Changelog

Release 3.4 - 2023-10-06

add: resvg support for rendering SVG files
add: thumbnails/filedialog: show thumbnails of very small images at the original size
add: notification when deleting image without confirmation
add: cmake flag to disable webp support (webp suport is enabled by default)
improve: shortcuts: duplicate shortcuts automatically reasigned with undo button
improve: remove all modal popups
improve: update imgur element with updated element from qt6 port
improve: relace unavailable element with notification element from qt6 port
improve: port qt6 element to export images to different format to qt5 version
improve: Windows: allows any file to be set as wallpaper
fix: map explorer: clicking on images to focus on their location
fix: setting internal commands as part of custom shortcut commands
fix: fileview: delete image through rightclick without selecting first
fix: thumbnail provider caches thumbnail images properly
fix: Windows: white flashing window on startup mitigated
fix: Windows: loading of storage devices now happens properly

Release 3.3 - 2023-06-15

add: all new shortcuts engine
add: floating element to show location of current image on map
add: map explorer to show all images in current folder with location data on interactive map
add: reset button to restore initial stage of main image
add: setting to switch to moving the image by mouse wheel instead of using it for shortcuts
add: shortcut actions to move image left/right/up/down
add: shortcut actions to got to edges of current image
add: setting to adjust autohide of mouse cursor
add: allow wheel left/right movement as mouse gestures for shortcut
add: allow selection of OpenGL backend in settings
add: option to load PDF documents with QtPDF instead of poppler
add: animate arrows and add small click animation on startup
improve: unify look and feel of various elements throughout application
improve: startup default to mixed setup (integrated and popped out) as default option
improve: support any image format as icon for context menu entry
improve: listening to global mouse movements, fixes overloading event system
improve: don't show context menu entry to add location to favorites without pugixml available
improve: Escape key in file dialog with files selected only removes selection
improve: installing pychromecast with cmake is now opt-in option
improve: crash prevention when scanning for chromecast devices with pychromecast
fix: finding/linking against (optional) mpv source files
fix: proper url encoding for favorite locations
fix: compilation with Exiv 0.28.0
Windows: fix fullscreen application window

Release 3.2 - 2023-05-11

add: advanced sorting by dates stored in exif meta data
add: more options for highlighting thumbnails in thumbnail bar
add: option to disable thumbnail tooltips
add: file dialog: looping thumbnails of images inside subfolders
add: file dialog: select files and folders, add file operations using global clipboard (incl. shortcuts)
add: file dialog: thumbnails are by default shown scaled and cropped to fit
add: file dialog: typing a string finds next matching file
improve: more aggressive freeing of memory when resetting PhotoQt
improve: validation check also checks directories
improve: detect mouse leaving application window and hide elements (main menu, meta data, etc.)
improve: reliability of loading and displaying image resolution
improve: trash handling on Linux following freedesktop.org standard
improve: enable MPV support by default, prefer MPV over QtMultimedia by default
improve: Exiv2: managing BMFF support
improve: file dialog: folder follows main image folder when image opened from command line
improve: file dialog: do not select first entry by default after new folder has been loaded
improve: file dialog: elide long filenames in the middle
improve: file dialog: when mouse cursor leaves fileview reset current index
improve: find and link to 'Concurrent' module
improve: Windows: window handling when window decoration disabled keeps window accessible
fix: handling of Escape key
fix: execution of external shortcuts
fix: caching thumbnails of images inside archives
fix: correctly removing old animated images from model (freeing up memory)
fix: double click on image no longer triggers background action
fix: window manager titles in wallpaper element were unclickable
fix: Windows: disable Trash feature when using Qt < 5.15
fix: Windows: deleting/moving animated images avoiding file locking issues

Release 3.1 - 2023-03-07

add: 'scale and crop' preview images in file dialog
add: 'scale and crop' thumbnails to fill thumbnail square
add: option to blur elements in background
add: option to reset session when hiding to system tray
add: option to always load images at actual scale (incl. shortcut to toggle setting)
add: option to automatically hide status info and/or window buttons if not needed
add: enable BMFF meta format in Exiv2 if available and enabled
improve: handling of mouse wheel
improve: uniform context menus
improve: managing external shortcuts
improve: managing custom context menu entries
improve: file count in file dialog when folder icon is very light
improve: make splitview handle in file dialog stand out more
improve: breadcrumbs dropdown folder list
improve: file dialog layout when window is small
improve: specify better default Windows font
fix: sorting of files/folders in file dialog
fix: visual glitches in file dialog
fix: specifying font sizes throughout interface

Release 3.0 - 2023-01-30

add: shortcut: load random image in folder
add: filedialog: forward/backward mouse button navigates through history
add: filedialog: access settings manager
improve: file dialog: use native path separators
improve: file dialog: improve subfolder listing
improve: file dialog: breadcrumbs handling
improve: file dialog: up/down arrows in icon view moves rows up/down
improve: right click and context menus
improve: custom menu entries (icons, path, etc.)
improve: histogram: support for images other than 32bit
improve: face tagger: use click-and-draw instead of click-then-draw to mark new faces
improve: face tagger: preserves other meta data
improve: performance and resilience for RAW images
improve: structure and rendering of SVG icons
fix usage of file URI scheme
many more bug fixes and improvements

You can find the full changelog right here in the git repository.