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QT TabBar Changelog

What's new in QT TabBar 2048 Beta

Jul 21, 2021
  • .net framework 4.8 is required.
  • Uses more threads to retrieve icons if equipped with CPU with many many cores.
  • Some useless options are removed.
  • "Desktop Tool" as taskbar toolbar is removed. Its functionalities are still available though.
  • XxHash algorithm added.
  • New event: middle click on file icon (not Folder).
  • Opening excluded folder leads to process hang.

New in QT TabBar 1043 (Dec 20, 2020)

  • Changes:
  • Navigation pane (folder tree) available in extra folder views.
  • Built-in folder analyzer tool and file attribute editor.
  • Fixed:
  • Many bugs.

New in QT TabBar 1042 (Sep 7, 2020)

  • Changes in 1042:
  • File/Folder history with time stamp.
  • Drop helper window is removed.
  • Fixed in 1042:
  • Font error message is displayed.
  • Crashes in Windows 7 by using unsupported API.
  • Tool applications were rolled back to older versions unexpectedly.
  • Tab visual collapses in flipped mode

New in QT TabBar 1041 (Aug 9, 2020)

  • More supports for Explorer night mode (Windows10).
  • More supports for high-DPI environments
  • Toolbar icons updated
  • Many bugs
  • Now packaged in a MSI stand-alone installer.

New in QT TabBar 1040 (Mar 24, 2019)

  • Supports Explorer dark mode (Windows10).
  • Some bugs

New in QT TabBar 1039 (Oct 14, 2018)

  • New:
  • Extends Explorer by tabs and extra folder views
  • Free/Donationware
  • Multiple-language support by contributors
  • for Windows7 & Windows8 & Windows8.1 & Windows10 (32bit/64bit) + .net Framework 4.0
  • Fixed:
  • Errors on Windows 10 October 2018 Update and Insider Preview versions.
  • Supports Explorer dark mode (Windows10).
  • We got struck by lightnings this summer and disk crashed on dev PC.
  • Fortunately main source codes were rescued, though installer codes and other tools have been lost.
  • This is a difference update to be applied to QTTabBar version 1038.

New in QT TabBar 1038 (Dec 8, 2015)

  • Fixed in 1038:
  • Error of Option window when Visual Style is disabled on Windows7

New in QT TabBar 1037 (Dec 7, 2015)

  • Fixed:
  • "Delete" button of "FileTools plugin pack" won't work. The plug-in is also updated, "Undo" button has stopped working
  • QTPluginLib.dll is updated to 1.3.0.1

New in QT TabBar 1036 (Dec 3, 2015)

  • Improved support for Per-monitor DPI of Windows8.1 and 10.
  • Added new commands: GetSystemDPi, GetWindowDpi, GetDpiFromPoint. New property of Window object: Window.Dpi.
  • Update "Window Manager" plug-in to support Per-monitor DPI environments. Go Plug-ins
  • Option to do File Search by filter box of Extra views.
  • Tune of timing that triggers the event "Window is opened"
  • Scripting commands after "Cut" now work with focused view.
  • option to enable hardware rendering of H.264 videos on sub monitors. Default value is 'On'. Formerly 'Off' and no option.
  • Corrected hiding other application windows by mouse move on folder view.
  • Corrected return values of commands - ScrollView, GetColumnWidth.
  • Invoking undefined commands now causes no error.

New in QT TabBar 1035 (Nov 11, 2015)

  • Desktop tool crashes
  • Toolbar names are garbled in Japanese environments

New in QT TabBar 1034 (Nov 11, 2015)

  • Supports virtual desktop of Windows10.
  • An option to enable / disable blue focus rectangle in Compatible View.
  • Dynamic custom color of Compatible View.
  • Fixed the issue of background color of focused item on Desktop.
  • Fixed a bug: new group can overwrite with a name that is different only in letter case.
  • Added a tool named "ExplorerSafeMode.exe".
  • Built using Visual Studio 2015 on Windows10.
  • Advance notice: Update of requirements is scheduled.

New in QT TabBar 1033 (Oct 28, 2015)

  • Fixed:
  • Size of Extra view is not saved in some languages.
  • Condition "Location" of Custom color is ignored and colors are applied to desktop.
  • Icon picker dialog fails to get an icon from ".ico" files!
  • Preview for ".ico" files - the largest icon in the file.

New in QT TabBar 1032 (Oct 26, 2015)

  • (Repackaged) I made a mistake and released 1030 as 1031.

New in QT TabBar 1031 (Oct 26, 2015)

  • Fixed:
  • Explorer process crashes when opening "Network" folder. This occurs when Compatible view is enabled and view is "Details"

New in QT TabBar 1030 (Oct 26, 2015)

  • NEW:
  • Improvement in look and feel of Compatible view - "focus rectangle" is almost removed.
  • Incremental search on subfolder menu.
  • Incremental search on desktop while Desktop Tool is enabled.
  • "Plus" button in tabbar to invoke commands.
  • Now Preview delay cab be 0.
  • Modern icon picker dialog.
  • File renamer supports labeled groups.
  • Detects installed compressed folder extensions.
  • Supports MouseGestureL on AutoHotKey. (Restrictions are below)
  • New commands: GetIconSize, SetIconSize, GetCommandName, GetVersion, GetPluginLibVersion, GetColumnWidth, SetColumnWidth, ClearPreviewCache, ScrollView.
  • FIXED:
  • Code paths that ignore Network timeout value.
  • File renamer does not replace substitutions ($).
  • Now update checker is displayed only when a new version is found.
  • Compatible views with grouping sometimes stop responding by holding cursor keys pressed.
  • Explorer that is opened with "/root" switch displays multiple error dialogs.
  • Cursor loops won't work in RTL.
  • Tab key is not passed to Input Method while renaming file in Compatible view.
  • Trivials:
  • A plug-in event "ActiveViewChanged" passes wrong View value.
  • Language file editor: template file has not been updated in recent versions.
  • Language file / skin downloaders have a problem in sorting items in some languages.
  • Width of vertical Command bar is not saved.
  • IBarCustomButton plug-in buttons disappear after they are edited.
  • Maximums of recent tab and recent file are not imported from xml file.
  • Textboxes in Option Window won't accept pasting texts.
  • Position of scroll button of tabbar in RTL.
  • Static plug-ins cannot have option.
  • and more.
  • RESTRICTIONS WITH MOUSE GESTURES:
  • Moving mouse cursor over non-Compatible view consumes CPU time when MouseGestureL options "Show Gesture Trail" and "Draw Trail into Overwrapped Window" are both enabled.
  • MouseGestureL with administrator privilege will not work together with QTTabBar.

New in QT TabBar 1029 (Aug 25, 2015)

  • New:
  • Now captures windows that are opened by Start menu and jumplist of Windows 10; looking for a better way to capture Win+E in Windows 10
  • Reformed Extended renaming feature - supports renaming multiple files and folders using a list of new names
  • Now Application Launcher button accepts drops to register files
  • New keywords in Command Button – %tab% and %tabpath% that are substituted by Tab object and path string of tab when used in Tab events
  • Keywords that represent selections such as %f% are now substituted by selection paths in the view owned by the tab, when used in Tab events
  • New option 'Blend with custom color" in Selected column bg color of Compatible View
  • Added a few Scripting commands – EnsureItemVisible, RenameMultiple, SetExtraViewSize
  • Fixed:
  • Option "No capture from Desktop" is ignored
  • Extra View size is not restored after a maximized window is closed
  • Folder window flickers on opening, especially when Extra Views are enabled
  • Option window can freeze when menu style has changed
  • Continuous renaming files by Tab and Shift + Tab key is now available in Compatible View too
  • Desktop Tool menu pops up at wrong position in Right-to-Left environments
  • Desktop Tool fails to initialize when the computer is under a heavy load situation such as cold start
  • Desktop Tool menu is turned off after menu titles are rearranged
  • Command MoveTabToView does not work

New in QT TabBar 1028 (Aug 11, 2015)

  • New:
  • Enhanced incremental search in view. You can select files by typing some characters of middle of file names. IFilter plug-in can be used in incremental search in view. It might be useful if an IFilter plugin is installed that translates alphabetical inputs into Chinese/Japanese/Korean regular expressions.
  • Windows 10 style menu
  • Fixed:
  • Original right-button drag-and-drop menu is now abandoned.
  • Nothing happens when files are dropped onto executables in Command Bar.
  • Fails to open a folder in Quick access of Windows10 when its name contains a comma.
  • Menu renderer problems in RTL and High-DPI environments.
  • Now uses CurrentUICulture (UI Language) instead of CurrentCulture (Region) to detect RTL environment.
  • Window flickers on opening.
  • Drop helper won't work when target is a link.

New in QT TabBar 1027 (Aug 11, 2015)

  • New:
  • Extra Views follow window resize. Options -> Extra View
  • Tabs in Extra Views now can be placed above the view.
  • A option to fix position of Tab Bar (top) at the left of Default View.
  • Tab Bar (top) is now aligned in the bottom when other toolbars exist in the row.
  • Tabs and toolbars accept right drag & drop and show menu.
  • Tab switcher window works in the Extra Views.
  • Commands interpret double-quoted and space-separated string as multiple file paths. This means that keywords such as %f% can be used by commands such as NewTab that take files and folders as arguments.
  • New option of File Commands to wait until script process terminates.
  • New Scripting Commands: OpenFileDialog, SaveFileDialog, FolderBrowserDialog.
  • Arguments of DeleteFile command has changed. Old style is still supported.
  • Correct explanations of Tab background and text rendering modes in the option window.
  • Options -> Appearance -> Tab -> Tab icon offsets.
  • Experimental) Option to copy files and folders without changing their time stamps (Date created). Options -> Misc -> Shell
  • Fixed in 1027:
  • Mouse wheels and keyboard shortcuts are eaten by Control Panel window when displayed in Extra Views.
  • Windows are captured even if configured not to do so.
  • IFilter, IFilterCore, and IEncodingDetector plugins are unloaded after options are saved.
  • Toolbar background image was drawn for invisible toolbars when "Stretch on each band".
  • Toolbar positions are sometimes cleared depending on the order of activation of toolbars.
  • Script files that are executed on the Command Bar takes longer time than suspected because of a bug of a new feature introduced in 1026 (SetReturn)
  • Uninstaller forgets to delete a registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Folder\shell\QTTabBar.openInView
  • In Windows8 and 10, view borders caused rendering garbages when scrolled.

New in QT TabBar 1026 (Jul 27, 2015)

  • New:
  • View border color option for Windows 8.x/10. (Options->Folder View)
  • High-DPI supports - breadcrumb bar of Extra Views and other buttons.
  • SetReturn method is added to Scripting object. Now script file can return a value that can be used in Command Bar Buttons.
  • Command Bars ask if it's OK when multiple files and folders are dropped.
  • File Command Button now can be dropped to folder or application file buttons.
  • Preview - command to play next / previous track now loops in items in the folder view.
  • Choose-tab dialog includes tabs in Extra Views. Now it also allows to add target folders.
  • Built-in keyboard shortcuts (Ctrl + 1,2,…,0 which activate 1st-10th tab) are now removed.
  • "Open in other view" command in context menu of folders on desktop.
  • "Help" connects to the web document, which is still under construction though.
  • Fixed in 1026:
  • Preview window steals key inputs.
  • Fullscreen Preview window passes through keys such as DEL key and arrow keys to folder view.
  • Preview thread freezes.
  • Text label position of Command Bar 1 reverts to "Icon before label" after explorer restarts.
  • Error message is displayed when starting games in Game Explorer.
  • Error message is displayed when icon size of Command Bar changed in High-DPI environments.
  • RTL supports - now Extra Views work some better in Right-to-Left environments.
  • RTL supports - menus, command bars, drop helper windows, etc.
  • Group colors are not included in setting export.
  • Group colors are now drawn much better.
  • Tab group colors are not drawn in "classic" mode.
  • Tooltips flicker due to mouse cursor especially around the edges of monitors.
  • EmptyRecycleBin command does not work.
  • System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException is thrown probably due to thread contentions.
  • Tabs in Extra Views ignore lock.
  • "Do not show me this dialog" checkbox in confirmation dialogs sometimes do not work.
  • After a folder created by Ctrl + Shift + N, the file list scrolls and the new item might go out of view in Compatible mode.
  • Desktop tool displays menu in wrong position in High-DPI environments because QTPopup.exe used auto-scaled coordinate space.
  • Scripting features won't work at all in some environments. This is because it tried to obtain list of named pipes in the wrong way.

New in QT TabBar 1025 (Jun 9, 2015)

  • NEW:
  • Change: Basic-command menus in Command Bar (Group, Application Launcher, and Recent Tabs) now target the focused view when its "Associated view" option is set to "Not specified".
  • This affects which view tabs are opened in, and arguments / working directories of launched applications.
  • If you like old behavior, set the "Associated view" to "Default".
  • You can add an application to Application Launcher Menu by dropping onto it. The menu will appear by hovering over the Application Launcher button in the Command Bar.
  • In addition, now you can launch an application by dropping files on the menu item.
  • An option to change active tab by mouse wheel with mouse Right button pressed.
  • An option not to capture from desktop.
  • Now Extra Views are automatically set visible when tabs are opening in it.
  • An option to hide Extra View when all the tabs in the view are closed.
  • Extra View default location.
  • Warning when trying to uninstall using older QTTabBar.exe than installed.
  • New commands:
  • "MoveTabToView" to move a tab between views.
  • "CopyFile", "MoveFile", and "DeleteFile" to manipulate files specified by path.
  • "PasteToFolder" pastes files in the Clipboard to specified folder.
  • "EmptyRecycleBin"
  • "OrderTab" to sort tabs.
  • FIXED:
  • In Compatible view, after user deletes some files by pressing DEL key, Explorer might delete next file or folder by another DEL key even though it looks like that no items are selected.
  • In Compatible view with base text color, custom colors are not correctly applied to texts in the selected column of the Details view.
  • In Compatible view, base text colors are not correctly applied without base background color, when getting / losing focus.
  • Double click and middle click do not work on the Control panels.
  • Keyboard shortcuts do not work which manipulate Preview window.
  • Preview window steals keys while renaming files.
  • Size of movie Preview window is not persistent.
  • Options of Navigation Pane (click event, colors) stop working after the tree window is recreated, for instance, by accessing Control Panels.
  • Toolbar background image is not drawn appropriately, especially when the image file is containing transparent part.
  • "Compute hash of selected files" function overwrites Keyboard shortcut "Ctrl + Shift + N" by default.
  • Now Ctrl + Shift + N can create a new folder in Extra views.
  • Plug-in "Create new text file" in "CreateNewItemButtons.dll" does not work at all.
  • Plug-in buttons fails to draw icons after moved between Command Bars by drag & drop until window is reopened.
  • Exception can be thrown because of plug-ins when folder window is about to close.
  • Extra Views fail to open tabs when "New tab location" is set to "Right".
  • Tabs are opened (typically as a group) in reverse order when "New tab location" is set to "Right" or "Most left".
  • Middle click on Command Buttons can be triggered accidentally.
  • Command Buttons that represent disconnected network folder cannot be moved by drag & drop.
  • Command Buttons that represent disconnected network folder lose their icons.
  • Command Buttons that represent disconnected network folder affect performance badly.
  • The auto-play handler to open folder window stops working after the option "Add command such as 'Open in new tab' to folder context menu" is disabled in Option -> Folder View -> Shell context menu.
  • Capturing some kind of special folder can throw exception (E_NOINTERFACE).
  • Added codes to try to fix the issue - Explorer crashes with an entry about "WindowSubclass" in Windows Event Log.
  • Reported but currently not reproduced / need of further investigation
  • Crash by right-click on dead-link files.
  • Folder verbs remain undeleted after QTTabBar is uninstalled.
  • Access violation when reading registry keys in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.

New in QT TabBar 1024 (Dec 23, 2014)

  • Extends Explorer by tabs and extra folder views
  • Free/Donationware
  • Multiple-language support by contributors for Windows7 & Windows8 & Windows8.1 (32bit/64bit) + .net Framework 4.0

New in QT TabBar 1024 Beta 5 (Dec 10, 2014)

  • Test to fix the DFS link issue.

New in QT TabBar 1024 Beta 4 (Dec 10, 2014)

  • New:
  • View background and text colors for Non-compatible view. (Options->Folder view)
  • Now you can set your favorite view watermark images. (Compatible view) etc
  • Fixed:
  • View and folder tree might scroll in reverse direction by Options -> Folder view -> "Scroll *** without focusing"
  • View forgets its selection-marked item after active tab changed etc

New in QT TabBar 1024 Beta 3 (Dec 10, 2014)

  • New:
  • View background and text colors while the view has focus. (Compatible view)
  • Active/inactive Tab font style - italic, underlined, etc.
  • Filter box is added to Extra view - in the address bar.
  • Stability improvement.
  • Command buttons which are not associated to a specific view now work with focused view as a target.
  • Scripting supports extra views.
  • etc.
  • Fixed:
  • Single-row mode TabBar might fall into an infinite loop and freeze when a tab is larger than the bar.
  • Drag & drop won't start from Navigation pane.
  • Imported commands are incorreclty rebuilt: "Working directory" is mistaken as "Arguments" when Arguments is empty.
  • Additional keyshortcuts to move cursor on the view won't work.
  • Tab in GDI mode ignores colors.
  • Option - events are not saved.
  • Menu max character is not saved.
  • IE error dialog issue.
  • etc.

New in QT TabBar 1024 Beta 2 (Nov 3, 2014)

  • Stability improvement.
  • "Arguments" property in Scirpting Object.
  • Library Folders in FolderTree are now navigatable without expanded under Computer.
  • as a known issue, you'll see a weird folder when you go up from those folders…
  • Subfolder menu click event.
  • Extra addressbar scaling collapsed in high DPI.
  • Keyboard shortcuts won't work in Control Panels.
  • etc.

New in QT TabBar 1024 Beta 1 (Oct 28, 2014)

  • New in 1024:
  • Extra views
  • Additional 2 folder views in an Explorer window.
  • Tabbed, full-featured as customized by QTTabBar.
  • Can be Enabled from toolbar menu.
  • Event options
  • Incremental search in Option window
  • New Tab text rendering mode : GDI - rendered by GDI.
  • Window size of application launched by File Command in CommandBar.
  • new ScriptCommands added.
  • Language file editor: New translation support for Malay, Maltese and Klingon.
  • etc.
  • Fixed in 1024:
  • QTTabBar command' item duplication in 'File' menu in menu bar.
  • Scripts fail to SetData / GetData QCollection objects.
  • Scripting processes may receive entangled results.
  • etc.

New in QT TabBar 514 (Jun 16, 2014)

  • Installer stops with error dialog in some environments.
  • Typo in ScriptingSystemSound enumeration (ScriptingSystemSound.Asterinsk -> Asterisk) Both can be used.

New in QT TabBar 513 (Jun 13, 2014)

  • Fixed: Fails to restore old Vertical Versatile Bar buttons from xml file.
  • Preview window now displays detailed error message.

New in QT TabBar 512 (Jun 13, 2014)

  • New:
  • Command Bar - old Button Bar and Versatile Bars are now integrated.
  • Horizontal bar x2, Vertical bar x1.
  • All buttons are now editable.
  • Flexible button size: 16, 24, 32, 48 - 256px.
  • Button size can change by Ctrl + mouse wheel over Command Bars.
  • Supports single size skin image-strips for old Button Bar buttons.
  • Plug-in buttons support skin images.
  • Supports tab close / lock icon skin.
  • As to close button, specify an image file of which the number of vertical pixels is multiple of 4. It must contain, from top to bottom, normal, hot, pressed, alt-key pressed images.
  • New option to change background and text colors of Navigation window (folder tree).
  • Now 'Capturing exclusion list' available. (Options -> Window)
  • Context menu extensions. 'QTTabBar commands' can be added to shell context menu of files and folders. (Options -> Folder View - Shell context menu)
  • Performance improvement.
  • Buttons and commands to remove Shell MRUs. (Options -> Miscs -> Shell)
  • Buttons and commands to rebuild shell icon cache and refresh folder window settings. (Options -> Miscs -> Shell)
  • "Save / load desktop icon locations" commands and buttons. ( Options -> Miscs -> Shell )
  • Several new keyboard shortcuts, scripting methods and commands.
  • "Restore tabs" command now restores multiple tabs if they are closed by a single action.
  • Some default values of settings.
  • Fixed:
  • Shift key is released even if pressed on every navigation.
  • Restoration of tabs failed to set active tab when more than 10 tabs.
  • Preview window is displayed at wrong position when the folder view is in "Content" view.
  • In single-click mode, double-click on folder background won't work.
  • Desktop Tool fails its initialization on Windows8.1.
  • Errors & crashes caused by old subclassing manner.
  • Error after navigation to some folders created by Shell extensions.
  • Keyboard shortcuts can prevent inputs to edit controls.
  • Problem with language files which contain more fields than expected.
  • Extended Renaming Dialog misses key strokes.
  • Trivial changes:
  • Focus in compatible view - now next item gets focused after files are deleted.
  • Folder verbs such as 'Open in tab' now can be removed. (Options -> Folder View -> Shell context menu)
  • Copy-To-Tab Dialog default view is set to small icon.
  • Extended Renaming Dialog supports wildcards.
  • "Paste into" command and keyboard shortcut to copy or move files in the clipboard into selected folders.
  • "Sort" commands and keyboard shortcuts to sort the folder view.
  • Command to show or hide hidden / super hidden files in the view.
  • An option to choose whether view custom colors track file renaming if they are specified by full paths.
  • Language File Editor displays remarks for several fields.
  • Image Uploading Tool now supports new formats

New in QT TabBar 262 (Jun 13, 2014)

  • Fixed bugs: Fails to enable ShellExecuteHooks in some environments including Windows8.1.

New in QT TabBar 261 (Jun 13, 2014)

  • Added:
  • Now scripts can access the desktop items using 'Desktop' object (Desktop tool is required).
  • Added a few alias methods and properties to QCollection Object in scripting.
  • Fixed bugs:
  • Potential crash when using compatible list view and colorings.
  • Drop helper window prevents Sub Folder Menu from popping up.
  • Scripts stop irregularly, saying 'IPC server not found'.
  • Scripts won't work until a folder window is opened.
  • Scripts can't access other explore.exe processes than Shell.
  • Now ScriptingObject.Windows property enumerates all the folder windows irrespective of process.
  • Fails to get icons of junctions in sub folder menu.
  • Option window is too big and can't be resized.
  • Filtering gets slightly faster. ( except 'List' style of compatible view. )
  • QTTabBar prevents Pinned Site Shortcut files (.website) opening by double click.

New in QT TabBar 260 (Jun 13, 2014)

  • Added:
  • Drop helper window size follows localize resource string.
  • Fixed bugs:
  • Explorer crashes when using 'Fast User Switching', user logs on to the Windows without logging another user off.

New in QT TabBar 259 (Jun 13, 2014)

  • Added:
  • Image preview uses EXIF orientation tag embedded in image file.
  • Base background color and selected column background color are available in compatible view.
  • Now the custom color settings can be applied to subfolder menu items.
  • UI improvements of View Custom Color page of the Option window.
  • An option to set keyboard focus to the specified part of the window when it is opening.
  • Now Explorer windows can be captured when opened by the removable drive auto-play-handler.
  • Improves subfolder menu speed by creating caches of removable media / drives status.
  • Now 'Up button' of Windows 8/8.1 opens new window with Ctrl key.
  • New command 'Open and close other tab' in the Group item menu contextmenu.
  • New commands in the contextmenu of tab origined from a group, such as 'Close this group'
  • Fixed bugs:
  • Contextmenus disappear when mouse cursor is on the "Folder Band" of Windows 7.
  • Group sub items in the Versatile bar contextmenu make no response.
  • Items in the Versatile bar can't be rearranged when 'Allow to drop to sibling items' is off.
  • Explorer window won't open when a modal dialog is displayed.
  • Explorer crashes by mouse wheels with Shift key down sometimes.
  • Drop helper windows don't come up if sub folder menu is off in the default view style.
  • Drop helper windows won't disappear after drop in some cases.
  • Option window collapses in high-DPI environments.
  • Restore.exe fails on its first execution of the session if without Desktop tool.
  • Video preview ignores the option 'Display file info…'.
  • Full-screen image preview ignores the option 'Info text label'
  • Preview windows flash and disappear in full-row-select mode of the compatible view style.
  • Preview still locks files in slow devices such as USB drive.
  • Preview stops responding after it fails to render some kinds of media files.
  • Text preview takes very long time to load text files which have long lines.
  • Potential bug of changing menu renderer.
  • Tests:
  • Group Color (Options -> Groups -> Color for selected group)
  • Tabs and Group menu items are painted in specified color.
  • (Options -> Group options -> How to indicate group color)
  • Commands are added to tab contextmenu which closes all tabs of the same group, etc..
  • Drop helper (Options -> Folder View -> Drop Helper)
  • 2 small windows (Copy and Move) are displayed while dragging file over folder.
  • Copy or Move operation is executed by dropping onto these windows.
  • File rename tool
  • From keyboard shortcut, or context menu of active tab -> actions to current view -> "Rename items…"

New in QT TabBar 258 (Jun 13, 2014)

  • Fixed bugs:
  • Media Preview sometimes locks files.
  • Search box looses keyboard focus after a key stroke in Control Panel, etc..
  • Right Shift key remains pressed when navigation occurs with right shift key down.
  • Restoring tabs ignores window position settings.
  • Recurrence: in single click mode, tabs are opened by a click on non-compatible view.
  • Added:
  • Now user can specify network time-out period and retries. (Options -> General)
  • An option to hide Tab Bar if it has only one tab. (Options -> Toolbar)
  • An option to sort tab/file histories by name. (Options -> History)
  • An option to disable to drop a versatile bar item to another item in the same bar. ( Versatile bar context menu)
  • Updater dialog shows release notes when a new version is found.
  • A button to delete autocomplete history of filter box etc. (Options -> Miscs.)
  • Tests:
  • Drop helper tips (Options -> Folder View -> Drop Helper)
  • 2 small windows (Copy and Move) are displayed while dragging file over folder.
  • Copy or Move operation is executed by dropping onto these windows.
  • File rename tool is added.
  • From keyboard shortcut, or context menu of active tab -> actions to current view -> "Rename items..."

New in QT TabBar 257 (Jun 13, 2014)

  • Fixed: Fails to apply .ico file to Versatile Bar items.

New in QT TabBar 256 (Jun 13, 2014)

  • Added:
  • Multi monitor support.
  • An option to open window in the screen where the mouse cursor is located. (Options->Window, Desktop Tool)
  • An option to move the captor window to the screen where the mouse cursor is located.
  • Text / background custom colors of the Compatible Folder View,
  • Now you can set item colors specifying path/name/extension, etc..
  • shell context menu (optional) to change colors
  • (limitation) only back colors are applied on the desktop, when drop shadow of icon label is enabled.
  • Tabs
  • Now you can create a new window by dropping a tab to anywhere. (Options-> Tab3)
  • Left and right padding of tab. (Options -> Appearance)
  • Now tab font styles can be set.
  • An option to allow tab history duplication.
  • An option not to close a tab on navigation failure.
  • Previews
  • An option to choose which monitor is used for fullscreen preview.
  • Now fullscreen Preview window can be locked. Press an assigned keyboard shortcut or click the lock button on the screen.
  • Preview tip can be displayed in other monitor while the fullscreen is locked.
  • Now image files are fullscreened.
  • Keyboard shortcuts to play next/previous media file in the folder while fullscreen.
  • Fullscreen slideshow.
  • Scrollable text preview, to the limit of 16KiB. Press num pad 4 and 6.
  • Now you can set text and background color, and font styles of text preview.
  • An option to try to display in specified max size.
  • New preview stop button. (Button Bar)
  • Playlist file support. - .pls, .m3u, .m3u8, .wpl.
  • Now Music preview uses folder.jpg in the same folder when no album art is embedded in the file.
  • An option to disable hardware acceleration.
  • (limitation) Software rendering is used for movies encoded by H.264 in the secondary monitors.
  • Exporting and importing settings.
  • Now uses XML file.
  • Now importing takes effects instantly.
  • Now ShellExecuteHooks can be enabled from UI, to capture windows. (Options->Window)
  • option to capture Win + E key.
  • Desktop Tool
  • An option to suppress Desktop Tool Menu by double click. (Desktop Tool toolbar -> context menu)
  • An option not to capture a window which is opened by Desktop Tool. (Options -> Desktop Tool)
  • Versatile Bar
  • An option not to start drag & drop versatile bar items. (Versatile Bar background context menu)
  • 'Pass-through' option of Ctrl+F (Focus to the search box) and Ctrl+W (Close the window).
  • By setting to 'pass-through', those key strokes reach to the system and other applications.
  • (If not, QTTabBar eats these keys even when other keys are assigned to those functions or the functions aren't enabled.)
  • Press Shift+Esc in the keyboard shortcut page of Option dialog.
  • Now you can set icons - Group, Application Launcher item, Versatile Bar item from context menu.
  • Sorting options of subfolder menu items.
  • Column width in 'List' view style of Compatible view.
  • Now you can choose how many items are displayed in the Tab Switcher window.
  • Scripting.
  • Automatic Updates.
  • Fixed:
  • A focused but not selected item is executed by pressing Enter key in the folder view.
  • Options window
  • Option window freezes for several seconds on opening because of accessing to the network folders.
  • Text box of 'Open specified folder when the last tab closed' does not save entered path text.
  • 'Restore defaults of this page' button fails to restore defaults in some pages.
  • Checked state of 'Clear the recent files history on log-off' check box is not saved.
  • Navigation sound is not played no matter which option is selected.
  • Layout collapses in high-DPI environments.
  • Shortcut file icons in menus lack overlay icons.
  • Esc key closes not only preview window but its parent menu.
  • By opening a link file, a dialog says 'QTTabBar failed to navigate to...'
  • Fails to load plugins with Static attribute.
  • Group menu won't disappear after items are removed.
  • Locked tab settings are ignored when:
  • alt + Up key is pressed.
  • navigated by the AddressBar.
  • 'open' is executed in the folder context menu.
  • (limitation) The above 2 issues still ignore 'Prevents other tab from selected' option. This behavior is confirmed.
  • Folder and drive items in Application Launcher menu don't use its icon but default folder icon.
  • Window freezes for several seconds by touching tabs which point to network folder, showing tooltip, contextmenu, subfolder menu.
  • Now they use short time-out.
  • Maximized window size changes unexpectedly when 'Resize window when tab row count changed' is enabled.
  • Now 'No full-row-select' is applied instantly after view mode changed.
  • Preview window which is triggered by keys disappears if mouse cursor is above another media file.
  • Sends wrong data to the Clipboard in the 'DROP FILE LIST' format. It lacks 1 byte zero termination and can be a potential cause of crash.
  • Windows are scattered sometimes by opening a group especially right after logging in.
  • Group menu forgets to save separators.
  • A new tab might opensby rapid operation.
  • Uninstallation fails to clean up all the registry entries.
  • Ignores file associations and opens as a tab when other apps try to open a zip file, when ShellExecuteHooks is enabled.

New in QT TabBar 130 (Jun 13, 2014)

  • Fixed Bug: Search text is not cleared after tab changing, and file search begins in new active tab.

New in QT TabBar 2.0.0.0 Beta 2 (Dec 29, 2011)

  • Fixed: exception when Apply button of Option dialog window pressed

New in QT TabBar 1.2.3 Beta 5 (Jan 28, 2009)

  • Fixed:
  • an error occurs when Desktop tool menu closes

New in QT TabBar 1.2.3 Beta 2 (Dec 16, 2008)

  • Change in image cache behaviour is undone
  • Minor update of QTPluginLib.dll (1.0.0.3)
  • Add a command to set search box texts
  • Add a command to reorder tabs
  • There is no need to do something for old plugins
  • Trying to add more support for RightToLeft environments, groping about
  • Added supports keyboard shortcuts in subfolder menu to Copy/Cut/Paste/Delete
  • Added keys are: Ctrl+C, Ctrl+X, Ctrl+V, Delete, Shift+Delete, and user-assigned shortcut key to copy file name/path
  • If some files are in clipboard, an arrow indicate insertion point when Up/Down key pressed. Ctrl+V pastes files into selected folder if directory is selected in the menu, or into the folder that menu itself represents if an arrow is visible
  • Fixed bugs in Option window
  • Fixed another D&D problem ( d&d from menu could not go out of Explorer window )
  • Might fix bugs that might have occured in 64bit OS..
  • Rearranged modifier key effects of ENTER key / double-clicking / middle-clicking
  • Performance improvements

New in QT TabBar 1.2.3 Beta 1 (Dec 9, 2008)

  • supports for Envrionment Variables in application launcher ( path & working folder )
  • button to send a list of key shortcuts to Clipboard ( Option window )
  • option to stop sounds
  • resizable search box
  • fixed: D&D onto executable files in menu
  • fixed: menu tooltip location when mouse cursor is near the screen edges
  • test: image thumbnail cache behavior.
  • - clear thumbnail cache and GC.Collect() by "Clear cache" menu item.
  • - when to clear...?
  • performance improvements

New in QT TabBar 1.2.2.1 (Feb 26, 2008)

  • error occurs by adding new group in option window
  • tried to fix the problem that shows "QTTabBar failed to open" message

New in QT TabBar 1.2.2 (Feb 5, 2008)

  • Added:
  • Tab switcher window ( Ctrl Tab / Ctrl Shift Tab )
  • Option to enable/disable wheel click on Folder Tree to open new tab (XP)
  • 2 menus added to DesktopTool context menu,
  • menu by one click/enable application shortcut keys on desktop
  • Tab text shadow
  • Drive letter on tab icon
  • Option to draw toolbar background image stretched on each band
  • Menu to merge other windows ( in a process )
  • Update checker
  • Now ButtonBar has system look
  • Now explorer won't lock plugin files
  • fixed:
  • Right-Drag&Drop did not work in tab or subfoldertip
  • Search bar of explorer disappears by tab changing (XP)
  • Subdirtip excludes hidden folders
  • Subdirtip menu cancels right-drag&drop menus

New in QT TabBar 1.2 (Dec 27, 2007)

  • Added:
  • Tab close button.
  • Support Drag&Drop to Subfolder tip menu.
  • drag files on folder and wait for a second, menu pops up
  • Subfolder tip for tab ( click tab folder icon ).
  • sub menu pops up by left click
  • upper level menu by right click
  • if enabled D&D to tab, drag on tab and wait a second then sub/upper menu show up.
  • Extended Thumbnail tip.
  • supports movie files
  • extensions selectable
  • text font option
  • Supports shortcut keys for user assigned applications.
  • Tab wheel-click actions.
  • Supports shell tooltips for menu and tab (details with shiftkey down).
  • Tab ordering

New in QT TabBar 1.0.16.1 (May 14, 2007)

  • Improvement in search box speed
  • Supports wildcards and regular expression in search box. *, ?, /regex/
  • Added functions to subfolder-tip
  • Multi-selection( click on icon or select with Control Shift keys down )
  • Drag & Drop from subfolder-tip now available
  • Added shortcut key to show subfolder tip ( shortcut editor )
  • Subfolder tip on desktop
  • fixed: some memory leaks
  • fixed: problems in environments where Explorer process is separated
  • fixed: scroll button of subfolder tip menu