v1.18.0

Release Notes

Features

• Program plugin now shows the target path when hovering over the result

• Context Menu's query speed has been improved for JsonRPC plugins

• Added a new feature ReQuery to the plugin API, allowing plugin developers to reload queries in order to refresh plugin result data

• Sound effect volume is now adjustable

• Added a new context menu for Program plugin to open the destination folder for resutls that are program shortcuts

• The search window will now be hidden when dragging results

• Added a new keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+C to copy the result path

Bug fixes

• Fixed an issue with Opera bookmarks

• Fixed Custom Query Shortcut logic when two or more share the same prefix

• Fixed Program plugin's indexer, which will now run when either Win32 or UWP application cache is empty

• Node plugins using V2 JsonRPC now works as expected

• Added new and updated translations

• Reworked image caching

Contributions

We would like to directly mention and thank the following people (in alphabetical order) for their contribution and support in this release.

@AminSallah, @AsafMah, @flooxo, @Garulf, @Phoenix-, @taooceros, @VictoriousRaptor, @Yusyuriv and everyone who has joined discussions, added translations, created plugins, reviewed pull requests, put through their ideas or reported bugs.

v1.17.2

Release Notes

Bug fixes

• Fixed a rare issue where Plugin Store could crash due to some missing added/released plugin dates

• Fixed new translations

• Fixed an issue causing JS/TS plugins to stop working

• Fixed an issue causing some Python plugins to be missing settings fields

• Fixed missing DuckDuckGo autocomplete search option in Web Searches plugin

Contributions

We would like to directly mention and thank the following people (in alphabetical order) for their contribution and support in this release.

@Garulf, @taooceros, @Yusyuriv and everyone who has joined discussions, added translations, created plugins, reviewed pull requests, put through their ideas or reported bugs.

v1.17.1

Release Notes

Bug fixes

• Fixed Explorer plugin's Windows Index search returning no results

• Fixed the search window's clipboard paste issue

• Fixed tab to complete functionality missing action keyword

Contributions

We would like to directly mention and thank the following people (in alphabetical order) for their contribution and support in this release.

@Garulf and everyone who has joined discussions, added translations, created plugins, reviewed pull requests, put through their ideas or reported bugs.

v1.17.0

Release Notes

Features

• Search in context menu is now faster

• Added 'Open With' option in context menu for files found by Explorer plugin

• ToggleGameMode is now available via Sys plugin

• Updated Calculator plugin with additional functionalities- factorial, sign, isprime, isinfty, remainder & comparisons

• When an error occurs with a plugin, flow now shows it as an error result instead of a pop-up dialog

• New option added for Shell plugin to close shell by manually pressing key

• PluginsManager/Store has the added option for user to manually restart after doing bulk installing/uninstalling/updating plugins

• Added ability for PluginsManager plugin to update all applicable plugins at once

• Added code for plugins to use JSON-RPC V2

Bug fixes

• Fixed issue with pasting multi-line text in the search window

• Translation updates

• Fixed missing reserved keywords for Explorer plugin

• General project README fixes

• Add new translatable words for Sys Plugin

• Fixed BrowserBookmark plugin crash during loading due to missing key in loaded data

• Missing 'Sign Out' text is added as an alias for 'Log Off'

• Fix an issue when pressing Ctrl+Num to open result, the Ctrl+Enter action is triggered.

• Added improvements to JSON-RPC plugin settings

• Fixed Explorer Quick Access Links to use FuzzySearch

• Added missing Edge Workspace support for BrowserBookmark plugin

• Fix Program plugin search to ignore file extenstion

Contributions

We would like to directly mention and thank the following people (in alphabetical order) for their contribution and support in this release.

@blankster, @flooxo, @Garulf, @ktos, @NoPlagiarism, @taooceros, @VictoriousRaptor and everyone who has joined discussions, added translations, created plugins, reviewed pull requests, put through their ideas or reported bugs.

A big thank you to @Yuba4 for sponsoring us! ❤️

v1.16.2

Release Notes

Python upgrade

If you are using the Python installed by Flow (embedded), it will be automatically upgraded to v3.11.4 with this release. If you are using your own Python installation, you will need to manually upgrade it.

All Python plugins should now be supporting v3.11.4.

Bug fixes

• Updated Python from v3.8.9 to v3.11.4

• Published default plugins to the Plugin Store

• Fixed an issue where the resize bar is still draggable when preview is off

• Added explanation for using '@' prefix for custom shortcut

• Improved startup's hotkey registration failure popup message

• Fixed exclude path not working for index search

• Updated translations

Contributions

We would like to directly mention and thank the following people (in alphabetical order) for their contribution and support in this release.

@onesounds, @taooceros, @VictoriousRaptor and everyone who has joined discussions, added translations, created plugins, reviewed pull requests, put through their ideas or reported bugs.

v1.16.1

Release Notes

Python upgrade

In the next release, the Python version supported by Flow will be v3.11.4.

If you are a Python plugin developer, please start testing your plugin against v3.11.4. Users who are using the Python installation managed by Flow (embeddable) will automatically update to the new version after the next release.

Bug fixes

• Fixed an issue in Explorer plugin caused by Windows Search returning empty paths in its own result set

• Set the main Flow Launcher project as the default start up project

• Removed the irrelevant action keyword in Shell plugin's description

• Translations have been added/updated

• Fixed the translated Slovak language name in Flow's settings window

Contributions

We would like to directly mention and thank the following people (in alphabetical order) for their contribution and support in this release.

@Phoenix-, @sitiom, @VictoriousRaptor and everyone who has joined discussions, added translations, created plugins, reviewed pull requests, put through their ideas or reported bugs.

v1.16.0

Release Notes

Features

• Improved how we fetch community plugin data, new plugin updates should now arrive on time

• Added Czech and Arabic language support

• New plugin API feature for .Net plugins to monitor when the search window is visible/hidden

• New plugin API feature to manually hide the search window or check its visibility

• New search window animation slider to control how fast you want the animation to appear

• Shell plugin now supports Pwsh (PowerShell 7.x)

• New keyboard shortcut Ctrl + R to refresh results by rerunning the current query

• Clipboard copying functionality has been improved

Bug fixes

• New translation updates

• Fixed result comparison missing AutoComplete and CopyText fields

• Fixed ProcessKiller plugin to honor "Last Query Style" option after killing the process

• Fixed an issue with BrowserBookmarks plugin causing memory leaks on some occasions and locking up bookmark files

• Fixed an issue where auto startup option not working when there are spaces in flow's location path

• Resolved an issue where certain WindowsSettings plugin result fail silently when admin permission is required

• Resolved Plugin Store's refresh button issue causing search to not work after clicking

• Resolved occasional increased CPU and disk usage during Program plugin's startup

Contributions

We would like to directly mention and thank the following people (in alphabetical order) for their contribution and support in this release.

@AlexDavies8, @deefrawley, @Garulf, @JamesNZL, @JohnTheGr8, @ngtr6788, @Odotocodot, @rainyl, @taooceros, @VictoriousRaptor and everyone who has joined discussions, added translations, created plugins, reviewed pull requests, put through their ideas or reported bugs.

v1.15.0

Release Notes

Features

• Added ability for Program plugin to open parent folder via Ctrl + Enter

• New option for Explorer plugin to open the folder instead of navigating the directry tree when pressing Enter

• The preview window can now be resized by mouse click and drag

• New search window position options

• Explorer plugin's Everything can now sort result based on its file action RunCount

Bug fixes

• Programs in Windows Start menu's startup folder will no longer be shown

• Fix an issue with image caching

• Fixed ProcessKiller plugin not updating its results after killing a process

• Fixed an issue with Files app intergration

• New translation updates

• Fixed Program plugin's duplicate results coming from Windows' registry

• Fixed an occasional problem with notification causing plugins to not install

• Fixed Explorer plugin's recursive search > not excluding whitespaces

• An issue with Plugin Store's version checking has been addressed

• Appearance section now has subtitle 'Theme' added

• An issue with WebSearch's column sorting has been fixed

• An issue for some users where there is no sound on search window activation has been addressed

Contributions

We would like to directly mention and thank the following people (in alphabetical order) for their contribution and support in this release.

@deefrawley, @Garulf, @onesounds, @taooceros, @TheBestPessimist, @VictoriousRaptor, @xtyuns and everyone who has joined discussions, added translations, created plugins, reviewed pull requests, put through their ideas or reported bugs.

v1.14.1

Release Notes

Hotfix release

This is a hotfix release to address an issue causing Everything search engine to not be usable and plugins not installing properly. We think this issue is caused by Windows update to 10.0.22621.1413 or 10.0.22621.1485 and prior versions should not be affected.

Please note only if you are having the issue, after installing this hotfix you will not be able to see any notifications from Flow but Everything and plugins should start working. This is temporary while we investigate and resolve the root cause.

• Fix Windows 11 22H2 (22621) notification error

• Fix legacy notification not working on some Win 10 and below machines

Contributions

We would like to directly mention and thank the following people (in alphabetical order) for their contribution and support in this release.

@VictoriousRaptor and everyone who has joined discussions, added translations, created plugins, reviewed pull requests, put through their ideas or reported bugs.

v1.14.0

Release Notes

Features

• Added custom Firefox browser support

• UI Improvement in Bookmarks plugin for managing custom browsers

Bug fixes

• Explorer plugin's Everything full path search can now be toggled on/off

• Adjusted sidebar texts in flow's settings window

• Fixed Sys plugin to show full path on delete confirm dialog

• Additional fixes for compatible preview hotkeys

• Translation fixes

Contributions

We would like to directly mention and thank the following people (in alphabetical order) for their contribution and support in this release.

@guilherssousa, @Joehoel, @taooceros, @onesounds, @VictoriousRaptor and everyone who has joined discussions, added translations, created plugins, reviewed pull requests, put through their ideas or reported bugs.

A big thank you to @TheBestPessimist for sponsoring us! ❤️