I've work hard on this new release. The main new feature is a completely revamped
Search tool that will help you manage your favorites. Also, behind the scene, submenu and groups management in the
Customize window has been largely rewritten to allow copy and move of submenus and favorites both from the regular view and from search results. This release also make it easier to go back and forth in your submenus and groups. Finally some bugs has been fixed and the Russian language has been added.
In the
News section, also see
What's new in v10.4?
Version: 10.4 (2020-04-19)
IN SHORT
- COPY and MOVE SUBMENUS and groups
- IMPROVED SEARCH tool with more actions on found items and optional advanced view
- improved navigation in submenus, groups and search results
- other various improvements, including new Russian language
Copy and move submenus and groups
- allow to copy a single submenu or group and its contents (moving was already possible)
- allow to copy or move multiple submenus or groups and all their contents (using shift+click or ctrl+click to select multiple items)
- when copying or moving favorites, add [!] to their name when an existing favorite has the same name (instead of aborting the copy/move)
Search
- improved "Search" tool in the "Customize" window
- add three buttons on the left side of the Search result:
- "Sort" button to sort by any search result column
- "View menu" button to open a popup menu with the favorites currently in the search result (duplicate menu names are appended with the "[!]" suffix to make them unique)
- "Open submenu" to open in the Customize window the submenu containing the selected item in the search result
- when editing a favorite from the search result, stay in the search result (instead of changing the menu to the edited favorite as before)
- allow to move multiple favorites from search result (multiple copy was already possible)
- show all favorites in the search result when selecting the new menu item "Search All Favorites" under the "Tool" menu of the "Customize" window or when setting the search filter to "{All}"
- in "Extended search", also search based on the favorite's menu path
- when searching favorites in the "Customize" window, use the locale settings making (e.g. "é" considered as "e")
- when favorite names include an ampersand (&) as a keyboard shortcut, search names wtih or without the ampersand
New Options for Search tool
- add an option in "Customize Window" section to set the "Search scope" to all favorites from main menu (default) or ton only favorites under the menu currently displayed in the "Customize" window
- add an option to display additional columns in search result with dates and statistical info: date modified, date created, last usage date and usage frequency (QAP must me restarted after changing this option)
- when QAP window is maximized and showing additional columns, squeeze larger columns to show all columns in the available space
- do not display last used and usage stats columns if database disabled
- add an option in section "Customize Window" to make the use locale settings optional when searching favorites (default enabled)
Previous/Next arrows
- in the "Customize" window, add "Next" arrow in addition to the "Previous" arrow, allowing to browse backward and forward in QAP already visited menus, groups or search results
- add hotkeys Shift+Ctrl+Left to return to previous menu and Shift+Ctrl+Right move forward in visited menus in the "Customize" window
- display the list of menu and groups already visited in the previous/next menus when hovering these arrows buttons
Various
- when saving a new, edited or copied favorite, alert user if an existing favorite in any submenu has the same location and some other properties
- when clicking the "Sort" button in the "Customize" window, sort favorites based on user's locale setting (taking into account all non-English characters)
- in the "Customize" window, add an icon on the bottom left side to open a popup menu with the favorites in the menu or group currently displayed
- add the QAP feature "Favorites in Customize window" to show a menu with the current content (a sumenu, a group or a search result) of the "Customize" window (this dynamic menu can only be added to the "Main" menu)
Bug fixes
- fix bug when activating a running application instead of relaunching it if this option is selected in Application favorites
- fix bug playing favorite's sound
- fix bug when launching with the "Run as administrator" option enabled
- fix various other minor bugs
Language
- add Russian language file
- update of language files for German, French, Italian, Korean, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Dutch language and Simplified Chinese languages (still looking for new a Spanish translator)
You can download the new release on Quick Access Popup home page:
http://www.QuickAccessPopup.com
Please report bugs or send questions/comments in the
QAP Support section.