Tree View
- Browse nested folder structures inline.
List View
- Browse files in File Explorer style vertical columns.
Group By
- Organize files into clear and collapsible sections.
Hierarchical Folder Views
- Save view settings per folder, across a folder hierarchy or as system wide default.
New
- Added drag selection across file checkboxes for faster mouse only multi selection in all views.
- Added empty meta columns in Details view for free space for right clicking the folder background or starting rectangular selection.
Improved
- Improved handling of removable drives during eject and reconnect.
- Popups UI rework: less intrusive hotkeys, proper physical sections.
- Quick Access - proper physical sections.
- Added soft fade transitions for newly loaded grid icons and thumbnails.
- Name column can now be reordered in Details view instead of being fixed as the first column.
- Open folder context menu when right clicking non interactive space within items.
- Added a subtle fade out animation for rectangle selection.
- Moved recent file indicator right to fit better in all views.
- Fixed a visual overshoot issue when adding or removing a header column in Details view.
- Improved UI layout and resize animations by reducing rounding jitter and using rect based animation more consistently.
- Reduced grid view item spacing for a tighter layout.
- Disabled stretching item widths in grid mode.
- Emit File Pilot version into log file.
- Don't show File Pilot config files under the Places group in Quick Access.
- More robust version installer present.
Config changes
- Warning: Config file version has been raised, so existing hotkeys, options and color themes will be reset.
- Old config files are backed up automatically, but making your own backup is still advised.
- Alternating Row Colors by default.
- Scroll Beyond Last Item now defaults to false.
- Added new color group for separator on surface.
Fixed
- Fixed the drive fill bar disappearing when spacing is small under the Places group in Quick Access.
- Fixed changing inspector view settings for the inspected folder.
- Fixed incorrectly saving and restoring open/closed groups in the command palette.
- Fixed background file metadata tasks blocking folder sorting during rapid view changes.
- Fixed thumbnail loading sometimes delaying folder updates and view changes.
- Fixed a bug where config file paths could go missing from the sidebar.
