Xyplorer Release Notes

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Xyplorer

28.30.1408 - 2026-07-21 11:10

Xyplorer fixes the Breadcrumb Bars hover effect when BorderOutline=1 is used.

Breadcrumb Bars: Hover Effect

was broken when tweak BorderOutline=1. Fixed.
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Jul 21, 2026
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Xyplorer

28.30.1407 - 2026-07-21 10:08

Xyplorer improves focus switching with Tab and fixes keyboard behavior for checkboxes, radio buttons, and push buttons.

% Glow Up: Improved handling of focus switch by TAB #2.

% Glow Up: Checkboxes and radio buttons now toggle correctly on keyup, not keydown.

Push buttons also now only react to keyup when the SPACE key is pressed.

Glow Up: Still couldn't find a way to suppress the beep on Alt+Letter.
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Jul 20, 2026
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Xyplorer

28.30.1406 - 2026-07-20 19:52

Xyplorer improves window resize and TAB focus handling in Glow Up.

Glow Up

Improved handling of window resize. The window can now be as small as you want but at some point the controls will be out of view.

Improved handling of focus switch by TAB.
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Jul 19, 2026
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Xyplorer

28.30.1405 - 2026-07-19 17:46

Xyplorer replaces its old folder picker with a friendlier Common Item Dialog, adding history, search, favorites and tree view.
Select Folder: The old dialog, SHBrowseForFolder, has been replaced with the Common Item Dialog in all instances where only folders, and not folders and files, were selected. That was 14 out of 22 instances. Overall, the new dialog is much more user-friendly. It saves navigation history and supports the navigation pane, aka tree view, as well as search and favorites/quick access. It generally behaves like a little File Explorer.

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Jul 19, 2026
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Xyplorer

28.30.1404 - 2026-07-19 11:39

Xyplorer fixes some glitches, while TAB focus movement remains a known issue for later.

! Glow Up: Fixed some glitches. Focus move by TAB is still not smooth, a known issue that will be tackled later.
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Jul 18, 2026
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Xyplorer

28.30.1403 - 2026-07-18 21:17

Xyplorer adds WinUI 3 dialogs, dark mode-aware colors, and better Hover Box hotkey behavior.
Glow Up: The various dialogs featuring lists, e.g. Help | List All Commands..., now have the WinUI 3 controls.

Glow Up: Colors now obey to the dark mode settings ( Configuration | Colors and Styles | Highlights & Dark Mode | Dark mode).

Hover Box: You can now use the Hover Box hotkeys even when the focus is in an edit box, such as the Address Bar or Live Filter Box. Previously, these keys worked in both the Hover Box and the focused edit box simultaneously, which was likely not the user's intention.

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Jul 16, 2026
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Xyplorer

28.30.1402 - 2026-07-16 16:04

Xyplorer adds a WinUI 3-inspired “Glow Up” for its UI, starting with a redesigned About dialog built from owner-drawn images for better control over appearance, dark/light mode, memory use, file size, and performance. It also adjusts corner radius behavior for borders.
Glow Up

Wrote a collection of various WinUI 3 controls that will take the XY user interface to the next level. Virtually every control you'll see is just an owner-drawn image of a control, not a real control (there is no window resource behind it, no handle wasted). This means complete control over the appearance, perfect (and customizable) dark/light mode, freedom from old and new Windows bugs, easier maintenance, (even) lower memory requirements, (even) smaller file sizes, and (even) faster performance. And, by the way, WinUI 3 requires Windows 10 or later, but XYplorer's implementation will work perfectly even on XP. This beta version offers a very modest start: the "About" dialog. There's still a lot to optimize (colors, positions, sizes), but that's really easy now and will happen over the next few weeks as more and more dialogs are migrated to the new system.

Glow Up: The corner radius is now independent of the border width (but: it cannot be greater than twice the border width).

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BorderRadius=4 '4px is the Win11 official recommendation BorderWidth=2
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Jul 10, 2026
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Xyplorer

28.30.1401 - 2026-07-10 15:10

Xyplorer fixes list view polish, focus handling, and a rename display glitch.
List: The line numbers column header is now empty in all views. Before, it was "#" in Details views. Cleaner look.

List and Small Lists: The focus rectangle is now drawn on top of the hover effect.

Menu Window: Changes made here no longer affect the Settings button (it stays green).

Configuration | General | Sort and Rename | Rename | Show name length while renaming: When enabled, a bizarre display glitch caused small ghost rectangles to briefly appear somewhere on the screen. Fixed.

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Jul 7, 2026
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Xyplorer

28.30.1315 - 2026-07-07 15:50

Xyplorer fixes batch rename preview scaling and tweaks glow, hover outline, breadcrumb bars, and favorites box colors.
Glow Up: Minor change to a key name:
BorderContour --> BorderOutline

Glow Up: Added a separate key (tweak) to control the one-pixel outline with the hover effect. Factory default is off:
HoverOutline=0

Breadcrumb Bars: The change from v28.30.1301 - 2026-06-29 16:14 had to be undone. It ultimately did not work out.

Favorites | Set Box Color...: Now the box colors keep more of the original light mode hue in dark mode.

Batch Rename Preview: Since v28.30.1306 - 2026-07-01 18:13, the dialog layout was broken in > 100% screen scaling. Fixed.

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Jul 6, 2026
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Xyplorer

28.30.1314 - 2026-07-06 17:05

Xyplorer fixes missing scrollbars in breadcrumb bar dropdowns when lists extend beyond the window.

Breadcrumb Bars

Since dropdown lists can extend beyond the window borders (v28.30.1301 - 2026-06-29 16:14), the scrollbars were missing when needed. Fixed.
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Jul 6, 2026
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Xyplorer

28.30.1313 - 2026-07-06 12:50

Xyplorer adds “Play once and close” to Audio/Video preview, auto-closing playback to release locked files.
Configuration | Preview | Preview | Audio/Video preview

Added "Play once and close" to the dropdown list. Select it to auto-close the preview after the playback is done. This ensures that the previewed file is no longer locked by XYplorer and that other processes can access it fully.

Tweak AutoClose: Removed.

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Jul 5, 2026
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Xyplorer

28.30.1312 - 2026-07-05 15:49

Xyplorer improves audio preview auto-close and fixes black thumbnails and dialog close crashes.
Audio Preview

Added tweak to auto-close the preview after the playback is done. This ensures that the previewed file is no longer locked by XYplorer and that other processes can access it fully.

AutoClose=1

Note that this tweak only takes effect if "Configuration | Preview | Preview | Audio/Video preview" is set to "Play once".

Thumbnails

Since v28.30.1310, thumbnails turned black when hovered. Fixed.

Dialogs with Filter Box

Since v28.30.1309, dialogs could crash on close. Fixed.
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Jul 4, 2026
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Xyplorer

28.30.1311 - 2026-07-04 21:27

Xyplorer fixes some glitches in Glow Up.

! Glow Up: Fixed some glitches.
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Jul 4, 2026
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Xyplorer

28.30.1310 - 2026-07-04 16:09

Xyplorer fixes breadcrumb, toolbar, tab bar, and dialog behavior for a smoother interface.
Breadcrumb Bars: Now the hover effect is rounded if "Configuration | Colors and Styles | Highlights & Dark Mode | Selections" is set to "XYplorer Style (Rounded)".

Toolbar: Since 2026-07-02, the separators were incorrectly placed under certain conditions. Fixed.

Tab Bar: Since v28.30.1204 - 2026-06-23 13:11, the New Tab and Tab List buttons had no hover effect anymore. Fixed.

Dialogs with a List and a Filter Box: You could not TAB from the Filter Box to the List due to a tB bug. Worked around.

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Jul 3, 2026
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Xyplorer

28.30.1309 - 2026-07-03 20:11

Xyplorer improves Small Lists filter boxes by always saving the last used filter for the next toggle, even after cancel.
Filter Boxes (Small Lists): The last used filter is now always stored (ready for the next toggle), even if the dialog was canceled or the list was not filtered when the dialog was closed (OK or Cancel). Previously, it was only stored when the dialog was OK-ed and the list was filtered at that point.
Note that the last used filter is a global value applied to all small filter boxes.

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