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v5.80.0040 - 01.05.07 09:39
    + CKS: added a tiny menu with commands to create and copy a cheat 
      sheet of all current (where "current" is the current state of the 
      CKS dialog) shortcuts and commands in various layouts and sorting 
      orders.
    ! F6 (Move focus among Tree, Address Bar, and List) did not work 
      when focus in Address Bar. Fixed.
    * Cycle focus (F6): now includes the Catalog. The sequence is now:
      Address Bar > Tree > List > Catalog.
    * New default shortcut for "Go to Focused Item":
        Before: Ctrl+Left
        Now:    Ctrl+Alt+Left
    + CKS: commands available in Search Results only now display "Search 
      Results only." in the Scope field of the CKS dialog.
      E.g.: Miscellaneous / Go to Focused Item  (Ctrl+Left)
    + CKS: Commands list got a little context menu where you can copy the 
      selected command to clipboard.

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v5.80.0039 - 29.04.07 22:16
    * CKS: now, in case of conflicts the full "path" of a command is 
      displayed, not just the category and the command caption:
        Before: View / Created
        Now:    View / Current Tab / Sort By / Created
      Some commands paths are too long to be fully displayed. The 
      tooltip, however, always contains the whole story.
    * CKS: decided to show all multiple keys in the command captions, 
      separated by commas. I will only go back to the ellipsed version 
      (appending ", ...") when I get enough complaints. I can't imagine 
      that too many users will use too many multi-keys anyway. Why should 
      they?
    + Catalog: reorganized the right-click context menus of category and 
      item. Partly renamed the captions.
    + CKS: added a few more "Miscellaneous" commands. This thing is 
      getting chaotic. Gotta define some sub-sections...

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v5.80.0038 - 28.04.07 22:02
    + INI Tweak: ThumbSizes.
    + Menu View | Current Tab: added commands
        Move Tab Left (Ctrl+Shift+Left)
        Move Tab Right (Ctrl+Shift+Right)
      The shortcuts are old, but they never had a place in a menu.
    - Removed this: "Copy/Paste now works with Ctrl+Ins/Shift+Ins, too." 
      (introduced in v4.00.0147). Reason: would look funny in menu Edit 
      ("Copy    Ctrl+Ins, ..."), and if you need it you can now add it 
      yourself via CKS.
    + CKS: added a number of "Miscellaneous" commands.
    * CKS: just like the navigation keys, the Space key had to be locked 
      too, of course. It plays a fundamental role in list navigation and 
      selection that should not be overwritten by any other usage. It 
      further plays a key role (sorry for the pun) in media preview 
      control (Start/Pause, Go to beginning).
      Still available for your private joy are all combinations of Space 
      with Alt; however, the first two not really... something else is 
      playing the hotkey game, too...:
        Alt+Space         -> opens window icon menu
        Shift+Alt+Space   -> opens window icon menu
        Ctrl+Alt+Space
        Ctrl+Shift+Alt+Space
    * CKS: same as above goes for the Enter key (aka Return). It's a 
      Windows standard action for opening/running the focused item in a 
      list. Furthermore Enter start a search when pressed with focus in 
      the Find Files tab. All this should and will stay as it is.
    ! CKS: when popping up submenus via keyboard shortcut then a match 
      between the used key and any accelerator in the menu would trigger 
      the accelerated command right away. Fixed: submenus now popup only 
      on the key-up event.
    + CKS: hey, I had forgotten the Tab key. All combos with Ctrl are 
      available:
        Ctrl+Tab
        Ctrl+Shift+Tab
        Ctrl+Alt+Tab
        Ctrl+Shift+Alt+Tab        
    * Menu View | Current Tab | Views: renamed "Thumbnails 1/2/3" to 
      "Thumbnails #1/#2/#3".

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v5.80.0036 - 27.04.07 14:34
    + CKS: all the main menus are finished. Now it's time for the dust 
      to settle... some toolbar button tooltips are still hard-coded and 
      there's surely some other glitch here and there...      
    ! CKS: key combos containing Shift that would browse to a new 
      location would open that location in a new tab because the held 
      down Shift was interpreted as "open in new tab!". Fixed. Shift 
      that is part of a KS is not interpreted that way anymore.
    ! Image preview: occasional error ("Image area too large to 
      preview.") with larger -- but actually *not* too large -- images 
      depending on your system and current state of your system. Fixed.

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v5.80.0034 - 26.04.07 22:47
    + CKS: Go and Favorites menu finished.
    + CKS: added a little navigation to the interface. I'm using labels 
      (that look like web links to stimulate a click impulse in the user) 
      instead of buttons to keep the focus where it is. Now it's very easy 
      to resolve an assignment conflict and jump back to where the 
      conflict surfaced. Works fine, but... hmm... it looks a bit "huh?".
    * Browsing: when browsing to a folder for the first time within the 
      current session you will now get an hourglass cursor immediately. 
      Before, you got an hourglass only after a certain time, but this 
      strategy sometimes prevented an hourglass where it would have been 
      necessary. Due to the unpredictability of things there is no optimal 
      solution here, so now I opted to rather show one hourglass too 
      much than one too less.
    + Menu Edit | Move/Copy/Backup To...: now these dialogs accept full 
      relative path syntax for the destination folder. So e.g. you can 
      state a target like "..\sister" to move a file to a folder called 
      "sister" under the same parent as the moved items. And better: if 
      this folder does not exist yet it is created!
      Now in combination with date variables this gets really slick. A 
      copy destination "..\snapshot_<dyyyy-mm-dd>" will create a folder 
      called "snapshot_2007-04-26" (that's the date today) parallel to 
      the source folder and copy the selected items there! Nice way to 
      do a quick dated copy of some items!
      Note that the relative path is always relative to the *current 
      path* (which is always the one shown in the tree). So, if you 
      apply this functionality to search results you have to mentally 
      adjust the above examples a bit.
    - Menu Tools: removed the command "Search Templates...". The 
      identical command in menu Edit is enough.

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v5.80.0033 - 25.04.07 13:50
    * CKS: 32 more keys at your disposal! The 8 navigation keys in 
      combination with Alt, Ctrl+Alt, Shift+Alt, and Ctrl+Shift+Alt are 
      not locked anymore.
    * Now common traditional Windows keys keep their expected 
      functionality inside common contexts. For example, when editing 
      text (e.g. renaming a file) you expect key "A" to type an "a" at 
      the caret, "Ctrl+V" to paste text from clipboard etc., whatever 
      XYplorer functions you might have assigned to these keys.
      These are the keys I'm talking about:
        Ctrl+A
        Ctrl+C
        Ctrl+V
        Ctrl+X
        Backspace
        Ctrl+Backspace
        Ctrl+Ins
        Shift+Ins
        Shift+Del
        Del
        all Navigation keys in combination with Alt, Ctrl+Alt, Shift+Alt, 
          and Ctrl+Shift+Alt
        all typable chars (a, b, c ... 1, 2, 3 etc)
    ! Backspace key did not work anymore in Edit contexts as e.g. in the 
      Address Bar. Fixed (see here above). Now the Backspace takes you 
      up one to the parent folder (or whatever function you assign to 
      the key) unless you are in an edit context where it will do its 
      traditional delete job.
    * In Germany "Ctrl" and "Shift" are called "Strg" and "Umschalt". 
      Some years ago I made XYplorer respect this and display the German 
      versions when run in Germany. Enough of this! From now on it's 
      "Ctrl" and "Shift" for all monkeys with tools. When you still see 
      "Strg" or "Umschalt" in some menu then (a) the commands come 
      directly from the Shell, and (b) you live in Germany.
    + Statusbar: sections now are wider on wider monitors.

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v5.80.0032 - 24.04.07 10:00
    + CKS: View menu finished. Go menu is in progress...
    + CKS: added the following functions to the Miscellaneous section 
      (incl. new default shortcuts).
        AltGr+A -> focus Address Bar
        AltGr+C -> focus Catalog
        AltGr+L -> focus List
        AltGr+T -> focus Tree
      I defaulted them to AltGr because -- as you know -- ALT+(Letter) 
      shortcuts have two disadvantages: (1) they might conflict with 
      currently active accelerators, (2) they beep.
    - Removed old shortcuts (reason: see above).
        Alt+C -> focus Catalog
        Alt+D -> focus Address Bar
    - Menu Go | Top: removed keyboard shortcut [Ctrl+Home @Tree] (=only 
      if the Tree is focused). This was a one-time exceptional 
      construction that is not necessary anymore with CKS. Go find your 
      own key for it... ;)
    + Toolbar: added context menu to the "Configuration" button, showing 
      the main categories.
    * CKS: The now called "Default Key" button is enabled only if there 
      is a default key for the current command.
    ! The List stubbornly restored a remembered scroll position (on a 
      tab change or as part of XY's Home concept) without adjusting it 
      to new circumstances (less items, higher list) when necessary. 
      This could lead to apparently half-filled or even empty lists 
      which were actually just scrolled into Nirvana. Fixed.
    ! Menu View|Current Tab: "Copy Location Term" copied the current 
      location when applied to non-current tabs (via ctx menu). Fixed.

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v5.80.0031 - 22.04.07 10:37
    + CKS: when you get a red message "(KS) is currently assigned to 
      (command)" then clicking that message label will carry you to that 
      command.
    ! The menus "Back" & "Forward" in the List's context menu actually 
      did the same as "Up". Fixed.
    ! Separators galore on tab headers' ctx menu. Fixed.

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v5.80.0030 - 21.04.07 20:00
    ! On a dual monitor system... blah blah... fixed some more of them.
    ! List's context menu was gone shopping for some hours. It's back.

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v5.80.0028 - 21.04.07 11:15
    ! On a dual monitor system, the tab headers' context menu would pop 
      up on the wrong monitor. Fixed.
    ! On a dual monitor system, the drag'n'drop context menu would pop 
      up on the wrong monitor. Fixed.
v5.80.0027 - 20.04.07 17:42
    + Menu File: added command "Create Shortcut". Creates a shortcut 
      (*.lnk) to each selected tree or list item(s) in the current folder. 
      After creation the shortcuts are auto-selected.
    * Catalog: when right-dragging items onto a Category (in order to 
      add them to that Category) you now get a popup menu before any 
      action takes place. Before right-drag worked like left-drag: it 
      simply did it right away.
    + CKS: View menu almost done. Madonna...
    + CKS dialog: now you can use <enter> to apply the settings and 
      close the dialog. Obvious exception: if the focus is within the new 
      shortcut box, <enter> will set the box to "Enter".
      This is to make adding shortcuts easier to handle: 2 times <enter> 
      will assign and apply a new shortcut and close the dialog.
      Also the focus is now initially set to the commands list. This 
      assumes that most of the time you are busy within the same 
      category as last time.
    + CKS dialog: added button to get/enter the default KS of a command.
    + CKS dialog: the Commands list now remembers the last selected 
      command and the scroll position between sessions.
    + Toolbar: added context menu to the "CKS" button, showing the main 
      command categories.
    ! The "FireFox to XY drop issue" wasn't perfect yet. Fixed again.

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v5.80.0026 - 18.04.07 11:01
    + CKS: View menu partly added. Man, it's a long menu...
      Note: Click "Reset All..." button to load the new keys.
    + CKS: the Category dropdown now remembers the last used category 
      between sessions.
    + New INI tweak FileInfoTipHoldShift.
    + Toolbar: Added command "Customize Toolbar..." to buttons Back, 
      Fore, and Up.
    ! Showing Icon Overlays speed-up. Some file types did not show the 
      overlays. Fixed.

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v5.80.0025 - 17.04.07 14:16
  %%% Good news for TortoiseSVN users: radically speeded up Showing Icon 
      Overlays (if you need them enable them in Configuration|Advanced). 
      The speed difference to Not-Showing-Icon-Overlays is hardly 
      notable anymore!
    + Menu File: added command "Delete (No Recycle Bin)" [Shift+Del].
    + CKS: Edit menu finished. View menu coming next...

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v5.80.0022 - 16.04.07 11:45
    + CKS: File menu finished. Edit coming next...
    * CKS: "Hot Zone" is now "Scope".
    * Submenu "Mp3 Special": removed the unnecessary "MP3: " prefixes.
    + Toolbar: added button to open the CKS dialog. Looks like a Lego 
      stone if you happen to know it.
    - Because of unwanted side-effects this fix from v5.80.0018 had to be 
      withdrawn:
        When drag-dropping images from FireFox to XYplorer while FireFox 
        overlapped XYplorer (and XYplorer was not the foreground window) 
        then 0-byte files were created in the drop destination. Fixed.
      The good news is: I found another fix. :)

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v5.80.0020 - 15.04.07 12:12
    * Menu Edit | Find Files (Ctrl+F): Experimentally made it a toggle. 
      If the Find Files tab is visible and the Name & Location tab is 
      visible and the focus is in the Name field, in other words: if 
      there's nothing left to do for Ctrl+F, then it hides the Info Panel.
    ! List: Pasting from clipboard into a folder via the folder item's 
      shell context menu command "Paste" did actually paste into the 
      current folder instead of the context menu's owner. This bug existed 
      for one day. Fixed.
    * Shortened caption on Config:
      Old: Chec&k existence of subfolders for tree nodes
      New: Chec&k existence of subfolders in tree
    + CKS: added more functions. Your previous ks.dat will be 
      automatically reset at start-up!
    + CKS: if a function has more than on key assigned then " ..." is 
      appended to the key displayed in the caption. The displayed key is 
      currently (might make this configurable later) always the first 
      key where the sorting is A < B and None < Shift < Ctrl < Alt.
    + CKS: made Assign the default button. So you can very easily assign 
      new keys by pressing <Enter>.
    + CKS: Use <Del> to remove an existing shortcut from the selected 
      command. You can add "Del" as new key if the focus is in the "Press 
      new shortcut key" field.
    + CKS: added the concept of "Hot Zone" (we might discuss about the 
      term...). Each function has a natural Hot Zone: only if the focus is 
      within that Zone the function makes sense and is triggered by its 
      hot key(s).
      For example: the function "File | Delete" (default key = DEL) 
      should not be called when you press DEL within some edit box. It 
      should only be triggered if the focus is in Tree or List. The 
      function itself then determines whether it is Tree or List and 
      acts accordingly. Means: the Hot Zone of Delete is "Tree, List".
      The Hot Zone is not editable by the user, because it would not 
      make much sense: in the majority of cases Hot Zone is "Global" 
      (which means the key works always, independent of the focus) or it 
      is naturally limited as in the example above and practally all 
      file operations.
      So: the new text field "Hot Zone" in the CKS dialog is just there 
      for your information, kind attention, and entertainment. Nothing 
      to do here.
      In the Statusbar you'll see a little message when you press a 
      button in the "Cold Zone". This is more of a little joke -- I'll 
      probably remove it later.
    ! The Hot Zone fixes a number of issues that arose from the steaming 
      fresh CKS.

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v5.80.0019 - 13.04.07 10:05
    + CKS: added more functions to the set of key-customizable commands. 
      Some of them have factory-default hotkeys but since your ks.dat does 
      not know those newly added functions they will be hotkey-less unless 
      you "Reset All" to factory defaults (or delete ks.dat).
    ! Fixed some issues with the Return key due to CKS.
    + Pasting items via Shell context menu if auto-refresh is off: now 
      the current list is refreshed if items were cut (moved). This can be 
      done without using the OS's file change notification 
      because/whenever the app itself triggered the operation and thus 
      knows what's happening.
    + Toolbar | Show Hidden Items: now the button's tooltip tells you 
      the state of the toggle.