-insensitive) was not yet supported. Now it is:
        Size: 529 KB or not Ext: txt
        not Size: 529 KB or Ext: txt
        not (Size: 529 KB or not Ext: txt)
        dateM:NOT dw 6-7
        dateM: NOT dw 6-7
        NOT dateM:dw 6-7
        NOT dateM: dw 6-7
    ! Visual Filters and Live Filters: 
        dateM:dw 6-7        OK
        dateM: dw 6-7       OK
        dateM:!dw 6-7       OK
        dateM:! dw 6-7      OK
        dateM: !dw 6-7      FAIL!
      Fixed. Now all work.
    + Color Filters: Now the verbal NOT-operator "NOT " (case-insensitive) is 
      supported:
        dateM:NOT dw 6-7
        dateM: NOT dw 6-7
        NOT dateM:dw 6-7
        NOT dateM: dw 6-7
    ! Color Filters: Logical inversion failed when done at the value:
        !dateM:dw 6-7       OK
        ! dateM:dw 6-7      OK
        dateM:!dw 6-7       FAIL!
        dateM:! dw 6-7      FAIL!
        dateM: !dw 6-7      FAIL!
      Fixed. Now all work.  
    ! Custom File Associations: When opening a LNK file with "Toolbar | Open 
      With | Resolve Shortcuts before Matching" enabled, any "Run Maximized" in 
      the LNK settings was ignored. Fixed.

To download this BETA version 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.

[admin]

Change Log for the latest XYplorer BETA version:

Code: Select all

v22.30.0001 - 2021-09-29 20:32
    + Preview and Thumbnails: Added XAR to the supported factory defaults.
    * Quick Find Files: From now on the "Find Files" button in the Quick Search 
      dialog *only* affects searches triggered from this dialog. Other Quick 
      Searches are not affected and run normally.
    ! Show Character Table: It returned the wide character ordinal even if the 
      character was part of the local ANSI codepage and had a narrow ordinal. 
      Fixed. Now e.g. "‰" is shown like this in the locale of this system:
        #  char	  dec   hex   utf8   utf8hex 
        1   ‰  	  137    89   ‰    E2 80 B0
      Before, it was shown like this:
        #  char	  dec   hex   utf8   utf8hex 
        1   ‰  	 8240  2030   ‰    E2 80 B0

To download this BETA version 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.

[admin]

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

Code: Select all

v22.30.0000 - 2021-09-28 20:00
    = NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main developments since last release:
  +++ Live Filter via Cell Context Menu. Now it's just a click to filter the 
      list for a specific property. And that's any property, including the 
      standard columns, tags, comments, extended shell properties, and even your 
      own user-defined custom columns. Unprecedented and addictive usability 
      booster. And the learning curve is a dot.
  +++ Quick Search via Cell Context Menu. Now it's just a click to search the 
      current location including its subfolders for a specific property. And 
      that's any property, including the standard columns, tags, comments, 
      extended shell properties, and even your own user-defined custom columns. 
      Just wow.
  +++ Photo Data in the Hover Box. See Camera Model, Focal Length, F-Stop, 
      Exposure Time, Exposure Bias, ISO Speed, and Date Taken, and of course an 
      image preview by simply moving the mouse over the photo file.
  +++ Compilation Soundtrack. Compiled to the groove of Charlie Watts.

To download this OFFICIAL version choose a package: (1) Installer Package, (2) No-Install Package.

[admin]

Change Log for the latest XYplorer BETA version:

Code: Select all

v22.20.0227 - 2021-09-28 11:50
    ! MLS: Minor error in one caption. Fixed.

To download the latest BETA version 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.

[admin]

Change Log for the latest XYplorer BETA version:

Code: Select all

v22.20.0226 - 2021-09-28 10:46
    * Updated the help file.
    ! Floating Preview: "Navigate by Category" didn't see WEBP files as images 
      because internally they are in a different category (Preview as 
      Thumbnail). Fixed.

To download the latest BETA version 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.

[admin]

Change Log for the latest XYplorer BETA version:

Code: Select all

v22.20.0225 - 2021-09-27 14:59
    * XY64: Updated to 1.0.0.26.
    ! Office Preview: Tried to fix an alignment issue with the 64-bit preview of 
      Office files in some systems.
    ! SC tag, SC tagitems: Did not yet support Extra Columns beyond "ex5" in the 
      "type" or "field" parameter. Fixed. Now they support "ex1" - "ex16".

To download the latest BETA version 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.

[admin]

Change Log for the latest XYplorer BETA version:

Code: Select all

v22.20.0223 - 2021-09-25 13:08
    + Cell Context Menu: Now you can modify by keyboard what happens when you 
      click "Live Filter".
              Click => Filter list by the selected property (replace any current filter)
         Ctrl+Click => Boolean AND the selected property to the current filter (if any)
        Shift+Click => Boolean OR the selected property to the current filter (if any)
      No smartness built in. It just appends " & [selected property]" or " | 
      [selected property]" to whatever is in the box.
    * Configuration | General | Refresh, Icons, History | Auto-Refresh | Watch 
      the current location: Renamed it back to "Auto-Refresh". Needs to be 
      consistent with the main menu "View | Auto-Refresh".
    * Configuration | General | Refresh, Icons, History | Auto-Refresh | Listen 
      to file system notifications: Renamed it to "Respond to file system 
      notifications".
    * Configuration | General | Refresh, Icons, History | Auto-Refresh: Removed 
      sections "Method" and "Scope". Unnecessary.
    * Configuration | General | Refresh, Icons, History | Auto-Refresh: Revised 
      the logic. The checkbox "Auto-refresh" is the main switch again.
    % Speed: Browsing, searching and calculating folder sizes all got a little 
      bit faster. Removed an unnecessary operation that was triggered *very 
      often* for nothing.

To download the latest BETA version 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.

[admin]

Change Log for the latest XYplorer BETA version:

Code: Select all

v22.20.0222 - 2021-09-24 15:10
    * Configuration | General | Refresh, Icons, History | Auto-Refresh: 
      Reorganized the options in two sections, "Method" and "Scope".
    * Configuration | General | Refresh, Icons, History | Auto-Refresh | 
      Auto-refresh: Renamed it to "Watch the current location". Tick it to 
      automatically refresh Tree and List on file system changes in the current 
      location.
    + Configuration | General | Refresh, Icons, History | Method: Added option 
      "Listen to file system notifications". Tick it to automatically refresh 
      Tree and List on file system changes anywhere. Depending on your system 
      this can lead to more refresh events than you might like or need. Hence 
      you now have the option to turn it off.
      FYI, this option raises tweak DisableSHChangeNotifyRegister to UI (with 
      inverted logic).
    > Configuration | General | Refresh, Icons, History | Scope: The settings 
      here apply to both methods.
    + Visual Filters and Live Filters: Now, by factory default, you can invert a 
      whole Boolean expression ("master-invert") by wrapping it into parentheses 
      and prefixing a !:
        Example:            Size: 529 KB | Name:*.txt       = Size OR Name
        Master-Inversion:   !(Size: 529 KB | Name:*.txt)    = NOT (Size OR Name)
      That way you can use a mere ! to just invert the first part of the expression:
        Example:           !Size: 529 KB | Name:*.txt       = (NOT Size) OR Name
    > UPGRADERS: To prevent breaking old code a tweak is auto-set for upgraders 
      that keeps it as it was before:
        VFAllowMasterInvertOldWay=1
      The old way:
        !Size: 529 KB | Name:*.txt       = NOT (Size OR Name)
        !(Size: 529 KB | Name:*.txt)     = NOT ("(Size" OR "Name)") (= total rubbish)
      It is recommend that you update your scripts and set 
      VFAllowMasterInvertOldWay=0 to enjoy the benefits of the new syntax.
    ! Aliases: The nesting of aliases using <get ...> was limited. It's not 
      anymore. Now you can do this:
      Define (via Address Bar) a deeply nested alias in e.g. 3 steps (any number 
      of steps are possible):
        @dir1=C:\Test
        @dir2=<get alias dir1>\SubLevel1
        @dir3=<get alias dir2>\SubLevel2
      Use it successfully:
        @dir3       'resolves to C:\Test\SubLevel1\SubLevel2\
    - Removed these main menu commands:
      - #356 - View | Tab | Filter By Selected Extension(s)   (Ctrl+Alt+J)
        (added in v5.40.0023 - 2006-11-20 10:30)
      - #357 - View | Tab | Filter Out Selected Extension(s)  (Ctrl+Shift+Alt+J)
        (added in v6.10.0048 - 2007-06-22 10:02)
      Reason: Not needed anymore. The functionality is now covered by other 
      functions, or can be scripted.

To download the latest BETA version 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.

[admin]

Change Log for the latest XYplorer BETA version:

Code: Select all

v22.20.0221 - 2021-09-23 15:39
    ! Tree: Freeze on auto-refreshing a network drive. Fixed.

To download the latest BETA version 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.

[admin]

Change Log for the latest XYplorer BETA version:

Code: Select all

v22.20.0220 - 2021-09-23 14:47
    + Visual Filters: Now Boolean AND can also be written as " & ".
      Before, only " AND " (case-insensitive) worked.
    + Visual Filters: Now Boolean OR can also be written as " OR " (case-insensitive).
      Before, only "|" and ";" worked.
    * Visual Filters: Removed a singular inconsisteny with Visual Filters and 
      Live Filters. They were the only places where surrounding spaces for | 
      (for Boolean OR) were not mandatory. Now they are mandatory.
      This change might break some of your code but consistency pays off in the 
      long run. If you want to preserve the old state, here's a tweak:
        VFAllowSinglePipeOR=1
      For upgraders the tweak is set automatically (XY never breaks old code). 
      But it's recommended to set it to 0 so you are guided to full consistency 
      and can safely share patterns with new users for whom surrounding spaces 
      are mandatory.
    + Color Filters: Now Boolean AND can also be written as " & ".
      Before, only " AND " (case-insensitive) worked.
    + Color Filters: Now Boolean OR can also be written as " OR " (case-insensitive)
      and " | " (surrounding spaces needed).
      Before, only ";" worked.
    > Summary of available binary Boolean operators:
      --------------------------------------------------------------------------
                        AND       OR           Notes
      Visual Filters    AND &     OR | ;       
      Live Filters      AND &     OR | ;       always 100% identical to Visual Filters
      Color Filters     AND &     OR | ;       not all selectors are supported yet 
      Quick Search      AND &     OR | ;
      Find Files Name   AND &     OR | ;       always 100% identical to Quick Search
      --------------------------------------------------------------------------
      - Apart from ";" all Boolean operators have to be surrounded by spaces.
      - Both AND and OR are case-insensitive everywhere, i.e. "and" and "or" 
        work as well.
      --------------------------------------------------------------------------

To download the latest BETA version 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.