The first public build of SmartSynchronize 4.7 is available for download.

New Features and Improvements

  • File Manager:
    • Create Dir: optionally also open directory
    • Create File: optionally also open the editor
    • Delete Directory: 1s delay after determined files to delete to easier cancel the operation (low level property fileManager.deletePhysical.delayForDir)
    • Directory sorting is applies recursively now
    • File Viewer: allow to open editor
    • Multi-Rename-Dialog:
      • make remembering pattern explicit
      • show reg-ex input fields
    • Preferences: add color/theme configuration
    • Sort directories always by name (option)
  • Syntax:
    • Dart: string improvements
    • Go: escape sequences, word-select in strings
    • Git config
    • ERB: improve frontmatter
    • Markdown: use much better parser
    • Rust: escape sequences, word-select in strings, support for lifetimes
    • Vlang: improve strings, string interpolation, escape sequences
  • Compare, Merge, Editor:
    • support language-specific word-definitions for caret movements/double-click
    • improve added/removed/changed coloring
  • Preferences: for search, also highlight ‘Low-level Properties’
  • rework icons; different variants for light and dark theme
  • theme improvements (e.g. darker dark theme)

Fixed Bugs

  • Compare, Syntax-based: shift blocks similar to other options
  • Directory compare, Changes view:
    • colors differ for line number gutter and block borders
    • inner line change for multi-line-inner-line change not shown
    • hidden-change markers are not drawn when making window smaller
    • go to next/prev change shortcuts did not work
  • File compare:
    • internal error when using Grammarly
    • dark theme: gets light background when focused
    • background might be drawn over text
    • Double-click (word-wise navigation), Shell-Script: variables with underscores are not treated as word
    • Connector: fix outline y coordinates
  • File Editor: with autosave enabled, one can't close the window if directory is gone
  • File Manager:
    • Unpack from inside archive: assertion if archive contains multiple entries for the same path
    • Multi-Rename-dialog, replace pattern editor: don't trim spaces
    • Copy from Archive: did not preselect the name (while it did for copying from file system)
    • Pasting a file path in double-quotes ignored the last character inside the quotes
    • Line number might not be aligned correctly with text
  • File Viewer: pressing End might not go to the end of the file (if lines are excessively long)
  • Preferences:
    • Editor-colors:
      • possible internal error by importing file containing not all required colors
      • don't create backup directory
  • Themes:
    • Toolbar (forced light theme): hover-border not visible
    • Forced dark theme on light system theme: separators in status line are too bright
  • Theme-properties files: ‘depends’ properties not correctly loaded
  • Toolbar (Windows): shows tooltip only after a second move
  • Syntax:
    • Basic: possible internal error with unicode
    • C: incorrectly parsed #XXX lines
    • C#: verbatim string fixes
    • JavaScript, TSX file: interpolated string treated as identifier
    • Markdown:
      • Html block not detected
      • internal error for line ‘# a #’
    • Powershell: possible internal error with non-closed string
    • Properties: values with \ at EOL are not correctly detected
    • Shell-Script: parse bug for escaped character
    • Verilog: x is erroneously treated as bin number instead of identifier
    • XML: several fixes
  • Linux:
    • can't launch if a monitor has > 200% zoom
    • windows may occur on ‘wrong’ monitor
    • ‘jumpy’ selection when double-clicking .. entry in File manager
    • first dialog shows with weird size
    • MX Linux: no browser can be found though installed
    • WSL:
      • Browser can't be opened
      • tooltip background is wrong
  • MacOS:
    • alternating row colors for tables were broken
    • filtered file table keeps yellow state
    • tooltip is unreadable (MacOS 14 with dark system theme)
    • dark system theme: selection-color lines (selected toolbar button, tab bar) hardly noticable
    • Compare: with Japanese IME unwanted \n are inserted
    • text editors, compare: do not allow to go to text start/end

Other Noteworthy Changes

  • added low-level property ui.speedSearch to allow character accelerators in tables/trees (= prevent speed-search catching these characters)
  • added low-level property beep.enable to disable a beep
  • confirmation dialogs: some buttons may be shown in red indicating dangerous choices (not on MacOS)
  • ‘Execute in Terminal’: support for konsole
  • File Manager:
    • favorites: create default ‘Home’ and ‘Downloads’ entries for Windows, too
    • Multi-Rename-dialog, find pattern editor: don't trim spaces
    • for corrupt archives with duplicate entries, take the first ones
  • File Editor:
    • shorter (adaptive) delay of syntax refresh after typing
  • File Merge:
    • use darker colors in change stripes
  • Font: if Japanese locale is detected, the font ‘BIZ UDゴシック’ or ‘ＭＳ ゴシック’ are used
  • notifications:
    • ability to copy text, either selected or all
    • larger, but less prominent close button
  • Preferences:
    • add basic accessibility information for tables
    • low-level properties: remove confirmation button and show all by default
    • improve speed when opening (only loading controls of currently visible card)
  • Syntax:
    • Pascal/Delphi: add default extension .pp (used by Free Pascal)
  • Text ‘editors’: allow to configure (additional) line spacing
  • Themes:
    • (forced) Light theme: less dull-gray
  • Toolbar: show highlight bar for selected toolbar button
  • updated 7z to version 26.02
  • updated SSHJ
  • Linux:
    • Tree: cursor-left on a collapsed node should select the parent node
    • File systems: report also /media/<user>/ paths
  • Windows:
    • on high-DPI monitors use SWT's default scaling