ZBar 0.82 - Changelog

What's new in ZBar 0.82:

March 10th, 2012

· Only one instance of the app will run at a time
· Skype and Paint windows a little better handled
· Tweaked hyperlink opening code
· AM/PM shown in twelve hour displays
· Bug causing "Oops should not be here" to show in wallpaper dialog fixed
· Clicking the middle mouse button on a button closes that window
· Option to zoom images smaller than the monitor in wallpaper dialog
· MusicBee no longer handled - the window class it uses is not unique
· "Premiere Pro Monitor EchoPort" and "PSViewC" now fill the screen
· Choosing "None" in the keyboard hook now actually clears it
· Wallpaper previews could be displayed off the preview area
· Option to leave taskbar alone (does not add or remove buttons on it)
· Button text colour can be chosen
· Ampersands in tooltips now display correctly
· Some notication tray icon menu commands added to ZBar menu
· Windows 7 theme colour now also affects "W7 small"
· Maximise to virtual screen shortcut can be disabled
· Bug fixed with calendar which could cause it to jump a month ahead

What's new in ZBar 0.81:

December 27th, 2010

· Click and dragging the calendar scrolls to more months
· The Windows 7 large style has a "theme" colour
· Buttons can be dragged to change position
· Screen resolution changes are detected and bars are reset
· Using the reset option will re-read monitor count and positions
· Clicking the clock a second time when the calendar is showing hides the calendar
· WinAMP better handled with Windows 7 style preview tooltips
· Toad from Quest slightly better handled
· MusicBee better handled

What's new in ZBar 0.8:

December 27th, 2010

· New "Royale" style
· Using "maximise to virtual screen" a second time restores the window to its original size
· Windows 7 support improvements
· Wallpaper "zoom" function to fill the screen with images with a different ratio
· Icons drawn better
· App improvements: WinAMP, terminal services client
· Buttons now show tooltips when hovered over
· 'Mirror mode' to display all buttons on all bars
· -wallpaperonly command line option which opens the wallpaper setting screen, and then exits
· Transparency, and auto-hide options
· Improved visual style of the calendar
· Screen Exceptions, to tell ZBar not to create a bar on certain screens
· Display bug fixed with second line of buttons when using the Zune style

What's new in ZBar 0.7:

December 14th, 2009

· A screen is selected when you first open the wallpaper dialog better show how to use it
· Works a little better with the Windows 7 RC
· New: The bar can now be positioned at the top of monitors as well as the bottom
· The "zbartitle" entry has been removed from the Task Manager applications list
· The shortcut keys to move windows between monitors can no longer move ZBars!
· ZBar now has a decent icon

What's new in ZBar 0.6:

December 14th, 2009

· Bug: Clicking anywhere in the Options dialog no longer closes it
· Bug: Calendar no longer shows when clicking the RHS of a bar with the clock off
· Bug: Bars no longer cover the MS RDP client when used in full-screen mode
· Bug: Icons are more reliably retrieved from applications
· New: cross added to the calendar close button
· New: Right-clicking a bar shows a menu to open Task Manager
· New: Bars can be made double-height for two rows of buttons
· New: No error is thrown when solhook11.dll can't be found (in case you don't like keyboard hooks)
· New: Clicking the button for a window which has focus minimises it, as with the main task bar

What's new in ZBar 0.5:

December 14th, 2009

· Bug: Arrow keys moving window trap passing arrow to app with focus bug fixed
· Bug: "Improved" mode now always on, and bug with closed windows not disappearing fixed
· Bug: alt-F4 keypress no longer closes a bar
· Bug: WinAMP special case handled a little better
· New: Drag and hover files over a button to bring to the foregound
· New: Windows 7 shadow windows ignored correctly
· New: mouseover highlight added to buttons
· New: time and date formats taken from Windows preferences
· New: Six month calendar (click the clock or choose the menu item)
· New: put a file "zbar.ico" next to the exe to use that as the tray icon
· New: three visual styles - Zune, Windows 7 small, and Windows 7 large

What's new in ZBar 0.4:

December 14th, 2009

· Checkbox to spot when moving a window between monitors with the mouse at the cost of some CPU
· Control-alt-arrow keys can be used instead of z / x / c

What's new in ZBar 0.3:

December 14th, 2009

· The keyboard shortcuts to move windows between monitors are now optional