Changelog

v2.10.2 (2024.09.23)

• [Mac] Fix super-snip related issues
• [Linux] Support super-snip #3054
• [PRO] New Advanced Configs: Snip/animated_region_transition #3057
• Other improvements and bug fixes #3069

v2.10.1 (2024.09.13)

• Fix unable to launch on Windows 7 #3055
• Fix a crash issue #3065

v2.10 (2024.09.10)

• Stable versions for desktop (Windows/Mac/Linux) released! Pro features ready for unlock!

v2.9.2 (2024.07.02)

• [PRO] Remember the locked aspect ratio from the last snip #2990
• [Linux] Fix tray menu for some desktop environments #2843 #2952
• [Linux] Use freedesktop screenshot for non-KDE/Gnome desktop environments under Wayland #2949
• [Linux] Enhance screenshot functionality for displays with portrait orientation #2927
• Better compatability with remote desktop/virtual machine.
• Better compatablity with MyDockFinder #2939
• Fix window detection for fullscreen windows
• Upgrade OpenSSL to 3.3.0 #2946
• Other improvements and bug fixes #2951 #2988

v2.9.1 (2024.05.08)

• [PRO] Support virtual desktop on Windows 11 23H2 #2931
• [PRO] New command line option -o silent for saving the screenshot to specified file path without pop-up notification #2926
• Fix an issue where copying a fullscreen screenshot under certain conditions caused stuttering

v2.9 (2024.04.24)

• [Linux] Support taking screenshots on Wayland
• [Linux] Support cursor capture in snipping #2849
• [Mac] Fix saving image as WebP #2765
• Show the tooltip for toggling mouse click-through #2791
• Other improvements and bug fixes #2733 #2809 #2817 #2850 #2901 #2902
• Added Lithuanian translation (Thanks to Džiugas Januševičius)

v2.8.9 Beta (Linux) (2024.01.08)

• Able to take screenshots in any workspace #2816
• Fix misaligned screenshot for some multi-monitor setup #2819
• Option to launch on system startup #2814
• Able to move image windows off screen
• Other bug fixes

v2.8.8 Beta (Linux) (2023.12.28)

• First release for Linux

v2.8.8 (2023.09.25)

• Fix unable to take screenshots properly for some multi-monitor setup

v2.8.7 (2023.09.23)

• Fix unable to take screenshots properly for some multi-monitor setup
• Fix unable to launch in Windows 7

v2.8.6 (2023.09.20)

• [PRO] Support taking screenshots with rounded corners
• [PRO] Support grouping for number marking
• [PRO] New parameter --keep_aspect_ratio for the command line option snip --size WIDTH HEIGHT
• [PRO] Support virtual desktops on Windows 11 22H2 and later
• [PRO] New Advanced Configs: Misc/software_metadata
• Support saving images as WebP format
• Support interface element detection for Qt 5.11+ applications
• Add a Toggle Arrow button for Arrow annotation
• Fix a security issue with the WebP format (CVE-2023-4863)
• Other improvements and bug fixes #2610 #2640 #2659

v2.8.5 (2023.05.08)

• [PRO] Support triggering Copy Image as File with Ctrl+Alt+C
• [PRO] Optimize the display of long custom commands
• [PRO] Support disabling/enabling hot corner by global hotkey
• [PRO] New Command Line Options: barcode-decode FILE
• Support preset screenshot area and naming #2541
• Improve the response speed of command line calls #2584
• To toggle the display of the auxiliary lines during snipping, the keyboard shortcut is now a single press of Alt instead of a long press
• Fix wrong tray icon color on high contrast system theme
• Other bug fixes or improvements #2434 #2548 #2452 #2473 #2487 #2498 #2538

v2.8.4 (2023.01.09)

• Fix a crash issue

v2.8.3 Beta2 (2022.12.25)

• [Mac] Fix login item on macOS 13 cannot be removed #2428

v2.8.3 (2022.12.18)

• [PRO] New command line option: barcode-scan
• Improve the positioning of the painting toolbar in certain situations
• Other bug fixes #2414 #2419

v2.8.2 (2022.12.02)

• [PRO] Add a shortcut for Refresh screenshot: F5
• Fix rendering the captured cursor icon #2399
• Fix crash due to loading some fonts #2401
• Fix an issue when reading images from the clipboard

v2.8.1 (2022.11.22)

• Pressing Ctrl+A multiple times during snipping will select the active screen or all screens #2392
• Fix a few issues with Refresh screenshot
• Fix a crash issue
• Other bug fixes #2393

v2.8 (2022.11.15)

• [PRO] Support barcode and QR code decoding #23
• [PRO] Long press Refresh screenshot to keep refreshing the screenshot
• [PRO] Improve robustness of super-snip #2242
• [PRO] Able to toggle annotations from the context menu of image windows
• [PRO] New option: Free select annotation
• [PRO] New option: Customizable actions for Esc and Shift+Esc on image windows
• [PRO] Image windows support virtual desktop on Windows 11 #2233
• [PRO] Copy as files will get file names from user-specified file name pattern
• [PRO] Added command line options:
  • Whiteboard support custom colors and only displaying on active screen: whiteboard --color black --active-screen
  • Screenshot output supports skipping auto save: snip -o no-auto-save
  • Clear the current image group: empty-group
  • Open the Image Group Manager window: show-group-manager
• [Mac] Support multi-screen snipping #1026
• [Mac] Compatibility with login item on macOS Ventura #2366
• [Mac] Fixed image window showing file icon instead of image content #2147
• Upgrade to Qt 6.2.4
• Adapt context menu style for Windows 11
• New option: Remember last used image extension #2238
• New Advanced Configs: General/gpu_acceleration
• Select the next image group by default for image group switch #2354
• Improve interface for different DPIs on multi-screen #2256
• Ask user to confirm when there are too many images to pin #2291
• When you annotate on an image window and accidentally hide the toolbar, the context menu can help you quit annotation or show the toolbar
• Show the failure reason when user is setting the global hotkey and it gets rejected
• No more writing frequently changing item Misc/preload_dlls_last_interval into config.ini
• Fix crash on screen disconnection (e.g. system going into sleeping states) #2208
• Fix cannot type 'C' on remote desktop #2078
• Fix element detection for Firefox in fullscreen mode
• Fix element detection in Waterfox #2307
• Fix lagging when playing sound effect after snipping
• Fix antialiasing on some annotations
• Fix text parsing for color values #2197
• Other improvements and bug fixes #2175 #2225 #2243 #2281

v2.7.3 Beta (Windows Desktop) (2022.02.09)

• Fixed dll error on Windows 7 #2103

v2.7.3 (2022.01.30)

• Minor bug fix

v2.7.2 (2022.01.26)

• [PRO] New feature: refresh screenshot (while preserving existing annotations) #2077
• [PRO] Screenshot started with --shadow or --no-shadow would no longer affect subsequent snipping
• Fixed Quick Save failure due to illegal characters in foreground window title #2068
• Fixed keypad numbers not functional as expected

v2.7.1 (2021.12.21)

• Fixed crash on AMD Graphics Cards #2056
• Fixed blurry tray icon after display DPI change #512
• Improved user interface adaptation after diplay DPI change
• Prevent border resizing if the cursor is inside the image window #2047
• [Mac] Fix icon color after dark mode switch #2046
• [Mac] Fix snipping history replay on non-retina display #2034

v2.7 (2021.11.25)

• [PRO] Fixed super-snip not included in snipping history #1998
• [PRO] Fixed wrong ordering of image windows when revealed from temporary hiding
• [PRO] Fixed the mnemonic key for Show hidden images
• Fixed pinning images copied from chrome browser incorrectly shown as url #2013
• Fixed wrong positioning of the painting toolbar for some situations
• Prevent color picker showing up in screenshot #1963
• Improved Russian translation. If you find any error in translation, please feel free to contact sharkeron.
• Improved user experience for drawing a line strip
• Improved image quality when saving images as JPEG
• Other improvements and bug fixes #1961 #2008

v2.6.6 (2021.08.14)

• [PRO] On the context menu of the image window, you can now choose Hide other images for now even when you already hide some
• Fixed posible application hang when detecting window interface elements
• Other minor fixes 1944 1950

v2.6.6 Beta2 (2021.08.14)

• [Mac] Fixed display device detection
• [Mac] Fixed the color profile of screenshots

v2.6.5 Beta (2021.08.04)

• Use Tab to switch between Rectangle/Ellipse or Line/Arrow when annotating
• [Mac] Fixed a few bugs

v2.6.4 Beta (2021.08.01)

• [Win] Fixed crash issue on some Intel Graphics cards
• [Mac] Fixed color dialog not showing up #1932
• [Mac] Improved window detection when transparent windows (e.g. LyricsX) are present #1932

v2.6 (2021.07.28)

• [PRO] Added Magnify annotation #193
• [PRO] Support ellipse shape for Highlight/Mosaic/Blur/Eraser
• [PRO] Eraser is now rotatable
• [PRO] Added more styles for Arrow annotation
• [PRO] Added an entry Add to presets for custom snipping size
• [PRO] Support resizing rectangle/ellipse annotations by center by holding Ctrl
• [PRO] Added an option to show the native Windows 10 Share button #1875
• [PRO] Added an option to follow system theme color #1771
• [PRO] Added option: Disable reedition for Eraser
• Added option: Max image window size
• Merged Arrow tool into Linestrip tool
• New shorcuts for annotation: T for Text; B for Pencil
• Support French keyboard layout for WASD (cursor move)
• Fixed Vietnamese IME support for image windows
• [Win] Hold Shift to show advanced tray menu #1753
• [Win] Fixed tray icon being hiden after upgrade
• [Mac] Hold Alt to show advanced tray menu #1753
• [Mac] Support cursor capture in snipping
• Refactored interface element detection to be much smoother, more robust and intelligent
• Improved efficiency for Mosaic/Blur/Text annotations
• Other bug fixes #1737 #1758 #1829 #1831 #1843 #1890 #1895 #1916

v2.5.6 (2020.12.10)

• Improved the undo/redo operation of annotation
• Other improvements and bug fixes #1736

v2.5.5 Beta2 (Mac) (2020.12.02)

• Fixed the tray icon under certain configuration

v2.5.5 (2020.11.28)

• File name pattern supports %title% (the title of the active window) #1589
• Other improvements and bug fixes #1685 #1722 #1727

v2.5.5 Beta (Mac) (2020.11.28)

• Fixed some display issues on Big Sur #1716
• Other improvements and bug fixes

v2.5.4 (2020.11.05)

• Fixed a bug for dual monitors #1698

v2.5.3 (2020.11.02)

• Minor bug fixes #1684 #1685

v2.5.2 (2020.10.18)

• [PRO] Customizable number of colors for the palette on the toolbar
• [PRO] More flexible number marking:
  • The first number can be bigger than 1
  • Numbers can also be adjusted via +/- keys
• Other improvements and bug fixes (#1644, etc.)
• Added Italian translation (Thanks to mausan66)

v2.5.2 Beta (Mac) (2020.10.18)

• Fixed the issue about simulated keys #1664
• Fixed size calculation of the snipping area #1659
• Fixed image windows not appearing at snipped position
• Other minor fixes

v2.5.1 (2020.08.26)

• Use px/dip for physical/logical pixel #1008
• Use the upper folder if the last save folder does not exist #1632
• Fixed size of captured cursor #1635
• Fixed text size/arrow style not correctly remembered #1625
• Other minor fixes

v2.5 (2020.08.12)

• [PRO] Two-way/Reverse arrow annotation #843
• [PRO] Dashed/Dotted line style for line strip/arrow/pencil annotations#92
• [PRO] Output image with border (customizable color and width) #197
• [PRO] Customizable color and width when output image with shadow
• [PRO] Customizable background color for text annotation #1529
• [PRO] Size unit (dp/px) available for snipping area #1008
• [PRO] Export multiple selected image windows from the context menu #1507
• Show key binding tips during snipping (can be turned off in Preferences Dialog) #902
• New Open config file's containing folder button in Preferences Dialog
• New option: Ignore Copy command simulated by other applications #1531
• New Advanced Configs: Paste/include_active_window_for_multiselection #1461
• Fixed crash due to moving image window across screens with different DPIs #1489
• Fixed image window appearing in Alt-Tab on Win7 #1528
• Fixed text annotation not working for horizontally/vertically flipped image window
• Show local coordinate for the color picker of image window
• New image window inherits the annotation settings of the current snipping window
• When annotating during snipping, right click outside of the snipping area to mark the whole area
• Use the interface font as the default font of text annotation #1522
• Improved appearance of toolbar across different DPIs
• Other minor improvements

v2.4 (2020.05.20)

• [PRO] New annotation type: Number Marking #227
• [PRO] Added rounded rectangle annotation #1185
• [PRO] Able to choose stroke color and adjust stroke thickness for text Annotation #83
• [PRO] Added background fill option for text annotation
• [PRO] Hold Ctrl then click the Copy/Paste/Save button on the toolbar to get an image with shadow
• [PRO] Press Ctrl+A on the map to select all the maps.
• [PRO] Enabled by default Use separate colors for different shapes
• Added size dropdown list for text annotation
• Able to use mouse scrolling to change the size of text annotation
• Able to choose colored tray icons in the Preferences Dialog
• Besides mouse scroll and 1 2, now you can also use [ ] to adjust the pen width
• Shortcut for the eraser tool changed to E
• New prompt on first double-click to close the image window #1514
• Fixed cursor image capture
• Other minor fixes

v2.4 Beta (Mac) (2020.05.20)

• Fixed launch failure for some users
• Fixed global hotkey conflict with other apps
• Shortcut for Redo changed to Cmd+Shift+Z

v2.3.5 Beta (2020.04.12)

• Fixed incapability to run as admin on system startup
• Fixed outline text issue for Chinese characters #1475
• [Mac] Fixed window style for Preferences windows under dark mode
• [Mac] Fixed ineffective entries for tray menu #1467

v2.3.4 (2020.04.10)

• [PRO] Fixed bulk selection issue for image window
• Other minor fixes

v2.3.3 (2020.04.08)

• Fixed incapability to draw square/circle by holding Shift in the free version #1462
• Fixed incorrect rendering of annotations on translucent image windows
• Fixed incorrect logic for the option Always ignore HTML formats
• Fixed color issues for reading some svg files for image window
• Enabled Enhanced tray menu by default
• Improved outline text rendering
• Other minor fixes（#1461, etc.）

v2.3.3 Beta (Mac) (2020.04.07)

• Reduce the sensitivity for zooming the image window with touchpad gesture
• Other minor fixes (#1439, #1434, etc.)

v2.3.2 (2020.03.20)

• [Microsoft Store] Fixed in-app purchase issue for some users
• [PRO] Added color inversion for image windows (key 6)
• [PRO] If the background mode of the image window is set to Custom Color, keep the background color for copy/save
• [PRO] Added copy/save unscaled images for zoomed image windows #1430
• Fixed Ctrl + P failed to print the screenshot
• Other minor fixes

v2.3.1 (2020.02.27)

• [PRO] Allow click-through toggling for transparent whiteboard mode
• [PRO] Fixed eraser not working for transparent whiteboard mode #1421
• [PRO] Fixed missing shadow when saving screenshot with hotkey #1413
• [PRO] Fixed image opacity for cropping operation of image window #1420
• New Advanced Configs: Paste/disable_frame_resize
• Other minor fixes

v2.3.1 Beta (Mac) (2020.02.27)

• Fixed cursor shaping not updated when adjusting the pen size with mouse wheeling #1310
• Other minor fixes

v2.3 (2020.02.20)

• [PRO] Annotations support resizing from center (by holding Ctrl) and with fixed aspect ratio (by holding shift)
• [PRO] Command Line Options now support multiple destinations, which means you can send the screenshot to another program (e.g. OCR programs)
• [PRO] Added option: hide snipping window / image windows when File Dialog is open
  • So you may use Listary to jump to the target folder
• [PRO] Super-snip can now be bound to Snip, copy and paste
• [PRO] A program blacklist is available for hot corner
• [PRO] Fixed false invocation for hot corner #1398
• Undo/Redo now supports movements and rotations of annotations
• You can also use Ctrl+W to close the active image window #1384
• Apng format support for the image window #1064
• New Advanced Configs：Paste/magnetic_attach_threshold #1386
• Other fixes #1369

v2.3 Beta (Mac) (2020.02.20)

• [Mac] Fixed permission issues for macOS 10.15
• [Mac] Fixed some windows not having focus when shown #1382

v2.2.8 (2019.12.13)

• Fixed a crash issue #1350

v2.2.7 (2019.12.02)

• Do not change the window focus when all image windows are shown from hidden #1337
• Fixed mismatched button states of toolbar for shape reedition
• Fixed an issue of startup as admin under certain system configuration

v2.2.6 (2019.11.20)

• [PRO] All image operations are supported for multiple selected image windows
• CLI supports output with a specified file name -o FILE_NAME #1321
• Fixed launch problem when scheduled task is disabled
• Other fixes

v2.2.5 (2019.10.28)

• [PRO] Fixed some issules with bulk zooming of image windows #1304

v2.2.5 Beta (Mac) (2019.10.28)

• Fixed Cmd+C/Cmd+V has not effect on the snipping window and the image window

v2.2.4 (2019.10.24)

• [PRO] Support bulk zooming for selected image windows
• Improved support for high-dpi
  • For multiple screens with different DPI settings, the paint toolbar will be of the same visual size
• Fixed incorrect font color when converting text to image #1281
• Fixed Pin on all virtual desktops not respected after next launch #1288
• Fixed the paint toolbar not visible when the image window is larger than the desktop #1291
• New advanced config: Hotkey2/allow_simple_hotkeys #1277
• Improved success rate for CLI invocation

v2.2.4 Beta (Mac) (2019.10.24)

• Fixed shortcuts for Cut/Copy/Paste/Select-All not working when saving files
• Fixed CLI option show-tray-menu not working

v2.2.3 Beta2 (Mac) (2019.10.11)

• Fixed an input method issue on macOS Catalina #1280

v2.2.3 (2019.10.06)

• [PRO] Support snipping with a fixed aspect ratio
• [PRO] Fixed crash by first super-snip since launch #1260
• [PRO] Fixed Image Group Manager window cannot be shown again after first close
• Fixed Save File Dialog during snipping cannot be cancelled by Esc #1257
• Fixed a Korean IME issue for text annotation
• Improved support for Windows high contrast mode
• Prevent some simple keys to be registered as global hotkeys
• Other minor improvements

v2.2.3 Beta (Mac) (2019.10.06)

• New option: Pin all images on all virtual desktops
• Fixed input focus issue of snipping while Keynote is in presentation mode #1244
• Fixed screenshot in the clipboard is inaccessible after closing the app
• Changes of v2.2.2 and v2.2.3 are also included in this release

v2.2.2 (2019.09.18)

• [PRO] image windows can be moved to specific virtual desktop / pinned on all desktops
• [Microsoft Store] Fixed some users cannot enable Run as admin for boot on startup
• New command line option: create-group
• Support non-English keyboard layout for key bindings
• Improved cross-DPI support
• Improved behaviors of whiteboard mode and transparent whiteboard mode
• Capable to detect webpage area for Chrome with Accessibility disabled
• Fixed interface free when converting specific HTML to image window
• Added Korean translation (Thanks to 박경태)
• Added Czech translation (Thanks to Štěpán Hašler)

v2.2 Beta2 (Mac) (2019.08.03)

• Fix memory leaks
• Fix background color of some widigets on systems earlier than macOS Mojave
• Wheeling gesture from touch device repects the settings of image operations #1193
• Minor UI improvements

v2.2.1 Beta2 (2019.07.05)

Fixed:

• [Windows Desktop] False positive by Windows Defender when Startup as admin is enabled #1153

v2.2.1 (2019.07.04)

Fixed:

• Incorrect default tray icon color for Windows versions earlier than Windows 10 (1903)

v2.2 (2019.07.02)

New:

• Tray icon adapts to light theme of taskbar (Windows 10)
• Support annotation shape switching with Ctrl+1/2/3... #664
• New menu entries for image window:
  • Image processing (rotate/flip)
  • Copy unscaled image #1025
• New advanced option
  • Output/auto_alpha_channel_removal #1077
  • Annotate/auto_select_on_creation #1126

Fixed:

• [UWP] Incapable of purchasing when launched as admin #1059
• #833 #910 #981 #1045 #1050 #1080 #1086 #1098 #1099 #1103 #1105

Improved:

• Better outlined text rendering
• If Shift key is held down when dropping image on image window, create an image window instead of replacing the underlying one

New PRO Features

• Support copy/save image with shadow borders
• More arrow styles
• Support annotation in image window under thumbnail mode
• Support using variables in auto-save/quick-save paths
  • So screenshots can be put into different folders named by dates
• Support rotation of most annotations
• Support reedit for rectangular eraser
• Support modifier key customization for super-snip
• Support super-snip to trigger a normal snip (Windows) #1085
• Add an option to choose default annotation for snipping
• Add more CLI commands (you can bind them to global hotkeys):
  • pick-color #1096
  • transparent-whiteboard #1155
  • paste-as-image
  • paste-as-plain-text
• While dragging to thumbnail, click left button to cancel dragging
• Improve foreground application detection for hotkey blacklist

v2.2 Beta for Mac (2019.07.02)

• Support dark mode
• Support touchpad gestures for image windows
  • Pinch/rotation/scroll/two-finger-double-tap
• Support CLI options
• Support image window resizing by dragging borders/corners
• Keep image windows visible on all desktops
• Reduce sensitivity of scrolling gesture #951
• Fix IME problems
• Fix image format, size and color profile for copying/saving #836 #881 #946 #959 #971
• Fix window levels
• Fix image DPI when reading from clipboard/file #1031
• Fix occasionally high CPU usage #787
• Fix compatibility with Eudic #1012

v2.1.4 (2018.12.03)

Fixed:

• Incorrect cursor shapes on some boundary conditions in the annotation mode
• Failing to start on some rare conditions

v2.1.3 (2018.11.12)

Fixed:

• Various bugs of the annotation tools (thanks to StarryVoid)
• Incorrect timestamp format under certain Region Format #969

Improved:

• Much smoother lines for the Pencil tool
• Better performance for freehand drawing (including pencil, eraser and mosaic tools)
• Support the Menu key on image windows

v2.1.2 (2018.10.18)

• Fixed unable to launch after checking "run as admin at startup"

v2.1.1 (2018.10.18)

New:

• Support run as admin at startup
• Options to customize the functions of double-click and middle-click for snipping
• [PRO] Support toggling shadow/topmostness for multiple selected image windows

Improved:

• Various minor improvements

v2.1 (2018.10.01)

NEW:

• [PRO] Support rotation of the rectangle/ellipse annotation
• [PRO] Support custom zooming of the image window
• [PRO] Support choosing a custom background color for the image window #953
• [PRO] More preset commands
• [PRO] Advanced Configs: Misc/auto_download_max_image_size_mb
  • To restrict the maximum image size of auto download
• Support italic text annotation

Improved:

• [PRO] You can also clone the selected annotation by holding Ctrl and dragging it
• [PRO] Even without checking 'Auto detect UI elements', you can scroll the mouse wheel to enter element detection mode
• [PRO] Improve bulk move of image windows, ensuring that they will end up with the same move offset
• [PRO] By dragging an image on a webpage to an image window, the original image will be automatically downloaded as long as its url starts with http/https (previouly the url format is much restricted)
• [PRO] Support expanding environment variables in running 'external' command
• [PRO] Disable 'Copy as file' by default
• Use Ctrl-Shift-C / Ctrl-Shift-V to copy/paste an annotation, avoiding conflicts with copying/pasting the image
• Allow smaller text annotations
• Double tap Esc to quit the whiteboard mode
• Remove leading/trailing whitespace when converting plain text to an image (the text source is untouched)

Fixed:

• [PRO] Multiple selected image windows cannot be moved together with arrow keys
• Snipping may quit immediately if the start menu is previously active
• Position jump when moving or resizing an annotation by dragging it
• Snipping a full-screen browser which is playing a video then press Esc to quit snipping causes the video to quit full-screen
• Another potential crash bug

v2.0.1 (2018.07.25)

NEW:

• Spanish (Mexico) translation (thanks to enriquedfa)

Fixed:

• [PRO] Super-snip is not working after disabling hot corners
• [PRO] Super-snip cannot capture the start menu
• [PRO] Resizing an image window causes other selected image windows to move
• Copying the image window of a paused GIF still gets the animated image
• Other minor bugs

Improved:

• Asynchronize auto-save and quick-save to prevent hangs

v2.0 (2018.07.18)

New:

• Snipaste 2.0 PRO is now available as in-app purchase in Microsoft Store! (PRO Features)
• NOTE: Snipaste 2.x is free for PERSONAL USE only! For business use, please buy Snipaste 2.x PRO or use Snipaste 1.x
• Option: Keep responsive #19
• Custom-Snip-Dialog (previously Delayed-Snip-Dialog), which allows you to specify the position, size and delay time of the next snipping

Fixed:

• A few bugs that may cause crashes
• Poor IO performance due to startup as admin #19
• Incorrect image DPI when copied as Window Bitmap #811
• Hotkeys for image zooming and opacity tuning are ineffective
• Some other bugs: #829 #839 #869 #931

Improved:

• Updated command line options
• Removed some unnecessary Advanced Configs
• Avoid interface element detection for unresponding windows
• Restore the previous zooming level of the image window if reset twice #323
• When there is only one text annotation on the image window, you can copy the text via its context menu
• Disable text shadow if the color is semi-transparent
• Minor adjustments to the appearances of arrow annotations

v1.16.2 (2018.01.22)

Fixed:

• Crash on changing configuration location
• (Microsoft Store) App fails to launch after the user moves it to another drive

v1.16.2 Beta for Mac (2018.01.20)

Fixed:

• Chinse IME problems #686
• Unable to snip when both the menu bar and the Dock are automatically hidden #687
• The context menu of the image window cannot popup promptly
• See the changelog of v1.16 and v1.16.1

v1.16.1 (2018.01.17)

Fixed:

• Mosaic/Guassian blur may not work during snipping #789
• Wi-Fi scannimg issue #788 QTBUG-40332

v1.16 (2018.01.16)

New:

• Option: Customizable hotkeys for image window zooming and opacity adjustment
• Option: Disable cursor capture forever (to improve response time on entering snipping)
• Option: Disable the notification for quick save #636
• Advanced Configs: Misc/squeeze_memory
  • Enable it to reduce memory cost, but it could also harm the response time on entering snipping
• Press V to copy the size of snipping area #633
• 33.3% scale is now available in the context menu of the image window
• Support Ctrl + C for non-Latin keyboard #689
• Support Ctrl + Insert to copy screenshot/image
• Rewritten Command line options
• Serbian translation (thanks to ozzii.translate)

Fixed:

• Sometimes the caret is not removed after text annotation
• Previewing sound effect for snipping mistakenly opens the sound file with associated program #647
• Logging fails to update instantly under trace/debug mode

Improved:

• Use the corresponding color for thumbnailed color card #630
• Add dropdown shadow for text annotation

v1.16 Beta for Mac (2017.12.09)

• First public release

v1.15.3 (2017.11.12)

Note:

• I am so sorry that there is a bug in the Microsoft Store version which would reset your settings and image history.
  To bring them back, please first close Snipaste, then copy the files in %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\45479liulios.17062D84F7C46_p7pnf6hceqser\LocalCache\Local\snipaste.com\Snipaste to %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\45479liulios.17062D84F7C46_p7pnf6hceqser\LocalState and restart Snipaste.

New:

• (Microsoft Store) Add logging option

Fixed:

• (Microsoft Store) App crashes on exit and then restarts automatically
• (Microsoft Store) Cannot open the config file from the Preferences Dialog
• Some annotations cannot be moved correctly if the image window is scaled or rotated

Improved:

• Now you can use the $ and % symbols in folder path or file name #626
• Other minor improvements, e.g. #621

v1.15.2 (2017.11.06)

New:

• (Microsoft Store) Enable the switch for Run on system startup
  • After Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (1709), the system will try to run Snipaste on startup if Snipaste is running when the OS shuts down, regardless of the status of this option. If it causes Snipaste to have two tray icons, you may turn this option off to work around it.
• Hold Shift and drag the snipping area or the annotation to move it horizontally or vertically
  • Not for the text annotation yet
• Option: Disable mouse scrolling for pen width adjustment when snipping
• Good news: Snipaste for Mac (public beta) is coming soon 😉

Fixed:

• Snipaste is closed after the laptop is unplugged, for some users #522
• Outdated documentation

Improved:

• Better highlighting for marker pen #580 #596 #616
• Allow text re-edit only when the text icon is selected #590
• history_dir now supports environment variables
• Other minor improvements

v1.15.1 (2017.09.27)

Fixed:

• Errors (file name pattern, Quick Save, etc.) caused by config.ini simplification

v1.15 (2017.09.26)

New:

• Snipaste is now available in Windows Store 🎉
• (Windows Store) Support command line options
  • For example, snipaste.exe --snip-full --output clipboard(yes, no need to specify the path to the executable file)
• Hold Shift to make a square screenshot when snipping
• The way for enabling/disabling mouse click-through has changed again:
  • The double-tap X way is removed
  • To prevent misoperation, no hotkey is assigned for this feature by default. If you understand it and need it, please go to Preferences - Hotkey - Toggle mouse click-through and set a hotkey for it
  • Be sure to click on the i icon to learn the usage
• You can now change the location of the configuration file in the Preferences Dialog
  • Not fully tested. Please provide feedback if you find any bugs
• Support specifying the output of screenshots via CLI
  • Not fully tested. Please provide feedback if you find any bugs
• Turkish translation（thanks to thrylmz）

Fixed:

• (Windows Store) App does not restart after update
• Deviation of the position of the rectangle annotation
• Window detection problems related to the taskbar area #584
• Hotkey problems when Auto backup is disabled #499
• Possible crash caused by clicking on the red dots
• Crashes related to image groups

Improved:

• The default font style for text annotation becomes not outlined
• When in the fill mode of mosaic/Gaussian blur, you can scroll the mouse wheel to adjust the blur level
• Better visibility of the cursor when annotating #544
• End text edit instead of quitting snipping, when you press Esc during text annotation #562
• Stay at the current group when activating the hotkey for group switching (press the hotkey more times to switch to other groups) #556
• Simplify config.ini by removing settings that are using default values

v1.14 (2017.08.04)

New:

• Usage tips (indicated by red dots)
• Support symbolic link for config.ini #494
• Show two more auxiliary lines when holding Alt during snipping #513
• Advanced Configs: Misc/reload_image_plugins_timer
• Russian translation (thanks to vanja-san)
• Arabic translation (thanks to MFMDawdeh)

Fixed:

• UI element detection for Windows Explorer
• On HDD, after Snipaste being idle for a while, the first time to drag and move any of the image windows may fail to respond instantly
• Some bugs that cause crashes and many other minor bugs

Improved:

• Refresh the tray icon when DPI changes #512
• Some default values of options

v1.13.6 (2017.06.09)

Fixed:

• Unable to annotate when snipping, for some multi-screen users #487

v1.13.5 (2017.06.08)

Improved:

• The 'Rectangle' and 'Ellipse' are merged in the toolbar
• The mosaic effect and blur effect have independent levels now
• Avoid cleaning up the record files when restoring fails

Fixed:

• Snipping unexpectedly quits when clicking on some of the widgets in the toolbar #485
• Copying or saving annotated gray-scale images loses the colors
• The flickering of the tooltip on the image window

v1.13.4 (2017.06.06)

New:

• Tray menu item: Disable hotkeys #171

Fixed:

• DPI problems for the snipping window #481 #482
• Fail to start because of conflicted environment variable #457 #480
• Using the Tab key during snipping cannot switch between element detection and window detection #479

Improved:

• Lag after snipping (due to auto saving of snipping history)

v1.13.3 (2017.06.02)

新增：

• Advanced Configs: Add process_priority, remove high_process_priority
  • The default process priority will be 'Above normal'

Fixed:

• On the image window, the rendering of mosaic/Gaussian blur is incorrect
• On rotated image windows, the directions are incorrect when moving the annotations by arrow keys
• Other minor bugs

Improved:

• Update to Qt 5.9
• Minor improvements

v1.13.2 (2017.05.20)

New:

• Use the arrow keys to move the annotations
• Crash dump
• New log level: Trace
• Advanced Configs: Paste/force_html_wrap
• Advanced Configs: Misc/uppercase_hex_color

Fixed:

• Some bugs that cause crashes and many other minor bugs

v1.13.1 (2017.05.07)

Fixed:

• The help dialog becomes invisible under some conditions
• The anchors are not repainted correctly under some conditions
• The cursor shapes when hovering on finished text annotation #442

Improved:

• Update some translations

v1.13 (2017.05.05)

New:

• Adjust pen width continuously: Mouse scroll or 1 / 2 #276
• A new way to switch between image groups #390
• A more convenient way to rotate the text
  • In the meantime, remove Ctrl + Dragging corners to rotate the text
• When editing text, use Mouse mid-button to paste #410
• Global hotkey: snip and copy (default Ctrl + F1)
• Option: Anchors for snipping area #391
• Advanced Configs: Snip/anchors_threshold
• Advanced Configs: Hotkey2/exchange_wasd_and_arrow_keys #417
• Advanced Configs: Misc/path_simplify_tolerance #371
• Command Line Options: Rename --switch to --switch-to
• Command Line Options: Use `--at` to specify the screen position for pinning the image

Improved:

• Performance optimization
• Update some icons
• To avoid false operation, the shortcut for click-through mode is changed to X double-tap (previously X single-tap)
• Now you can tell whether you are in mosaic or Gaussian blur mode by the shape of the slider handle
• Merge all the help docs to a single window
• Let the shadow frame and thumbnail frame be detectable by snipping
• The range of S, V, L, I in HSV, HSL, HSI is changed from [0, 255] to [0, 100] #418
• Scaling problem for some HiDPI settings #372
• Automatically cancel annotations that are falsely added by double click #383
• Allow to change the opacity of images when in thumbnail mode #425
• Apply the opacity setting to the frame of thumbnail #425
• When in window/element detection mode, use W A S D or arrow keys alike can move the cursor
• Allow adjusting the snipping area by hotkeys when in edit mode
• Disable other global hotkeys when snipping
• Disable 'Esc to quit snipping' when in whiteboard mode
• Resolve symbolic links when enforcing single instance application

Fixed:

• Some crash bugs
• Incorrect format when converting some HTML to images #366 #403
• When Cortana is active, the snipping window is below the taskbar
• Possible incorrect image size when restoring the image windows
• Some other minor bugs #389

v1.12 (2017.03.09)

New:

• Allow to make an individual image window mouse click-through (press X on an activated image)
  • Meanwhile, removed the functionality to set ALL images unclickable
  • The original global hotkey is now used to cancel the click-through mode of the image under the cursor; if no image window is under the cursor, all unclickable images will be made clickable
  • Accordingly, removed command line options --click-through-toggle, --click-through-enable and --click-through-disable, added --no-click-through
• Option: Auto save all screenshots to a specified directory
• Option: Page margin for text to image conversion #359
• Option: Log level
• Not including the XP version
• Command Line Options: --config
• Advanced Configs: Update/fake_version
• Advanced Configs: Log/file, Log/flush_interval, Log/rotate, Log/rotate_size_mb
• French translation (thanks to rico-sos)

Fixed:

• Unchecking the option "Quit snipping if any other window is activated" has no effect
• Interaction bugs when making some annotations #351
• When Snipaste is inside a sync folder of Dropbox, online updater may fail #333
• Flipping the image window does not affect the existing annotations
• Too much space for an empty line when converting HTML to image #366
• Possible incorrect font used when converting HTML to image
• Incorrect cursor used under certain conditions #363

Improved:

• Improved the image quality of JPG under default settings #311
• Now you can press the global hotkey of pasting when snipping
• Support environment variables in paths (Quick Save / Auto Save) #367
• Updated the cursor shapes of some annotations #352
• Auto acceleration when holding W A S D for cursor moving
• Support Ctrl + V on image windows
• Added "Restart" entry in the enhanced tray menu
• Added several hint icons in Preferences Dialog
• More efficient Gaussian blur
• Some improvements to the UI
• Updated the Qt version to 5.8
• Not including the XP version

v1.11.3 (2017.01.27)

新增：

• FAQ
• Vietnamese translation (thanks to evildeepblue)

修复：

• Rendering error when "Auto detect windows" is disabled #317
• Some minor bugs

v1.11.2 (2017.01.17)

Fixed:

• Sometimes the updater dialog does not appear when an update is available #298

v1.11.1 (2017.01.15)

New:

• Option: Max number of history snipping areas
• Option: Loop through history snipping areas
• Portuguese (Portugal) translation (thanks to Luis Neves)

Fixed:

• Possible restart failure after version update, when startup as admin (thanks to Fubuki)
• Short-time interface freeze when checking for update for the first time since launched
• Text of some widgets in the Preferences Dialog is not updated after switching languages
• Problems on the image borders after mirroring the image #248

Improved:

• Faster response for the first snipping since launched
• Instant response for moving the image window by holding the mouse left button and pressing W A S D #315
  • Note: this operation has problems on Windows XP
• Translated the color dialog, font dialog, etc.
• Improvements to many details :)

v1.11.0 (2017.01.01)

New:

• Remember more than one snipped area #249
  • Switch between them by pressing multiple times of R or Shift + R
  • The number is the same as the max number of history snipping records
• Add an alternative update feed source
• Add a "Recheck" button in the updater dialog
• Command Line Options: --snip-whiteboard whiteboard mode
• Option: Customize the action of Enter for snipping
• Option: Zoom at mouse cursor #277
• Option: 'Reset image' also works in thumbnail mode #280
• Option: Preserve the original image window for drag-and-drop
• Dutch translation (thanks to Stephan Paternotte)

Fixed:

• Detecting elements in Nsight causes its crash #290
• Under certain conditions, the Win key is not unhooked after snipping is finished #272
• The first press of Tab has no effect
• Some logical errors when checking for updates

Improved:

• Now you can toggle the toolbar by Space even in edit mode
• Let the hue value for achromatic colors be 0 instead of -1
• Improvements to many details :)

v1.10.5 (2016.12.10)

New:

• Add HSV and HSI to the color card

Fixed:

• Text copied from Chrome has rendering problems after pasted to the text edit #257
• Text copied from Android Studio loses its format after converted to an image #266
• Cannot capture topmost windows if Snipaste is started under some special conditions #269
• Sometimes the z-orders of image windows are not correctly restored

Improved:

• If "Start on system boot" is checked and the startup shortcut is found lost when Snipaste is starting, try to regenerate one

v1.10.4 (2016.12.05)

Fixed:

• Adding/Removing screens is not detected under some conditions #233
• Drag-and-drop operation for GIF files #260
• Missing magnifier under some conditions
• Infinite update notification under some conditions

v1.10.3 (2016.12.01)

New:

• Check out our brand new documentation site
• Generated using docsify

Fixed:

• When the system setting "Show window contents while dragging" is not enabled, the image windows cannot be moved
• Cannot copy the text from a pasted file path
• Hold Shift and drag the anchor of line shapes has no shifted effect
• #253

Inmproved:

• Cancel the moving operation for pencil / mosaic / eraser, to avoid unintended moving for continuous drawing

v1.10.2 (2016.11.28)

New:

• Easy text re-edit
• Allow to move shapes as a whole, including line strip / pencil / mosaic / eraser
• Hold Mouse left button + W A S D to move the image window by pixel #211
• Command Line Options: --paste-files accepts directories now
• Advanced Configs: snip/exclude_from_detection
• Advanced Configs: snip/crashes

Fixed:

• After startup on system boot, a manual update check will cause the Preferences Dialog unresponsive #242
• If elevated, Snipaste cannot respond to command line options #240
• Window detection is not working if snipping is started under some special condition #123

Inmproved:

• Various details improvement

v1.10.1 (2016.11.22)

修复：

• Application crashes once started (for a few users)
• Incorrect display when replaying snipping history
• The "Update Success" notification doesn't pop up after online update

v1.10.0 (2016.11.22)

New:

• Support Command Line Options
• When snipping, allow to adjust the snipping area when in edit mode #211
• All edit shapes now support Shift toggling
• "Line strip" now has a "Line" mode: click and hold Mouse left button, then move the mouse to draw a single line
• "Help" menu in the tray menu
• Press Ctrl + Shift + C on the image window to directly copy the plain text (if this image is converted from text)
• Click the balloon after a Quick Save to reveal the file in Windows Explorer #220
• "Show in folder" action in the context menu of image window #223
• Option: Startup as admin on system boot
  • So that you can use hotkeys even if the active window is run as admin
• Option: Proxy server settings
• Option: Delay time for update checking after startup
• Option: Check for updates every a few hours
• Option: Include beta builds when checking for updates
• Option: Disable text-to-image conversion

Inmproved:

• Greatly improved performance when snipping
• The shortcut for "Pin to screen" when snipping has been changed to Ctrl + T (previously Ctrl + W)
• Redraw all icons and use no icon fonts
• Refine the painting of the magnifier
• Better adjustment strategy for the position of the toolbar when snipping
• Better adjustment strategy for the position of the resolution label when snipping

Fixed:

• In the enhanced tray menu, "Show/Hide all images" performs an incorrect action #202
• Fast switching between image groups may cause no new images can be pasted #199
• Many minor bugs

v1.9.2 (2016.10.31)

Fixed:

• After transferring an image to another group, the images in that group are lost (a bug of v1.9.0 and v1.9.1)
• After transferring an image to another group created by an much earlier version of Snipaste, the application crashes
  • After this update, please switch into each image group to ensure history records are upgraded
• Possible incorrect image counts after an image is transferred

Inmproved:

• Make the newly transferred image on top of other images

v1.9.1 (2016.10.27)

Fixed:

• User configs of 'Image Operations' are lost after upgrade

Inmproved:

• Apply the file name pattern to the file save dialog (except for the suffix, which will be the same as your last saved image)

v1.9.0 (2016.10.27)

New:

• Allow to customize the pattern of image file names #98
• Delayed snip 181
• When the magnifier is visible, press Shift to toggle the color formats #187
• When dragging to resize the snipping area, hold Space to move the area #192
• Brazilian Portuguese translation (thanks to Igor Rückert)
• Polish translation (thanks to Wirus deleted my username)

Fixed:

• Another bug that causes crash when switching image groups in a row
• In the Preferences Dialog, the text-to-image preview is not updated when the related settings are changed
• Possible incorrect color is applied after a "redo"
• Several logic errors

Inmproved:

• Guarantee the atomicity of history record files (even for application crash or pow failure)
• Greatly improved efficiency when switching image groups in a row
• Disable Shift + Left button for customizable image operations (due to conflict with image window attaching)
• Show file path in the balloon when image is saved via Quick Save
• Remember the position and current tab for Preferences Dialog
• Show animation when the size of Preferences Dialog is changed

v1.8.8 (2016.10.16)

Fixed:

• Incorrect processing for Quick Save path (the upper directory was used instead, affecting 1.8.6 and 1.8.7)
• The previous arrow/text scaling is not restored after Snipaste is restarted
• When the magnifier shows up, the first frame shows the old content

v1.8.7 (2016.10.15)

Fixed:

• Fail to play the sound effect

v1.8.6 (2016.10.15)

New:

• Option: Play a sound effect after snipping
• When editing, press Alt+C to pick the screen color into the painting pen

Improved:

• Auto switch to the corresponding edit mode after "Redo", to make it easier for re-edit
• Support relative path for Quick Save directory

v1.8.5 (2016.10.13)

New:

• Support global hotkeys containing "PrtSc"

Improved:

• Change the name of "Meta" key to "Win"

v1.8.4 (2016.10.12)

New:

• Option: Customize the mouse operation for image windows
  • Note: 'Close image' has been reset to 'Double click' and 'Toggle thumbnail mode' is now 'Win + Left click'.
  • Change them yourself if you don't like the defaults.
• Option: Customize the output image quality
• The Internal Hotkeys Dialog is updated and added with a 'Copy' button
• Press Ctrl+Shift+P on an image window to open the Preferences Dialog
• Advanced config: General/high_process_priority
• Advanced config: snip/do_not_omit_synthesized_c
• Japanese translation (thanks to 鳳凰院カミ)

Fixed:

• Crash when switching image groups in a row
• The thumbnail images cannot flash their borders
• When the default opacity for image windows is less than 100, image duplication check does not work properly

Improved:

• No more omit all synthesized keys when snipping (so that synthesized keys by ahk etc. still work)
• Even when "Auto detect UI elements" is not checked, you can press 'Tab' to start element detection
• Images with small width/height can be easily moved now

v1.8.3 (2016.10.02)

Fixed:

• Wrong snip history folder is used (a bug of v1.8.2)
• Snipaste mistakenly exits due to double click on the tray icon

Improved:

• The theme color will now be applied to the shadow of the active image window

v1.8.2 (2016.09.30)

New:

• Advanced config: General/history_dir

Fixed:

• Snipaste fails to restart after auto update, for some users
• After closing a group from the tray menu, the menu does not hide itself

Improved:

• Remove "Restart" from enhanced tray mene
• Check and remove unused group folders in the history directory on startup

v1.8.1 (2016.09.29)

Fixed:

• Some user-modified settings are not correctly applied after restart
• (XP) Fail to create startup link for non-English system

Improved:

• Show notification if config.ini is not writable

v1.8 (2016.09.28)

New:

• Thumbnail mode for the image windows (double click on it)
• Option: Thumbnail size
• "Restore Defaults" buttons in Preferences Dialog
• The alpha channel can be applied to marker pen now

Fixed:

• Window detection for maximized windows and fullscreen windows
• Again, window detection problems on HiDPI screens
• Dual screen (when primary screen is at bottom and screen borders are not aligned) problems of snipping
• Shape controllers are unexpectedly drawn when saving to an image
• Rectangle/Ellipse/LineStrip/Pencil drawing when using semi-transparent colors

Improved:

• The alpha value is now saved for small colors buttons too

v1.7.3 (2016.09.19)

Fixed:

• Taskbar area is not included if the detected window is fullscreen
• (XP) kernel32.dll error
• (XP) Unable to set global hotkeys

Improved:

• Remember the arrow size for next edit
• Restore the arrow sizes and text sizes after Snipaste is restarted
• Make Quick Save folder path editable
• Ignore transparent window from window detection
• (XP) Remove window animation for the first snipping after started

v1.7.2 (2016.09.17)

Fixed:

• Task bar icon for the snipping windows is noticeable
• Snipping area is set automatically on entering snipping (under some conditions)
• Cursor shape is not updated as it should when snipping
• Image window attaching is not working (by holding Shift key, then move the image window to align to another window and then release the mouse button)

v1.7.1 (2016.09.15)

Fixed:

• Some message boxes are obscured by the option dialog
• Lack of msvcr120.dll for some Win 7 x64 users

Improved:

• Remove the delay for directly pasting the screenshot to the screen

v1.7 (2016.09.15)

New:

• Auto updater
• Press Tab to toggle between picking a window/ picking an UI element when snipping
• Press 3 4 to flip the image on an image window
• Option: General: Enhanced tray menu
• Option: Snip: Capture the cursor (You can also press ` to toggle when you are snipping)
• Option: Snip: Pin to screen by clicking the mid-button #63
• Option: Snip & Paste: Copy as Windows Bitmap #20
  • If you cannot paste the image into some apps (like Skype and UWP Wechat), check it. But in the meantime the alpha channel is lost
• Option: Snip: Border width
• Option: Snip: Show mask in the magnifier
• Option: Snip: Show border in the magnifier
• Option: Snip: Auto show cross lines
• Option: Snip: Quit snipping if any other window is activated
• Option: Paste: Default opacity #96
• Option: Paste: Mnemonics on the context menu
• Option: Paste: Flash after switching to another group

Fixed:

• The conflict with some translation programs (Tested on Bing Dictionary, Youdao Dictionary and QTranslate) #64
• Snipaste becomes unresponsive when detecting some UI elements #95 #116
• UI element detection is not working for some users #61
• Failed to obtain keyboard focus on entering snipping, under certain conditions #114
• Possible crashes when pasting the screenshot to the screen directly #119
• Slowing down the machine when trying to paste a huge file as an image window #102
• Unable to snip with fingers on a touch screen
• Ctrl+Shift+S sometimes has no effect #42
• Press Shift when drawing an rectangle or ellipse, the icons on the paint bar are not consistent #53
• Blurry image on some HiDPI screens with some settings #74
• Incorrect scaling on image windows for some HiDPI screens with some settings #74
• Incorrect rendering for semi-transparent text
• Incorrect rendering for eraser and mosaic on semi-transparent background
• Duplicated image windows under certain conditions
• The image window is not activated (with the corresponding option checked) when it is pasted directly from snipping
• The borders are incorrectly taken into the screenshot for some users

Improved:

• No more rotation when dragging the text box, unless you hold Ctrl
• The last postfix is remembered and applied when you save an image from a file save dialog
• Fix the arrow size instead of adjusting according to its length, but the user can change its size by Mouse scrolling or pressing 1 2
• Merge the Quick Save Folder for Snip and Paste
• Now you can click on the group name in the tray menu to switch to that group. To rename or close a group, right click on the group name.
• Add a rainbow corner on the bigger color button to indicate it can be used to pick a color (By Fubuki)
• "Hide" a single image is now called "Close", in order to distinguish with "Hide all images"
• In case you get stuck in snipping, now you can click on the tray icon to force exit Snipaste when you are snipping
• When you text box is empty, double click on it will also trigger a screenshot
• The magnifier will auto adjust its size according to the screen DPI

v1.6 (2016.08.10)

New:

• A hollow arrow style
• Option: Copy the Hex value without '#'

Fixed:

• Incorrect window size detection for Windows standard style windows
• Incorrect image conversion from HTML text with some specified format
• Incorrect color button size for a 150% DPI screen
• Obvious lagging for the magnifier on the image window

Improved:

• Update some of the icons (thanks to shejimiao)

v1.5 (2016.08.08)

New:

• Quick save folders for snipping and pasting (Press Ctrl+Shift+S, or Shift+"Save" button)
• When detecting the UI elements in snipping, press Space to use the current area
• Cross lines at the cursor position (nedd to press Alt)
• Press Ctrl+A when snipping, the snipping area will be set to fullscreen
• "Internal hotkeys" window (under "Hotkeys" tab in the option dialog)
• Send the screenshot/image to the printer (no buttons, only via Ctrl+P)
• Option: Show usage tips on the magnifier (enbaled by default)
• Option: Use Hex value for color picker
• German translation (thanks to Samuel Marcius)
• Greek translation (thanks to geogeo.gr)
• Swedish translation (thanks to Åke Engelbrektson)

Fixed:

• Some global shortcut has no effect, though it is marked as success
  • Except for PrtScr and hotkeys occupied by the system or other programs, most shortcuts should be ok now.
• The default global hotkeys may still be possessed after the user changes the keys
• When in dual-screen (the primary on the right), the eraser/mosaic/blur effects are not painted correctly
• Snipaste may crash when detecting UI elements
• The color dialogs are not translated
• Press Alt and move the cursor across several image windows, some magnifiers do not hide themselves correctly
• The option "Use snipping position" does not affect the "Paste to screen" button (or Ctrl+W)

Improved:

• When the color value is copied from an image window, flash the magnifier to indicate the copy is done
• The option “Ignore Win when snipping” will only affect the single press of Win. Combined keys with Win (e.g. Win+Space) will not be affected
• You can now choose different image formats from the save file dialog
• Add a border (of your theme color) for the hotkey editor
• Add an obvious hint of how to delete the current hotkey
• Change the default global hotkeys (e.g. 'Paste' is now F3 instead of F2)
  • It will only affect new users. Existing users will not lose your own settings.
• User arrow keys (instead of WASD) to move the image window, in order to be consistent with the behavior of snipping area control
• Use the same color board as mspaint's

v1.4 (2016.08.01)

New:

• XP version
• Use Backspace to delete the current hotkey
• Use Esc to hide the image window, and Shift + Esc to destroy it
• Option: Hide all images if you paste when any image window is flashing

Fixed:

• Negative numbers appear when using Shift + Arrow keys to shrink the snipping area

v1.3 (2016.07.29)

New:

• Press Shift + Arrow keys to shrink the snipping area
• Traditional Chinese translation (thanks to zhtw)

Fixed:

• When in dual-screen (the primary on the right), press Alt and the dashed lines are not drawn correctly
• When in dual-screen, the detected area for a fullscreen program outbounds its screen
• Press Alt and double-click the image window, the window is hidden but the magnifier is still visible

v1.2 (2016.07.29)

Fixed:

• Cannot snip in dual-screen (the primary on the right)
• The tray icon tooltip is not updated after the interface language is changed

v1.0 (2016.07.28)

• First release