Revision History - Alpha 2

Explorer++

Revision History

Version Alpha 2 (26/09/2008)

New features:

  • The language to use can now be selected in the 'Options' dialog, in the 'Language' tab. The language Explorer++ uses is based on the following (in order of importance):
    1. Any language specified on the command line.
    2. Any language saved from a previous session (using the above method).
    3. The system default language.
  • Files can now be dragged and dropped onto the treeview control.
  • 'Copy File Paths' can now be used on items in the treeview.
  • 'Cut' and 'Copy' can now be used to copy and move items from the treeview.
  • The 'Back' and 'Forward' buttons on the main toolbar now show what folder is back/forward in their infotip.
  • 'Show In Groups' now works when sorting by title.
  • 'Show In Groups' now works when sorting by subject.
  • 'Show In Groups' now works when sorting by author.
  • 'Show In Groups' now works when sorting by keywords.

Bug fixes:

  • Fixed bug that would cause directory monitoring to stop working under certain circumstances.
  • Fixed listview drag and drop bug.
  • Fixed bug that arose when sorting items by comment.
  • Fixed 'Merge Files' cancel bug.
  • Fixed 'Split File' cancel bug.
  • Fixed small 'Show In Groups' bug.
  • Fixed toolbar show/hide bug.

Misc:

  • A small delay has now been added to the treeview, meaning that when a different folder is selected, it is not browsed to immediately.

(02/09/2008)

New features:

  • 'Show In Groups' now works when sorting by attributes.
  • 'Show In Groups' now works when sorting by file owner.
  • Show In Groups' now works when sorting by file creation date.
  • 'Show In Groups' now works when sorting by date of last access.
  • 'Show In Groups' now works when sorting by short name.
  • 'Show In Groups' now works when sorting by product name.
  • 'Show In Groups' now works when sorting by company name.
  • 'Show In Groups' now works when sorting by file description.
  • 'Show In Groups' now works when sorting by file version.
  • 'Show In Groups' now works when sorting by product version.

Bug fixes:

  • When closing a tab, directory monitoring would sometimes be stopped for a different tab. Fixed.
  • Fixed toolbar bug that would sometimes cause the program to crash on exit.
  • When the column representing the current sort mode is deselected, the sort mode is automatically changed to the first available one.

Misc:

  • Drives in 'My Computer' are now sorted according to drive letter when sorting by name.

(21/08/2008)

New features:

  • Confirmation when closing multiple tabs can now be requested when the 'Ask for confirmation before closing all tabs' option is selected.
  • The main toolbar can now be customized by selecting 'Customize...' on the toolbar context menu or on the View/Toolbar menu.
  • Added an error message for the situation when a file cannot be renamed.
  • Alt+D will now shift focus to the address bar.
  • F4 will now show the drop down for the address bar.
  • Ctrl+B can now be used to access the 'Organize Bookmarks' dialog.
  • The tab button can now be used to switch  between the main item pane, the folders pane and the address bar.
  • Gridlines in details view can now be toggled on or off via the Show gridlines in details view option within the 'Options' dialog.

Bug fixes:

  • Fixed 'Remove' button within the 'Destroy Files' dialog.
  • Fixed 'Remove' button within the 'Merge Files' dialog.
  • Fixed bug when moving columns up/down in column selection dialog.
  • Fixed several other small bugs within column selection dialog.
  • The 'Auto Arrange', 'Show In Groups' and 'Sort Ascending' default options are now saved and loaded.
     

Misc:

  • Default output file when merging is now 'output.txt'.
  • Menu mnemonic characters are now underlined on the main menu after the alt key is used to select the menu.
  • Description of column items are now shown in the 'Select Columns' dialog.

(10/08/2008)

New features:

  • The right click context menu is now owner drawn.


Bug fixes:

  • Fixed bug that would cause the 'Sort By' submenu to be drawn incorrectly.
  • Fixed position of the 'hide folders pane' button.
  • Fixed bug relating to the 'Address Bar' item on the toolbars menu.

(20/07/2008)

New features:

  • Files can now be merged using Actions/Merge Files....

Bug fixes:

  • Fixed Go button bug.
  • The paste button on the main toolbar is now enabled automatically when there are files on the clipboard, and disabled automatically when there are none.

(13/07/2008)

New features:

  • Added 'Autosize Columns' to the 'View' menu, which will resize listview columns to fit in the text of all items.
  • Files can now be dragged and dropped between tabs.
  • Added a main toolbar context menu.
  • The main menus as well as the main toolbar context menu are now owner drawn. Various items on the main menus now have pictures shown along side the menu text.
  • More main toolbar buttons added.

Bug fixes:

  • Improvements made to drag and drop handling.

Misc:

  • Aesthetic changes made to the About dialog.
  • Build date/time is now shown in the About dialog.

(07/07/2008)

New features:

  • Menu help strings are now shown for items on the shell context menus.
  • Added 'Bookmark Folder...' and 'Copy Folder Path' to right click context menu.
  • When browsing into a folder, the path of the folder been loaded is now shown in the status bar (i.e. if browsing into the 'C:\' folder, the text in the status bar will read 'Loading C:\...').
  • Added 'Duplicate Tab' to right click menu for tabs, which will open a duplicate of the specified tab in a new tab.
  • Added 'Lock Tab' to right click menu for tabs to prevent a tab been closed.
  • Tabs can now be bookmarked using the keyboard shortcut 'Ctrl + D'.
  • Files can now be split using Actions/Split File....
  • Files can now be permanently deleted using Actions/Destroy Files....
  • If 'Show Folder Sizes' is activated in the Tools/Options dialog, folder sizes will now be shown in the display window when a folder is selected.

Bug fixes:

  • Fixed 'Refresh Tab' on tab right click menu so that it refreshes the specified tab instead of the one that currently has focus.
  • Thumbnail images are now shown in the correct position when items are sorted in groups.
  • Small bug fixed relating to showing items in groups when sorting by name.
  • Menu help now shows for items on the context menu for individual tabs.

(03/07/2008)

New features:

  • Thumbnails view can now be set as the default view in the 'Default Settings' page of the Tools/Options dialog.

Bug fixes:

  • Bookmarks can now be rearranged and have their properties (name, location, description) changed.
  • Tabs now update when relevant settings in the Tools/Options dialog have been applied.
  • Fixed treeview sorting bug.
  • Folders created are now inserted into their correct position in the treeview automatically.
  • Some improvements made to Tools/Show Drive Information.

Misc:

  • New tabs can be opened with middle click even if the listview window does not have focus.

(01/07/2008)

New features:

  • Thumbnails view has been added to the 'View' menu. As this is the first implementation of thumbnails view, it may still contain some bugs.
  • Added File/Copy Column Text, which will copy the currently selected items' column text to the clipboard.
  • File/Copy Paths can now copy the full paths of multiple items.

Bug fixes:

  • Fixed tab swapping bug.
  • Fixed column sorting bug.
  • Fixed file size bug that arose when files in a directory were deleted then created.

(29/06/2008)

New features:

  • Virtual folders can now be opened from the command line simply by supplying their name: e.g. explorer++.exe "control panel" will open the Control Panel.

Bug fixes:

  • Improvements made to sorting by column.
  • Fixed bug relating to directories opened via the command line.
  • Fixed bug relating to columns not showing up for the printers folder.
  • Folder specific columns added for the 'My Network Places' folder.
  • Additional virtual folders (Recycle Bin, Printers, Network Connections and My Network Places) now have their active columns saved and loaded.
  • Fixed bug where program would sometimes stop responding after the columns for a folder had been changed.

Misc:

  • 'My Network Places' on the 'Go' menu has been changed to read 'Network' on Windows Vista.
  • The items shown on the 'Sort By' menu for a particular tab now depend on the columns that are active for that tab.
  • Menu help messages added for items on the 'Sort By' menu.