Completely Rebuilt Zoom Experience

• A preview window now displays the full image while zoomed in, and can be used for panning.
• Zoom animations can now be toggled on or off.
• New option to disable the zoom percentage pop-up.
• Fixed being able to drag the image outside the application in resizable or full-screen windows.

Image File Search

You can now instantly search for images within the current directory.

• Press Ctrl + F to open the new search panel. (Note for existing users: If you are upgrading, you must manually bind this shortcut in the Keybindings window.)
• This replaces the old index-based navigation. You can still jump to a specific image index by typing a number and pressing Enter.

Hover Navigation Toolbar

A new navigation toolbar, appearing when the bottom toolbar is hidden or the application is in full-screen mode.

• Interactive Progress Bar: See your position in the folder and jump to any image by clicking, or drag the thumb to navigate quickly.
• New Right-Click Popup-Menus:
  • Right-click the progress bar to open Search.
  • Right-click any navigation button for advanced options (e.g., jump to first/last, skip by 10 or 100 images, navigate folders).

Image Information Window

• Pick time and date: You can now edit and save the EXIF Date Taken value, as well as file timestamps: Created, Modified, and Last Access Time.
  • Click the calendar icon to open the calendar view and select a date.
  • Click the watch icon to open a new analog clock control. Drag the clock hands to set the time or click an hour number directly. Supports both 24-hour and AM/PM formats.
  • You can also modify the text box field directly.

Batch Resize Window

Redesigned and resizable

• The Batch Resize window is now resizable. (#256)
• You can now add or remove individual files, or add entire folders for resizing.

Settings & Customization

• New Interface Configuration Tab: Options to choose which UI elements are visible, have been moved from the Appearance tab.
  • Added the option to toggle the visibility of the Hover Navigation Toolbar to the new tab.
• Smarter File Deletion: Choose whether to navigate to the next or previous image after moving a file to the Recycle Bin or deleting it permanently.

Performance & Reliability

• Faster and leaner: Improved cleanup of unused images to reduce memory usage.
• Optimized core: File extension checks and image preloading are now faster and more responsive.
• More stable: Better error handling and safety checks to prevent crashes.
• Benchmarked hot paths: Optimized critical sections to reduce memory allocations and execution time.

Windows Updates

New Print Preview window by @mghe01 in #255

In multi-user Remote Desktop environments, the Windows Desktop Experience feature is unavailable, preventing access to the built-in "Print Pictures" dialog when using the 'print' process verb. As a result, printing defaults directly to the user's default printer without allowing printer selection.

• Added Enhanced printing functionality by adding print preview with support for selecting printers and print properties.
• Added grayscale conversion and Avalonia to GDI bitmap rendering
• Ensured 1:1 accuracy between on-screen preview and physical/PDF output

Windows Bug Fixes

• Fixed maximized window layout Resolves issues reported in #202, #255, and fixed in #261 by @mghe01.

macOS Updates

• Overhauled the native menu (The menu at the very top of the screen), with better organization and more menu items.
• Fixed incorrect text appearance for the Open with view when using the Light theme.

General Bug Fixes

• Remove cached images when saving files, so that rotation, or likewise, will be updated when navigating back or forth.
• Fixed a crash when right-clicking the title bar with no image loaded, by @mghe01 in #253
• Fixed crash when holding down the "next image" button after switching folders. (#260)
• Corrected navigation ordering when moving between directories.
• Fixed an issue where navigation could get stuck in subdirectories.
• Fixed non-rendering issues with certain SVG files. (#236) — The currentColor SVG attribute is now honored, so SVGs adapt correctly in dark mode.
• Fixed the update button in the About window, not disabling when no update is available.
• Fixed multi-paged tiff images being blank at startup and fixes them sometimes being blank when navigating.
• Made the Application shortcuts window height-resizable and remembers window position. Fixes the window possibly being taller than the screen.

Miscellaneous

• File conversion moved from the Image Information window to a dedicated window. (More features and enhancements for the new File conversion window are planned for future releases.)
• Updated to use .NET 10
• Updated to Avalonia 11.3.8
• Updated Magick.NET to 14.9.1

🙏 A Special Thanks

A huge thank you to our new contributor, @mghe01, for their significant contributions, including the new Print Preview window and several critical bug fixes!

New Contributors

• @mghe01 made their first contribution in #253

🐞 Bug Fixes

• Fixed zoom panning when shift key is held down (#242).
• Fixed maximized layout issue.
• Fixed a crash when using zoom function in the startup menu.
• Fixed backspace and tab key not working for setting customize shortcuts (#248).
• Fixed loading issue when the local file path contains special characters (#243).
• Fixed not being able to save images, that are not files, such as clipboard images, not properly generating random file name (#244).

🗺️ Translations

• Added Serbian by @ozzii in #13

📝 Miscellaneous

• Updated Magick.NET to version 14.8.2.
• Updated Avalonia to version 11.3.5.

ℹ️Heads up

While this is a small update - a new major update is being worked on.

🎉 First official release where the macOS version is no longer in beta

⏱️ Performance

• Reduced memory usage

  • Image loading has been optimized to reduce Large Object Heap (LOH) allocations and minimize garbage collection overhead. This significantly reduces memory usage when navigating between images.

• Faster gallery loading

  • The thumbnail loading logic has been improved. It will now load faster in larger directories with more images.
  • Gallery loading now halts more efficiently when changing directories and reloads faster after the initial image is loaded.

🛠️ Improvements

• Window position and state memory

  • The Batch Resize window now remembers its last position.
  • The Image Info window remembers both size and position.
  • The Settings window now remembers the last selected tab and its position.

• Improved window startup
  The main window startup procedure has been optimized to reduce flickering and feel smoother.

• Adjusted minimum window size
  When the bottom toolbar is hidden, the minimum window size is now reduced (#205).

🖼️ Image Info Window

• Resizable layout
  The Image Info window is now resizable and adjusts the layout of text and icons dynamically to utilize the available space.

• Editable Exif data

  • You can now edit text-based Exif fields like Author, Copyright, Subject, Title, Comment, etc.
  • Date and time pickers for Date Taken, Created, Modified, and Last Access text boxes are planned for the next major release.

• Improved UI feedback

  • A loading indicator is now shown during renaming, resizing, and saving operations.
  • The Exif rating buttons, Remove image data button, and Exif text fields are now disabled when Exif data is not supported for the viewed image.

🖼️ Batch Resize Window

• Persistent settings
  • The Quality, Compression, and Conversion fields now persist across sessions (#204).
  • Resizable layout and full persistence of all values are planned for the next major release.

⚙️ Settings

• New option: Disable file history
  You can now choose whether PicView should remember previously opened files (#230).

• Additional background color option
  A new background color has been added to the appearance tab in the Settings window.

🐞 Bug Fixes

• Fixed RAW camera image loading issues (#238, #221, #234).
• Fixed certain cases where navigating to the next folder didn’t work.
• Fixed inability to copy an image while in crop mode.
• Fixed gallery thumbnail size sliders not saving changes (#237).
• Fixed an issue where horizontal flip wasn’t applied when saving an image (#229).
• Fixed incorrect image orientation for certain RAW camera files at startup.
• Fixed zoom level not updating correctly in the title bar when zooming.
• Fixed confirmation dialog settings not being saved for when deleting or moving files to the recycle bin.
• Fixed Open last file button not always loading the correct file.
• Fixed gallery toggle not resizing properly when UI visibility changes.
• Fixed infinite recursion when attempting to load a missing file from history.
• Fixed crash when starting a slideshow (#239).
• Fixed blank image rendering after duplicating a file.
• Fixed rotation context menu appearing when right-clicking the title bar to rename.
• Fixed image rotation not filling the window correctly at 90° or 270° angles.
• Fixed first/last image navigation buttons not working correctly.
• Fixed PicView not recalling directory structure when navigating between folders.
• Fixed gallery thumbnails being added when new images appear in the viewed directory while the gallery is initially disabled.
• Fixed the Clear effects button in the Image effects window not properly displaying the Cancel button afterward.
• Fixed Copy base64 context menu options, for an individual gallery item not working.

🪟 Windows Updates

• Window scaling/DPI
  Added DPI awareness manifest file for improved high-DPI support on Windows. (#197)

🍏 macOS Updates

• Fixed layout issues when restoring windows from fullscreen or maximized state.
• Fixed macOS window buttons not working in fullscreen.
• Fixed crash when loading gallery thumbnails.
• Fixed issues where the tool windows wouldn’t become active after reopening.
• Fixed startup position not centering correctly when Auto-fit window is enabled.
• Fixed GIFs not being properly recognized on macOS.
• Fixed macOS native menu items such as Image optimization, Open with, Delete file, etc., not being disabled when no valid file or image is available.
• Fixed window not showing when opening a new file on macOS, when window is minimized.

Known macOS bugs:

• The option to open files in a new window, requires a restart to take effect.
• The native menu does not persist when switching from the main window to a tool window

🗺️ Translations

• Updated Korean by @VenusGirl in #233
• Updated Turkish in #231

📝 Miscellaneous

• Added hotkey bindings for file sorting options in the Keybindings window.
• The option to toggle whether the background color fills the entire window or just behind the image now defaults to filling the entire window.
• Updated ZLinq and ZLinq.FileSystem to version 1.5.2.
• Updated Avalonia to version 11.3.3.

This is a quick patch to fix sizing issues from going fullscreen and restoring window #226 #227

🛠️ Improvements

• Migration from ReactiveUI to R3:
  PicView now uses R3 instead of ReactiveUI for its application infrastructure. This results in:
  • Reduced File Size:
    The application's size reduced by approximately 34%.
  • Performance Enhancements:
    Rendering speed, especially when resizing the window, has been significantly improved.

🖼️ Image Info Window

• The Google and Bing map link buttons are now enabled only when longitude and latitude values are available from the image.
• The "Optimize image" button is now disabled in the Image Info window when the format is unsupported.
• Added the option to remove image metadata. This can be accessed in the context menu by right-clicking. (#211).

🖱️ Context Menu

• Simplified the set wallpaper function in the main context menu. The Fill, Fit, Center, and Tile options have been moved to the Image Info window's context menu.
• Added a new context menu to the rotation button in the window's title bar. Clicking it now provides options to: Rotate to 0°, 90°, 180°, or 270°, as well as flip the image.
• Fixed an issue where content in the context menu was not clickable in blank areas (#215).

🐞 Bug Fixes

• Fixed the image flipping function not working (#218).
• Fixed a crash when removing the image's EXIF rating in the Image Info window (#219).
• Fixed navigational errors when saving files outside the currently viewed directory.
• Fixed the Previous button (in the bottom toolbar) not being triggered continuously when the pointer is held down.

📝 Miscellaneous

• Updated Avalonia to 11.3.2.
• Updated Magick.NET to 14.7.0.
• Updated ZLinq and ZLinq.FileSystem to 1.5.0.
• Improved the Light theme (still a work in progress).
• Renamed Clip-holder to Clipboard (#220).
• Added support for decimal values in the Batch Resize window (#204).

• Fixed update issues in the About window.
• Fixed window layout problems when restoring from fullscreen or maximized state.
• Fixed possible crash when opening the Keybindings window.

🚀 What's New

• Mouse Side Buttons Customization:
  You can now change how the mouse side buttons work. Choose to navigate file history or switch between directories. Find this setting under the Mouse tab in the settings window (#199).

🛠️ Improvements

• Directory Navigation:
  • Improved navigation between directories. If Search subdirectories is enabled, PicView moves to the next directory in the list; if off (or if there are no directories in the list), it navigates as before.
  • PicView now remembers your startup directory (including subdirectories) and restores it on the next launch.
• Performance:
  • Preloader has been fine-tuned for better performance and lower memory usage.

🐞 Bug Fixes

• Fixed incorrect saved settings path when saving in portable mode (#213).
• Corrected cases where keybindings and file history were not saved when there was no write permission.
• Restoring the window from a maximized state now correctly keeps its position when auto-fit is enabled.
• Fixed start-up menu text alignment and missing text issues.

🌐 Translations

• Hebrew translation by @Y-PLONI (#212)
• Hungarian translation by @JohnFowler58 (#209)
• Japanese update by @coolvitto (#214)

👏 New Contributors

• @Y-PLONI made their first contribution in #212
• @JohnFowler58 made their first contribution in #209
• @coolvitto made their first contribution in #214

📝 Miscellaneous

• Updated to Avalonia 11.3.1.
• Now using ZLinq and ZLinq.FileSystem to reduce memory allocation and possibly improve performance.
• Future versions managed via Scoop will now preserve configuration files (#15555).
• Experimental settings (not yet available in the UI—edit UserSettings.json directly):
  • Disable the file watcher (not recommended, untested).
  • Choose preload amount and direction (forward/backward).

Full Changelog: 3.1.3...3.1.4

• Added Open With function.
• Fixed effects window layout margin.
• Resolved some crop layout issues.
• Fixed BGR/RGB flip for animated WebP and GIF formats.

What's new

• New setting to adjust window spacing when Auto-fit window is enabled.

Improvements

• Reduced memory usage when navigating between pictures.
• Real-time setting updates: The Open files in the same window option now takes effect immediately without requiring a restart
• Enhanced drag-and-drop: Preview now shows thumbnails first, followed by the full image for faster feedback.
• Improved error handling: When the settings .json file is corrupted, default settings now load instead of causing a crash.

Bug fixes

• Fixed incorrect zoom panning when the image was rotated.
• Fixed incorrect rotation being applied to HEIC images (#207).
• Fixed hover buttons fading out prematurely while the cursor remains over them.
• Fixed incorrect gallery thumbnail option being preselected in the Gallery settings tab.
• Fixed file history failing to load or save when write permissions are missing in the installation directory.
• Fixed the File history button from incorrectly cancelling the "Open with" dialog.
• Fixed layout issue where space was reserved for the bottom gallery even when it was hidden.
• Fixed the window title not restoring the original URL after closing the crop view. It previously showed Clipboard image instead.
• Fixed the window not restoring properly when pressing Esc to exit the slideshow.

Translations

• Improved Chinese translations by @jasoneri in #206.
• Fixed incorrect translations in text box context menus.

Miscellaneous

• Added Cancel and Reset buttons to the batch resize window.
• Added a context menu to the settings window.
• Added the "Search in Subdirectories" toggle button in the Settings window.
• Disabled the Side by side and the toggle bottom gallery buttons, when functionality is unavailable.
• Various minor UI improvements.
• Better temporary files cleanup.

Full Changelog: 3.1.2...3.1.3

This is a beta macOS version. Any feedback or bug reports are appreciated.

Print, Open with , Taskbar progress and File associations have not been implemented yet.

The arm64 version is for Apple Silicon macs (m1, m2 etc.).
The x64 version is for the old Intel models.