slimKEYS - Version history

Version 1.4.9255 - 2009/05/05

slimKEYS:
  • slimKEYS is now FREE! This does not mean its support will diminish, rest assured.
  • Saving the confguration with the executable is not explicitly supported anymore. Instead, you can now pass the configuration filename as a command-line argument to slimKEYS, enabling many more scenarios, like using slimKEYS from a USB stick.
slimSIZE:
  • You can tell a hotkey to grow or shrink a window, instead of just imposing a specific size.
slimVOLUME:
  • You can make a hotkey set the volume to a specific level, instead of just increasing or decreasing it.
slimLAUNCH:
  • A few shortcuts, like pressing Ctrl-F on a FileSystem item to open its parent folder, now close the slimLAUNCH window, like it should have been in the first place. A bug disguised into a feature!

Version 1.3.9063 - 2009/01/14

slimKEYS:
  • Changed "First Time Use" instructions to make them per plug-in again.
  • Added "Getting Started" help in slimKEYS hotkey window. Press F1 on any provider or hotkey. This is a first move toward context help.
  • Allow changing hotkey descriptions.
  • Added new tracing mecanism to help identify problems. Turned off by default.
  • Added backup configuration fallback if the main configuration file is incomplete.
  • Fixed default colors not using "slimCODE" theme.
  • Fixed misleading error message when trying to load slimVOLUME.Vista assemblies. There was no error.
  • Fixed installer issue on Vista not closing running slimKEYS instance before proceeding with upgrade.
slimZOOM:
  • New plug-in! Zoom in on any portion of your screens, and display the result in a window, on a single monitor, or on your whole display.
  • You can move the zoomed area around, draw on the screen, work with a snapshot or in live mode, and more.
slimLAUNCH:
  • Removed "beeps" when typing some shortcuts in the slimLAUNCH window.
  • Fixed slimLAUNCHthis hotkeys ignoring arguments on FileSystem items.
slimLAUNCH.Passwords:
  • Changed default naming pattern to "<category> : <title>".
  • Fixed typo in password store creation window.
slimSIZE:
  • Default hotkeys adjustments for Windows 7.
  • Added back Win-Multiply and Win-Divide hotkeys for changing a window's opacity.
  • Fixed offset problem that appeared when you put your taskbar on the left or top of the screen.
slimSMOKE:
  • Changed the default opacity to 70%.
slimVOLUME:
  • Changed the default view to "TV Bars".

Version 1.2.8479 - 2008/10/02

slimKEYS:
  • The trial version shows a message at the bottom of each window, instead of a popup notification at every N hotkey pressed.
  • Notification messages are now using the correct theme colors.
  • Fixed default colors that were not matching the "slimCODE" theme.
slimLAUNCH.Passwords:
  • When editing password stores, you can rename categories and password entries right from the treeview.
  • When editing password stores, the F2 shortcut now renames the selected tree node, and Enter edits the selected password entry.
  • You can drag and drop password nodes from one category to another for faster category renaming.
slimSEARCH:
  • You can control how spaces are converted into the destination query. This fixes the issue of spaces and Wikipedia searches.
  • Fixed tab order in configuration window.
slimSMOKE:
  • You can now tell the hotkey handler to cycle through all combinaisons of dimming and blurring.
slimLAUNCH:
  • When editing a slimLAUNCH hotkey configuration, the list of sources scrolls vertically instead of horizontally.
slimVOLUME:
  • Changed the transparency color for TV-like bars, so the label looks nicer.
slimSIZE:
  • Fixed tab order in configuration window.

Version 1.2.8429 - 2008/09/02

slimSMOKE:
  • Support Vista's blur for a cool new dimming mode.
  • Can either display only the active window, or every window of the active process.
  • The non-fast mode was removed, it was too heavy on the CPU.
slimLAUNCH.FileSystem:
  • Fixed problem with newly created files appearing in the search for folder-only sources.
  • File masks support for watched folders is completed.
slimSIZE:
  • Fixed configuration window always appearing in French.

Version 1.2.8310 - 2008/06/10

slimKEYS:
  • Now supports English and French languages.
  • Simplified hotkey window (will also serve future updates).
  • New type of popup notifications at the bottom-right.
  • Minor changes to window drawing.
slimVOLUME:
  • Now supporting Windows Vista 64-bit.
  • Allows you to create a hotkey that changes the playback device controlled by slimKEYS.
slimSIZE:
  • Fixed problem causing some Vista systems to not allow moving windows from elevated processes.
slimGRAB:
  • Fixed visual glitches when capturing a custom rectangle.
slimLAUNCH.FileSystem:
  • Changed the extended launch options window layout to put the verb at the beginning.

Version 1.2.8069 - 2008/01/19

slimKEYS:
  • Most windows now appear in the taskbar, thus also with Alt-Tab.
  • Display confirmation prompt when running a second instance of slimKEYS.
  • Fixed trial balloon message still mentioning old "pay what you want" scheme.
slimSMOKE:
  • Brand new plug-in that dims out your desktop except the active application. Press Ctrl-Win-M to enable or disable slimSMOKE.
slimLAUNCH.Delicious:
  • Fixed last launch command not remembered when updating the links after an update.
slimLAUNCH.FileSystem:
  • You can launch applications or documents using different verbs, like "runas" to run as administrator under Vista.
slimLAUNCH.Passwords:
  • You can change a password store's main password.
  • You can press Ctrl-Enter to both copy the password in the clipboard and open the associated web page.
  • Fixed last launch command not always remembered.
  • Prevent password edition in more than one window, which caused slimLAUNCH sources to forget about their password store.
slimSIZE:
  • You can now move windows from isolated processes under Vista, like Internet Explorer 7.
slimSEARCH:
  • A new extension is available, which allows you to type a FogBugz case number to search for it on your server.
  • Fixed some special characters lost when performing a search.
  • The https prefix is now recognized as a web address.
slimVOLUME:
  • Now supporting Windows Vista.
  • New volume drawing technique for better look over motion.
slimGRAB:
  • When saving over an existing file, the extension was repeated a second time.

Version 1.1.2 - 2007/10/11

slimKEYS:
  • New toolbar icons in the main window.
  • Fixed primary gradient background color lost when changing the caption gradient background color.
slimLAUNCH.Passwords:
  • Fixed new password entries not showing up in slimLAUNCH until slimKEYS is reloaded.
slimLAUNCH.FileSystem:
  • Using simpler icon extraction routine for faster display.
slimSIZE:
  • Allow sizes and positions as large as 32768 pixels (previously 4096).

Version 1.1.1 - 2007/09/06

slimKEYS:
  • Fixed auto-updating not working since version 1.0.4.

Version 1.1.0 - 2007/09/05

slimKEYS:
  • A brand new look.
  • You can hide the tray icon.
  • All assemblies and the installation package are now digitally signed.
  • Improved plug-in loading time. Plug-in assemblies must now be decorated with the "SlimKeysPlugin" attribute.
  • Fixed edition form not calling IWindowsFormsEditor.CancelPropertyEditor when the user pressed the cancel button.
slimLAUNCH.FileSystem:
  • You can customize the filename matching pattern, by also including any number of parent folder names, the drive letter, or the file's extension in the search.
slimLAUNCH.Delicious:
  • You can customize the posts name matching pattern, using any combinasion of a post's tag, description or web address.
  • Fixed lost password when editing the source settings without changing the password.
slimLAUNCH.Passwords:
  • You can customize the password entries name matching pattern, using any combinasion of an entry's title, category, username, email or web address.
  • Fixed password entry's last modified date not updated for every field change.
slimSIZE:
  • Sizes and positions can now be expressed in percentage.
  • You can specify a negative width or height to use the target monitor's full width or height minus that absolute value.
  • Default hotkeys after a fresh install were cleaned-up
slimSEARCH:
  • Added new search query type called "Web Address Filter", which recognizes web addresses and open them in your default browser instead of performing a search for them. Useful for those who don't like to use Alt-S or the "!" prefix.
  • Improved search entry selection and additions.
slimVOLUME:
  • slimVOLUME is automatically disabled on Windows Vista until support for this operating system is completed.

Version 1.0.5 - 2007/05/02

slimKEYS:
  • Removed some useless balloon messages.
slimSEARCH:
  • Complete new design to allow an infinite number of search targets.
  • Public interface to allow new search types to be implemented.
  • Select search target using either a mnemonic shortcut (e.g. Alt-G for Google) or a prefix in the keywords themselves (e.g. "g foobar" to search for "foobar" on Google).
  • Improved process or web page start-up (one of the available search targets).
slimLAUNCH:
  • Added slimLAUNCH.Delicious plug-in, for browsing del.icio.us posts.
slimLAUNCH.Passwords:
  • Fixed decryption error when trying to load empty password store.
  • Explicitly ask what to do when adding a new password store using an existing filename.
slimSIZE:
  • Changing a window's state and cycling it to the next monitor without chaning its location nor size now correctly moves the window to the next monitor.
  • Changed default hotkeys accordingly.
slimGRAB:
  • Fixed infinite loop when right-clicking outside of a window's child windows when already browsing its children.

Version 1.0.4 - 2007/03/07

slimKEYS:
  • No more splash screen on start-up.
  • Fixed focus problem with top-level windows displayed within a hotkey handler.
  • Fixed unregistered icon not hidden until closing and reopening main window after entering a new license key.
  • Clicking the unregistered icon now opens the slimKEYS configuration.
  • Renamed the default hotkey description to "Open the slimKEYS main window".
  • Added a config button to the main window, which does the same thing as activating the default Win-K hotkey.
  • Fixed main window's empty title.
  • Fixed main window not remembering position when located at (0,0).
slimLAUNCH:
  • You can now add a single file as a source, with an optional forced launch command.
  • You can toggle an option to remember only the first launch command used per item.
  • Fixed creation of new slimLAUNCHthis hotkeys.
  • Fixed initial selection when selecting source type.
  • Clearing a launch command with Ctrl-X now refreshes the item list.
slimLAUNCH.Passwords:
  • The password tree view is now sorted.
  • You can edit the selected password while browsing by pressing Ctrl-P.
slimSIZE:
  • Added "Window State" option to change the target window's state to either maximized, normal or minimized, or to leave it as is (default). For backward compatibility, existing slimSIZE hotkeys default to "do not change the state". You may want to revise each hotkey, those changing the size for example, to force the "Normal" state.
  • Fixed regular expression caption matching. Regular expressions must either start with a ^ or end with a $ (or both).
slimGRAB:
  • You can save the selection to file, by pressing Ctrl-S or Ctrl-Alt-S (with padding).
slimSEARCH:
  • Pressing ESC in the search selection window did not close the window.
slimPASTE:
  • Fixed bad behavior when pasting while hotkey still down. In order to behave correctly, it now pastes text when you release the hotkey.

Version 1.0.3 - 2007/01/24

slimKEYS:
  • Two new views in the main hotkeys window.
  • Fixed focused hotkey issues when removing hotkeys.
  • Fixed button appearance in some windows where buttons were in a panel.
  • The software now works in trial mode (only a small balloon popup message the first time you press a hotkey) and can be purchased for the price you want.
slimLAUNCH:
  • You can now assign a totally different command to any item, by pressing Alt-Enter in the launch window.
  • Completely remade public programming interface to allow additional plug-ins to provide their own list of items to launch.
  • The launch window does not hide automatically anymore when getting out of focus.
  • The launch window isn't topmost anymore.
slimLAUNCH.Passwords:
  • New plug-in for managing and saving passwords, and browsing them using slimLAUNCH.
slimLAUNCH.FileSystem:
  • New plug-in containing the functionality previously available in slimLAUNCH.
  • You can press Ctrl-F in the launch window to open the parent folder.
slimSIZE:
  • Targetting windows by their caption now supports wildcards at the beginning or end of the caption.
  • Targetting windows by their caption now supports regular expressions. Start your search string with a dollar sign ($).
  • The default hotkeys for new installations now use Win-Numpad{1-9} and Ctrl-Win-Numpad{1-9}, which is easier to remember.
  • Fixed screen ID combo box showing ID 0 when editing a hotkey previously set to "Move to next monitor".
  • A maximized window that gets moved to another monitor without affecting its size nor coordinates now remains maximized.
slimVOLUME:
  • You can select the monitor where to display the volume level.
  • A label appears at the right of the bars.
  • Colors were slightly retouched.
slimGRAB:
  • You can capture an area with an 8 pixels padding, using Alt-Enter.
  • You can capture a custom area using the left mouse button.
  • You can select a specific window by clicking it with the right mouse button.
  • You can also cycle throught child windows using the extra mouse buttons.
  • Colors were adjusted, and an info panel appears in a corner.
slimSEARCH:
  • The search window does not hide automatically anymore when getting out of focus.
  • The search window isn't topmost anymore.

Version 0.9.8 - 26/10/2006

  • Added new slimGRAB plug-in
  • Added new slimPASTE plug-in
  • slimSIZE can now change the z-order of a window
  • The main application can now disable plug-ins, and detect changes to the plugins folder

Version 0.9.7 - 2006/10/12

  • Added new slimSEARCH plug-in
  • slimSIZE can now target windows by partial title or class name
  • slimSIZE can change the opacity of a window
  • Improved slimLAUNCH window update
  • slimLUNCHthis now accepts default arguments and working folder
  • slimVOLUME now supports two types of volume display, either the normal label or TV-like bars, with customizable sizes

Version 0.9.6 - 2006/09/21

  • You can press the hotkey of your choice in a "Press HotKey" box, to select the new hotkey to use
  • HotKey modifiers are now specified using checkboxes, so you can combine the Windows key with other modifiers
  • The configuration file is now saved in the user profile by default. You can tell slimKEYS to save it with the application.
  • From the slimLAUNCH window, you can quickly create a slimLAUNCHthis shortcut using Control-T
  • The slimLAUNCH window now supports navigation with PageUp, PageDown, Control-PageUp and Control-PageDown
  • The slimLAUNCH window hides itself if it looses focus
  • slimSIZE can make a window cycle through monitors

Version 0.9.5 - 2006/08/21

  • Added new slimLAUNCHthis provider to the slimLAUNCH plug-in, for launching specific applications or documents directly
  • Improved matching euristic in slimLAUNCH
  • Improved slimLAUNCH window's look
  • Added extended launch options for launching applications or documents with different credentials, arguments or working folder
  • Any hotkey, not just multimedia keyboard keys, can be used with slimVOLUME
  • You can change any of slimKEYS' colors
  • Improved installer
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