New features

4.00 (2024-07-27)

- DirMeUp Upgrade / Display of the new features web page in the event of a new version.

- General / When the application window becomes active again, the list is updated if necessary. Items selected before losing focus remain selected.
- General / Default graphic theme fully redesigned.
- General / New 'Retro' graphic theme.
- General / The software is now also available in Portuguese (obrigado Mário!).
- General / If several DirMeUp were launched simultaneously, the icon used in notifications was deleted as soon as one of the instances was left: fixed.
- General / Dir Me Up now strictly respects the versioning standard (you must now add the "full" parameter when calling the "version" command to obtain the date of the executable).
- General / Tutorial fully rewritten.

- Menu / Project / The "BA Site" option is replaced by "New Features", which allows to display the latest new features of the version.

- GUI / The [F10] key allows to center and resize the window with the default values.
- GUI / If you enlarge the height of the window to the bottom of the screen, the window is automatically repositioned and enlarged to occupy the entire height of the screen.
- GUI / If you expand the window to the end of the screen, the window is automatically repositioned and enlarged to occupy the entire width of the screen.
- GUI / You can now choose to display the background of the buttons or not.
- GUI / The first click on the window zoom gadget allows to go to "full screen".
- GUI / Improved management of the "Select all" button.
- GUI / The size of the filter/search buttons is now limited for better rendering of the "history" buttons.
- GUI / Keyboard shortcuts / The left [Amiga] key is now supported.

- Browsing / Volumes / If a media is removed and you try to access it, the DOS requester is no longer displayed but an information message instead.
- Browsing / When a volume/assign is clicked, the root is loaded.
- Browsing / The filter can now remain from one location to another (if enabled).
- Browsing / After displaying the preferences or the image viewer, you had to press a key twice for the corresponding action to be performed: fixed.

- List / You can now enter several characters in a row to select a file.
- List / You can now enter numbers and +/- to select a file.
- List / It is now possible to reach the start/end of the list using the [Alt]/[Alt Gr]/[Ctrl] keys and the "up"/"down" arrows.
- List / The [Ctrl]/[Alt] keys associated with the left/right arrows allow you to select the elements of the list.
- List / When clicking on the "date" column header, the default sorting is now from the most recent files to the oldest.
- List / "Mobile" type added for Android and iOS files.
- List / "Emulation" type added for emulation files (adf).
- List / Executables now have their own image to better identify them if they do not have an associated icon.
- List / PPC executables are now identified, even if they do not have the exe extension.
- List / PNG images are now identified, even if they do not have the png extension.
- List / "Readme" files recognition improved.
- List / If several elements were selected and all but one was deselected, the preview was not always updated: fixed.
- List / The filter on ".info" files did not work on links: fixed.
- List / "Search" field / The current search criteria are displayed in the tooltip.
- List / "Filter" field / Addition of a tooltip.
- List / Selectiong a drawer did not work if the letters entered were exactly to the name of the drawer: fixed.
- List / The selected items no longer lost after going through the prefs (even if the language is changed). - List / System default icons used for volumes and drawers if there is no existing icon.
- List view / The [Shift] key associated with the up/down arrows allows to scroll the list.
- Icon view / Display speed improved.
- Icon view / A disk cache is now available to store thumbnails and speed up display.
- Icon view / If the same zoom level is selected, the list isn't updated now.
- Icon view / If the name of an element is clicked, the renaming window is now opened.
- Icon view / Horizontal spacing added between elements for better readability.
- Icon view / If the name, comment or rights of an element are modified, the preview area is now updated.
- Icon view / Double-click management improved, more responsive.
- Icon view / The size of a text, source or image is displayed in a notification if requested.
- Icon view / When double-clicking on an image to view it, the selection frame disappeared when returning to the list: fixed.
- Icon view / If a file was selected and "select all" was choosen, the one already selected lost its selection frame: fixed.
- Icon view / If an "image" file was selected in list view and we switched to icon view, the selection frame after loading the thumbnail was lost: fixed.
- Icon view / In persistent selection, we lost the text selection background in the event of a double-click: fixed.
- Icon view / In persistent selection, you could not always select an element again after having deselected it: fixed.
- Icon view / When positioning on an element using the keyboard, the thumbnails were not updated: fixed.
- Icon view / When positioning on an element using the keyboard and selecting another element, the list was incorrectly positioned: fixed.
- Icon view / When using the [F11] key to exit full screen, the display did not take into account the new window dimensions: fixed.
- Icon view / When switching to list view, an execution error could sometimes occur: fixed.

- Preview / Thumbnail used if available.
- Preview / Icons are now displayed in their actual dimensions.
- Preview / A drawer icon is now previewed if it exists.
- Preview / You can now choose the maximum number of lines of "text" files to display.
- Preview / A graphic bug could appear on the preview of an image with transparency: fixed.
- Preview / The "unknown" type now has a specific icon per graphic theme.

- Copy / Optimization / 20 to 50% faster according to our tests.
- Copy / Confirmation / If the previewed image is small, it is displayed in its normal size (and no longer enlarged as before).
- Copy / Confirmation / You can now copy or rename only if the file to copy is more recent.
- Copy / Progress display / Total number of elements to copy did not include links: fixed.
- Copy / Progress display / The total number of elements to copy was increased: fixed.
- Copy / Copying a drawer into itself caused an execution error: fixed (operation prohibited).

- Deletion / Confirmation / If the previewed image is small, it is displayed in its normal size (and no longer enlarged as before).
- Deletion / Confirmation / If several files are selected, they are displayed in a list (partial if there are too many).
- Deletion / Confirmation / In the case of a single file, the name is now specified.

- Search / If a file identified in a search was no longer present, a pop-up labeled "Drawer" was displayed: fixed. The file is now specified.
- Search / If a file identified in a search was no longer present and we had chosen not to display the ".info", two alerts were displayed instead of one: fixed.

- Renaming / If the file extension changes, the type is immediately updated on the screen when returning to the list.
- Renaming / Entering the characters "/" or ":" is no longer possible in the new name.
- Renaming / No error was displayed if the same name was chosen in the renaming of a single element: fixed.
- Renaming / We can now only change the case (example: "Amiga" can be renamed "amiga").

- Bookmarks / The name displayed in the list is automatically shortened to the name of the destination directory.
- Bookmarks / The name of a bookmark can now be renamed.
- Bookmarks / The list is now sorted by name.
- Bookmarks / The last location added as a favorite is automatically selected if you then display the bookmarks.
- Bookmarks / Browsing history did not work correctly if the drawer of a bookmark was displayed: fixed.

- Image viewer / You can now enlarge/reduce the image using the [-]/[+] keys or the mouse wheel.
- Image viewer / You can now zoom in/ou an image using dedicated buttons, the [Amiga] and [+]/[-] keys or the mouse wheel and the [Ctrl] key.< br> - Image viewer / The image can now be viewed in its real dimensions; elevators appear if necessary ([100%] button, space bar or click on the mouse wheel).
- Image viewer / If the mouse pointer is on the horizontal scroll bar andthe mouse wheel is used, the image is scrolled horizontally.
- Image viewer / If the image does not require a vertical scroll, the wheel allows to scroll the image horizontally if necessary.
- Image viewer / The image can now be moved to full screen ([Max] button or [F11] key).
- Image viewer / You can now reduce the image to 32x32 pixels.
- Image viewer / The first click on the window zoom gadget allows to go to "full screen".
- Image viewer / The original 16:9 mode can be enabled with the [F9] key.
- Image viewer / The keyboard shortcut to return to the original 4/3 mode is no longer the [-] key but [F10].
- Image viewer / When you restore the initial dimensions of the viewer, the window is now centered in relation to the main one.
- Image viewer / [Alt]+[<-] and [Alt]+[->] allow to reach the beginning and end of the list respectively.
- Image viewer / [Alt] and the "up"/"down" direction arrows allow you to reach the beginning and end of the list respectively.
- Image viewer / The following image is no longer displayed when the "selected images" filter is (dis)enabled.
- Image viewer / When you deactivate the "selected images" filter, the current image number is now correct.
- Image viewer / A graphic bug could appear on the preview of an image with transparency: fixed.
- Image viewer / Reactivation of help bubbles.
- Image viewer / Buttons are now displayed taking into account the size indicated in the preferences.

- Prefs / The first click on the window zoom gadget allows to go to "full screen".
- Prefs / "General" tab / Reorganization of the different elements.
- Prefs / "General" tab / Graphic themes are now displayed in combo form.
- Prefs / "General" tab / If required AISS images are missing, the corresponding theme cannot be selected.
- Prefs / "General" tab / "Persistent filter" checkmark added to maintain a filter even if the location is changed.
- Prefs / "General" tab / Thumbnail" group added which allows to use a cache, its location and its maximum disk space.
- Prefs / "Display" tab / When adding an extension match, the updated list is now sorted by type then by extension (previously only by type).
- Prefs / "Display" tab / When adding a match, it is automatically selected.
- Prefs / "Display" tab / The special letter could be added several times: fixed.
- Prefs / "Display" tab / The same extension could be added several times: fixed.
- Prefs / "Search" tab / The "Type" combo is now sorted alphabetically.
- Prefs / The "Office" and "Spreadsheet" types did not appear in the list of file types: fixed.
- Prefs / apk extension added as archive.
- Prefs / m4a extension added as sound/music.
- Prefs / json extension added as Internet.
- Prefs / py, s, sql extensions added as source.
- Prefs / ipf and hdf extensions added as emulation.
- Prefs / PDF type added , which allows it to be better visually identified and associated with specific viewing software.
- Prefs / Catalog extension removed as text, in order to launch the tool configured under DefIcon.
- Prefs / If an error is detected on a path to third-party software, the appropriated tab is first displayed (if necessary).

- Archiving / When changing archive type,the file name entered is now used (and not the default one).
- Information / New icons to symbolize warnings and disk insertion requests.
- Notifications / DirMeUp uses now its own engine (and no more Rhingio), which allows us to display the DirMeUp icon again.
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