Changelog

Release 4.4 - 2024-04-04

add: color profile management including applying embedded color profiles
add: accent colors to make PhotoQt a little more colorful
add: interactive minimap with currently visible area highlighted
add: lossless zomm of SVG images
add: document and archive navigation even without viewer modus activated
add: left/right arrow keys switch between frames of animated image, space plays/pauses animation
add: auto-save and compact feature for settings manager
add: context menu for various floating elements to access some quick settings
add: shadow effect behind floating elements
add: small play/pause buttons for live/motion photos
add: lock icons to main menu to lock/unlock zoom/rotation/mirror
add: option to have background of PhotoQt fully transparent
improve: file type selection in file dialog allows for multiple selection
improve: closing context menus can happen without triggering other actions
improve: better layout and settings handling of settings manager
improve: simplified settings menu in file dialog
improve: streamline startup background message
improve: better spinbox for selecting numbers
improve: slider with opacity less than 1
improve: split up lock feature for the different categories
improve: reduces minimum window size with interface adapting better to smaller sizes
improve: faster histogram data loading
improve: more tooltips as help text
fix: compilation with zxing-cpp v1.4
fix: don't use *Magick for video files
fix: building PhotoQt with both ImageMagick 6 and 7 installed
fix: status info has solid background without (broken) blur
fix: converting keys to string when listening to shortcuts uses same code as in settings manager
fix: filedialog settings missed entry for muted preview colors
fix: in settings manager when selecting new action for shortcut group, pressing Escape closes subwindow only
fix: showing status info and window buttons when cursor near top edge

Release 4.3 - 2024-02-29

add: support for detecting QR and bar codes (using ZXing)
add: shortcut to jump 5s forwards/backwards in videos
add: motion/live photos react to play/pause shortcut
add: notification popups for various actions without clear visual feedback
add: touch-and-hold opens context menu
add: implement missing mirroring for Qt Video element
add: animate mirroring of images/videos
improve: clarify and streamline layout of settings manager
improve: clicking a value in metadata element copies value to clipboard
fix: proper handling of link/shortcut files on all platforms
fix: show videos of motion/live photos again when loading an image subsequent times
fix: motion/live photos respect orientation stored in metadata
fix: skip windows thumbnail cache for now
fix: correctly compute fitted size for (re-)svg provider
fix: proper handling of Windows network paths
fix: remove duplicate down array in bread crumbs when path ends with slash
fix: fix loading files with CJK characters in filename or path on Windows
fix: file dialog no longer pops up when application window is made very small

Release 4.2 - 2024-01-18

add: support for Google Motion Photos and Apple Live Photos
add: support for photo spheres including 360 degree views using equirectangular projection
add: editable path in file dialog
add: Qt video element
add: option to apply same changes (zoom, position, rotation) to next image
add: when window decoration is disabled custom window handles are available for moving/resizing window
improve: touchscreen handling
improve: video management
improve: use reSVG for all SVG icons everywhere (if enabled)
improve: RAW images load embedded thumbnail when available
improve: RAW images can use embedded thumbnail if as large as actual image
improve: adjust folder icon in list view for small zoom levels
improve: hide map related items completely when location support disabled
improve: add filename to window title
improve/fix: safeguards for initial scaling and positioning of images
fix: degraded image quality when close to 100% zoom
fix: use any mouse button for shortcuts
fix: disabled lift-up highlight for thumbnails don't affect thumbnail bar
fix: mouse wheel triggers shortcut once per movement
fix: use Escape key for custom shortcuts
fix: actually hide status info when disabled
fix: detection of other mouse buttons when click on image for dragging
fix: drag-and-drop for bookmarks in file dialog
fix: proper loading of images inside archives with libarchive

Release 4.1 - 2023-12-20

add: restore default settings/shortcuts from settings manager
add: export/import configuration from settings manager
add: support loading AVIF format with ImageMagick/GraphicsMagick
add: missing fit-to-window feature support
improve: apply changes to 'load at actual size' setting immediately
improve: reduce minimum width of places column in file dialog
improve: add vertical scrollbar to file view
improve: load any supported image type inside of archives
fix: loading image in current working directory
fix: reloading folder when content changes
fix: use middle button for shortcuts
fix: visibility and alignment of log/debug message window
fix: disabling image animations in settings manager
fix: icons used for Windows build
fix: store layout of file view

Release 4.0.1 - 2023-12-15

fix migrating settings table on upgrade in certain circumstances

Release 4.0 - 2023-12-14

PhotoQt now based on Qt6 (requiring at least 6.2+, 6.4+ recommended)
updated settings manager
updated export feature
updated file dialog
updated image viewer engine (image now snaps in place)
updated thumbnails (and faster)
updated exiv2 analysis
updated main menu
updated map view
updated file management
updated advanced sorting feature
updated chromecast manager
updated slideshow handling
updated wallpaper feature
updated context menu
updated histogram
updated notifications feature
numerous bug fixes and general improvements
restructured code basis for easier maintenance and higher reliability

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.