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v25.90.0117 - 2024-04-28 11:37
    + Catalog: Now you can have the Catalog without icons. To toggle showing icons 
      right-click on any Category item and click "Show Icons" in the "Catalog" submenu.
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v25.90.0111 - 2024-04-27 22:31
    + Hover Box: Now you can have rounded corners with the images previewed in the
      Hover Box. Toggle sharp/rounded corners by pressing the "U" key while the Hover Box is 
      displayed.
        U: Toggle sharp/rounded corners.
    % Configuration | Colors and Styles | Highlights & Dark Mode | Tree path tracing: 
      Removed the background shading from the last square. Looked out of time.
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v25.90.0110 - 2024-04-27 13:13
    + SC savethumb: Now you can pass more than one item to create multiple thumbnails in one go.
      Syntax: savethumb([file=<curitem>], [thumbnail_file="*_thumb"], [widthbox], [heightbox], _
                  [format="jpg"], [border_width], [flags], [transparency=2], [color_canvas])
        file: [optional] The name of the source file.
              Defaults to the current list item.
              Can be any format that has a thumbnail image (including video files). 
              Can be a list of files separated by CRLF; for this to work, the 
              thumbnail_file MUST contain a * character (which will be replaced with the 
              base name of the source image file).
              Set to <clipimg> to use the current image in the clipboard.
      Examples:
        savethumb(<clp>, "*_<width>", 500, , "png"); //when clipboard has a list of files
        savethumb(<drop>, "*_<width>", 500, , "png"); //for drop-on bookmark
        savethumb(<selitems <crlf>>, "*_<width>", 500, , "png"); //all selected list items
    + Variables: Added variable <dropsel>. It's a combination of <drop> and <selitems <crlf>>.
      If there is a drop, it resolves to the dropped items, otherwise it resolves to the 
      currently selected list items. In both cases, it returns a CRLF-separated list.
      For example, this defines a bookmark that can be dropped on or clicked to process 
      the dropped or selected images:
        savethumb(<dropsel>, "*_<width>", 500, , "png");
    * Soft Labels: The Label cell context menu "Select All ..." command performed a 
      partial match which is not expected in this context. Now it performs an exact match.
    ! Soft Labels: The Label cell context menu "Select All ..." command didn't select 
      based on the right-clicked resolved label and was basically non functional. Fixed.
    ! Configuration | Information | Tags | Label captions and colors: When labels were 
      added while the main menu bar was hidden, the various popup menus showing labels 
      would not show the correct label icon (but the Windows default icon). Fixed.
:info: To easily upgrade to this BETA version from XYplorer, hold down the CTRL key while you click Help | Online Support | Check for Updates. If you prefer to download the BETA version, choose one of these packages:
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v25.90.0108 - 2024-04-25 18:17
    + Edit | New | New Files... / New Folders...: Now there is a checkbox "Remember last 
      input". Check it if you want to remember the last input the next time you open the 
      dialog. The setting applies to both dialogs, New Files and New Folders.
      FYI, "remember" used to be hardcoded and only within the session, now it's off by 
      default and optional, and it's remembered across sessions (unless "Include 
      most-recently-used lists on save" is unchecked).
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v25.90.0107 - 2024-04-25 11:31
    + Rename Preview: Now you get the full path of any hovered item in a tooltip. Can be 
      useful when paths are not displayed or the full path does not fit in the viewport.
    % Background Jobs: The barbershop animation is now more fluid.
    ! File | Rename Special | Edit Item Names...: If you removed a previously set new path 
      while re-editing the Edit Item Names list, it was not reset, but stuck. Fixed.
      FYI, you can successfully set new paths in the list if "Configuration | General | 
      Sort and Rename | Rename | Allow move on rename" is checked.
    * Toolbar | Tabsets: Selecting the current tabset from the drop-down list, i.e. 
      reloading it, is now interpreted as a "Revert to Saved" operation. Previously, it 
      was seen as a switch and the tabset was saved before being reloaded (if "Auto-save 
      tabsets on switch" was enabled), which was hardly the intention.
    ! Tabsets | Save Copy As...: If "Configuration | Tabs and Panes | Tabs | Auto-save 
      tabsets on switch" was checked, then the current tabset was incorrectly saved as well. 
      Fixed.
    ! Tools | Customize Tree | Tree Path Tracing: Since 20240417 the head of the trace was 
      too large at 100% screen resolution. Fixed.
:info: To easily upgrade to this BETA version from XYplorer, hold down the CTRL key while you click Help | Online Support | Check for Updates. If you prefer to download the BETA version, choose one of these packages:
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:!!: 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.

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v25.90.0106 - 2024-04-24 15:44
    + Property Variables: Added a new formatting instruction for media duration. The 
      number returned by the shell here refers to units of 100 nanoseconds (= 1/10th 
      microsec). To convert it to something more friendly you can now use *sec for 
      precision down to a second, and *msec for precision down to a millisecond.
      Examples:
        echo <prop System.Media.Duration "Duration: *">;      //Duration: 2957410000  (no formatting)
        echo <prop System.Media.Duration "Duration: *sec">;   //Duration: 04:55       (seconds precision)
        echo <prop System.Media.Duration "Duration: *msec">;  //Duration: 04:55.741   (milliseconds precision)
    + SC conf("ThumbsOverlayContent"): Now you can specify a special section for video 
      files. If the section marker |video:| is present in the definition, then everything 
      after it is used for videos, everything before it is used for images.
      Example:
        conf("ThumbsOverlayContent", '<prop #AspectRatio>|video:|<prop System.Video.TotalBitrate "Bitrate: *kbps">');
    % Background Jobs: The barbershop animation in the toolbar is now drawn live and 
      scales well at all screen resolutions.
:info: To easily upgrade to this BETA version from XYplorer, hold down the CTRL key while you click Help | Online Support | Check for Updates. If you prefer to download the BETA version, choose one of these packages:
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v25.90.0100 - 2024-04-23 21:00
    = MAINTENANCE RELEASE.
  +++ Minor bug fixes and enhancements.
To easily upgrade to this OFFICIAL version from XYplorer, click Help | Online Support | Check for Updates. If you prefer to download this new version, choose one of these packages: (1) Installer Package, (2) No-Install Package (for manual unpacking).

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v25.90.0004 - 2024-04-23 14:37
    ! SC conf: Custom overlay contents were shown for image files but not for video files. 
      Fixed. Example:
        conf("ThumbsOverlayContent", '<prop Type>');  //show file type as thumbnail overlay
      Note: "Configuration | Preview | Thumbnails | For videos as well" must be checked to 
      make it happen.
    ! List: When re-sorting the list, the current focus position should stay in the same 
      vertical place whenever possible. This did not work properly with non-detail views. 
      Fixed.
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v25.90.0003 - 2024-04-23 11:50
    ! Tabs: When dragging something across a tab, the hover effect was not reset when 
      leaving the tab or ESC-ing the drag. Fixed.
    ! Toolbar | Bookmark Buttons: There were some complicated problems with drop-on 
      buttons, especially when they created modal dialogs: Focus confusion, buttons needed 
      two clicks to react, and drag-and-drop was blocked system-wide until the dialog was 
      closed again. All this has been fixed by a complete rewrite of the flow.
    ! Catalog | Script Items: Same issue as above. Same fix.
    > Tip: If you want those cute special mouse pointers along with the drag status box, 
      you have to uncheck this: Configuration | Other | Shell Integration | Drag and Drop 
      | Use standard shell drag and drop. In other words, you have to use XYplorer's 
      native drag and drop.
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v25.90.0002 - 2024-04-22 12:22
    ! Toolbar | Bookmark Buttons: The insertion marker flashed near the right end of the 
      right-most button of each row. Fixed.
    ! Changing Locations: Fixed a rare issue where changing locations could cause an 
      unpredictable chain of errors due to a race condition and bad luck.
:info: To easily upgrade to this BETA version from XYplorer, hold down the CTRL key while you click Help | Online Support | Check for Updates. If you prefer to download the BETA version, choose one of these packages:
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v25.90.0001 - 2024-04-21 14:36
    + SC rename enhanced: Added all the missing rename operations from File | Rename Special:
      Syntax: rename [mode=b], [pattern], [preview (p)], [itemlist], [flags=1], [illegalcharsreplacewith] 
        mode: Defines the mode for the rename operation.
        
        These are the old ones:
          b: [Default] Batch Rename
          r: RegExp Rename
          s: Search and Replace
          k: Keep Particular Characters
          e: Set Extension
          l: Rename the selected items using a list of names passed in the "pattern" argument 
        
        Here are the new ones:
          CamelCase:               A* A*.aaa
          ProperCase:              Aaa Aa.aaa
          LowerCase:               aaa aa.aaa
          UpperCase:               AAA AA.AAA
          LowerCaseExt:            *.aaa
          UpperCaseExt:            *.AAA
          SpacesToUnderscores:     Spaces to _
          UnderscoresToSpaces:     _ to Spaces
          RemoveDiacritics:        Remove Diacritics
          ConvertToASCII:          Convert to ASCII
          UrlEscape:               UrlEscape (Space > %20 ...)
          UrlUnescape:             UrlUnescape (%20 > Space ...)
          UnicodeToUTF8:           Unicode to UTF-8
          UTF8ToUnicode:           UTF-8 to Unicode

          NameToID3_ArtistTitle:                 Filename (Artist - Title.mp3) to ID3 Tag
          NameToID3_TrackArtistTitle:            Filename (Track - Artist - Title.mp3) to ID3 Tag
          NameToID3_ArtistAlbumTrackTitle:       Filename (Artist - Album - Track - Title.mp3) to ID3 Tag
          NameToID3_ArtistYearAlbumTrackTitle:   Filename (Artist - Year - Album - Track - Title.mp3) to ID3 Tag
          ID3ToName_ArtistTitle:                 ID3 Tag to Filename (Artist - Title.mp3)
          ID3ToName_TrackArtistTitle:            ID3 Tag to Filename (Track - Artist - Title.mp3)
          ID3ToName_ArtistAlbumTrackTitle:       ID3 Tag to Filename (Artist - Album - Track - Title.mp3)
          ID3ToName_ArtistYearAlbumTrackTitle:   ID3 Tag to Filename (Artist - Year - Album - Track - Title.mp3)
      
      Examples (for drop-on bookmarks, with rename preview; note that multiple items can 
      be dropped on these bookmarks):
        rename "LowerCaseExt", , p, <drop>;
        rename "ID3ToName_ArtistYearAlbumTrackTitle", , p, <drop>;
    
    + Rename Preview: Added command "Copy Conflicted Items" to the context menu of both 
      lists. Copies the items highlighted in red, as they appear in the right-clicked 
      list, to the clipboard.
    ! Rename Preview: Showed full paths of old and new names when not necessary. Fixed.
:info: To easily upgrade to this BETA version from XYplorer, hold down the CTRL key while you click Help | Online Support | Check for Updates. If you prefer to download the BETA version, choose one of these packages:
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:off: Summary of the latest XYplorer Official Release.

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Download Page: https://www.xyplorer.com/download.php
Release Notes: https://www.xyplorer.com/release.php

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v25.90.0000 - 2024-04-20 20:00
    = NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main developments since last release:
  +++ Bookmarks. Now you can drag and drop applications, documents, and folders onto the 
      toolbar to make them available as bookmarks, just like you do in web browsers. You 
      can also create bookmarks from items or text in the clipboard.
      Once you've added a bookmark to the toolbar, you can click it to launch an 
      application, open a document, or go to a folder. Or you can drag and drop items onto 
      it to open them with an application, or to copy or move them to a folder, depending 
      on what the bookmark points to.
  +++ Many Other Improvements. See change log.
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v25.80.0335 - 2024-04-20 11:51
    + Toolbar | Bookmark Buttons: Now you can drag an item to the white space at the end 
      of each button row to insert the bookmark at the end of the row.
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v25.80.0334 - 2024-04-19 10:52
    * Updated the help file.
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v25.80.0333 - 2024-04-19 00:01
    ! Configuration | General | Startup & Exit | Show splash screen while loading: Layout 
      broken since v25.80.0329 due to changes in app icon handling. Fixed.
    ! Thumbnails: The focus line could be overdrawn under certain conditions. Fixed for 
      Dark Mode as well.
    ! Configuration | General | Sort and Rename | Sort | Show sort headers in all views: 
      When unchecked, a small display glitch could occur below the Quick Search Bar in 
      Dark Mode. Fixed.
:info: To easily upgrade to this BETA version from XYplorer, hold down the CTRL key while you click Help | Online Support | Check for Updates. If you prefer to download the BETA version, choose one of these packages:
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