Microsoft has no plans to release any new features for version 0.53, but with support from open source contributors, the latest version contains a number of new features.
Three highlighted features include support for G code in File Explorer preview pane and thumbnails, PowerToys Run’s new web search plug-in via ?? action phrase and the new Always on Top utility via To earn+Ctrl+T.
See the changelog below:
Change log
Things to know
- The new installer currently has a visual quirk when upgrading if you have a custom install path. It will show the default install path, but it will actually overwrite the current location. We are investigating how to fix this problem.
Always on top
- Welcome to the family! With a quick To earn+Ctrl+T, the focus window is tilted up. Switch again and everything returns to normal.
Color picker
- Improvements to the HEX input to adjust the color menu, including support for hex code without hashtag and short hex code like # CF0.
- Better screen detection at bottom right for overlay
FancyZones
- Increased negative space margin
- Correction for not snapping child windows
- Correction to clear the keyboard focus when launching the editor
- Fixed to improve overlays to reduce brightness and hide numbers.
File explorer
- Added G code support for thumbnails and preview pane.
Image resizer
- Fixed the regression of removing Metadata tags from ColorSpace.
PowerRename
- Line highlighting + preview support now implemented.
- Fixed AltGR input issue
- Improved support for folder renaming
- Opens on the active monitor
PowerToys Run
- Web search has been added!
?? What is the answer to lifewill go to your favorite search engine through your browser. You can also change the default action key! - VS Code workspace improvements.
- Support for binary and hexadecimal numbers.
- Possibility of using factorials in calculations
- PT Run will no longer show up in Window Walker results.
- Correction of log / ln calculations
- Correction to make previous results clear
- Fix to detect symbolic links and prevent recursive loops
- Fixed trackpad scrolling too fast
- Removed unnecessary nuget package.
- Better detection of whether a packaged app can be elevated
- Improve crash resilience for the program’s plug-in.
- Improved Windows settings results.
- Fixed a bug where some similar activation phrases did not work as expected.
Mute the video conference
- Disabled by default as it requires elevation to record the virtual camera.
- Changed hotkey (default) to mute camera and microphone audio from To earn+NOT at To earn+Change+Q to not conflict with a Windows 11 keyboard shortcut
Settings
- Multiple accessibility, layout, image, channel and icon fixes.
Runner
- Improved mutex support to prevent multiple PT Run instances from running
Fitter
- REMARK: The new installer currently has a visual quirk when upgrading if you have a custom install path. It will show the default install path, but it will actually overwrite the current location. We are investigating how to fix this problem.
- Great progress towards user-based installation compared to the whole machine. The upgrade scenario still requires additional work.
- Removed custom boot loader and now used a WiX bundle.
- Removed unused picture elements that were still being shipped.
ARM64 support
- By defining the WinUI3 proof of concept and validating, we need at least one additional feature, support for elevation of unpackaged WinUI 3 applications.
Developer improvements
- New YAML-based pipeline to build our signed installer. This will allow us to consolidate our CI to use the same file. It was essential for us to unlock the ARM64 and .NET 6 migration.
- Our submodules will no longer be retrieved automatically to avoid locking issues. If you want a reminder on how to do this, go to our development documents
- The tracking system has moved from CDPx to Touchdown. This should remove a lot of localization issues.
- Consolidation of much of the naming of EXEs and DLLs as well as projects
- Updated spell checker.
- The response / dup was added
- / reportbug / bugreport will request a “bug report” zip
You can download the latest version from GitHub here.
