What's New in File Manager Ant Commander Pro 5.2 5.3 5.4

Описание: Ant Commander Pro and Ant Commander Personal (Freeware) file managers are available for Windows, macOS and Linux at https://www.antcommander.com and https://www.antcommander.com/personal/

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What's new:
Version 5.4 (April 2025):
Directory Table:
Do not allow drag and drop if source and target directories are the same
Update search if selection changes and search for selected or selected_name
Text Editor:
Find in project to use word at caret position when no selection
Find in project is using the current file directory as root when no project root is found
SSH:
Removed code for SSH panel as no longer used (replaced with SSH applet)
Mega Toolbar:
This panel type is deprecated, replaced with Execute action (F9) and Quick tool bar (Ctrl Q)
Bookmark:
Removed panel type, replaced by the Bookmark file system
Files:
Added possibility to configure (remote) file systems like ftp(s) and sftp
\\wsl.localhost shouldn't cache directory icons
Improved moving files between different mounted disks on Linux and macOS
Added home/Applications as directory that shouldn't cache directories icons for macOS
Actions:
Added Quick tool bar action (Ctrl + Q) and quick tool bar editor
Go to directory or file from text field more tolerant to incorrect input
Paste file location more tolerant to incorrect input (like extra spaces)
Other:
Various improvements and bug fixes
Various improvements and bug fixes in the application framework

Version 5.3 (March 2025):
Directory Table:
Improved searching for files with diacritics
Improved searching speed for files
Improved sorting speed for file names
Added search for selected_name (=sln) to filter on files starting with the same name as the selection
Image Thumbnails:
Avoid loading images multiple times
Added possibility to define thumbnail width and height in settings
Added option to cache generated thumbnails
Files:
Added Open as template action
Prevent to create the file system manager multiple times
Fixed Git library loaded at start-up when not needed
Open .app directories as file on macOS
Use the system icons on macOS even when the skin is not the system skin
Icons for image files show the image when the files are less than 10 KB
On Linux, try to render application icon for .desktop files
Added cache for if file is directory for faster rendering and sorting
Added cache of formatting file date for more responsive scrolling
Other:
Added Panels settings and Current panel settings to configuration for Ant Commander Personal
Initialization of Drag'n drop done after start-up
Added More software tab for Personal edition in About window
Moved About and Quit to standard location for macOS
Fixed window showing twice when using menu on macOS

Version 5.2 (February 2025):
Directory Table:
Show relative path to file parent when renaming to another directory
Show full path of renamed file in tooltip when renaming to another directory
Text Editor:
Fixed Find in project not to search from a too global directory
Do not search for files in project if no project root is found
Binary Editor:
Made saving file compatible with S3 file system
SSH:
This panel type is removed in favor of the SSH applet in the Applet Runner panel
Bookmark:
This panel type is deprecated in favor to the Bookmark file system
Actions:
Added Rename mapping to Rename special
Improved the way remove diacritics is done in Rename special
Fixed sometimes multiple rename files not showing after closing the application
Fixed error when showing Rename special
Fixed Run/Restart as administrator action on Windows when the directory contains spaces
Added Help button to Categorize files action
Added tooltip showing list of files in sub-directories in Categorize files action
Files:
Fixed C:\ should not be considered as hidden directory
Fixed possible conflict when multiple destination files are the same file
Fixed possible failing file operations with Compress/pack, empty content,
monitor changes, replace, same last modified, file checksum, execute with,
copy to multiple directories and copy in missing cluster locations
Refactored showing relative name of file
Clear the cached info of the file after saving it from the editor
Clearing cached info of linkable file (like bookmark) will also clear cache info of the matching file
Improved clearing cache/reload of cluster files
Fixed GitHub location window not closing
Fixed Cluster file system window not closing
Other:
Improved breadcrumbs navigation as chevron will go to the directory when the tooltip is a directory
Removed BeanShell library and code as no longer used
Renamed panel categories to better fit their purpose
Removed 1.5 MB from bcprov-jdk18on.jar library by removing JDK-9 classes
Improved the tutorial