u/AlekseyHoffman

Changes:

• Added ability to select files with box selection
• New setting "Enable box selection" which enables/disables this feature
• New setting "Increase file view gaps" which increase the empty space between file cards so it becomes easier to start box selection

Changes:

• During installation the extensions that require external programs (binaries) to work, will ask if you want to specify the paths to local binaries manually or continue with auto setup

This allows to reuse existing binaries, instead of automatically downloading them

Changes

• Now switching back to settings, dashboard, or extensions page, restores its previous scroll position and active tab.
• Now switching back to navigator page, restores its previous scroll position of the current tab.
• Now switching between navigator tabs, restores their previous scroll position.

Restoration only added to some of the pages and some tabs, where it's expected, to avoid unexpected behavior.

Changes

• New setting: Keep Quick View window in memory.
• New setting: Keep Print window in memory.

These settings allow you to control whether you want better performance or less memory usage. Both Quick View and printing will still work if you disable those settings, but those windows will open in 1-2s instead of 0s.

Changes:

• Now when split view is enabled, the active pane indicator will appear in the status bar, so it's easier to tell where the actions will apply (shortcuts like quick search, open in terminal, etc.)

Changes:

• If an archive is encrypted, the app will prompt you to enter the password when extracting it.

• If archive contains files with non-UTF-8 characters in their names, the app will prompt you to select proper encoding to avoid garbled names (it will try to get the correct encoding for you and pre-select it in the encodings selector).

Thanks to https://github.com/oxygen-dioxide for contribution

Changes:

• Added new setting: Mute video preview by default
• Added new setting: Automatically play video previews

If you had this issue, please try to install this test AppImage build and let me know if it fixed the issue:

https://github.com/aleksey-hoffman/sigma-file-manager/issues/357#issuecomment-4802525966

Changes

• Added clipboard API for extensions;
• Added new list-detail extension view with the list on the left and the preview / info on the right;
• Improved extension view design and functionality (added "other actions" menu that allows extensions to define multiple secondary actions)

Extension repo: https://github.com/sigma-hub/sfm-extension-clipboard

The early preview build v2.2.0 with this and other upcoming changes is already available to Patreon supporters: https://www.patreon.com/sigma_file_manager/posts/early-update-for-162067398

Hey guys, I'm adding new extension view called "list-details", and thinking about adding new extension "Clipboard history" that uses this view

Do you think this extension worth it, would it be useful?

Basically, it would just store everything you copy in any app and then lets you quickly find it, pin it, paste to SFM or other app, and such

https://github.com/hetima/sigma-light-themes It should already be available in the app

Changes:

• Added root locations path to address bar for easy drive / location switching, especially useful in split-view mode
• Locations path can be added to favorites and tagged

Changes:

• Added new sorting option in "Navigator options". Now grid layout can be sorted (sorting is saved separately for list and grid layouts).
• Increased shadow visibility on dropdown menus

Changes:

• Added "linked split" view mode which allows you to navigate in the simplified "Column" style way (clicking a folder in the first pane shows the folder's content in the second pane).
• Changed "info panel" icon to make it easier to distinguish it from the "split view" icon

Thanks to https://github.com/hetima for code contribution

Special thanks to my supporters on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/sigma_file_manager) for supporting the project and its development!

Changes:

• Added option to display full-res images in info panel, instead of blurry low res thumbnails, at the cost of increased memory usage

Changes

• Support copy/pasting images from web to drive via system clipboard.
• Support copy/pasting files and folders to and from other apps via system clipboard (if they support it). Apps like "File Explorer".

Making SFM accessible for RTL-script users

Thanks to Yousef for contribution https://github.com/aleksey-hoffman/sigma-file-manager/pull/491

Changes:

• added Hebrew translation
• added RTL support

Changes

• Window can now be moved by almost any part of the toolbar (except tabs)