i2van/hourglass 1.15.51

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Hourglass Changes

Installer

• Adds the Hourglass executable path to the Windows App Paths, so the Hourglass command-line is available out of the box.

WinGet

The Hourglass can be managed with WinGet:

Install

winget source update
winget install -e --id i2van.hourglass

Upgrade

winget source update
winget upgrade i2van.hourglass

Uninstall

winget uninstall -e --id i2van.hourglass

Portable

Ngen Support

Processing the Hourglass with the Native Image Generator (Ngen.exe) speeds up the Hourglass startup.

To run script as an Administrator press Win+X and select the Windows PowerShell (Admin) or Command Prompt (Admin). Copy script full path to the console opened and execute one of the following:

• Generate the Hourglass native image and its dependencies and install in the native image cache:

ngen-Hourglass.bat install

• Delete the native images of the Hourglass and its dependencies from the native image cache:

ngen-Hourglass.bat uninstall

Command-line

• New command pause
• New command resume
• New option --digital-clock-time, -c, /c
• New option --multi-timers, -mt, /mt
• New option --activate-next, -an, /an
• New option --show-trigger-time, -st, /st
• New option --pause-after-loop-timer, -pl, /pl
• New option --order-by-title, -ot, /ot
• Renamed option --prompt-on-exit to --prompt-on-close
• New option --save-timer-on-closing, -sc, /sc

See command-line usage for details.

UI

• Uses a Windows Task Dialog instead of a message box (GitHub).
• The Command-line usage dialog can be accessed from the About dialog and vice versa.
• New Accent theme which uses Windows accent color. This theme is a default one.
• The Jump List support (disabled by default, see FAQ).
• The thumbnail toolbar support.

Notification Area

• All the timer windows are arranged by the time left. The order is new, expired, paused, running. Timers can be ordered by the title first using --order-by-title, -ot, /ot command-line option or by the checking Advanced options / Order timers by title first then by time left timer window context menu option.
• The red circle is shown over the notification area icon if at least one timer is expired.
• The pause sign is shown over the notification area icon if at least one timer is paused.
• The digits from 0 to 9 are the hotkeys for the timer windows in the notification area icon context menu.
• The Double Click shows/hides all the timer windows.
• The Ctrl+Click creates a new timer window.
• The Shift+Click shows the first timer window.
• The Shift+Middle Click shows the recently opened timer windo w.
• The Middle Click or Shift+Right Click opens the timer window options menu.
• The Pause all menu command pauses all the running timer windows.
• The Resume all menu command resumes all the paused timer windows.
• The Options menu command opens the timer window options menu. The shortcut is the Middle Click or Shift+Right Click on the notification area icon.
• The Silent mode disables all the timer windows notifications. It is not preserved between runs.
• The Exit menu command prompts for closing all the running timer windows if the Prompt on close option is set.
• ⏺⏸⏹⏏🔁 symbols are used for the New, Paused, Stopped, Expired, Looped.

Timer Windows

Keyboard Shortcuts

• The Esc shortcut minimizes the timer window.
• The F11 shortcut makes the timer window full screen and back.
• The Ctrl+N shortcut creates a new timer window.
• The F2 shortcut edits the timer window title.
• The F4 shortcut edits the timer window time.

Context Menu

• All the timer window commands are available in the timer window context menu.
• The shortcuts are displayed in the timer window context menu.
• The Window title submenu is available directly from the timer window context menu.
• The Reset position and size menu command sets the timer window default position and size.
• The Restore, Minimize and Maximize timer window commands are always present in the timer window context menu.
• The Advanced options / Display time in the digital clock format timer window context menu option toggles the displayed time digital clock time format. The command-line option is --digital-clock-time, -c, /c
• The Advanced options / Show trigger time timer window context menu option shows the trigger time in the timer window and in the notification area context menu. The command-line option is --show-trigger-time, -st, /st
• The Advanced options / Activate next window when minimized or closed timer window context menu option enables the next timer window activation when the current timer window is minimized or closed. The command-line option is --activate-next, -an, /an
• The Advanced options / Order timers by title first then by time left timer window context menu option orders the timers by the title first then by the time left. The command-line option is --order-by-title, -ot, /ot
• The Advanced options / Save timer on closing timer window context menu option enables timer window save on closing. The command-line option is --save-timer-on-closing, -sc, /sc
• The Pause all timer window context menu command pauses all the running timers. Command-line command is pause
• The Resume all timer window context menu command resumes all the paused timers. Command-line command is resume
• The Pause after each loop timer window context menu command pauses the loop timer when it expires. Command-line command is --pause-after-loop-timer, -pl, /pl

Other

• All the timer windows are arranged by the time left. The order of the timer windows is new, expired, paused, running.
• The minimum timer window size is limited by the Windows only.
• The timer tooltip is shown if the timer window size is too small.
• The progress bar changes direction to vertical when the height is more than the width and vice versa.
• When the timer window is minimized or closed the next visible non-minimized timer window is activated.
• The time left is now used for editing instead of the original launch time.
• The timer window pops up on the current virtual desktop.
• The mouse double-click on progress border toggles full screen.
• The sound file can be placed to the %LOCALAPPDATA%\Hourglass or %LOCALAPPDATA%\Hourglass\Sounds directories. It can be the symbolic link created by the mklink system command.
• NAudioHourglassPack can be used for playing sounds on Windows with no Windows Media Player installed.
• The .ogg sound file format is supported.

Misc

• The Hourglass is built deterministically using the GitHub Actions.

Full Changelog: 1.15.50...1.15.51