Quick Picture Viewer Changelog

What's new in Quick Picture Viewer 3.1.4

May 10, 2021
  • Changes:
  • Updated translations
  • QuickLibrary v2.5.8
  • Combine Save & Save As buttons
  • Show checkerboard background on Cut action (Ctrl+X)
  • Added:
  • Croatian language
  • Installer: Context menu checkboxes
  • PiP: Add 1:1 button
  • Fixed:
  • Application not opening (#26)
  • Auto-zoom is enabled after enabling always on top
  • In-app notifications anchored to the PicturePanel
  • Always on top mode for update dialog (#64)
  • Fix: Installation text in Chinese (#66)
  • Fix: Dragging image if any context menu is opened
  • Selection tool: Right-click not working
  • Wrong format of saved images
  • Blank screen when trying to save a file with the doubled extension (.png.svg etc)
  • Some issues related to the file extension names (lower/upper case)
  • Cr2 memory leak
  • You can open just one CR2 file per all app instances

New in Quick Picture Viewer 3.1.3 (Mar 29, 2021)

  • Changes:
  • TypeWrapper's 2.0
  • Selection tool: Add center grip
  • PiP: If an image width is smaller than 400px then the PiP window width will be equal image width
  • Fixes:
  • Quick Picture Viewer does not open files (jpg) when maximised [#63]
  • Window title does not change after file deletion
  • Can't switch between typhoid files
  • No SVG options button if next/prev file in a folder is broken
  • OpenFirstFileInFolder is not skipping file if first file in a folder is broken
  • App hangs if all files are broken in an opened folder
  • You can drag an image from the app if no image opened

New in Quick Picture Viewer 3.1.2 (Mar 23, 2021)

  • Changes:
  • New hotkey for Save As: Ctrl+Shift+S
  • New hotkey for Slideshow: Shift+F5
  • Better HiDPI support (#21)
  • Multilanguage installer
  • Added:
  • "Save" button (Ctrl+S)
  • Fixed:
  • Black titlebar
  • Wrong padding in the PiP right-click menu
  • Wrong font size of some UI elements
  • Wrong "Delete file permanently" icon
  • Blurry icons in context menus
  • Checkerboard background:
  • Fix glitches
  • Better performance
  • Minor improvements

New in Quick Picture Viewer 3.1.1 (Mar 22, 2021)

  • Added:
  • Open folder option (Ctrl+Shift+O)
  • The "Cut" menu item to the selection right-click menu
  • Changes:
  • Press [Esc] to exit Selection tool mode
  • New hotkey for "Open folder recursively": Alt+O
  • Fixed:
  • App crashes if a corrupted file is first in the folder
  • App hangs if a previous file is corrupted
  • Error on "Save as" if this file is currently opened
  • App hangs if trying to open multiple corrupted files in a row
  • Translation fixes
  • Almost always dialog windows have a white border
  • Some memory leaks

New in Quick Picture Viewer 3.1.0 (Mar 16, 2021)

  • Added:
  • Selection tool
  • Open folder recursively (#50)
  • Ability to open a folder by Drag&Drop
  • Crop
  • New translations: German, French
  • "Delete file permanently" option
  • Settings -> Localization: "Help us to translate the app" button
  • Changes:
  • The plugin manager button moved to the "More options" menu
  • Copy buttons moved to the right-click menu
  • Minor UI improvements
  • Better effects integration
  • Update all dependencies
  • New open-folder dialog (#50)
  • More accurate work of zoom
  • Navigation Bar replaced with Navigation Arrows
  • New hotkey for Auto zoom: Ctrl+Shift+A
  • SVG options button always black
  • "Zoom to actual size" button moved to the toolbar
  • Quick Library v2.5.7
  • Plugin API v4
  • The "Show file in explorer" button moved to the status bar
  • PiP: Drag window if no scrollbars
  • Skip file if can't open it
  • Remove confirmation dialog when moving a file to the Recycle Bin (#60)
  • Fixed:
  • Toolbar and status bar toggles in fullscreen mode
  • Right-click menu: Hotkeys sometimes not working
  • Can't select a CR2 file to open
  • Minor auto-zoom fixes
  • Status bar: Incorrect image size
  • CR2 files are not listed in the OpenFileDialog
  • A lot of fixes related to the focus/hotkeys
  • Some potential memory leaks related to the dialog forms
  • Showing scrollbars if no need
  • "Open file with external app doesn't work when image path has spaces" (#55)
  • The type options button is hidden after the "Unable to open file" error
  • Error when the opened file is just one in the current folder and it can't be opened because of error

New in Quick Picture Viewer 3.0.4 (Feb 19, 2021)

  • Added:
  • Hungarian translation (#39)
  • Changes:
  • QuickLibrary v2.5.3
  • Fixed:
  • About form: ReadOnly option not working for the description textbox (#47)

New in Quick Picture Viewer 2.2.6 (Nov 4, 2020)

  • Changes:
  • QuickLibrary v2.2.7
  • Smaller AboutForm window
  • Minor design fixes
  • Better support for Windows display scaling (#21)
  • Blur plugin v1.0.1
  • Added:
  • Icon for slideshow in-app notifications
  • Fixed:
  • EscToExit option is working in fullscreen mode
  • Wrong restoring behavior of maximized window
  • Plugin manager:
  • Added "More plugins" button
  • Plugin context menu: Added link to plugin's website
  • Resizable columns
  • AlwaysOnTop property

New in Quick Picture Viewer 2.2.5 (Oct 30, 2020)

  • Changes:
  • Settings -> Windows: Warning dialog improvements
  • Using SettingsStarted variable (Better performance)
  • New about window
  • QuickLibrary v2.2.6
  • New start menu tile color
  • Fixes:
  • JumpList: Translation fixes
  • Error when opening settings (#25)
  • Settings -> Startup: Check for updates checkbox
  • Settings -> Windows: Favorite external app textbox

New in Quick Picture Viewer 2.2.4 (Oct 25, 2020)

  • A lot of MessageBoxes replaced by in-app notifications
  • Settings -> Startup: Checkbox-based options list
  • QuickLibrary v2.2.4

New in Quick Picture Viewer 2.2.3 (Oct 21, 2020)

  • Fixed:
  • Dark numeric fields
  • Incorrect path to plugin .dll
  • Added:
  • Drag window by the toolbar

New in Quick Picture Viewer 2.2.2 (Oct 18, 2020)

  • Changes:
  • QuickLibrary v2.2.2
  • Better spanish localization (#19)
  • Fixed:
  • Settings: Beta lang warning
  • Plugin manager: No plugins

New in Quick Picture Viewer 2.2.1 (Oct 11, 2020)

  • Fixed:
  • Empty plugins folder
  • Get plugins error
  • Changes:
  • Settings: Restart block moved to the bottom

New in Quick Picture Viewer 2.2.0 (Oct 11, 2020)

  • Added:
  • Plugin manager
  • Blur plugin (qpv-blur)
  • PiP: Right-click context menu
  • Settings: Esc to exit option
  • Settings: Cycle between images by scroll wheel [#5]
  • Settings: Restart link
  • Changes:
  • A lot of QuickLibrary improvements
  • About: "Set as default image viewer" link replaced by a button
  • Zoom field focus improvements
  • New light mode colors
  • Translation improvements for EN and RU
  • Print: Margin text boxes replaced by numerics
  • New numerics
  • Fixed:
  • PiP: Incorrect resize button location
  • Light mode: Incorrect menu background-color
  • PiP: Checkerboard background conflict
  • Broken horizontal scroll

New in Quick Picture Viewer 2.1.1 (Sep 13, 2020)

  • Added:
  • Settings: Support for multiple translators
  • Menu: "..." for dialog menu items
  • Settings: Warning on selecting a beta language
  • Changes:
  • Start menu: New style of tile
  • Toolbar: New look of separators
  • A lot of light mode design improvements
  • Fixed:
  • Status bar: Empty zoom label
  • Back color: Incorrect size of the background
  • Settings: A lot of design fixes
  • Print: Wrong button color
  • Image info: Wrong color of textboxes
  • Ctrl+Shift+C bug
  • The conflict between background-color, checkerboard-background and fullscreen
  • PiP: Incorrect size of the background
  • Some translation fixes

New in Quick Picture Viewer 2.1.0 (Aug 30, 2020)

  • Added:
  • Frameless mode
  • Multi-language support
  • Russian localization
  • F6 and Ctrl+F6 hotkeys
  • Fancy shadows for dialog windows
  • Changes:
  • The default title bar is back (Better performance and compatibility)
  • New PiP mode
  • Settings: the new look of the active tab
  • New AboutForm
  • New update manager:
  • Fixed connection error
  • Octokit library v0.48
  • New update window
  • New download window
  • Fixed:
  • Picture-in-picture blank screen
  • Incorrect default save as filter
  • Double click to fullscreen not working
  • Wrong image location on-maximize
  • Settings: OpenFileDialog was preventing the app from closing
  • WallpaperForm: Incorrect window location
  • Fixed uninstaller issue (#11)

New in Quick Picture Viewer 2.0.1 (Jul 29, 2020)

  • Fixed: Can't play gif (#7)
  • Removed titlebar unfocus effect

New in Quick Picture Viewer 2.0.0 (Jul 26, 2020)

  • Added:
  • "File reloaded" notification
  • Support for WebP transparency
  • A lot of new settings
  • InnoSetup installer
  • Support for DDS and TGA file formats
  • Advanced copy menu
  • Save as file name
  • Drag picture by mouse
  • Advanced external menu
  • Background color changer
  • Icons for different file formats
  • Zoom to actual size button
  • Slideshow options
  • Changes:
  • Large design improvements
  • New picture-in-picture mode
  • New JumpList system
  • Better SVG support
  • Removed default titlebar
  • Brand new fluent app icon
  • New zoom text field
  • QuickLibrary v2.0
  • .Net Framework v4.8
  • Fixed:
  • Incorrect image rotation (using ExifOrientation property)
  • A lot of Windows 7/8 fixes
  • Wrong zoomed image position
  • Fullscreen & slideshow bugs
  • Settings: blue vertical lines

New in Quick Picture Viewer 1.12.5 (May 28, 2020)

  • Added:
  • Added "Open an image to view or edit" label
  • Update downloader: Added download manually link
  • Update window: Added links to release pages
  • Added tooltips for links
  • Update downloader: Added close button to window title
  • Update downloader: Added file size
  • Picture in picture: Checkboard background (Ctrl+Shift+C)
  • Picture in picture: Close window by Esc or Ctrl+Shift+P
  • Webp decoder multithreading
  • Changes:
  • Better High DPI support
  • WindowsAPICodePack-Core v1.1.2
  • Design improvements
  • New settings window