PicView 2.3

Gallery Improvements

New Thumbnail Stretching Options

You can now choose from six different stretching modes for displaying gallery thumbnails:

• Uniform: Thumbnails maintain their aspect ratio, fitting within the display area without cropping.
• Uniform to Fill: Thumbnails maintain their aspect ratio but fill the display area, potentially cropping part of the image.
• Fill: Thumbnails fill the display area, potentially distorting the image to fit.
• None: Thumbnails are displayed at their original width.
• Square: Thumbnails are displayed in a square ratio.
• Fill Square: Thumbnails fill a square area, potentially distorting the image to fit.

These options are available for both the bottom gallery and the full gallery views.

Fixed Gallery Navigation

Keyboard navigation within the full gallery has been improved and fixed.

UI Improvements

Settings Window Update

• Size adjustments for both the bottom gallery and the full gallery are now more user-friendly.
• The new thumbnail stretching options are also integrated into the settings.

Drag and Drop Enhancements

• Drag Preview Fixes: Instances where the drag preview was not correctly closed have been resolved.
• Performance Enhancements: PicView now responds more quickly when dragging images over the application.

Faster Color Choice Loading

PicView now loads color choices faster, when the default color choice has been changed.

Language Updates

• Updated German translations.
• Updated Danish translations.

Stability and Bug Fixes

• Crash Fix: Resolved an issue that caused a crash when changing the sorting mode if no images were loaded.
• Startup Menu Fix: Fixed an issue where the startup menu was not being removed correctly when pasting from startup with no image loaded.

Miscellaneous Updates

• Magick.NET: Updated to version 13.9.1.
• AutoUpdater.NET: Updated to version 1.9.0.

PicView 2.2.7

Bug fixes

• Fixed an issue where the bottom gallery would not load correctly at startup, when opening the first image in the folder
• Fixed an instance of the drag and drop overlay not removing
• Fixed an issue when setting EXIF rating could corrupt the image

Misc

• Updated Magick.NET to 13.9.0

PicView 2.2.6

Bug fixes

• Fixed possible crash when dragging an image over the program #152
• Fixed incorrect zooming when in fullscreen mode #153
• Saving settings should only save to the roaming directory, if there is no writing permission
• Fixed an error message popping up incorrectly when loading keybindings

Misc

• Updated Magick.NET to 13.8.0

2.2.5

Changelog

• Fixed an issue with saving to the roaming directory, when there is no write permission #137 & #149
• Fixed an error when attempting to use the resize function in fullscreen mode #148
• Fixed a button missing text label "Swirl" in the Image Effects window #146
• The text boxes for Title and Subject will no longer display Sytem.Byte[]
• Added a new Reset to default button in the settings window

PicView 2.2.4

Changelog

• Fixed incorrect centering #143
• Fixed a crash when viewing hidden files #140
• Fixed a bug when starting fullscreen with no image being selected and adjusted behavior #141
• Fixed the current language not being selected in the settings window drop-down box
• Corrected the Copy File Path, when you're viewing the shortcuts, to display Ctrl + Alt + C instead of Ctrl + Shift + C

PicView 2.2.3

Changelog

• Addressed an issue where PicView would crash upon changing the sorting order.
• Enhanced performance by pinging images instead of reading them.
• Rectified the absence of image crop text and title in the right-click menu.
• The title now accurately reverts back after canceling crop.
• Fixed the missing plus sign in the right-click menu.
• Corrected the missing star rating's translation in the shortcuts view.
• Improved handling of EXIF metadata, eliminating reliance on Microsoft-WindowsAPICodePack-Core.
• Updated translations: Replaced "Horizontal scroll" with "Scroll direction" and "UI settings" with "Appearance."
• Translations in the Image Info window now accurately updates when the language is changed.
• Center window on first start-up, when no settings are present.

PicView 2.2.2

What's Changed

• Updated Korean by @VenusGirl in #138
• PicView now closes menus when entering fullscreen
• Fixed the context menu and the pop-up menus not updating when language is changed
• Fixed issue with saving settings. If PicView is installed with no write permissions, it will save to the AppData folder
• When using PicView to delete the viewed image, it should no longer navigate back twice
• Minor updates to the Danish translation

PicView 2.2.1

Changelog

• Performance improvements for image loading
• Fix an issue causing a crash when using drag and drop to load unsupported files #135
• Updated German translation
• Set language from operating system, if the user settings have not been configured
• Better handling when loading images that are corrupt/invalid
• Minor UI improvements
• PicView now focuses when opening images in the same window
• Updated logic for saving settings #137
• Add support for Nanazip #134

Full Changelog: 2.2...2.2.1

PicView 2.2

What's New

• Folder Synchronization: PicView now synchronizes with the viewed folder, ensuring real-time updates for file additions, deletions, and renames.
• Last File on Startup: New settings to show the last file on startup or a specific file.
• Open Last File as URL: The new option to open the last file works seamlessly if it is a URL.

Improvements

• Enhanced Language Switching: Changing the language no longer requires a restart.
• Gallery Loading Enhancements: Preloading and gallery loading improvements for smoother performance.
• Portable Settings: PicView now uses .json settings, making it portable. Ideal for storing on a USB thumb drive. #106

Bug Fixes

• Subdirectory Toggling: Fixed an issue where toggling subdirectories wasn't running in the background properly, causing the application to become unresponsive.
• Last File Opening: Fixed an issue of opening the last file not always being correct.
• Mousewheel Options: Fixed mouse wheel options not working. #130
• Visual Bugs: Fixed visual bugs when changing the visibility of the bottom gallery while the interface is being hidden.
• Mouse Right-Click Menu: Corrected the right-click menu functionality on the gallery thumbnails.
• Lockscreen Image Function: Fixed issues with the 'Set as lockscreen image' function.

Language and Locale

• Korean Language Update: Thanks to @VenusGirl for the latest Korean language update. #129
• Enhanced Language Switching: Changing the language no longer requires a restart.

User Experience

• Rotation: Improved the image rotation to make it feel more user-friendly
• EXIF-Based Auto-Rotation: Added auto-rotate and image flipping based on EXIF orientation. #131
• Cropping: Fixed the image cropping opening in unintended scenarios

Performance and Stability

• Optimized Operation: 'Optimize Image' function now displays messages for unsupported files and guarantees additional stability.
• Gallery Loading Enhancements: Preloading and gallery loading improvements for smoother performance.

Note: If an error happened when opening, please redownload your version

PicView 2.1

What's Changed

• New Customizable keybindings! Open the About window and scroll down to change them #128
• New image scaling mode by @nopeless in #122
• Fixed an issue causing incorrect sorting order when using the context menu, from the image gallery, to delete the corresponding file
• Fixed the gallery icon showing up unintended
• Fixed an issue that could cause the application to not exit properly, if closing when the gallery thumbnails are still loading
• Optimization and fixes for first start-up with bottom gallery enabled
• Optimization to loading the thumbnail gallery items
• Fixed a label not reacting when mouse is over in the settings window
• Improved the responsiveness when activating the Optimize image function
• The file information in the pop-up, when hovering the mouse over a gallery thumbnail, will now be truncated when needed
• The update function will now update based on the specific version, rather than defaulting to the installer
• Updated the credits in the info window
• Updated Magick.NET to 13.4.0

New Contributors

• @nopeless made their first contribution in #122

Full Changelog: 2.0...2.1