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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v4.60.0033, 15-may-2006).

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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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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v4.60.0034, 16-may-2006).

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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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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v4.60.0037, 17-may-2006).

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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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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v4.60.0038, 18-may-2006).

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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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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v4.60.0039, 19-may-2006).

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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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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v4.60.0040, 19-may-2006).

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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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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v4.60.0041, 19-may-2006).

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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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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v4.60.0042, 20-may-2006).

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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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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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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v4.60.0048, 22-may-2006).

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v4.60.0048 - 22.05.06 11:07
    + Catalog: added keyboard support for context menus. Press Shift+F10 
      or the context menu key (if you got it on your keyboard) to popup 
      the Catalog's context menu.
    ! Catalog: could not activate the main menu by ALT when focus was on 
      Catalog. Fixed.
    + Catalog: now you can use Ctrl+V to paste any file data from 
      clipboard into current location.
    + Catalog, context menu: added "Add New Item Here...".
    + Now you can enter http:// addresses into the Address Bar: they 
      will be opened using your default browser.
      You can as well define http:// addresses as destinations in the 
      Catalog.
    ! Ever had Tree and Catalog and Info Panel on, High Tree 
      off, and then moved the Info Panel splitter? Fixed.

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v4.60.0049, 23-may-2006).

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v4.60.0049 - 23.05.06 12:31
  !!! Catalog: crashed when creating new category in empty catalog. 
      Fixed.
    ! Tree and List: wrong vertical centering of captions. On larger 
      font sizes the captions were printed one or two pixels to far down 
      (resulting in cropped lower parts of letters). Fixed.
    + Catalog: added command "Import Favorite Folders as New Category 
      Here". No more auto-filling at start-up.
    + Catalog: "Add Current List Item Here" now recognizes special paths 
      correctly (e.g. "Desktop\XY-wiki.txt" instead of "C:\Dokumente und 
      Einstellungen\Donald\Desktop\XY-wiki.txt").
    + Catalog: items pointing to URLs now receive the correct icon.
    * Catalog: better coloring logic. Now new categories are by default 
      branch-colored as the Tree and react to changes of the tree color 
      scheme (unless you check "Apply colors" in Properties).
    ! File List: reduced flicker in repeated auto-refresh situations. 
      Didn't I?

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v4.60.0050, 24-may-2006).

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v4.60.0050 - 24.05.06 11:07
    ! Unflickering the file list in repeated auto-refresh situations, 
      part 2.
    ! When opening a new background tab, the Home icon of the current 
      tab became disabled. Fixed.
    + Catalog, drag-shifting: now you can copy (duplicate) the dragged 
      items by holding Ctrl while dragging them. When you duplicate a
      category the new copy comes without child items.
    + Catalog: to delete items or categories without "Are you sure"-
      prompt, press Shift+Del.

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v4.60.0057, 24-may-2006).

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v4.60.0057 - 24.05.06 22:46
    ! Catalog: changing a category tooltip text via the catalog 
      properties window caused the "+" icon to disappear. Fixed.
    + If a new instance of XY is loaded with a startpath command line 
      parameter, this path is opened in a new foreground tab of the 
      previous instance instead of loading the new instance. Of these 
      three possible command line forms...
        XYplorer.exe
        XYplorer.exe mystartpath
        XYplorer.exe /ini="my ini file" mystartpath
      ... only the second will trigger the above behavior. The other 
      will load a 2nd instance.

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v5.00.0000, 25-may-2006).

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v5.00.0000 - 25.05.06 11:11
    + Catalog: if a tab pointing to the clicked location exists already, 
      this tab is selected instead of opening the location in the current 
      tab.
    + Statusbar: single left-click anywhere on the statusbar does 
      show/hide the Info Panel. You'll note a 300 msec delay -- it's 
      necessary to wait for a potential dbl-click (which does copy the 
      clicked label to the clipboard).
    + Catalog: dbl-click on Tree/Catalog splitter now maximizes resp. 
      minimizes the catalog resp. tree.
    + Catalog: added command "Import Favorite File as New Category 
      Here". Now in submenu "Import as New Category Here".
    * With the Catalog a new era has begun. So it's time for another 
      biggie: 5.0! I also changed the tagline
        from  "Advanced File System Explorer"
        to    "Business Class File Manager"
      I think it makes clearer what it is, what it does, and what you 
      get for your money.

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v5.00.0001, 26-may-2006).

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v5.00.0001 - 26.05.06 12:21
    % New start up strategy: the main window is shown only after the 
      initialization is completed. Result: start up is faster and makes 
      a very solid first impression :)
    ! Address Bar and Catalog now support the file:/// protocol.
      I have these files executed by the Shell, so http[s]:// URLs are 
      opened by your default browser whereas file:/// URLs are opened by 
      the associated application. E.g., enter this into the Address Bar: 
        file:///C:\Programs\XYplorer\License.txt
      if C:\Programs\XYplorer is your XY location.
    ! Load tab, not instance: did not clean the tray if prev instance 
      was minimized to try. Fixed.
    ! Drag'n'drop: in certain situations/configurations the file list's 
      current selections were lost after completing a drag'n'drop 
      operation. Fixed.
    + Catalog: New Item is auto-removed if Properties dialog is 
      immediately cancelled.
    + Catalog: now dropping on a category heading will add the dragged 
      item(s) to that category (appended at the bottom). 
      Now, if you are crazy, you can drop 10,000 items into a category.
      I tell you what happens: at some point, XY will break down. You 
      have been warned, punk!
    + Help file: added browse sequence with << and >> buttons.
      Help file always on top is a bug that will be fixed next time.