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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v4.60.0044, 21-may-2006).

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v4.60.0044 - 21.05.06 17:54
    + Catalog: added dropability, featuring
        - auto-expand when drag-hovering over unexpanded category; 
          original expansion state is restored afterwards
        - right-drop context menu with advanced options
      Naturally you can only drop on items pointing to folders, not
      on categories or items pointing to files.
      Remember it's a BETA: test carefully!
    + Now file operations (keyboard, drag-n-drop, whatever) onto Recycle 
      Bin are supported. If the drop target matches "?:\RECYCLED\*" 
      (FAT16/32) or "?:\RECYCLER\*" (NTFS) the drag is interpreted as a 
      recycle operation and you are prompted accordingly.
    + Catalog and Recycle Bin: You can add a Recycle Bin folder (e.g. 
      C:\RECYCLER\; which drive is irrelevant) to the Catalog and delete 
      items by dragging them onto it.
      NTFS only: If you want to see the Recycle Bin Icon you have to 
      take one of the C:\RECYCLER\ subfolders. The NTFS Recycler folder 
      contains a Recycle Bin for each user that logs on to the computer, 
      sorted by their security identifier (SID). It will look similar to 
      this:
        C:\RECYCLER\S-1-5-21-1606980848-492894223-854245398-1003\
      Any of these will do, since they are used here just for the icon.
    + Tabs and Recycle Bin: analog to above "Catalog and Recycle Bin".
    + Configuration/Advanced: added "Open new tab next to current".
    + Catalog, Properties dialog: now you can configure a category's own 
      color and set its branch color independently.
    + Catalog: now it's remembered between sessions (everything: even 
      the expansion state, the scroll position and the current selection).
      If you exit without saving, the catalog won't be saved neither.
      If no catalog.dat (or only one with the wrong internal version 
      stamp) is found in application path, the Favorite Folders/Files are 
      auto-filled in. I'm not decided yet, whether to keep this service, 
      because it might lead to confusion among newbies.
      Note that, although the icon indices are stored in catalog.dat, 
      most icons have to be updated on startup because the system image 
      list is pretty dynamic.
      Tip: don't create too sophisticated catalogs yet because the data 
      structure of catalog.dat might easily change in the next days: 
      your work would be lost and in vain.
    + The catalog is now finished! It's time for the bugs... 
    * Menu "Layout" is now "Windows". Added Tabs section.

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v4.60.0042 - 20.05.06 12:24
    * Info Panel, new tab order:
      Properties | Version | Preview | File View | Find Files | Report
  !!! Find Files: crash when an excluded folder contained "[" without a 
      following "]". Due to the same bug, folders containing "[" and "]" 
      (in this order) or containing "#" anywhere in the name would not be 
      excluded. Fixed.
    + Catalog: now you can drag-shift categories themselves as well.
      The dragged category is moved to the position of the dropped-on 
      category, the others are shifted accordingly. If the insertion 
      pointer is pointing between items their parent category is used 
      for reference.
    * Reorganized the Configuration File section in menu File.
    * Added new top menu "Layout" and reorganized its contents (moved 
      here from menu View) somewhat.

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v4.60.0041 - 19.05.06 17:20
    + Catalog: added cross-category drag-shifting of items.
      To shift the categories themselves, use keyboard or context menu.
    + Catalog: added "Open in New Tab" and "Open in New Background Tab" 
      to the context menu for items. Alternatively hold Shift or Ctrl 
      while clicking (just as in Tree).
    ! Catalog: fixed bugs arising when catalog was empty.

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v4.60.0040 - 19.05.06 12:30
    + Catalog: drag'n'drop shifting, added auto-scrolling.
    ! Catalog: drag'n'drop shifting went wrong in non-first categories 
      fixed.
    * Shifting tabs by drag'n'drop: nicer insertion point icon.

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v4.60.0039 - 19.05.06 10:46
    + Catalog: added shifting item positions by drag'n'drop.
      Works alright within-category only. Cross-category shifting and 
      shifting of categories themselves will follow tomorrow...
      Also auto-scrolling is yet to be done.
    + Catalog: added tooltips to show the full path of an item.

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v4.60.0038 - 18.05.06 12:55
    + Catalog: added Properties dialog.
      Catalog color logic: The text and back colors of each catalog item 
      are either specific ("Use these colors" checked) or inherited from 
      the parent (category) node. That way you can easily give an 
      overall branch color to each category, and locally overwrite it by 
      item specific colors. Play with it and you will quickly understand 
      the idea...
      At the moment the categories themselves do not show their "own" 
      colors but display a hardcoded black on grey. It looks cooler like 
      this I think but I'm not 100% sure yet...
    + Catalog: better ellipsing (dot dot dot) algo for longer captions.
    + New keyboard shortcuts:
        Alt+C: focus Catalog.
        Alt+D: focus Address Bar.
    * Info Panel: renamed "General File Info" to "Properties".

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v4.60.0037 - 17.05.06 09:20
    + Catalog: added plusminus symbols to the categories.
    ! Drag'n'drop context menu did not give option to Move when dropped 
      on file list after drag-on-tabheader-with-flying-tabchange. Fixed.

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v4.60.0034 - 16.05.06 11:56
    + Catalog: added a couple of commands to the context menu.
    + Menu File: added command Preview (Ctrl+Q).
      Opens the InfoPanel/Preview tab for the focused file.
    + New keyboard shortcuts:
        Menu File/Preview:  Ctrl+Q
        Menu File/Exit:     Alt+F4 (closes any window in Windows)

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v4.60.0033 - 15.05.06 22:33
    + Catalog: added icons; single-click (or <enter>) now is enough to 
      expand/collapse categories; little arrow shows current selection.

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v4.60.0031 - 15.05.06 10:45
    + Now the date column-widths are adjusted automatically on each date 
      format change.      

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v4.60.0030 - 14.05.06 20:18
    + Menu View/Date Column Format: now some of the time formats (namely 
      menu-position 3, 4, and 5) are user-configurable.
      If you are advanced enough to know how to edit an INI file, open 
      XYplorer.ini, and go to this section:
        [ListTimeFormats]
        Version=1
        3=hh:nn am/pm
        4=hh:nn AM/PM
        5=hh:nn:ss
      For example, to suppress leading zeros use single letters:
        3=h:n am/pm
      You can also change ":" into another separator.
    + Configuration/Advanced: add "App load time" information. This is 
      the time XY's own code takes from the first executed line until the 
      full completion of the load process (the ready state). It does not 
      include the loading of the VB run time library which has to happen 
      before.
    + Configuration/Advanced: added option "Custom items in shell 
      context menu". Uncheck it to turn off XYplorer's custom context menu 
      items and just use the normal shell.
      *** ATTENTION: if an INI file is existing the new checkbox is 
      initialized to 'unchecked', so upgrading users have to check the 
      box to see the custom items as they are used to!
    + Menu File, Move/Copy/Backup To: reorganized the submenus, and 
      added new submenu "Current Tabs": now you can trigger file ops to 
      tabs without the mouse.
    + New keyboard shortcuts:
        Menu View/Show Catalog:           F8
        Menu View/Date Column Format/Age: Ctrl+Shift+E
        Menu View/Refresh Thumbs Cache:   none
      This command has no menu interface (where should I put it??):
        Show hidden files and folders:    Ctrl+Shift+H
    ! Shifting tabs by drag'n'drop: wrong insertion point icon position 
      when tab strip did not touch the left window border. Fixed.

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v4.60.0029 - 13.05.06 12:18
    ! Whoops, in v4.60.0028 minimized to tray it would not come up 
      again. Fixed.

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v4.60.0028 - 13.05.06 10:29
    * Shifting tabs by drag'n'drop: new insertion point icon. Actually I 
      had designed a much better one but could not manage to display an 
      irregular form on top of everything. Shit.
      Also fixed a number of bugs here.

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v4.60.0027 - 12.05.06 21:18
    + Enough old-school drag-drop-and-see-what-happened-splitting! I 
      couldn't stand it no more and built in live splitting within 90 
      minutes, yeah!
    + I was crazy enough to waste another 60 minutes of my life to add 
      shifting tabs by drag'n'drop! No time to design a proper insert-
      position icon yet -- you'll see what you get instead... :)

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v4.60.0026, 12-may-2006).

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v4.60.0026 - 12.05.06 15:53
    + Catalog: now you can delete items and categories via DEL key.
    + Catalog: now you can add categories via right-click ctx menu.
    * Catalog: during the development phase it will not use catalog.dat 
      at start-up but always auto-fill in the current favs. This is less 
      risky since the data structure of catalog.dat is still in constant 
      change.
    ! Shift tabs by Ctrl+Shift+Left/Right did work logical but 
      insterestingly not as expected when the shifted tab did cycle around 
      the left/right edges. Fixed: now it is less logical but feels better.
    * Now you can shift tabs by Ctrl+Shift+Left/Right also if focus is 
      on Catalog or on Address Bar.

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