What's new in qView 6.1
Aug 16, 2023
- Fix segfaults on Linux under Wayland.
- Fix jxl files not being shown in the file picker properly.
- Fix issue where png files did not use embedded color profiles.
- Fix incorrect cache cost value.
New in qView 6.1 (Aug 16, 2023)
- Bugfixes:
- Fix segfaults on Linux under Wayland.
- Fix jxl files not being shown in the file picker properly.
- Fix issue where png files did not use embedded color profiles.
- Fix incorrect cache cost value.
New in qView 6.0 (Aug 11, 2023)
- New features:
- Support color profiles (Requires Qt >=5.14 if you're building yourself).
- Support dragging and dropping a folder.
- Add sorting by creation date
- Bugfixes:
- Fix image switching being much slower than expected on folders with a lot of files.
- Fix slowness when opening files from a network share.
- Fix GIFs not moving from the center of the viewport.
- Fix crash when switching images on Linux.
- Fix application menu becoming empty on macOS when all windows are closed.
- Distribution changes:
- kimageformats is now included in an even more automated fashion.
- HEIF and AVIF are now from kimageformats.
- raw image format support now included.
New in qView 5.0 (Jan 15, 2022)
- New features:
- "Open With" functionality to open images in other applications
- Image deletion
- Significantly better trackpad experience
- Localization support, with many community-supplied translations
- More image formats supported (.jxl, .psd, many others as kimageformats is now bundled)
- Zooming from original size
- Image now reverts to original resolution when zooming past the scaling threshold (images aren't blurry when zooming in close)
- Option to exit the app when the last window is closed on macOS
- Resize dialog now highlights text without file extension
- Middle click now resets scale, why not
- Added an option for a basic bar to show the titlebar text in fullscreen mode.
- Qt 6 support
- Reaching an invalid image now allows you to keep moving through the current folder with the arrow keys
- Bugfixes:
- Fix Open URL not working in some cases where the app is in a non-user writable location
- Fix crashing on Wayland (window won't center when resizing, though)
- Fix smoothness issue when resizing window
- Fix not being able to rename on Windows
- Fix Mac crash when opening preferences
- Fix disabling recent files not working properly
- Distribution changes:
- macOS build is now universal (Apple Silicon support!)
- Added Big Sur-style icon on macOS
- As mentioned above, kimageformats now included
- Switch to @novomesk's HEIF plugin
- Plugins now built over here: https://github.com/jurplel/kimageformats-binaries
- Automated builds are moved to easier-to-debug scripts rather than yml files
New in qView 4.0 (Oct 31, 2020)
- New features:
- Integrate native cocoa components on macOS for a more native-like experience, as well as just working on the macOS experience in general
- Add rename function
- Include support for .heif, .avif, and .apng images
- Extra titlebar mode that shows only the image name and the position in the folder
- Opt-in update notification system that works right after the program starts
- Add randomized sort option
- You can now close a window with Ctrl/⌘+W
- Text in the file info dialog is now selectable
- Added configurable minimum size for "window matches image size" option
- Improved error messages
- Add icons to recents menu
- Bugfixes:
- Fix weird titlebar vibrancy on macOS
- Fix image not filling window properly with titlebar enabled
- Fixed window position issue with vertical monitor setups
- Fixed fullscreen causing window size to reset
- Fixed various bugs with recents, shortcuts, and options due to a massive refactoring project to hopefully make maintenance easier in the future
- Fix awful hi-dpi sizing
- Fix bug with opening images from Finder replacing currently open images on macOS
- Distribution changes:
- Distribute Appimages for Linux through a new CI pipeline
- Distribute build for legacy OS X 10.10+
- Include symbolic icon on linux (for GNOME, primarily)
- Include appdata manifest on linux
New in qView 3.0 (Jan 13, 2020)
- Added keyboard shortcut customization
- Added the ability to open images from URLs
- Added the ability to open multiple images from the file dialog
- Added the ability to copy images from the application
- Added option to change file sorting
- Added high DPI support
- SVGs are now displayed in a high resolution
- Slideshow timer is now configurable in tenths of a second
- Added option to not display the recents list
- Added option to disable scrolling "towards the cursor"
- The recents menu is now more proactive in clearing out entries that no longer exist
- Fixed small bug with the "window matches image size" option
- Fixed bug where the window would exceed the screen boundaries with the "window matches image size" option enabled
- Fixed crashing with multiple windows under macOS
- Fixed dock menu oddities under macOS
New in qView 1.0 (Sep 26, 2018)
- Animated GIF Support
- File Info dialog
- You can now scale expensively above window size (configurable)
- Added slideshow function
- Context menu reorganized
- You can now use ctrl/cmd+scroll to scroll the viewport
- Context menu now has icons for Linux users
- Added function to show image at original resolution
- Added full screen mode
- Added option to crop sides off
- Added more configurable options
- Updated to Qt 5.11.1
- Made an alarming amount of bug fixes and tweaks
- Now distributed with an installer on Windows and AUR package is available
- Update 2018-09-23: .deb and .rpm packages now available