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VERSION HISTORY
v1.113.01 - August 5, 2010
| · | [Feature] LBC now detects when the monitor changes resolution and auto-adjusts itself to the new dimensions (fixes bug where a resolution change could cause LBC to be offscreen an unactivateable) |
| · | [BugFix] Options for specifying multiple folder inclusion and exclusion patterns said to use ; but this did not work. You should now use | character to separate multiple patterns. |
| · | [Feature] Added item to right-click menu to open the containing folder of an item on the dock or in a folder menu. |
| · | [BugFix] Trying to fix rare error message about showing a modal window when working with options. |
v1.112.01 - May 4, 2010
| · | [Feature] You can now drag+drop files and folders onto tree configuration nodes that aren't containers, and items will be added below them, like siblings. |
| · | [BugFix] When dragging and dropping files+folders onto tree configuration, they were previously lowercased. |
v1.111.01 - April 15, 2010
| · | [Feature] You can now choose to hide all (or only .lnk) file extensions in folder nodes. |
| · | [BugFix] Using an item with an icon that can't be read could mess up item images temporarily -- fixed. |
| · | [Feature] Creating new dock node starts with a default icon. |
| · | [Feature] You can now add custom spacers in the Separator item nodes. |
v1.110.01 - December 25, 2009
| · | [Feature] Some people were getting error about missing drives when LBC tried to resolve paths for items that no longer had valid paths; such resolution is now not enabled by default, but can be enabled in the main Options page. |
v1.109.01 - November 29, 2009
| · | [BugFix] Removed usless "Preferences" menu from preferences dialog. |
| · | [Feature] If you ctrl+click on tab page tool buttons they will cycle through child "tabs". |
v1.108.02 - June 30, 2009
| · | [BugFix] The %Recent% folder list was not being filtered properly by file patterns, because all such links have .lnk at the end of them. New code removes the extra .lnk when matching against file patterns. |
| · | [BugFix] Folder nodes whose paths had an extra \ character at end were showing contents but failing to show icons. |
v1.108.01 - June 28, 2009
| · | [Bug Fix] It seems that recently the icon loading of document files stopped working (executable file icons were detected properly but not document file icons); this is now fixed. |
v1.107.01 - June 26, 2009
| · | [Major Feature] LBC now scans the Tools subdirectory for .lbctool files which define pre-configured menu items that can be added easily to launch bars using the tree configuration gui. This works with the new commandline tool output system to provide a kind of limited on-demand Plugin functionality. |
v1.106.01 - June 22, 2009
| · | [Feature] Better error detection during file save and load. |
| · | [Feature] SaveAs now defaults to current filename. |
| · | [Feature] Unhiding trigger on mouseover now ignores top right and bottom left corners of screen to avoid maximized window buttons and start menu. |
v1.105.02 - June 20, 2009
| · | [Feature] V1.05.01 of LBC had an invalid pointer bug that could crash when loading launchbars. |
v1.105.01 - June 18, 2009
| · | [Feature] LBC now makes automatic backups more often -- one each month that you make changes to the file, and when updating LBC version. |
| · | [Feature] LBC now warns if you are saving a LBC docking bar file with the initial default filename. |
v1.104.01 - June 17, 2009
| · | [BugFix] Adding entries from running processes was not grabbing full file path -- hopefully i haven't broken anything in fixing this. |
| · | [MajorFeature] You can now specify node menus that are built from commandline tool output (or file contents); this can be used to create plugin-like nodes. |
| · | [Feature] Added ability to overide icon+caption settings for submenu nodes and tab nodes and their children -- this lets you mix and match large and small icons on a dock bar. |
| · | [BugFix] Captions weren't changing properly on tab nodes when switching. |
| · | [Feature] You can now Ctrl+Click on dynamic file/folder menu items to open their *containing* folder. |
| · | [BugFix] Trying to fix the occasional error when using the "Configure this item" menu. |
v1.102.01 - June 13, 2009
| · | [BugFix] On Windows Vista and Windows 7, LBC was by default saving the initial launchbar in, and defaulting to saving in, the Program Files directory. This is now changed to the user's documents directory. If you are using VISTA or Windows7 and have a previous version installed, please save your custom launchbars in a directory of your own choosing and remember to back it up with your other data files. |
| · | [MajorFeature] You can now create "tab" submenu nodes, which are meant to hold a collection of child submenus, which can be switched between. By placing such a tab submenu on your dock you can easily click to switch the configuration of your docking bar icons on the fly to different sets of buttons to suit your needs. |
| · | [BugFix] Mouseover hints should work now if you enable them on dock options. |
v1.100.01 - June 12, 2009
| · | [BugFix] Attempt to fix annoying behavior where dock would unslide twice in rapid succession. |
| · | [MinorFeature] On Windows7 (and in no-border mode) there is now a right-click menu item to toggle resizeable border mode to adjust size of docked bar temporarily; this is another way other than shift+cursor keys to resize docking bars. |
| · | [MinorFeature] Added larger icon to program. |
| · | [Feature] Added background image mode to dock display properties. |
v1.99.01 - June 11, 2009
| · | [BugFix] On Windows 7 and Vista the non-docked launchbars were not resizeable. |
v1.98.01 - June 10, 2009
| · | [BugFix] On Windows 7 and Vista the docking bars were showing with big ugly grey borders. They now look much better. |
| · | [NewFeature] You can resize the docking bars by clicking on them and using the keyboard Shift+Arrow keys -- this is needed when using Windows Vista and Windows 7 as the docking bar is not dragable/resizable. |
| · | [NewFeature] In Maintenance menu is now a command to fixup changed drive letters and report any links to file paths that cannot be found or fixed. |
| · | [BugFix] Trying to fix flickering caused by yet another try to keep ontop status in place. |
| · | [New Feature] You can set Left or Center text alignment for captions. |
v1.96.01 - June 01, 2009
| · | [BugFix] LBC knows to hide when a full screen application (game or screensaver) runs; but it was losing it's ontop status after such an app closed. |
v1.94.01 - May 26, 2009
| · | [BugFix] Linked nodes were not launching in Batch mode for Batch menu parents. |
v1.93.01 - May 7, 2009
| · | [BugFix] In portable use, the last loaded (.mcf) file was not being automatically loaded when drive letter change occured. LBC now autocorrects last file name to account for drive letter changes in usb drives, etc. Applications and custom settings already autocorrect for drive letter changes. |
v1.92.01 - March 13, 2009
| · | [BugFix] Fixed flicker on hiding/sliding docks |
v1.91.01 - 3/10/09
| · | New option for custom bottom text in tray menus (including ability to disable) |
| · | [BugFix] Dropping a new item onto a sliding/hidden docking bar caused it to push other windows out of the way. |
| · | Added -config commandline switch to open up configuration dialog at startup -- useful to correct layout problems that prevent docks from showing. |
| · | Added option to docks to always show tray icon -- useful for testing and hidden/sliding docks. |
| · | You can now trigger the normal LBC popup menu from the right-click menu of items on the dock -- especially useful in transparent background mode when there is no way to click on LBC background to get this menu. |
| · | [BugFix] The NOBORDER option was still leaving a thin border |
| · | [BugFix] The right-click context menu of items could sometimes be hidden behind normal node menu. |
| · | You can now ask LBC to completely hide the docking bar and not even show a sliver when docked (new option in the dock), or show a sliver but now with some transparency to make it less intrusive. |
| · | [BugFix] The upper right corner of a bar docked to the top or right hand of screen is ignored for unhiding bars because of likelyhood of system icon buttons there -- but cursor there was also causing docks to hide which is no longer the case. |
| · | Added option to delay unhiding of docked bars. |
| · | [Bugfix] Default options for some newly created nodes could show values of last loaded node. |
| · | [Bugfix] Improved theme/transparent/colored options slightly (icons were looking more ragged than they should with colored backgrounds) |
v1.87.01 - 2/18/09
| · | If you change icon file for a node manually (to a valid new image file), it now recognizes that you have made a change and saves it |
| · | Default ConfigDir.ini is now included with installation for portable use. |
v1.86.01 - 1/14/09
| · | Fixed bug where hotkey popup menus were showing contents of last virtual folder (control panel,etc.) |
v1.85.01 - 12/26/08
| · | More attempts at making the ontop behavior work well and consistently |
| · | Attempt to hide under fullscreen games/screensavers. |
v1.84.02 - 11/03/08
| · | Avoids unhiding when cursor is in top right corner of monitor (where maximized windows have their close button) |
v1.83.01 - 11/03/08
| · | More attempts to fix the bug where launchbars were losing their ontop status. |
| · | Fixed bug where Folder nodes stopped working. |
v1.80.01 - 10/28/08
| · | Tried to improve hit detection for sliding/hiding docks and improve ontop behavior |
v1.79.01 - 10/28/08
| · | Added "Shortcuts" folder with "My Control Panel" subfolder during install -- useful to easily make a folder menu of control panel items on a new dock. |
| · | Folder nodes can now specify directories using the %APPDIR% replacement field and paths of folder nodes can now include system environmental variables combined with subfolders. |
v1.76.02 - 10/28/08
| · | Fixed hotkey menu popup not responding to keypresses and not disappearing. |
| · | Fixed multiple hotkey popup menus being shown -- now hotkey toggles popup menu. |
v1.75.02 - 10/27/08
| · | Fixed bug where bar slid out and back multiple times in a row. |
| · | Fixed bug where hotkey pop-up menu was not getting focus or disappearing on change of focus. |
v1.74.03 - 10/27/08
| · | You can now customize the click sound for menus; click sound played when hidden bar appears |
| · | Tried to fix a bug where toolbar was temporarily shown blank on unhiding |
| · | Included small directory of sounds with installation |
| · | Trying to fix bug where "On Top" setting is being ignored. |
| · | Improved system tray menu. |
v1.73.01 - 10/26/08
| · | Totally rewritten auto-hiding/sliding docking bar support (make sure you set docks to be OnTop from main root options node) |
| · | Improved clarity of node right-click menu. |
| · | Improved multimonitor support. |
v1.71.02 - 10/25/08
| · | Big new feature.. Multimonitor support! Now docks can be docked to any side of any monitor. YAY! |
| · | Improved display of different border options for Docks. |
v1.70.03 - 10/22/08
| · | Hotkey support implemented; you can now configure hotkeys for any item, menu, virtual folder, or dock. Triggering a hotkey normally shows menu under cursor for that branch of tree. For docks you can also configure the hotkey to toggle visibility of dock. |
| · | Tree configuration now does not hide docks -- easier to see skinning options. |
| · | Right-click on items now shows shell context menu when appropriate. |
| · | Click sounds now played during virtual folder navigation. |
| · | Files were not being marked as modified after drag+drop on a launch bar which could result in failure to save the new item. |
| · | Added new readonly file mode which says to ignore any changes without warning. |
| · | Fixed noborder option for transparent launchbars. |
| · | Right-clicking on a node and choosing preferences/configure will now open up configuration tree to that node. |
| · | Added "Save As.." to readonly file change warning choices. |
| · | Added -open "filename" commandline option to specify a filename to load (useful for portable invocation) |
v1.61.01 - 8/13/07
| · | Added update checking support. |
v1.60.06 - 11/19/06
| · | When you drag and drop nodes between DIFFERENT files it will now default to a COPY operation not a move (you can override by holding CTRL to force a copy operation or SHIFT to force a MOVE operation). |
| · | Added option in file node for configuring different confirmation levels for saving file changes. |
| · | Several improvements in backup/save procedures designed to minimize the possibility of a crash during save corrupting any data, and make it highly likely that a backup will exist if your launchbar file gets fubar. |
| · | Bugfix: An error message could be generated when clicking on a menu item, due to a mistaken toggle button link id#. |
| · | Improved save procedure on exit. |
| · | Improved save confirmation dialogs. |
| · | Dragging and dropping a shortcut on a bar offered choice of linking to shortcut but ignored this choice and always linked to real file; fixed. |
| · | Fixed bug that could cause crash if you close files/nodes that are showing on a docking bar on screen while you are editing it (docking bars now close while you edit preferences). |
| · | You can now drag and drop file order in tree (i dont know why you would want to do that, but at least it doesnt crash like before) |
| · | You can now drop tree files onto tree to load them. |
| · | Bugfix: images could become temporarily mis-assigned when closing files. |
| · | Added a backup reminder feature on first use. |
| · | Added ability mark files as read-only so they will never be saved accidentally. |
| · | Bugfix: canceling an exit from configuration screen could hang program. |
| · | Changed special folders to have the form %SPECIALNAME% for easier identification. |
| · | Internal file format upgraded (will notify you on loading old files) to speed up special folder access somewhat and speed up hiding of missing files. |
| · | Bugfix: Folder icons weren't displaying in last version. |
| · | Bugfix: .tmp files were not being deleted on successful save. |
| · | Included HamRadio's awesome Icon Set #0 dll (thanks HamRadio) <---- NICE !!! |
| · | New improved icon image selection mechanism. |
| · | You can now cancel an icon change and it will revert to previous icon. |
| · | You can now manually set the imageid for an item (useful for cloning images from other nodes). |
| · | Added Help item to popup+tray menu. |
| · | Added sample launchbar with categories from HamRadio using his icons (see SampleLaunchbar directory). |
v1.56.02 - 10/12/06
| · | Bugfix - adding sibling menus could generate temporary erroneous copy of menu underneath. |
v1.55.03 - 8/18/06
| · | Now .lnk extensions are not shown in virtual folder menus |
| · | Better sorting in virtual folder menus |
| · | New option in virtual folder menus to use dividers between letter groups |
| · | Virtual folder menu item names were being displayed incorrectly when filtering was applied |
| · | Added automatic backup process that backs up config tree files whenever saving new versions |
| · | Icons can now use environmental variables in paths |
| · | Better support for old fashioned folder nodes (click to open in file explorer) |
| · | Loads default Launch Bar on first use |
| · | Fixed broken help file shortcut. |
| · | Added option to hide missing file nodes in a dock |
| · | Fixed new bug where about box was not being displayed |
v1.54.02 - 7/25/06
| · | Folder browse button didn't trigger a need to save node details. |
| · | Full support for portable use on removable drives (like USB drives), by automatically changing drive letters, or letting you specify program locations using paths relative to application or application drive. |
| · | Fixed bug where skin preferences were not being used at startup. |
| · | Fixed bug where menu caption colors were wrong when default skin was selected. |
| · | Fixed bug when trying to copy entire file tree.. |
v1.53.01 - 7/23/06
| · | Added extraction of icons from dll files. |
| · | Added flexible virtual folder contents menus with pattern filters. |
| · | Fixed bug not saving new items on shutdown. |
| · | Added drag and drop files/folders/icons into configuration fields. |
| · | Added sample LaunchBar file. |
v1.51.01 - 3/06/06
| · | When launching apps which can take filename arguments but are launched without any, they are now called with NULL commandline args (otherwise some apps were launching with 1 empty commandline arg, which could cause different behavior). |
| · | Taskbar now shows item entry for preferences. |
| · | Added hint to system tray icon when minimized. |
| · | Removed no-border option temporarily since it doesn't work right. |
| · | Files with .htm and .html extensions are now launched with custom browser if configured. |
| · | Improved drawing of icons after a new item is dropped onto the bar |
| · | Added option to switch to apps if they are already running (instead of launching new copy) |
| · | Set default skin theme to Office2003 |
v1.50.01 - 2/28/06
| · | First limited alpha release to testers. |
TO DO LIST
| · | add option to hide all file extensions in file menus |
| · | add function to tag/hide broken shortcuts |
| · | auto hide commands not found |
| · | Add folder clicking to explore mode |
| · | Add folder click to explore mode for Commands |
| · | Fix bug where right clicking on bar has no effect |
| · | Add right click on folder menus |
| · | Add sound to virtual folder menus |
| · | Add empty folder lookahead cleanup mode |
| · | Printer button (drag to print), with button to change default printer |
| · | option to auto disable items that are not available currently |
| · | option to read icons from 16bit files. |
| · | Advanced Batch Operations using "Drag+Drop Shell Robot" techonology. |
| · | Better multimonitor support. |
| · | ability to center toolbar horiz or vert. |
| · | exit with non-named project crash? |
| · | add ability to use a file as a "template" which will locate all changes file locations and disables missing files; so that it can be used to share organizations |
| · | merge-only-new command? (ie update/sync). |
| · | auto alphabetize command |
| · | default to only keep minimal icons from load |
| · | fix bug on copy paste file nodes becoming unselectable |
| · | autodetect changes in open file |
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