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Ant Commander Pro Changelog

What's new in Ant Commander Pro 4.9

Apr 25, 2024
  • Directory Table:
  • Added Colorize Size & Date action
  • Directory Tree:
  • Fixed icons not always displayed correctly
  • Fixed expand tree to defined location
  • Double clicking a directory or zip won't ask to add a panel anymore but will define the panel location
  • Rich Text Editor:
  • Apply xml syntax highlight when enabled and the file starts with '<?xml'
  • Applet Runner:
  • Updated version from 2.10 to 2.11, see https://www.japplis.com/applet-runner/pro/changes.txt
  • Tree Map:
  • Added Show Graph action to tool bar
  • Files:
  • Fixed opening .tgz and .tbz2 files
  • Added .tar.gz and .tar.bz2 as compressed tar files
  • Fixed delete (not permanently) of files outside the local file system
  • Use icon of matching local file system when connected for Lst file system
  • Added possibility to drop files on the breadcrumbs bookmark icon to add bookmarks
  • Fixed double loading of icons for files
  • Fixed file icon rendering in different actions
  • Improved bookmarks manager and top files used rendering (icons, tooltips, empty file names)
  • Actions:
  • Added Show File Size Graph
  • Added 'Size (Formatted)' as possible stats
  • Added Go To Text Field action
  • Search help font color is black (as always on white background)
  • Show Panel Settings will show settings of last selected panel even if not focusable
  • Super bookmarks and disable home in toolbar only available for pro version
  • Other:
  • Removed unused libraries in Ant Commander Personal for macOS and Linux distribution
  • Removed unused files like ant tasks, template and dictionary in Ant Commander Personal
  • Improved start-up speed
  • Various small bug fixes and improvements
  • Various bug fixes and small improvements in the application framework

New in Ant Commander Pro 4.8 (Apr 18, 2024)

  • Directory Table:
  • Fixed Select in Directory to select the file
  • Load file icons in the background
  • Directory icons are also cached (except when in home directory)
  • Faster rendering of files in directories
  • No need to set background color as done by the framework
  • Text Editor:
  • Fixed possible NullPointerException when closing a panel
  • Terminal:
  • Added alt+up (go to parent directory) as allowed main shortcut
  • Added Powershell panel on Windows if powershell.exe available on PATH environment variable
  • Added Cygwin panel on Windows if cygwin.bat available on PATH environment variable
  • Added Gitbash panel on Windows if bash.exe available on PATH environment variable
  • Detect defined by user shell on macOS and Linux
  • Use background color and font color of the look and feel
  • Fixed extra empty line when executing some commands on macOS and Linux
  • Add single quote to cd command when changing to a directory containing spaces for macOS and Linux
  • Added more details on buttons in the Save Commands internal frame
  • Improved getting the commands from the history
  • Added possibility to override background and font colors in plug-in settings
  • Do not try to update the breadcrumbs when setting the location from Ant Commander
  • Fixed command line not starting in Ant Commander Personal due to Ant library not found
  • Applet Runner:
  • Updated version from 2.9 to 2.10 https://www.japplis.com/applet-runner/pro/changes.txt
  • Binary Editor:
  • Changed icon to not solid one
  • Files:
  • Update tree in file browser correctly in Ant Commander Personal
  • Choose file from local file chooser will use selected panel as parent
  • Actions:
  • Do not show disabled actions in Execute Action dialog
  • Added a plus sign at the bottom right of the 'Add Bookmark' icon
  • Choose Panel will try to remember last selected panel and position
  • Fixed replace panel to not close the just opened panel when in a window
  • Improved start terminal on Linux
  • Open jar on Linux will try to execute the jar file if JAVA_HOME is set
  • Open as administrator and Run as should use the file directory as working directory
  • Files:
  • Files with invalid characters in uri won't throw error when detecting symbolic links
  • Faster way to detect symbolic link files
  • Fixed icons of executable (.exe) not showing
  • Removed png cache for executable as icons are loaded in the background
  • Other:
  • Fixed license links for plug-ins
  • Various small bug fixes and improvements
  • Various bug fixes and small improvements in the application framework

New in Ant Commander Pro 4.7 (Apr 18, 2024)

  • Applet Runner:
  • Added applets cache control in the plug-in settings
  • Added override file opening (for preview files) in the plug-in settings
  • Show parsing, loading, downloading and starting messages above the progress bar
  • Updated version from 2.6 to 2.9 https://www.japplis.com/applet-runner/pro/changes.txt
  • Text Editor:
  • Fixed error "y is null" when replacing the panel with from/to a text editor
  • Show git branch name in the status bar if read-only or edited
  • Improved color of selected line highlighted for dark mode
  • Fixed toggle actions (like find/replace) not working
  • Actions:
  • Do not enable actions that create/modify files in read-only directories
  • Do not enable move and copy dual actions when the destination is a read-only file/directory
  • Disable the Select button for file actions when destination is a read-only directory
  • Preview asks if the user want to link the selection to the panel (configurable)
  • Preview with image thumbnails if the preview directory mostly contains images
  • Preview will open more files (documents, music, videos, pdf) using the Applet Runner panel
  • Fixed replace panel in window to remember panel window
  • Fixed replace panel in window to close previous panel before opening the new one
  • Fixed showing file chooser in Ant Commander Personal
  • Files:
  • Added support for http4 and http4s protocol
  • Fixed support for webdav
  • Changed the way the file system manager is created (faster & less errors)
  • Do not fall back to user home if directory does not exist
  • Other:
  • Added support for dropping files in the toolbar to open in tabs (Pro)
  • Added support for dropping a file in the external window (Pro)
  • Fixed starting Ant Commander when in applet mode (using Applet Runner plug-in) inside an IDE
  • Show 'does not exist' window if the file operation happens on a file/directory that does not exist
  • Improved closing panels to close used file (system)
  • Accept File and Files start-up parameters to open extra (multiple) files in tabs at start-up
  • Point Ant Commander pad files to Ant Commander Personal pad files
  • Added Apache HttpClient 4.5.14, httpclient-cache 4.5.14 and httpcore 4.4.16 to support webdav(s) protocol and http4(s)
  • Do not enable Exit in applet mode
  • Various bug fixes and small improvements in the application framework

New in Ant Commander Pro 4.6 (Apr 18, 2024)

  • Directory Table:
  • Show more readable colors when in dark mode
  • Text Editor:
  • Added Git branch name in status bar (if no other status) in advanced editor
  • Added yml as extension for YAML syntax highlight
  • Apply dark theme to the editor when the look and feel is in dark mode
  • Fixed switching monitors can mess up the characters layout
  • When closing panel with unsaved file, show the name of the file in the save dialog
  • Actions:
  • Added possibility to open top files using the Enter key from the tree
  • Execute actions shows disabled actions at the end of the list
  • Do not show actions with no text in execute actions
  • Improved file progress window to better show the file name over the whole width
  • Execute file opens the file with system if it fails using the default method
  • New: Go to link that go to the location of the selection link or current location if a sym link
  • New: Create symbolic link for macOS and Linux
  • Show errors if an exception is thrown while performing a file action
  • Rename file window resizes based on content
  • Other:
  • Freeware Ant Commander Personal is now available
  • First start-up asks if you want to see the video demos
  • First start-up shows the commander tab
  • Improved start-up time by not loading Git library when not needed
  • Improved caching of which directories are in a Git repository
  • Improved start-up time thanks to better icon font management
  • Added yaml and yml as text format
  • Do no follow links by default on Linux and macOS
  • Better detection and resolution of symbolic links
  • Improved layout of breadcrumbs when using Flat skins
  • Upgraded Jackrabbit-WebDAV library from 2.4.3 to 2.21.22
  • Changed WebDAV to use commons-vfs2-jackrabbit2 (2.9.0) instead of commons-vfs2-jackrabbit1
  • Upgraded Commons-Net from 3.9.0 to 3.10.0
  • Upgraded from Apache Commons Logging 1.2 to Apache Commons Logging 1.3.0
  • Upgraded from Apache Commons Codec 1.15 to Apache Commons Codec 1.16.0
  • Upgraded from Apache Commons Compress 1.22 to Apache Commons Compress 1.25.0
  • Upgraded RSyntaxTextArea from 3.3.2 to 3.3.4
  • Various bug fixes and small improvements in the application framework

New in Ant Commander Pro 4.5 (Apr 18, 2024)

  • Text Editor:
  • Do not save the original file when using Save As
  • Actions:
  • Added Go To GitHub action for GitHub file system
  • Added View in GitHub action for GitHub file system files
  • Added View in GitHub action for local file system with GitHub repository
  • Added Execute with action to execute (multiple) files with another executable and/or arguments
  • Added gigabytes (GB) in file stats
  • Added time ago in file stats
  • Show first digit after comma when size is lower than 3 in stat size
  • Other:
  • Free license for open source developers (see pricing on website)
  • Improvements and bug fixes in the application framework

New in Ant Commander Pro 3.2 (May 25, 2015)

  • Improved detection of current folder to load application external files
  • Upgraded to Ant 1.9.4
  • Improved drawing the sort arrows
  • More errors are logged in the Ant Console.
  • Added compare by size in directory
  • Added compare 2 directories by file size
  • Toolbar for Directory panels improved with parents, bookmarks, history, selection menu, home button
  • Added Edit as text to HTML viewer (in panel menu)
  • Added explore directory to image viewer
  • Includes now Java 8 for Windows installer

New in Ant Commander Pro 3.1 (Jan 28, 2013)

  • File management:
  • Fixed dragging multiple files to external software.
  • Fixed error Could not find file with URI "m:" because it is a relative path, and no base URI was provided.
  • Added compare directories.
  • Fixed connecting to WebDAV server.
  • Added volumes (Mac OS X) to roots
  • Added medias (Linux) to roots
  • Added desktop root to roots
  • Added user home to roots
  • Improved password management.
  • Added online sftp, ftps, webdav, samba and windows share.
  • Upgraded library to httpclient 3.1.
  • Added commons-collection library for improved caching.
  • Fixed create directory on remote server
  • Added connect action
  • Added close connection action
  • Ease of use:
  • Improved Go to window to use remote protocols (ftp, ...)
  • Search from time is only using hours and minutes.
  • Added tooltips in search dialog.
  • Added tooltip example for rename with regular expression.
  • Selected items are remembered.
  • Added icons to roots
  • Improved layout of some windows when resizing.
  • Settings automatically saved every 5 minutes.
  • Added possibility to set tooltips on input fields.
  • Fixed Applet not working for http://antcommander.com URLs.
  • Run online goes now to http://www.antcommander.com/online/file-manager.html
  • Removed unneeded borders in general options panel.
  • Other:
  • Fixed problem with label input field.
  • Updated Ant and VFS libraries.
  • Removed commons compress library (not needed)
  • Added commons-codec 1.3.
  • Upgraded to Java 7u11 kernel.

New in Ant Commander Pro 3.0 (Dec 14, 2012)

  • File management:
  • Added ftps protocol for FTP Over SSL.
  • Added option to save passwords (default not saved).
  • Passwords in URL are now encrypted when saved to disk.
  • Added help button in the Go To... action.
  • Spaces before of after the directory are stripped in the Go To dialog.
  • Fixed directories containing ' " or , are saved correctly.
  • Fixed Next and Previous buttons in the image viewer were only showing the images with the same extension.
  • Fixed Location displayed for the root of the tree directory and the arguments for new panel is the displayable URL.
  • Better handling when opening incorrect location for panel accepting only folders.
  • Improved OS integration:
  • Better support for Windows 8.
  • Improved opening files (unicode support such as Chinese or Russian, better Unix support, Downloaded executable supported)
  • Fixed delete to Recycle bin for Windows
  • Fixed did not go to the correct directory.
  • Added details to the drives when selecting a drive.
  • Improved images panels:
  • Improved quality of resized images (for image panel and thumbnail panel).
  • Thumbnail panel won't resize the image if it's smaller than the thumbnail size.
  • Added preview and execute to thumbnail panel toolbar.
  • Added execute to the image panel toolbar.
  • Images larger than the screen size are now by default default to fit the screen size.
  • Improved selection rendering in thumbnail panel.
  • Ease of use:
  • Redesign of the website.
  • ColumnsWidth for tables in per mil instead of percentage to be more precise.
  • Added option to specify separator when copying file names to clipboard.
  • Default separator when copying file names to clipboard is now a new line (\n).
  • Delete won't ask for confirmation if the file is moved to the Recycle bin or Trash.
  • The escape key in the table filter field will just empty the field and no longer close the window.
  • Added option to save preferences (default to saved).
  • Added preferences save in the "preferences" directory are automatically showed in the status bar (after restart).
  • Improved welcome page with more tips. And now accessible from the main help page.
  • Added "Always on top (new window only)" option when cloning a panel.
  • Settings are kept when reusing clone a panel.
  • Improved formated file names in popup messages.
  • Renamed "Delete completly" to "Delete Definitively".
  • Last entered value is the first choice in the popup menu.
  • No more tooltip showing for the status bar.
  • Start-up:
  • Fixed start up error when saving configuration in another file.
  • Fixed loading plugin settings before initializing it.
  • Loaded Jar file are no longer opened at start-up for meta-info (Ant Commander should start faster).
  • The Applet now downloads all needed local files at once from a zip file (instead of 28 downloads).
  • More error details are showed if the creation of a panel fails.
  • Upgraded Libraries:
  • Upgraded to Ant 1.8.4 (or 1.9.0 snapshot)
  • Upgraded to Apache commons VFS 2.1 snapshot.
  • Upgraded to commons compress 1.4.1.
  • Upgraded to commons httpclient 3.0.
  • Upgraded to jCIFS 1.3.17.
  • Upgraded to JCTerm 0.0.11.
  • Upgraded jsch.jar to version 0.1.49.
  • Added Jackrabbit WebDAV library 2.4.3 (Apache license).
  • Added SLF4J-API 1.7.2 needed for Jackrabbit WebDAV library (BSD Like license).
  • Added java image scaling 0.8.5 library (LGPL license).
  • Removed webdav-2.0 library.
  • Removed jakarta-oro library.
  • Upgraded to Java 7u10 kernel.
  • Other improvements:
  • Fixed table filter still applied after changing of directory.
  • Fixed focus problem when more than 1 file was previewed.
  • Fixed incorrect closing a panel from the main application when closing a window.
  • Added donate to the help menu.
  • Use anti-aliasing to display the sort arrows.
  • Known issue: delete to recycle bin won't work in Windows in Applet mode until
  • the applet run in 64bits mode (recycle.exe is 64bit), use Delete definitively instead.

New in Ant Commander Pro 2.0 (Dec 14, 2012)

  • Upgrade to Ant version 1.8.3 alpha.
  • Upgrade to VFS 1.0.
  • Fixed opening of files on Linux/Solaris.
  • Improved tab manipulation: rename tab, shift tab left, shift tab right.
  • Renamed some of the menus.
  • Simplified some of the menus.
  • Increased size of some popup windows.
  • Replaced Historic with History.
  • Last entered value is now used as default value.
  • Added Windows 7 to the list of os for command lines actions.
  • Possibility to hide hidden directories for tree panel.
  • Possibility to add your own compression extensions.
  • Added support for .iso files (loopy-vfs.jar 0.3 - LGPL license).
  • Added jsch.jar 0.1.43 for SFTP (BSD license)
  • Added jcifs.jar 1.3.15 (LGPL license) for Samba support.
  • Added jdom.jar 1.1.1 (BSD like license) for WebDAV 2.2+ support.
  • Added commons-httpclient.jar 2.0.2 (Apache license) for HTTP and WebDAV support.
  • Updated commons-compress.jar to version 1.1 (Apache license) CPIO added.
  • Added commons-net.jar 1.4.1 (Apache license) for FTP support.
  • Added JCTerm.jar 0.9 (LGPL license) for SSH console support.
  • Added beansh.jar 2.0 beta 1 (LGPL license) for BeanShell support.
  • Upgraded to Java 6u23 kernel.

New in Ant Commander Pro 1.4 (Feb 6, 2009)

  • Faster online start-up of the applet by removing unneeded HTTP requests.
  • Faster online start-up by better compression of ant.jar and new server.
  • Improved error report when an error occurs at start-up.
  • If an error occurs at start-up, the preference file is renamed or deleted.
  • Added run online action.
  • Improved focusing of external windows.
  • Panels are initialized in the event dispatch thread (Works better with some L&F).
  • Set background of the buttons to transparent (looks better on Mac OS X)
  • Fixed rundll executed with Mac OS X and unix.
  • Fixed incorrect directory path for Mac OS X and other Unix systems.
  • Open a web site works on Mac OS X.
  • Distribution is done with an internet enabled DMG file for Mac OS X.
  • Online applets resizable and works on Mac OS X.
  • Improved toolbar of the command line panel.
  • Upgraded to Java 6u11 kernel.

New in Ant Commander Pro 1.3 (Apr 9, 2008)

  • Fixed incorrect obfuscation of the code.
  • Fixed bug which prevented the applet to start with Java 1.4.
  • Big icons from files are loaded using sun class.
  • Fixed possible problem when creating panels.
  • Fixed ini files missing from the release (such as DirectoryTree.ini).
  • Rename a file for changing the case didn't work.
  • Use the correct encoding (CP850) when using the command line plug-in.
  • Delete a file doesn't create an INFO3 file in the current directory anymore.
  • Fixed possible ClassCastException when creating a DiractoryTable panel.
  • AntCommander.ini is included in the Jar file so an new installation won't overwrite your custom ini file.
  • Drag and drop only allows copy.
  • If copy/move/unzip to the same directory, the user is prompted for the destination.
  • Fixed old search remains when restarting the application.
  • Improved applet start up time by removing unneeded search for resource bundle.
  • Fixed searching for content failed for directories.
  • Upgraded to Java 6u5.

New in Ant Commander Pro 1.2 (Dec 12, 2007)

  • Fixed textfield for Directory table filters other tables.
  • Improved icons for Start Shell, Ant Console, Root.
  • Do not fail the application if a panel cannot be created.
  • Updated Ant library.
  • ProGuard 4.0 is used to compress Ant Commander and the libraries further.
  • Bicolor tables per default.
  • Size of files are abbreviated by default and the tooltip text contains the full size.
  • Escape in the Search text field removes the filter.
  • Possibity to have a different background for the ImagePanel.
  • Improve resize of image for Fit.
  • Added to locate the AntCommander.jar file.
  • Runnable as Applet.
  • Init setting file not hard coded anymore and can be passed as parameter.
  • Created release which contains most of the plug-ins.
  • New actions: Previous and Next to browse files in a directory.
  • Possibility to right click on files in a TreePanel.
  • The SplashScreen is displayed faster if JavaSE 6 is used.
  • Added possibility to have a different separator for the CopyFileNames and CopyFilePaths.
  • New Panel: Thumbnails panel to view directories with images.
  • Upgraded to Java 6u3.