Sigma file manager Changelog

What's new in Sigma file manager 2.0.0 Alpha 1

Jan 18, 2024

Migrated the app from Electron to Tauri framework
App installation file size reduced from 153 MB to 4 MB (Windows)
App installed size reduced from 419 MB to 12 MB (Windows)
1 new major feature
New major features:
Navigator: added resizable panes feature, which lets you split the navigator view in half and work with 2 directories side by side.
Improvements:
UX: App installation file size reduced from 153 MB to 4 MB (Windows)
UX: App installed size reduced from 419 MB to 12 MB (Windows)
Development:
Architecture: Migrated the app from Electron to Tauri framework.
Code refactor: code quality was improved a lot.

New in Sigma file manager 1.7 (Jun 11, 2023)

New in Sigma file manager 1.6 (Feb 17, 2023)

New major features:
Localization: Added ability to change UI language. Added 9 most popular languages.
Note for contributors: Detailed instructions for adding/editing a language are available at #196.
New minor features:
UI design: Added option to make toolbars transparent;
Fonts: Added option to change font;
Tabs: Added option to display navigator tab preview;
Tabs: Added option to display storage indicator on navigator tab;
Tabs: Added option to change navigator tab width;
Date/time format: Added option to choose date / time regional format;
Improvements:
Navigator: Improved user experience for file management tasks such as copying, moving, creating, and renaming files. Now files will be scrolled into view and selected automatically;
Navigator: The copy / move operations will now be disabled when any modal window is opened to avoid accidental file transfer actions;
Drag & drop: The .url link-files are now treated as files;
UI design: Improved and unified design for drive cards on both home page and nav panel;
Home banner: Added ability to easily set previous home media from the home page via switch button (by pressing Alt + Click);
Search: Increase max possible search scan depth from 10 to 15;
Search: Improved "Recent items" list design;
Search: Improved list item design to fit in more text;
Navigator: Dir items will now only get highlighted when selecting dir item range, not just when pressing Shift;
New guide: Added video downloading guide.
Other improvements: Various small improvements;
Major fixes:
App: Fixed the issue with the app not exiting properly;
Workspaces: Fixed broken functionality and improved feature in general;
QuickView: Fixed the issue with QuickView not working in production build;
QuickView: Fixed issues with media size and background colors:
Fixed media size issue on Win 11 (scrollbars and videos jumps);
Fixed text files showing white text on white background on dark theme;
Search: Fixed 'end of file' error during interrupted search data scan;
Navigator: adding multiple items to protected / pinned list is now working properly;
Home banner: Fixed animations, improved props adjustment UX;
Cards: Fixed duplicate OneDrive cards issue;
Minor fixes:
Navigator: Fixed the issue with navigator list stretching outside container when navigating directories with long address path;
Context menu: Fixed the issue with active status for protected and pinned items not updating sometimes;
Styles: Fixed broken styles in external program editor;
Styles: Fixed visual filters not showing on the home page on first launch;
Other changes:
Home banner: Added new default home banner image;
Search: Search data compression setting is disabled by default, to avoid potential 'end of file' error;
Home banner: Changed default overlay type to "mask-overlay";
Tabs: Use traditional horizontal tab layout by default;

New in Sigma file manager 1.5 (Aug 10, 2022)

New minor features:
5a7e7ea | New setting: option to disable global search feature and data scans
a631a66 | New setting: option to open directories in new tab with Middle click
7ab2d46 | New setting: UI 'contrast' filter
9bc627f | New setting: UI 'brightness' filter
3eba483 | New setting: UI 'saturation' filter
bf59c4e | New setting: option to display navigation panel drive letter overlay
1e886e1 | New setting: option to switch history navigation type;
273ff8c | New setting: option to switch to 'light filter' theme
702a88c | New setting: option to display accent color backgrounds
c2e1328 | New setting: option to close the app window when the last workspace tab is closed
b792520 | New setting: option to display seconds and milliseconds
b5258c1 | New setting: option to change max width of name column of navigator item
25629c5 | New setting: option to show dividers between files and directories
43dd838 | New setting: option to show workspace title in window toolbar
8a9553a | New setting: option to choose style for home page cards. Added 2 new designs: Neoinfusive-extruded, Neoinfusive-flat-glow
577c0cd | New setting: option to activate item filtering when typing
b021aee | New setting: added "traditional horizontal" tab layout
8f61753 | New feature: added filter on settings page
dabaa2e | New setting: option to save navigator sorting type
8f61753 | New feature: add filter on settings page
fa919bb | UX: improved archiver design, added new functionality:
Allow to specify compression level.
Allow to encrypt / extract an archive with password.
Allow to specify archive destination path.
Add option "delete files after compression".
Display archive info before extraction.
c08553f | UX: add modifiers to change the type of copying to clipboard: "wrap with quotes", "add second slash"
f7b3073 | UX: global search: show search results for recent files instantly
318c680 | UX: allow to customize user directories
c95d9ee | UX: info panel: display directory item count
ca45954 | New feature: display file media properties
a1fcb13 | New feature: navigator sorting toolbar
b0fbef3 | New feature: directory items: display color overlays for copy / move operations
Major improvements:
318c680 | UX: add context menu to home page items
d8f4d43 | UI / UX: clipboard toolbar: improve design, add new functionality:
Display total size of items in clipboard
Improve filtering in the "show items" menu
Add icons and tooltips to action buttons
Adapt design to narrow window sizes
4eaf7aa | UI: address bar: improve design, add new functionality:
Add "Edit address" button to address bar container.
Add "Pin" button to address bar editor to allow closing the editor by clicking outside of it
Add ability to scroll address container with vertical axis scroll
Move address bar menu button inside the address bar container.
Improve styling
0f96f67 | New feature: address-bar: ability to open context menu on Right click
25d8eef | New feature: address-bar: ability to edit address on 'Ctrl + Click'
25d8eef | UX: address-bar: improved design
8f0ecfd | UI / UX: improve design of global search component widget significantly
862213c | UX / performance: navigator: improve perceived UI rendering performance
f121552 | UX / performance / refactor: greatly improve directory loading performance:
(reverted temporarily) Offload directory info fetching to worker_threads to avoid UI freezes.
Improve UI responsiveness when switching between pages.
Add preload function to load a small slice of the directory items immediately.
Refactor code.
Minor improvements:
b93cf42 | UI: fix design issues of global search widget
cbc5b22 | UX: improve item filtering performance
decc53b | UI / dev: update notification card; add progress loader
f51d796 | UI: display custom scrollbar in menus
411b63b | UX: change default windowTransparencyEffect blur value
49748c5 | UX: optimize guide images
426448e | UX: restore page scroll position on app reload
1867a44 | UX: update yt-dlp binaries; binary clean up
2db5bfe | UX: home page background manager: improve design
a383a2f | UI: notes: fix visual freeze on page load
1343037 | UI: navigator: add loader element to indicate directory loading status
f9affc0 | UX / performance: navigation panel: optimize UI render performance (20fps => 60fps) in some cases
9a5144a | UI: improve setting section design
3f4804d | UI: improve styling of accent color backgrounds
65c5733 | UI: context menu: add sub menu indicator
d5ee9d2 | UX: copy paths without quotes by default, add quotes modifier
8bb25c6 | UI: improve accent color consistency
c697d6c | UI: navigator info panel: remove border from preview container
b6240eb | UI: context menu: change share icons
4aa6648 | UX: context menu: move quick-view button to the main context menu list
9287870 | UI: navigator dir item: remove checkbox, improve overlay visibility
17d8130 | UI: navigator dir item: improve file extension container styles
0f2f947 | UI: navigator dir item: improve spacing styles
a6f722e | UI: navigator: display dividers under titles
487a4fd | UI / UX: menus: improve design and consistency; add filter; add item discard button
059112b | UX: extend window drag area to full height in maximized state
b4ad52b | UI: window toolbar: improve styling of workspace button
e67adbe | UI: window toolbar: display current workspace name
cae0746 | UI: window toolbar: display current tab number
98909ba | UI: window toolbar: change styling of menu buttons
db206d4 | UI: window toolbar: display "add new tab" button on window toolbar
83021e0 | UI: filter field: improve file menu styling
52cb517 | UI: filter field: add hover transition
ada90d2 | UI: toolbars: refactor and restructure some code
1c94e15 | UI: remove scroll top button from window toolbar
92eff1f | UX: add shortcuts list to settings page
043ea01 | UI: move shortcuts list from window toolbar to app guide
1535092 | UI: change navigation panel width from 64px to 48px
6286676 | UX: increase window controls button size
0ebef1d | UI: refactor some notifications
a5799f1 | UX: directory items will now display selected sorting type value
96ec98c | UX: new sorting type: "date modified meta"
4d0e243 | UX: updater: set default value of update.autoDownload to false
e934410 | UX: new global shortcut: "open global search"
bfbafb4 | UX: new shortcut: Ctrl + Q: close app window
04a2430 | UX: new shortcut: Ctrl + Shift + W: close all tabs in current workspace / close app window
9e08e4e | UX: new shortcut: Ctrl + W: close current tab / window
b554e33 | UI: tray-menu: add ability to open on Left click
93a4d87 | UI: tray-menu: improve and simplify design
52cd137 | UI: navigator-workspace-toolbar : improve design and consistency
9857049 | UX: input: change default actions for mouse buttons 3 and 4
Update dependencies
Small code refactor
A few other small improvements
Major fixes:
7dcc834 | Fix: directory is flashing on update
be9df05 | Fix: local directory share server is not closing properly and causing errors
50bebf7 | Fix: some user settings don't get saved to storage
6740b39 | Fix: quick view: PDF preview is not working
a6d4710 | Fix: large OneDrive directory causes low performance / UI freezes
90af704 | Fix: settings with outdated object structure don't get applied
1a51ada | Fix: navigator: filter is cleared on directory reload
1f23c5b | Fix: navigator: range selection selects hidden items
55c1070 | Fix: navigator: when selecting all dir items with filtering enabled, only the visible items are selected
77128e3 | Fix: drag feature issues; minimal refactor
0fdbd32 | Fix: showing empty drive list when only 1 drive / partition is mounted
ed5817c | Fix: global search: path pattern matching is not working; inits twice
Minor fixes:
031b0c8 | Fix: window visual effects are not applied on the first load
3f0e72c | Fix: window cannot be resized from the top side and corners
8744408 | Fix: shortcut: 'focusFilter' cannot unfocus the field
7607a53 | Fix: visual filters are not being applied to home banner glow
23877d9 | Fix: disable updater in Microsoft store build
7439c41 | Fix: info panel: was copying value on click without Ctrl modifier
a5febab | Fix: directory is not loading fully sometimes
066dcda | Fix: global search field autofocus is not working
3d904b7 | Fix: dashboard: list item's action buttons don't work with 'single click' setting enabled
1e886e1 | Fix: broken logic in history navigation
c4e1bb6 | Fix: small bugs in FilterField
5d0ef15 | Fix: window visual effects: blur is not applied on media change
f783b62 | Fix: focusing app from taskbar is not working when the app window is closed
Refactor some code styling and structure; fix potential errors
Other changes:
3aaba07 | Feature: remove ability to create hard links on Windows

New in Sigma file manager 1.4 (Aug 2, 2022)

New major features:
574787c: Feature: added support for cloud drives (OneDrive, Google Drive, etc.).
Edit: If you have millions of files on OneDrive, the app will have high CPU usage and might stuck on the start screen. The issue will be fixed in the next update.
New minor features:
8401af7: UX: new setting: the date format can now be customized. Currently available numeric: 23.05.2021 and short format: 23 May 2021. It adapts to the local format automatically. For example, in Japan it will be displayed as 2021/5/23 or 2021年5月23日
Big improvements:
92a6fd5: UX / optimization: the background manager for home banner will now display small artwork previews instead of loading original images. This reduced memory usage peaks from 700 MB to 150 MB,
Other improvements:
0d09def: UX: Window transparency effect can now be customized for every page independently.
ec1e54e: UX: Window transparency effect: added settings to control parallax effect.
ea1c8e9: UI: Window transparency effect: added 2 settings to control effect visibility
621c886: UI: Home banner: added "glow" effect.
9b2faf8: UX: Upgrade video downloader. It can now extract more video URLs.
520789d: UI: Info panel: improved performance, added visual improvements, added file status (if offline) and file mime.
4b3dd1b: UX: Drive cards will now display drive memory type (SSD or HDD).
ec3f1a4: UI: Added new artwork "Slum by Vladimir Manyukhin (animated by Aleksey Hoffman)".
7084aae: UI: Added new artwork "INCREASE by Sweeper3d (Austin Richey)".
b9b0664: UI: Added new artwork "Cyber Neon City by Laury Guintrand".
b9b0664: UI: Added new artwork "Lip Sync by Han Yang".
7802ac8, 5a657e4: UI: Slightly improved notifications.
590fb02: UI: Inaccessible files will now display at least basic info like size and date it was modified and created.
05d1786: UX: the time of file creation / change will now be displayed along with the date.
05d1786: UX: the date and time of file creation / change will now be displayed in local format:
Japan: 2021年5月23日 23:16
USA: May 23, 2021, 11:16 PM
Russia: 23 мая 2021 г., 23:16
Germany: 23. Mai 2021, 23:16
b2e210a: UX: the app will now show permissions dialog before activating the local share feature for the first time to make sure user understands why the app is asking network permissions.
ce9a70e: Update dependencies (security fixes)
A few other small improvements
Big fixes:
99f5792: Fix: Local network sharing feature is now working properly.
4b3dd1b: Fix: Drive labels containing non-ASCII characters are now displayed properly.
195d683: Fix: Window transparency effect now works on all screen sizes.
6281a45: Fix: the "get size" button in the info panel will now work properly and show the directory size.
Other fixes:
28766c1: Fix: the error during launch where the app couldn't get the paths to user directories (~/pictures, ~/documents, etc).
728a1b2: Fix: the page scroll position will now be restored on all pages.
1176d7d: Fix: Linux: tray icon will no longer duplicate on every page reload and tray menu update.
A few other small fixes