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SideSlide - Stretch Your Desktop
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SideSlide is an advanced, portable, unobtrusive, dockable, skinnable, instantly accessible, highly configurable Desktop Extension on Steroids! Clean desktop clutter and make your computer friendlier and faster than ever before. With unique use of containers and various innovative features, SideSlide lets you get instant access to everything you have and much more. The program respects your system and keeps all of its configuration files in a single folder.

Dock and hide SideSlide to any screen edge; browse through your favorite RSS news feeds, keep shortcuts to files, folders and URLs you frequently visit; execute various commands quicker than ever; add multiple notes; multiple, sizable, pictures; schedule reminders; save web snippets and more. Customize it to emphasize the things you use the most and make more information accessible without occupying precious screen space. By using containers you can shrink and fold, downloading ready-made containers from an online library, linking containers to actual folders on disk, detaching containers from the workspace to claim additional space, various ways of launching multiple shortcuts at once, shortcut tags, zooming in and out of shortcuts, news feed reader, keyboard navigation, different skins, different size pictures, picture containers and colored notes; SideSlide is designed to make a great deal of content instantly accessible. SideSlide is portable and you can use it from your USB drive.

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  • News feeds: In order to display RSS feeds, you must have Microsoft Core XML Services (MSXML) 6.0 installed. If you don't already have it installed, download from this page. MSXML6 is preinstalled in Windows Vista and Windows XP SP3.
  • Uninstallation: Unlike many Windows programs SideSlide leaves NO TRACES if you wish to remove it from your system (no entries are saved in the Windows Registry). Simply use the Uninstall shortcut (from the Programs Menu) and delete the settings (containers, skins, etc) folder which is opened once the uninstallation is complete.

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Change Log:

v3.0.00 BETA3 - August, 18, 2008

SideSlide v3 introduces a huge variety of new features, functionality and fixes, so it's pretty much impossible to list it all here. Below are some of the new things among the hundreds of new features, changes and bug fixes. Be sure to experiment and explore!

  • FIX: Program may crash when deleting containers with pictures.
  • FIX: Program may crash when refreshing or deleting Folder Containers.
  • FIX: Using the mouse wheel when there are no containers crashed the program.
  • FIX: Workspace remained invisible when using the Center Workspace command from the tray menu and the Invisible border option was selected.
  • FIX: Fold/Unfold all command folded containers with the container toolbar hidden.
  • FIX: Resize border when resizing containers could have remained visible under certain scenarios.
  • FIX: Some Settings dialog option buttons appeared in black on Windows XP.
  • v3.0.00 BETA2 - August, 4, 2008
  • NEW: Option 'Undock on click' from the Settings dialog will let you undock the workspace ONLY on mouse click.
  • FIX: Reminders didn't work properly on certain system time zones and locale.
  • FIX: Container Shortcuts menu appeared even when there were no shortcuts inside the container.
  • FIX: The tag button color was not restored when changing container colors and a container tag is selected.
  • FIX: The 'Loading...' label was not visible when refreshing detached news feeds by using the right click menu option.
  • FIX: Detached containers without tabs undocked after Windows lock/resume and didn't dock back.
  • FIX: Detached containers reappeared in the workspace when detaching containers immediately after expanding them.
  • v3.0.00 BETA - July, 31, 2008
  • CHANGE: Confirmation is now required before applying style settings (size, color and weight) to multiple shortcuts from the Shortcut Properties dialog.
  • CHANGE: You can now submit notes with up to 1500 characters to the online library.
  • FIX: Dbl-clicking to shrink a container and right clicking to shrink an RSS container might have caused it to automatically re-expand (depending on location).
  • FIX: Starting all shortcuts by dbl-clicking a container or via the right click menu was not working with system commands.
    FIX: Global Hotkey wasn't working correctly.
  • FIX: Undocking the workspace using the default method (keeping the mouse in the same position for half a second) was longer than half a second. Tip: You can always click to undock immediately or use the 'Undock without delay' option.
  • FIX: 'Click to expand but auto-shrink' setting was not working properly.
  • FIX: Color box in the Shortcut Properties dialog was not initialized properly and when multiple shortcuts were selected, the color was not changed after clicking OK.
  • FIX: You can no longer draw containers that are larger than the active workspace.
  • FIX: Attaching a detached container back to the workspace will always place it on top of other containers.
  • FIX: Starting shortcuts using the keyboard didn't work as expected under all circumstances.
  • FIX: Unable to use the Enter and Del keys on hidden shortcuts (hidden when using the container tag feature).
  • FIX: Dragging shortcuts over containers didn't show the right error-tip for Folder Containers.
  • FIX: Containers didn't unfold when dragging files from Explorer/other Folder Containers over the container label.
  • FIX: Toggling the Command check box from the Shortcut Properties dialog will no longer affect multiple shortcuts.
  • FIX: Failed to upload new containers to the library when items contained the & (ampersand) or % (percent) symbols.
  • Other misc. changes and fixes.
  • v3.0.00a5 - July, 25, 2008
  • NEW: An easier way to set container icons (when containers are shrunk) - Right click a container shortcut and choose the new 'Use icon' menu command.
  • CHANGE: Hide toolbar in the container right click menu works on multiple selected containers (unless the container is folded).
  • CHANGE: Pasting shortcuts to non-folder container is now possible.
  • CHANGE: Shortcuts are unselected when right clicking a container or the workspace to show the popup menu.
  • CHANGE: Shortcut related commands moved to the shortcut right click menu from the global workspace Arrange menu.
  • CHANGE: Various right click menus have been completely reorganized and should now make much more sense.
  • FIX: The Container New menu will no longer appear when right clicking Folder Containers.
  • FIX: Deleting files/folder from Folder Containers could have crashed the program.
  • FIX: Pictures Replace command did not work properly.
  • FIX: Moving pictures when there are no containers in the workspace could have caused the program to crash.
  • FIX: The Unlock Workspace menu item in the container right click menu is now the first item even in Folder Containers menu.
  • FIX: Right clicking a shrunk container and selecting to create a new URL could have positioned the URL shortcut beyond the container visible bounds.
  • FIX: Adding invalid RSS feeds could have crashed the program.
  • FIX: Menu command Unselect all didn't unselect containers properly.
  • FIX: Some workspace paint issues have been fixed.
  • FIX: Visual glitch when moving a detached container tab to the left side of the screen.
  • FIX: Menu items Download Favicon, Open file location and Change to relative path were visible on non URL shortcuts.
  • FIX: Problem when trying to add RSS news feed containers to the online library with '&' (and) and '=' (equal) symbols in the URL.
  • FIX: Floating toolbar won't show when there is a single shortcut selected (only when there are no selected shortcuts).
  • FIX: Detaching containers was not functional after deleting a picture from the workspace.
  • FIX: Closing a message box dialog required the user to press the Tab key before the Enter key could have been used (pressing the spacebar key always worked).
  • FIX: Shortcuts were not selected and unselected properly with right click when the workspace was locked.
  • FIX: Problem with restoring detached containers last location after startup.
  • FIX: Problems with parsing certain news feeds (still need some work, but can load the vast majority of feeds as is).
  • FIX: Some speed improvements loading news feed headlines.
  • v3.0.00a4 - July, 25, 2008
  • NEW: You can now select to completely hide the window border when the workspace is collapsed. This setting is controlled via the new radio button options in the Settings dialog: Border when collapsed: Visible and Invisible.
  • NEW: Restored shortcut swap functionality from version 2 but it's a bit different now: You can swap the location of two shortcuts by dragging a shortcut by its icon and dropping it on top of another icon. This will only work if both shortcuts are in the same container or in the workspace. Move shortcuts by clicking the name labels to prevent this behavior.
  • NEW: Added quick search links to the Container Library dialog allowing you to quickly search for available containers in different subjects.
  • CHANGE: Some visual changes in the way containers shrink and expand.
  • CHANGE: Added warning to the Add to library dialog before sending file and directory shortcut containers. You should only submit containers that point to file and folders if they are in the default installation location and not shortcuts that are unique to your computer.
  • CHANGE: A brief 'snap' indication when a shortcut aligns to the grid.
  • CHANGE: Shortcuts will now align to the grid based on the icon and not on the shortcut label.
  • CHANGE: Removed the 'Wide border when docked' option for detached containers and the workspace
    CHANGE: Shadow removed for a cleaner look.
  • FIX: Refreshing selected RSS news feed containers via the right click menu may have not worked under all circumstances.
  • FIX: Detached tab location is now reset when detaching a container by dragging it out of the workspace.
  • FIX: Window resize was triggered when trying to select items in the workspace.
  • FIX: Apply button remained disabled after selecting different wallpapers.
  • FIX: Some fixes to the Folder Containers feature.
  • FIX: When dragging a shortcut by its icon from Folder Containers, the shortcut moved to the left, to the location of the icon.
  • FIX: Arranging multiple shortcuts will now align them properly.
  • FIX: The workspace was unnecessarily centered when clicking the dock now button, clicking the menu command Collapse now and when using the Esc key.
  • FIX: You can no longer submit empty notes to the library.
  • FIX: Some other fixes.
  • v3.0.00a3 - July, 22, 2008:
  • NEW: Added new hotkey combinations you can select from for the Global Hotkey: Win, Ctrl + Shift, Alt + Ctrl, Win + Alt and Win + Ctrl.
  • NEW: Added ability to quickly add commands to the workspace and containers using the New right click menus (not just by adding files and changing them to commands later).
  • CHANGE: The minutes list under the reminder dialog has been reduced to 5 minute increments. You can enter an exact number manually.
  • CHANGE: Cleaner caption in the About dialog.
  • FIX: Using Ctrl+A to select all shortcuts in a container prevented an expanded container from shrinking back.
  • FIX: Dragging shortcuts to containers changed the shortcuts size based on hidden shortcuts (when using the new container tag feature) and not only on visible ones.
  • FIX: (from previous alpha) Not all shortcuts were aligned to the grid.
  • FIX: Clicking an error headline in detached news feeds (when the news feed fails to download) crashed the program.
  • FIX: When dragging a web URL shortcut to a container, the container icon was not initialized correctly.
  • FIX: Fix for disappearing icons when dragging shortcuts from a container and dropping them back in the same one.
  • FIX: Selecting a custom icon for system commands appeared to be disabled and the browse for file button (for selecting the icon file) was disabled.
  • FIX: Creating new shortcuts from the container right click menu may have caused the shortcuts to be created outside of the container visible bounds.
  • FIX: Using the space key to unfold and expand RSS containers didn't work properly.
  • v3.0.00a2 - July, 21, 2008:
  • NEW: Greatly improved memory management. It should have a major effect when adding and removing many objects such as containers, shortcuts and pictures.
  • NEW: Completely new reminders functionality! The reminders are now shown using special reminder-containers with a new reminder icon. It's much easier to schedule new reminders and to keep track of them. Upgrade note: You can delete the default reminder pictures from SideSlide folder since they are no longer used.
  • NEW: You can now use any color for reminders in the workspace which is also used by the reminder notification dialog.
  • NEW: Last used folder is remembered for misc. program operations (adding pictures, shortcuts, selecting container icons and others).
  • NEW: Added a new default icon for note containers.
  • NEW: Changed the default icon for regular containers.
  • CHANGE: Much cleaner picture handling. The pictures are now added borderless (Picture border color selector has been removed from the Appearance dialog) and the Lock menu item has been removed.
  • CHANGE: Pictures are now aligned to the grid (use Ctrl to temporarily disable alignment).
  • CHANGE: Removed the ability to move all pictures in the workspace together using the Ctrl key (can be restored if anyone was using that).
  • CHANGE: Container help tips for reminders and for other operations have been improved.
    CHANGE: The Reminder dialog button Delete is now named Close when creating a new reminder and will no longer require confirmation to delete a reminder if it was not set.
  • CHANGE: When adding multiple URLs using the Add URL dialog and selecting the Keep Open check-box: The new URLs will be added in an organized manner to the workspace (not one on top of the other like before).
  • CHANGE: The container movement undo buffer (allowing you to use Ctrl+Z to restore the last position) has been increased to 30.
  • CHANGE: When creating containers with shortcuts to folder items (by dragging folders to the workspace) or creating Folder Containers; a shortcut to open the folder itself is now added to the container.
  • CHANGE: New RSS Refresh button.
  • CHANGE: A Loading... label on detached RSS containers when the headlines are downloaded.
  • CHANGE: When the mouse hovers over news feed containers they won't jump to the foreground anymore (you have to click them).
  • FIX: Crash when dragging pictures.
  • FIX: Workspace collapsed when choosing a custom shortcut color.
  • FIX: Container resize symbol could have been drawn on shrunken and folded containers (when containers can't be resized).
  • FIX: Container resize symbol disappeared when container colors changed.
  • FIX: Some timer issues were fixed.
  • FIX: (from v3a) Note containers were using the wrong dimensions when flipped (at the bottom of the workspace).
  • FIX: Floating toolbar will no longer show when tags are selected.
  • FIX: The RSS refresh button appeared on non-RSS containers when selecting shortcuts.
  • FIX: Changing shortcut size from the Shortcut Properties dialog did no affect selected shortcuts properly.
  • FIX: Selecting all shortcuts within a container or the workspace using Ctrl+A affected shortcuts that were hidden by tag (when viewing other shortcuts that share a certain tag).
  • FIX: (from v3a) Expanded container did not shrink back on double-click.
  • FIX: Load default settings check-box under the Settings dialog showed the wrong tooltip.
  • FIX: Other misc. bug fixes.
  • v3.0.00a - July, 16, 2008:
  • NEW: A completely new interface: SideSlide is now much more appealing and modern with shading, gradients and more.
    - Upgrade from previous versions note: Since the workspace and container buttons have been completely changed, you will have some redundant files under the Skin folder. You can delete the Skin folder before the upgrade so that the new files are installed instead.
  • NEW: Online Container Library: You can download ready made containers with RSS news feeds, notes, shortcuts, commands and web bookmarks.
    - Submit your own containers too!
    - Check it out from the new floating toolbar, right click menu or by pressing F6.
  • NEW: Numerous changes to containers, shortcuts, functions, options and menus.
  • NEW: Container inside tags: The new tag button (replaces the folder link button next to the Shrink/Expand button) offers the ability to have many different shortcuts in the same container while only keeping certain ones visible based on tags. See the manual for more.
  • NEW: Full multi-monitor support: The workspace and detached containers will now work properly with multi-monitor setups. They can also collapse to the top, bottom, left and right sides of each monitor.
  • NEW: Completely redesigned detached containers functionality so that you can have everything you need instantly accessible from anywhere.
  • NEW: New options in detached containers right click menu to control visibility and more (Auto show, Auto hide, Hide on click, Enable fade-out and Refresh feed for news feed containers).
  • NEW: Detached Tabs: By default, a tab with the container's name will be displayed when a detached container is collapsed to any side of the screen.
  • NEW: Detached containers can now be resized. You can keep different sizes for the container when it's attached and detached.
  • NEW: Detached notes are now editable.
  • NEW: Detached containers attached above the workspace will attach back to the same relative place in the workspace.
  • NEW: Detached containers with labels will always be visible when undocked (will always use the part of the screen they can expand and be fully visible on).
  • NEW: Added the ability to detach containers by dragging them out of the workspace from the top as well as from the other edges (when Drag to Detach is selected).
  • NEW: A fadeout effect when the detached container collapses back.
  • NEW: You can now attach individual containers back to the workspace (Arrange >> Attach).
  • NEW: Completely new Settings and Appearance dialog with many new options you can tweak. This replaces the unfriendly menu commands.
  • NEW: The various containers are now drawn on the workspace so you can instantly create a container in the required size.
  • NEW: Drag and drop support is greatly improved.
  • NEW: The floating toolbar has been completely redesigned and is now much more functional and usable.
  • NEW: Shortcuts 'Tag Start' option: Before you could only start all shortcuts that share the same tag from the right click menu, but now you can also set a shortcut to automatically start all other shortcuts with the same tag as soon as you launch it. This allows you to quickly launch multiple shortcuts at once.
  • NEW: A much more intuitive way to start all shortcuts in a container at once: Simply dbl-click the icon when the container is shrunk (replaces the Select Container Icon functionality which is available from the menu).
  • NEW: The reminder dialog and reminders functionality has been completely redesigned with a much better interface. It should work without problems across different system locales and more.
  • NEW: Option to download favicons (website icons) to use inside the workspace for web URL shortcuts.
  • NEW: Shortcut 'click' sensitivity: When using the default single-click to launch shortcuts, the shortcut will still start even if it was slightly moved (it takes accidental "drags" into consideration).
  • NEW: New items in the container menu: Add file, directory or URL directly to the container.
  • NEW: You can now delete tags using the new Edit Tags dialog.
  • NEW: New container menu item for Folder Containers (previously Folder Link) which allows you to easily paste files copied from the Windows Explorer into the Folder Container.
  • NEW: Tooltips will show when trying to drag shortcuts and pictures to shrunken or folded RSS, Note and Folder containers reminding you that these containers don't accept certain kinds of objects.
  • NEW: More menu options available in containers' right click menu even when the workspace is locked for editing. In addition to that, you can now unlock the workspace via the container right click menu.
  • NEW: New menu item in the Position and system-tray menus to center the workspace.
  • NEW: Container icon will be initialized from the first shortcut that your add to it.
  • NEW: Double-clicking a shrunken Note and RSS container will expand them.
  • NEW: When dragging shortcuts to containers, the shortcuts size will change to the size already used for shortcuts in the container.
  • NEW: You can now drag (or add using the floating-toolbar or right click menu) folders and create a container with some of folder's items inside.
  • NEW: New program icon and about dialog.
  • NEW: The number of selected shortcuts and containers is shown before removing them.
  • NEW: Option to remove tray icon.
  • NEW: Icon selection is completely different and improved.
  • NEW: New Add web URL dialog: Allows you to set the URL's label and download the favicon.
  • NEW: Selected shortcuts inside a container will be re-sorted according to the container's size.
  • NEW: You can now only resize containers using the special resize symbol at the bottom right of each container.
  • NEW: Position menu option 'Suspend auto-collapse' to keep the workspace open (very useful when adding or arranging items in the workspace).
  • NEW: New option in the mini-toolbar to create Folder Containers.
  • NEW: Option to hide the container toolbar for a much cleaner look.
  • NEW: RSS news feed icons are cached and re-download is unnecessary so it's much faster to change containers colors, etc.
  • NEW: Check for update: Option to check for new versions every time the program is started or every few days if you keep it running at all time (don't worry, the version number is the only thing being sent!)
  • NEW: The shortcut properties dialog will open up when failing to start a shortcut with a friendlier error line at the bottom of the dialog.
  • NEW: When creating a Folder Container, the icon for the container is taken form the folder's path.
  • NEW: The file icon will be used as the container icon when dragging text files from the Windows Explorer to create a new Note container.
  • NEW: Shortcut tags are now edited from the Shortcut Properties dialog and you can quickly add existing tags to shortcuts using the new combo-box that lists existing tags used by other shortcuts.
  • NEW: The workspace and detached container can now dock to the bottom of the screen.
  • NEW: Shortcuts now align to the grid.
  • NEW: Option to undock without delay as soon as the mouse goes over the docking border.
  • NEW: Quick container colors in the Container Colors dialog.
  • NEW: There is now a short delay before shrunken containers expand and folded container unfolds when you drag an item above the container.
  • NEW: An optional delay (selected by default and the length can be modified via the Settings dialog) before shrunken containers expand when the mouse is over the Shrink/Expand button.
  • NEW: When displaying shortcuts that share the same tag inside a container, all shortcuts added to that container will get the active tag.
  • NEW: You can now use relative path for shortcut icons.
  • NEW: You can now select a different program activation hotkey (Win+S is the default).
    CHANGE: RSS Settings are now accessible via the Settings dialog and not from the main RSS button.
  • CHANGE: Changes in the way containers are selected. Containers will now remain selected until clicking the workspace or unselecting them using the mouse or the Ctrl key.
  • CHANGE: You can now cancel detached RSS news feeds auto refresh via the auto-refresh right click menu.
  • CHANGE: Auto-refresh value is saved (detached RSS containers).
  • CHANGE: Shortcuts are no longer resolved in Folder Containers.
  • CHANGE: You can no longer move shortcuts and pictures to Folder Containers, only move and copy files to/from other Folder Containers or the Windows Explorer.
  • CHANGE: Shrunken Folder Container will expand on refresh.
  • CHANGE: Dock menu is now called Position, located under the Arrange menu (or as before, by right clicking the Collapse Now button at the upper right part of the workspace).
  • CHANGE: Shortcut menu options 'Sort A to Z' and 'Sort Z to A' won't show when there is only a single shortcut selected.
  • CHANGE: Choose the container icon using the container's right click menu (instead of double-click which is now used to start all shortcuts or to expand the container).
  • CHANGE: Right click container menu shortcut list: The shortcuts are now sorted alphabetically.
  • CHANGE: Shortcuts are now selected on right click.
  • CHANGE: Resizing shortcuts will not resort/reorganize them.
  • CHANGE: A better 'color from icon' function.
  • CHANGE: The nested containers feature has been removed. It was too buggy and not very well maintained by its developer...(replaced by the container tags feature).
  • CHANGE: When creating a new note container: Pressing the Enter key will focus on the note itself when you finish entering its label.
  • CHANGE: You can now remove shortcuts from Folder Containers without deleting them from disk.
  • CHANGE: There is now a warning if the shortcut count inside a container has been reached.
  • CHANGE: Menu options that were previously called Delete are now called Remove to save the confusion.
  • CHANGE: Shortcut size is limited in length for much better layout and organization.
  • CHANGE: Shortcut selection is now using a different color scheme.
  • CHANGE: When attaching containers back, they will always be visible even if the workspace was resized since they were detached.
  • CHANGE: Removed Mark on Launch feature for the sake of clarity (also, it wasn't very useful - only in unlikely scenarios).
  • CHANGE: 'Open file location' command for system-commands now opens the shortcut properties dialog.
  • CHANGE: Resizing containers is now based on the grid (when the Align option is selected).
  • CHANGE: Faster loading of detached containers.
    CHANGE: Explore folder is now Open folder (will open it without the tree pane).
  • CHANGE: Grid lines are no longer visible.
  • CHANGE: Misc. changes to renaming containers.
  • CHANGE: Invert selection for shortcuts is now limited to shortcuts in the same container or in the workspace (depending on where the selected shortcut is in).
  • CHANGE: Removed the replace shortcuts feature when shortcuts are dragged close to one another.
  • CHANGE: Detached RSS containers will not collapse as soon as you click a headline by default. You can now open a few headlines and collapse the detached container back using the right mouse button.
  • CHANGE: RSS containers won't cover one another when adding multiple RSS feeds at the same time.
  • FIX: Some non-user items were deleted when the Clear Workspace command was used.
    FIX: Crash when clicking the Loading label in detached RSS news feed containers when headlines were being downloaded.
  • FIX: Crash when trying to attach a detached RSS container when headlines were being downloaded.
  • FIX: When deleting shortcuts and selecting all using Ctrl+A, then applying style setting via the shortcut mini-toolbar, some deleted shortcuts re-appeared without their labels or icons.
  • FIX: Many bug fixes to the Folder Containers feature (previously called 'Folder Link'): Moving and copying between two Folder Containers and the desktop, shortcuts name, extensions and many more...
  • FIX: When dbl-clicking the name label of 'flipped' folded RSS news feed containers; a headline could have been opened if it was directly below the mouse.
  • FIX: RSS load on startup feature was not working.
  • FIX: Program icon was missing when searching for shortcuts using the keyboard for shortcuts that use relative path.
  • FIX: When detaching containers but not moving them around, the location is still restored when you attach and detach the container again.
  • FIX: Reset shortcut style did not work for all selected shortcuts.
  • FIX: Shrunken containers won't leave trails when moved around the workspace.
    FIX: It’s much easier to resize containers.
  • FIX: Misc. program dialogs are centered according to the location of the workspace (no matter which monitor it is on).
  • FIX: Problems with opening certain dialogs when the workspace was undocked.
  • FIX: '00' was missing from the minute field in the reminder dialog.
  • FIX: Shrink back and fold back containers didn't work when dragging items from the Windows Explorer of from Folder Containers.
    FIX: Creating Note containers with text from a files (drag a text file while holding down the shift key) is now limited to 200 lines.
  • FIX: No line breaks in dynamically created Note containers.
  • FIX: Delete Selected Shortcuts dialog appeared even when there were no selected shortcuts.
  • FIX: Shortcuts changed colors after selection.
  • FIX: Reset shortcut style will no longer rearrange the shortcuts.
  • FIX: Shortcuts could have been launched when dbl-clicking a container to shrink it back.
  • FIX: Shortcut mini-toolbar now hides when a container is folded.
  • FIX: Drag items from Windows didn't work when using the 'Wide border' option.
  • FIX: You can now drag URLs from your web browser's address bar to different containers (previously only worked when dragging URLs to the workspace).
  • FIX: Shortcuts could have been selected when the workspace undocked.
  • FIX: Shortcut color will change according to the workspace or the container color when not using a custom color (when moving shortcuts between containers or to the workspace).
  • FIX: When opening shortcut properties for command shortcuts, the label automatically changed to Command.
  • FIX: When resuming Windows after lock or hibernation, the workspace did not collapse back to the place it was docked to.
  • FIX: Selection is disabled inside a container when the note is visible.
  • FIX: Match size option for containers didn't work properly when some of the containers were folded, unfolded or shrunk.
  • FIX: Refresh menu option was visible in shortcuts menu and not only in RSS containers menu.
  • FIX: There is now a slight delay when selecting text from note containers before an expanded note container shrinks back.
  • FIX: Shortcut icons were drawn one on top of the other when using keyboard navigation.
  • FIX: The workspace could not start invisible (hide it via the system-tray icon).
  • FIX: Right clicking a shortcut when workspace is locked will not turn the container's border to red and show the unlock button.
  • FIX: Refresh all RSS news feed now works with detached news feeds as well as the ones attached to the workspace.
  • FIX: The RSS refresh button remained visible even if there were no more RSS news feeds to refresh (after selecting Refresh all from the RSS menu).
  • FIX: Changing colors from the Appearance dialog affects detached containers immediately (before, a program restart was needed).
  • FIX: Open file location command now works for shortcuts that use relative paths.
  • FIX: Many fixes to the reminders functionality (see the NEW section for more).

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