d2phap/ImageGlass 9.0.1.514

ImageGlass Moon 9.0 beta 1

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• File > Open file..
• File > Open width...
• File > Print...
• File > Refresh / Reload / Reload image list
• Navigation > View next / previous image
• Navigation > View the first / last image
• Zoom > Zoom in / out / view actual size
• Zoom > all 6 zoom modes from version 8:
  • Auto zoom,
  • Lock zoom,
  • Scale to width,
  • Scale to height,
  • Scale to fit,
  • Scale to fill.
• Image > Image focus mode (new)
• Image > Loading orders
• Image > Open image location
• Image > View image properties
• Clipboard> Copy / Cut multiple image files
• Clipboard > Copy image pixel data
• Clipboard > Copy image path
• Layout: All menu features from version 8: Toggle toolbar, thumbnail bar, checkerboard background, set window always on top
• Help > Set as default photo viewer (new)
• Help > Unset default photo viewer (new)
• And other features...

Image Booster component

• Supports cancelling loading the previous images on fast navigating (#1025, #1107)
• Supports custom codecs. Currently, only contains Magick.NET codec

Settings, Theme, and Language component

• Change file format to JSON format
• For Settings component:
  • Supports 3 levels of setting: igconfig.json, igconfig.default.json, igconfig.admin.json
  • Supports passing individual settings to ImageGlass.exe through command line (#669).
    The setting must start with a hyphen -, and setting value comes after equal character =. For example:

    # hide the toolbar and set background color to red
    ImageGlass.exe -ShowToolbar=false -BackgroundColor=#ff0000

  • Image information setting: adds ability to choose which info tags to display on the title bar thought the setting InfoItems: [] (#971), supports EXIF Rating.

ViewBox component

• Supports hardware acceleration to improve image interaction performance (#272)
• Navigation arrow buttons are improved with better look and interaction behaviors (#1224)
• Supports showing better text message
• Supports Image focus mode for smooth zooming and panning (#272, #522)
• Able to change zooming/panning speed
• Supports customize keyboard for Image focus mode through the setting ImageFocusModeHotkeys: {} (#608). Default values:

  "ImageFocusModeHotkeys": {
    "InternalPanningLeftKeys": "Left",
    "InternalPanningRightKeys": "Right",
    "InternalPanningUpKeys": "Up",
    "InternalPanningDownKeys": "Down",
    "InternalZoomInKeys": "-",
    "InternalZoomOutKeys": "+"
  }

Toolbar component

• Supports fully customizable toolbar buttons through the setting ToolbarItems: []. For example:

  "ToolbarItems": [
    {
      "Type": "Button", // "Button" or "Separator"
      "Id": "btn_Thumbnail", // Id must be unique
      "Text": "Thumbnail bar", // Tooltip text for the button
      "DisplayStyle": "Image", // Style of button: "Image" or "ImageAndText"
      "CheckableConfigBinding": "ShowThumbnails", // Bind the setting name for auto-check on click
      "Alignment": "Left", // Alignment group: "Left" or "Right"
      "Image": "ThumbnailBar", // Predefined image key in theme pack
      "OnClick": {
        "Executable": "MnuToggleThumbnails", // Can be the name of menu, name of function in FrmMain.IGMethods.cs, or path of executable file.
        "Argument": "" // argument for function in FrmMain.IGMethods; or command arguments for executable file.
      }
    },
  ]

  • Built-in methods (start with IG_): https://github.com/d2phap/ImageGlass/blob/9.0.1.514/v9/ImageGlass/FrmMain/FrmMain.IGMethods.cs
  • Setting names (Config.cs): https://github.com/d2phap/ImageGlass/blob/9.0.1.514/v9/Components/ImageGlass.Settings/Config.cs
  • Menu names (start with Mnu): https://github.com/d2phap/ImageGlass/blob/9.0.1.514/v9/ImageGlass/FrmMain.Designer.cs#L1203-L1311
• Able to add new buttons with custom actions: Use menu item's action; predefined methods; or a custom command
• Supports 2 position groups: Left/Center group, Right group
• Adds more properties for theming
• Improves toolbar overflow panel (#541)

Thumbnail bar component

• Adds option to show filename under the thumbnail (#539)
• Supports item tooltip
• Supports dark mode for scrollbar
• Supports persistent disk cache, maximum 100 MB by default (#1292)
• Supports dragging thumbnail to other app (#990)
• Improves scrolling performance by mouse wheel, trackpad.

Menu component

• Supports custom keyboard shortcut through the setting MenuHotkeys (#608). For example:

  "MenuHotkeys": {
    "MnuAbout": "Ctrl+Shift+Alt+A",
    "MnuCopyPath": "F1",
    "MnuOpenFile": "O"
  }

• Removes the ugly top-left lines (#1218)

Other improvements and fixes

• Upgraded Magick.NET to v11.1.2
• Fixed: when single instance enabled, window always stayed behind when passing a file (#620)
• Uses the new API to save the window position: WindowPlacement. This works better with multi-screens