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v23.3 [Jun 30, 2022]
- Ordinal Date. The new Ordinal Date option for the date format eliminates the months from the equation and only displays years and days. This makes it easier to estimate a date difference at a glance. For example, today would be "2022-179" (year 2022, day 179). The Ordinal Date format is used by the military in some contexts, so it’s safe to assume it has its uses. To switch to Ordinal Date right-click any of the date column headers, e.g. "Modified", and select Ordinal Date from the popup menu.
Ordinal Dates. To go back to the factory default font use this script: font("mc", "Segoe UI", 9); //use Segoe UI 9 for main contents and controls
- Preview Pane to the Left. Now you can show the Preview Pane to the left of the file list. The obvious advantage is that the previews then are nearer to the name column, which is where you usually look and click. To toggle the Preview Pane position use menu Window | Arrangement | Preview Pane to the Left. These are your options:
- Duplicate File Finder Can Ignore Numbers. Now it can optionally ignore serial numbers and strings like "Copy of" that are auto-attached by Windows to the name of a file copied in the same place. If "Ignore numbers" is enabled, the file names "Fred.txt", "Fred (1).txt", "Fred (2).txt" and "Fred - Copy (2).txt" are considered duplicates.
- Compilation Soundtrack. Compiled to "(I’m) Stranded" of The Saints.

v21.6 [Mar 17, 2021]
- Hover Box Wheel Scaling. Now the mouse wheel can scale images and PDF previews while the Hover Box (a zero-click preview that pops up by merely hovering the filename) is shown. So natural and so useful.
- Mouse Down Blow Up Zoomed. Ready for another game changer? Mouse Down Blow Up (a large preview that pops up on mouse down on a thumbnail or icon) now can zoom into the original by a freely configurable zoom factor. Got small images, large screens, and weak eyes? MDBUZ is your ticket.
- Find Files by Contained Characters. Now you can find files that contain certain characters or character ranges within their textual contents. Allows you to search for files containing any characters in the upper Unicode range, or any Mongolian characters, or whatever specific characters you are interested in.
- Apply Button in Configuration. Street pressure became unbearable so an Apply button was added that allows you to apply any changed settings to the main window without closing the Configuration dialog.
- Compilation Soundtrack. Compiled to the music of Starcrawler.

v20.9 [Apr 2, 2020]
Minor bug fixes and enhancements.

v20.6 [Nov 21, 2019]
Minor bug fixes and enhancements.

v20.5 [Oct 10, 2019]
- Content Search and Preview. Now both 64-bit and 32-bit IFilters are supported. This broadens the support for previewing and searching the textual contents of complex document formats (e.g. Office files). IFilters are needed to extract the raw text from complex documents like DOCX or PDF. The raw text again is needed for textual content search or preview. If you know what an IFilter is you know what a problem is. Usually the one you need is missing. The bitness has to match. 32-bit apps need 32-bit IFilters, 64-bit apps need 64-bit IFilters. But rarely does a program install both versions, although this is the official recommendation by Microsoft. Even Microsoft Office itself installs only the 64-bit flavor on 64-bit Windows, even if Office itself is 32-bit! XYplorer now lets you choose which IFilters to use, 32-bit or 64-bit. Tick or untick Configuration | Other | Shell Integration | 64-bit Windows | Use 64-bit IFilters.
- Quick Refresh List. The white space context menu of the file list now features the command "Refresh List". A little gesture towards heavy mouse users.
- Color Filters. Now you can optionally have Color Filters fill the whole column. Makes them more visible, especially with short-named files. Tick or untick this option: Configuration | Colors and Styles | Color Filters | Draw background colors as wide as the column.
- Previewed Audio Formats. Added DSD and DSF files (Sony’s DSD Stream File) to the previewed audio files. Note that this format is ID3V2 compliant and thus XYplorer will show the tags in the Preview Panel and in the various ID3-Tag columns. Needs a matching CODEC installed, of course.
- Mouse Down Blow Up. The new "Fit width only" option is perfect for quickly previewing vertical images in best resolution for vertical-only panning. Vertically large images, e.g. screenshots of websites, will just come out unreadably small when previewed with the normal Shrink to fit. The new Fit width only option handles this situation perfectly.
- Mouse Down Blow Up by Middle Button. Now the middle mouse button can be used for Mouse Down Blow Up on thumbnails and icons. Frees left and right button to perform their traditional tasks.
- Compilation Soundtrack. Compiled to the music of Sanford Clark.

v19.9 [Apr 12, 2019]
- Clipboard Viewer. What’s in the clipboard? What will happen when I paste now? Curious? Need to know for sure? Well, just hover the "Edit Clipboard" or "Paste" button in the toolbar for an instant preview of the current clipboard contents. No clicks required. And it even works for images.
- Paste Text As Item. Now you can paste a copy of the item(s) referred to by textual clipboard contents. Works with local paths and even with web addresses. Which means you can download a file to the current folder right from an http path in the clipboard.
- Dropped Messages From Thunderbird. Now, in addition to Outlook, emails dropped from Thunderbird are also processed along with your settings for dropped messages.
- Editing Dropped Messages. Now you can trigger an edit prompt for each field you please (From, To, Subject, Date Sent). Helps when archiving emails.
- Transparent Images Preview. Now you have four options for how to display the transparent areas in images: Neutral, Grid, White, Black.
- Hover Box With Transparency. Now it supports the user-selected transparency background (Neutral, Grid, White, Black), and you can easily change it on-the-fly while the Hover Box is shown.
- Compilation Soundtrack. Compiled to the music of Mike Doughty.

v19.3 [Nov 3, 2018]
- Folder Contents Preview. Now you can get a folder contents preview in the Hover Box. Simply hover a folder and see its top 20 items instantly listed in a small popup. Works in the folder tree and the file list. Addictive is an understatement. This will change the way you work. Your file management will become smooth and silent through a reduction of futile clicks.
- Mouse Up Show Down. Now it’s available also in the folder tree. Like in the List it works on mouse up on the folder icons. Lets you quickly peek into folders without leaving the current location. Lets you even list and open files right from the tree.
- Canvas Color Toggle. Now you can quickly toggle the background color of the Hover Box for images. Cool feature for photographers.
- Invalid Filename Warning. Now you get a warning in the status bar when a file or folder with an invalid filename (invalid in the Windows shell, not in NTFS) is selected in the file list. Leading or trailing spaces are made visible by a replacement character.
- Horizontal Scrolling. Now Shift Wheel horizontally scrolls folder tree and file list.

v18.8 [Mar 5, 2018]
- Open Throw Away Clone
- Selection Colors
- Vertical Grid
- Live Filter Highlights
- Filename Length Info
- Toolbar Captions
- Scripting

v18.5 [Oct 4, 2017]
- Toolbar Captions.
- Sync Caps. Now Sync Folders ensures that the capitalization (lower/upper case letters in the item names) of the target files and folders exactly matches that of the source items.
- Filtered Sync. Now you can explicitly include and exclude files and folders from Sync Folders by passing a list of patterns to the job.
- Shortcut Overlays. Now you can say no to shortcut overlays.

v17.9 [Apr 5, 2017]
- Size Graphics.
- Size Tooltips.
- Live Filtering.
- Icon Lists.

v17.8 [Mar 21, 2017]
Find Files by Path. Now you can find items by the name of their parent folder or full path, using a simple inline switch.
New Overwrite Prompt. Redesigned the dialog for clarity and usability.
Audio Properties. Now the basic audio properties (Bit Rate, Sample Rate, Channels, Length) are shown right in the Large Tiles view. Allows for a quick glance without displaying any spacy extra columns.

v17.4 [Nov 24, 2016]
Released 19-Dic-2016:
- Audio Tags. Now scripting supports reading and writing ID3 tags. (Pro Edition Only).
- Multilingual Support. Added support for Serbian.
- Minor bug fixes and enhancements.

v16.0 [Nov 18, 2015]
Image Tagging
Image File Processing
Fujifilm Photos
Autosave Settings
Breadcrumb Bars
Advanced Hex Search

v15.0 [Mar 9, 2015]
XYplorer 15.00 has been released on 09-Mar-2015. Here's a quick introduction to the main new features:
Portable Devices
Flat Select
Timestamping
Sticky Checkbox Selection
Portable Devices. XYplorer now supports devices like tablets, smart phones, or digital cameras, devices that are connected to the PC without being assigned a drive letter. (Pro Edition Only; Windows Vista and later)
File management on Portable Devices is quite limited compared to what you can do with XYplorer within the regular file system. Therefore there is an info bar in the list to clearly show that you are browsing a Portable Device. The color is deep purple:
Showing photos on a tablet in Small Tiles view (64x64). Note the deep purple Portable Device info bar at the top of the list.
The support for portable devices can be toggled here: Configuration | Tree and List | Items in Tree and List | Show portable devices.
It's recommended to read the chapter on Portable Devices in the Help file.
Flat Select. Now you can select items by entering match patterns right through the Address Bar. Nifty time-saver.
A Flat Select pattern is prefixed by >>>. Multiple patterns separated by | are allowed. Type or paste into the Address Bar, then press Enter to perform the selection. Here are some examples and a screenshot:
>>>Beyoncè //select all items matching *Beyoncè*
>>>ko|cha //select all items matching *ko* or *cha*
>>>ko*|*.txt //select all items matching ko* or *.txt
Quickly select all photos with "_17-" in the filename: >>>_17-.
Timestamping. Now you can easily clone and shift timestamps. (Pro Edition Only)
The timestamp scripting command has become insanely powerful. Here are some examples. You can paste the scripts (yellow background) right into the Address Bar and press Enter to run them:

v14.5 [Sep 18, 2014]
- Mouse Down Blow Up on Icons.
- Mouse Down Blow Up Text.
- Mouse Down Blow Up Hex View.
- Colored Tabs.
- 10 Years Mouse Down Blow Up!

v14.3 [Jul 10, 2014]
- Paper Folders: a ground-breaking new implementation of virtual folders.
- Permanent custom sort order.

v12.3 [Mar 15, 2013]
-some minor bug fixes and enhancements.

v12.2 [Feb 20, 2013]
Bug fixes.

v12.0 [Jan 28, 2013]
Now you got a powerful set of predefined one-click visual filters, like "Modified Today", "Image Files", "Empty Files", and many more. The set is freely customizable.
Now Unicode usernames are supported.
Bye-bye Latin. Now you can use any character available on your computer to write your name.

v11.7 [Oct 8, 2012]
It just has some bug fixes.

v10.8 [Jan 19, 2012]
Safety and Accessibility. Added optional safety belts and wider support for large font sizes.

v10.2 [Aug 29, 2011]
Droppable User Buttons. Create custom toolbar buttons within seconds which point to a location or an executable and function as drop targets.

v7.0 [Apr 2, 2008]
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