What's new in ChromaFiler 0.7.1 Beta
Dec 3, 2023
- Features:
- Added a small delay after selecting an item before the window is shown, to improve performance. This can be adjusted in settings.
- Preserve view settings when a folder is moved or renamed.
- Improved handling of files dragged onto the ChromaFiler/ChromaText executable.
- Added a warning when starting ChromaFiler as Administrator, since this is not recommended.
- Added an option to turn off the global Tray hotkey.
- Added an option to the uninstaller to keep settings.
- chromafiler and chromatext commands can be used in the Windows Run dialog.
- Fixes for recent Windows 11 updates:
- Fixed drawing glitches when resizing folder windows or columns.
- Removed the new "Gallery" folder from the desktop. You can still access it by creating a shortcut.
- Other fixes:
- Fixed some bugs that caused windows to not remember their size/position.
- Other various bug fixes.
New in ChromaFiler 0.7.0 Beta (Sep 20, 2023)
- Changes:
- Improvements to spatial state of windows:
- Windows remember their position/size the next time you open them
- Folders in Icon view with Auto-arrange turned off will remember the positions of their icons
- Window titles update whenever their file is renamed
- Windows close whenever their file is deleted
- If a file/folder is already open in ChromaFiler, opening it again will show the existing window instead of a new one
- Text editor improvements:
- The text editor is now called "ChromaText", and can optionally be installed as a separate shortcut in the Start Menu / Taskbar / "Open With" menu.
- This replaces the old "New Scratch File" hack. Opening ChromaText will create a new scratch file by default.
- If a file type is set to open with ChromaText by default, ChromaFiler will always show the text editor for that type. This avoids having to configure preview handler associations.
- If you had set text files to open with ChromaFiler in a previous version, you'll want to change this to ChromaText.
- Text files remember their Word Wrap settings
- Added missing commands to the context menu
- Improvements to window chains:
- Resizing the left edge of a window will shrink its attached parent proportionally. This prevents pushing windows off the left edge of the screen.
- Mouse cursor indicates which window will be resized
- Fixed windows overlapping on high DPI displays
- Bug fixes:
- Fixed issue causing preview handlers to stop working
- Fixed window not focused after alt-tab
- Fixed window disappearing after changing the extension of a file
- Fixed right-clicking unselected items
- Fixed alt-double-click to open properties
- Fixed focus after pressing Shift-Tab to open parent
- Fixed folder info text not showing selection when parent button clicked
- Fixed renaming files with localized names
- Fixed tray font color changing after refresh
- Auto update check happens more consistently
- Other various bug fixes / improvements
New in ChromaFiler 0.6.1 Beta (Aug 25, 2023)
- General features:
- When set as the default file browser, ChromaFiler now allows programs to open a folder with a specific file selected ("Show in Folder" / "Reveal in Explorer" / etc.). Make sure to install with the "folder context menu" feature selected.
- "Proxy" icons in the header now show badge overlays (eg. cloud sync status)
- Text editor:
- Tab width can be adjusted in Settings (default 4)
- Support for saving files with Unix-style (LF) line endings
- Support for opening/saving ANSI-encoded files
- Added settings for preferred encoding / line endings
- Avoid freezing while reading files
- Bug fixes:
- Fixed memory leaks in thumbnail/preview windows
- Fixed dropping a file onto the proxy sometimes failing
- Fixed Ctrl+Backspace in the rename box
- Fixed folder window becoming unresponsive after choosing "Open folder location" on a shortcut
- Fixed folders having different view settings when double-clicked
- Fixed bottom of preview handlers cut off
- Fixed reading text files containing null characters
- Fixed reading text files with mixed line endings
- Selecting a broken shortcut won't show the "Problem with Shortcut" dialog
- Fixed trying to open non-filesystem files with the text editor
- Other various bug fixes
New in ChromaFiler 0.6.0 Beta (Apr 19, 2023)
- UI improvements for the "proxy" icon in the window header
- Better drag-and-drop; click and hold to start dragging the proxy
- Added a dropdown arrow to display the file context menu
- Added a Menu button to the toolbar, including commands that were previously only accessible by right-clicking or keyboard shortcuts.
- Text editor:
- "Select Lines" command (Ctrl+L)
- Word-wrap keyboard shortcut (Ctrl+Shift+W)
- Added an error message if the file can't be saved
- Improved Windows 7 compatibility
- 32-bit (x86) support
- Bug fixes
- Fixed folder windows getting stuck with flickering scrollbars while resizing
- Fixed display of file names with '&' characters
- Fixed broken icons when switching to high-contrast mode
- Other various bug fixes
New in ChromaFiler 0.5.1 Beta (Jan 15, 2023)
- Fixed tray not showing selection when not focused
- Fixed tray snapping when taskbar is on the left or top
- Improved performance when moving a large group of files
- Fixed multiple save prompts when deleting a scratch file
- Fixed freezing when certain preview handlers are refreshed with F5
- Fixed crash when creating a new shortcut
- Improved text editor compatibility with ArsClip
New in ChromaFiler 0.5.0 Beta (Nov 13, 2022)
- Changes:
- Folder layout changes:
- Fixed an issue causing excessive empty space in the left margin of folder windows
- Folders now default to "details" view, with a single Name column initially
- More compact layout for the Tray
- Smooth scrolling in icon views
- Folders no longer freeze the program while they're loading
- Windows will avoid extending below the bottom of the screen
- Detect if file has been moved/renamed/deleted whenever its window is focused
- Keyboard shortcut: press Esc to deselect all
- Added an optional periodic update check
- Other fixes:
- Extraneous desktop items added in a recent Windows update are now hidden
- Fixed a crash caused by quickly selecting and deselecting a folder
- The refresh button only appears in folder windows now, since it was not fully implemented for other types of files