Release Notes

Highlights

• New Preview Panel

• New clock & date display in search window

• Plugin Store search

• Ability to drag and drop files

• New applications and bookmarks will now be automatically indexed, no need to manual reload

• New and updated themes, don't forget to check them out

• New keyboard shortcuts to adjust the search window's width and number of displayed results

• Everything plugin is now part of Explorer plugin (remember to remove the existing standalone Everything plugin if installed)

• Pre-releases are now available to try at Flow-Launcher/Prereleases

Features

• Bookmarks can now be loaded by browser with the ability to switch on/off

• Adjusted general designs & texts of the search and settings window

• Added open recycle bin and indexing option to commands to Sys plugin

• Added Illustrations when setting custom query windows

• Adjust plugin info area's look and feel

• Added text focus to plugin & plugin store search box so can start typing to search

• Added 'Become A Sponsor' Button in settings window

• Improved and added new themes

• Pre-releases are now deployed to Flow-Launcher/Prereleases

• Updated setting window designs

• Results appear higher up for a match that is closer to the start of the search string

• Added ability to search programs in PATH

• Support .url file searches via Programs plugin

• Plugin Store plugin display is updated

• Added 10th result hotkey

• Added dragging and dropping files

• Added uninstall button to each of plugin's settings

• Added a 'Clear Log' button in About tab of settings

• Added new keyboard shortcuts to adjust the search window's width and number of displayed results, as well as to toggle game mode on/off

• Setting window's size and location will now be remembered

• Added new search window positions, it can now appear based on the location of your mouse

• Drive space will be displayed when in root

• Preview panel has been added

• Clock & date display in search window has been added

• Rounded icons for plugins have been added

• Plugins can now use web URL as an icon path

• Implemented asynchronous result execution for JsonRPC plugins

• User's query containing trailing whitespace will not be trimmed when passed through to plugins

• Everything plugin is now merged into Explorer plugin

• Minor enhancements made to search window's auto-completion

• Made some improvements to the PluginManager plugin

• Added glyph Icon Support

• Updated icons & non-glyph icons for context menus

• Application Uri execution is now supported in OpenUrl API call

• Auto re-index for Program and Bookmark plugins

• Added Custom Query Shortcut

• Hotkey for triggering the search window is now displayed in tray icon's context menu

• Search window's search icon now changes based on the plugin (action keyword) you are using

• Search plugins in the Plugin Store as well as plugins tab

• Use Ctrl + Backspace in the search window when navigating directories to go up one level

• Keyboard shortcut to copy file/folder result to clipboard

• Updated the default app missing icon image

• Upgraded to .Net 6

Bug fixes

• Fixed setting window's panel Layout

• Fixed Program plugin's setting display

• Fixed Program Plugin's button size

• Fixed some untranslatable text

• Bump NuGet CommandLine version

• Fixed clicking on tray icon not showing the search window

• Fixed missing 'Installing Plugin' string

• Refactored UWP class in Program plugin

• Fixed Theme Preview display

• Changed WindowsSettings plugin keyword to 's' from '*'

• Updated wording for Pingyin search message box

• Fixed Program plugin's ability to distinguish .lnks by arguments

• Fixed Context Menu design

• Fixed searching in Chinese even if Pinyin is enabled

• Fixed minor pipeline issues and added caching

• Fixed Plugin Store memory leaks

• General fixes on Program plugin

• Removed ColorProfileData in app_missing_img

• Changed the delete icon to a recycle bin icon

• Fixed a progress bar display issue

• Fixed WindowsSettings plugin untranslatable strings

• Fixed blurry search window context menu

• Fixed WebSearch plugin's search source setting guide

• Remove font-family style for Chinese

• Fixed LastQueryMode's selection language display when new language is selected

• Fixed Explorer crash on a reserved character when performing ole db query

• Fixed QueryTextbox's binding event

• Fixed some build warnings

• Updated readme

• New Crowdin updates

Contributions

We would like to directly mention and thank the following people (in alphabetical order) for their contribution and support in this release.

@0xCCY, @dracp, @Garulf, @JohnTheGr8, @LeLocTai, @nachmore, @NeedJustWord, @onesounds, @Sparrkle, @taooceros, @VictoriousRaptor and everyone who has joined discussions, added translations, created plugins, reviewed pull requests, put through their ideas or reported bugs.

A big thank you to @itsonlyfrans for sponsoring us! ❤️