qimgv

Bug fixes

• fix file replace dialog not working
• fix trackpad scroll with libinput

(both bugs are pretty bad - have to do a release...)

Misc

• build with Qt 5.12 now works again!

Bug fixes

• [linux] fix mouse wheel not working with libinput 1.19 #337
• [linux] fix smoothscroll with libinput 1.19
• [linux] fix thumbnails not rendering properly when fractional scaling is enabled
• [linux] fix "Save As" working incorrectly when changing file extension (KDE)
• add confirmation when editing from folderview #339
• fix crop selection not working when another aspect ratio is selected first #335
• fix possible crash when opening the context menu
• fix WheelUp / WheelDown being swapped around (no user action needed)

What's new

General

• Qt6 support
• UI updates
• Custom theme support
• Printing support
• Export to pdf
• Improved image format compatibility
• Allow image resizing by percentage #249
• Tweak zoom step range #324
• Add absolute zoom step option
• Confirmation when overwriting files
• Allow Tab key in shortcuts
• Add slideshow / shuffle mode indication in window title
• Adjacent directory switching (shift+left / shift+right) #304
• Automatic seamless directory switching
• Allow more video formats besides webm/mp4 #233
• Zoom Lock feature #268 #306
• Shortcut for toggling fullscreen infobar #326
• Show in folder menu option now pre-selects current file
• [windows] included plugins for JXL & AVIF formats
  • JXL animation needs to be manually enabled in settings

Folder view

• Display folders
• Display image resolution
• Filesystem navigation via Enter / Backspace
• Show path bar (will be improved in future)
• Allow multi-selection
• Mass rotate / delete
• Improved drag'n'drop
• Renaming now works in folderview
• Improved thumbnail loading responsiveness
• Unload off-screen thumbnails option #260

Misc

• Fix video playback with the latest mpv #259
• Fix window positioning under some window managers
• Allow custom cache folder location #245
• Change default thumbnailer thread count to 4
• Fix cursor autohide on wayland #281
• Fix context menu potentially appearing off-screen #220
• Other minor bug fixes
• Lots of visual fixes
• MacOS fixes (still a bit rough, not releasing it yet)

32bit builds will be uploaded later

Fixed:

• [windows] Maximized state not being saved (regression)
• [windows] Occasional white window flicker on startup (needs testing to make sure its gone)
• [windows] Deleting gifs/videos didn`t work (file still being accessed due to playback)
• [linux] Fixed incorrect window position on launch (it occasionally shifted upwards by the height of titlebar)
• Exif orientation not being applied (regression)
• Expand images option not working correctly when expand limit is unset
• Building with qt <5.14 now works again

What's new:

• Directory tree & bookmarks in folder view
• High quality scaling via OpenCV
• Reduced memory usage when viewing zoomed images
• Zoom level indicator
• Image centering options
• Slideshow mode (~ key)
• Show directory now highlights current file
• Improved touchpad support (see settings > controls)
• gif playback controls. Play / pause & frame step, similar to video
• Crop panel now has save button. Shortcut is Shift+Enter
• Added an option to start into folder view
• Support for HEIF / HEIC image format

Bug fixes:

• Window state is now saved correctly fix in v0.9.1
• Various UI fixes
• Possible crash fix in thumbnailer

NOTE: if you are updating from v0.8.9 uninstall previous version first

What's new

• [FolderView] You can now edit / remove files right from folder view.
• [FolderView] Scroll animations for keyboard navigation.
• [Thumbnailer] Files are now stored as png. This fixes transparency in folder view.
• [Panel] Scrollbar indicator.
• [Viewer] Configurable zoom step.
• [Viewer] Added another way to zoom: hold RMB and scroll.
• [Viewer] Added expandLimit option.
• Added jpeg save quality option.
• Changed some default settings.
• Updated theme & icons.

Bug fixes

• Several bug fixes related to file operations.
• Minor visual fixes.
• Keyboard input fixes. All your keys should now work, including symbols accessible through shift.
• Added an alternate input handling for other OSes like macOS / haiku / *bsd etc. Default input uses a Qt feature that is unsupported there yet.
• Removed max zoom option.
• [windows] Do not track subfolders.
• [Thumbnailer] Fix for video files with % in file path.
• [FolderView] Thumbnails are now always uncropped.
• [FolderView] Fixes for mouse scrolling.
• Fix some keyboard focus issues.
• File format detection fixes.
• Crash fixes.

Note: minimum required cmake version is now 3.13
Note 2: builds updated. Re-download if you have issues opening non-english filenames.

What's new

• Added volume control actions: toggleMute, volumeUp, volumeDown

• Added mute button

• Added showDirectory action & context menu entry. Opens current dir in the default file manager.

• Configurable text color for fullscreen info bar

• Off-screen thumbnails are now unloaded to save memory

Bug fixes

• Fixed file format detection issues

• Fixed overlays sometimes losing keyboard focus

• Fixed moving files (regression)

• Fixed notification not being shown on file copy / move

• Fixed some temporary files not being removed on windows

• Fixed crash on indexed png with transparency

• Fixed possible crash when renaming a file

Other

• Images are now being saved through a temporary file in case something goes wrong

• Fixed incorrect shortcuts for frameStep / frameStepBack (they were switched around)

NOTE: builds reuploaded with a crash fix

• Dramatically improved startup speed.

Core & MainWindow init (worst case scenario - windows, 5200rpm hdd):
v0.8.5 ~300ms
v0.8.6 ~25ms!

While this wasn't as much of a problem on linux, you will still see a noticeable difference.

This was achieved by using lazy initialization of many ui elements, as well as avoiding some less optimized Qt classes.

• Added some missing hidpi icons

• Crop: change behavior to match older versions
• VideoControls: fix overlapping with panel
• FolderView: scrollbar is now easier to hit while in fullscreen
• Fix opening videos without correct mime type

• fix rename window (regression)
• show error when a file operation fails
• [windows] fix white window flicker at startup
• [windows] fix moving/deleting animated media

New

• triggerScalingFilter action
• Support drag'n'dropping out of qimgv

Fixes

• Save maximized window state
• CMake fixes (VIDEO_SUPPORT option working incorrectly)
• Some unicode fixes on windows
• Fix lag during sorting mode switch
• Fix icon grid behavior when a lot of files are being added/modified from outside
• Fix clipboard file copying (via ctrl+c)
• Load files with incorrect file extensions (when opened directly)

Windows builds

Qt 5.12.4. Both 32-bit and 64-bit builds. Just archives for now, installer coming sometime later.
Now includes QtRaw plugin.
Haven't tested it much, expect bugs!
Downloads below. Click 'Assets' if thery are not visible.

Fix new shortcuts not working when you update from 0.7.x

New stuff

• qimgv will now track changes in the current directory. May not work for remote locations like smb shares.

• You can now change sorting mode on-the-fly. It Just Werks.

• Add sorting mode combobox in folder view. You can also assign shortcuts to sorting modes.

• You can now rename files by pressing F2.

• Added sxiv-like info bar at the bottom.

• Added info panel that shows exif tags. Press I to toggle.

• Copy current file to clipboard by pressing Ctrl+C.

• Copy current file path by pressing Ctrl+Shift+C.

• Force reload file F5.

• Context menu now can be accessed by pressing Menu key.

• You can now assign a different shortcut to context menu, it is no longer hardcoded to right click.

• You can now assign a shortcut to toggle transparency grid display.

• Improve folder view performance.

• Improve touchpad scrolling when using libinput driver.

• A more polished UI theme.

• Split config file in two parts. The main one will not change every time you open program.

Bug fixes

• (important one) Fixed long startup times by moving videoplayer into a separate library that is loaded ondemand. I've seen some complaints about this, please give this version a try.

• Fix some issues with mouse event handling.

• Fix scaling working incorrectly for webp files.

• Fix opening wrong directory when passed . as an argument.

• Previously when you used "Open dialog" qimgv would sometimes hang. Now it doesn't do that.

• Saving PNG files will no longed produce huge file sizes.

Notes

• This release may be a bit buggy as it included quite a bit of refactoring. Stuff will get fixed promptly.

• Added ppa for ubuntu. No more compiling, yay.

• Windows users will have to wait for 0.8.2 release (~ a week).

• [FolderView] Zoom support
• [FolderView] Ability to toggle filenames display
• [FolderView] Icon grid is now centered
• Re-done some of the icons, added HiDPI versions
• Startup speed optimizations
• Multiple UI related tweaks & bug fixes
• Fixed build with Qt 5.9 (regression)

Notes for windows release

• Config file is now stored in conf directory
• If you aren't using the installer make sure that you can write to conf, cache and thumbnails directories (might happen if you unpack into Program Files)
• The default version is now without video support (see filenames)

• Improved HiDPI support
• APNG support (via QtApng plugin - included in windows package)
• Optional RAW support via QtRaw plugin
• Separate settings for fullscreen / windowed background
• UI performance improvements
• Updated some icons
• Minor startup speed optimizations
• Crop UI improvements
• Smooth scroll checkbox now works again
• Fixed some other bugs
• Added --help text

Windows build: reverted to Qt 5.11.2 runtime

An attempt at using OpenCV.

Features bicubic / lanczos4 scaling + image sharpening (configurable in settings). Looks pretty good.

Fix build with Qt 5.9
Fix build with musl libc

New stuff

• Folder View mode. Toggle with Enter or Backspace. This mode will be further improved in future

• Ability to run commands / shell scripts on a current image

  • Go to Settings/Scripts
  • Create a command
  • Add a shortcut just like for any regular action

• Context menu

• Video controls

• Background transparency & blur support (KDE)

• Directory sorting (name, date, file size)

• Trash support

Improvements

• A new icon

• Redesigned settings window

• Several ui improvements: auto-hiding top buttons, toggle-able info overlay etc

• Updated theme

• Exif rotation should now be auto-applied on image load

• More responsive image switching (fixed a job management bug in Loader)

• Configurable thread count for thumbnailer

• Fixed some possible crashes

Other

• Added build flags for some features (kde blur and video support)

Note: if you are upgrading and some actions are not working - reset your shortcuts

You can now mirror images by pressing H / V keys.

Bug fixes

WebM/MP4 playback issues #49