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| - | ====== WinSCP 5.5 Changes ====== | + | |
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| - | WinSCP 5.5 is the major stable release of 2013. Users upgrading from [[history#5.1.8|WinSCP 5.1.8]] get the following improvements. | + | |
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| - | ===== Improved GUI Experience ====== | + | |
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| - | * New toolbar icons and 16x16 icon. [[bug>290]] | + | |
| - | * Simplified [[ui_copy|Transfer options]] dialog: | + | |
| - | * The dialog is shown only on the first transfer, when using drag&drop, unless user explicitly opts to show it the next time. | + | |
| - | * Moved the //New and updated files only// option to Transfer settings. | + | |
| - | * Moved the //Do not show this dialog box again// checkbox below buttons. | + | |
| - | * Hiding //Transfer each file individually// when not applicable. | + | |
| - | * Icon to distinguish Copy/Move operation. | + | |
| - | * //Do not show this dialog box again// implies saving transfer settings | + | |
| - | * Improved working with [[transfer_settings|transfer settings]] and presets: | + | |
| - | * Not showing default Text mode file mask in //Transfer settings// box. | + | |
| - | * Showing even default Binary Transfer type in //Transfer settings// box. | + | |
| - | * Removed "Exclude temporaries" transfer settings preset. | + | |
| - | * Added "Newer and updates files only" transfer settings preset. | + | |
| - | * Reorganized //Transfer settings// drop down menu, including new //Presets// header. | + | |
| - | * Hiding unusable presets from //Transfer settings// drop down menu. | + | |
| - | * Merged configuration of default transfer settings and transfer settings presets. | + | |
| - | * Using "Download" and "Upload" commands to distinguish copying to local and remote directories respectively. | + | |
| - | * Using "Download and Delete" and "Upload and Delete" commands instead of "Move" to distinguish moving files to local and remote directories respectively. | + | |
| - | * Optionally keeping completed transfers in queue list for configurable period of time. [[bug>584]] | + | |
| - | * Replaced file operation toolbar, bottom hot key bar and upload/download toolbar with specialized local and remote file toolbars to allow manipulating local/remote files using mouse, without need to change panel focus (Commander interface only). | + | |
| - | * Improved incremental search for sites on Login dialog: [[bug>984]] | + | |
| - | * Text is searched anywhere in the site name, not only at the beginning. | + | |
| - | * Next/previous matching sites can be searched for. | + | |
| - | * Search text is shown below site list. | + | |
| - | * Displaying queue status on taskbar button. [[bug>151]] | + | |
| - | * Replaced Selection toolbar with specialized local and remote Selection toolbars (Commander interface only). | + | |
| - | * Added label to the most important toolbar buttons. They can be optionally hidden including already existing labels like Command-line label (Commander interface), Address label (Explorer interface) and New session tab label. | + | |
| - | * Moved //Commands// toolbar of Commander interface first. | + | |
| - | * Find files command moved from Commands toolbar to Remote Navigation toolbar and is now available regardless of focused panel. | + | |
| - | * Renamed //Add to Bookmarks// command to [[task_navigate#bookmarks|Add Path to Bookmarks]]. | + | |
| - | * Removed //Close// toolbar button from Editor and Log windows. | + | |
| - | * //Session// menu and toolbar reorganized. | + | |
| - | * Increased height of path labels (Commander interface only). | + | |
| - | * Single-file queue transfers occupy only single line in background transfer queue list. | + | |
| - | * Increased height of background transfer queue list row. | + | |
| - | * User interface icons are shown also in Setup. | + | |
| - | * Turned off automatic stretching of Transfer settings toolbar. | + | |
| - | * Column //Attr// is hidden by default on local panel. | + | |
| - | * Default (installation) width of the Commander interface is larger, if the screen resolution allows it. | + | |
| - | * Added //Download// and //Download and Delete// buttons on //Commands// toolbar of Explorer interface. | + | |
| - | * Moved //Panels// node on [[ui_preferences|Preferences]] dialog to the top-level to reduce nesting. | + | |
| - | * Horizontal line above file background transfer queue list splitter to highlight its presence. | + | |
| - | * Disabling whole //Once Empty// submenu, when queue is empty. | + | |
| - | * Using own context menu for local files (similar to existing context menu for remote files) by default. [[bug>163]] | + | |
| - | * First column in Editor list in preferences is editor name. | + | |
| - | * Icons are no longer dimmed with Office XP theme. | + | |
| - | * Tab with disconnected session is greyed. | + | |
| - | * Removed //SSH Protocol version// from Site tooltip. | + | |
| - | * When file cannot be loaded using selected encoding in Internal editor, error is shown. On error loading default encoding, attempts to load using another encoding. [[bug>971]] | + | |
| - | * On main window views without focus respond to mouse wheel. [[bug>846]] | + | |
| - | * Export to INI file moved from Preferences to Login dialog. | + | |
| - | * In Commander interface, the keyboard shortcuts F3 and F5 can optionally have the same meaning as in Windows Explorer (//Find File// and //Refresh//). | + | |
| - | * Changing session port number on Login dialog to well know port, updates protocol automatically. | + | |
| - | * Additional ''F5'' shortcut to reload file in internal editor. [[bug>986]] | + | |
| - | * Calculating hot track color of path label to be in contrast with background. [[bug>992]] | + | |
| - | * Simplifying [[ui_overwrite|overwrite confirmation]] prompt: [[bug>993]] | + | |
| - | * Grouping advanced commands to drop down menu under button with related common command. | + | |
| - | * Added thousands separators to sizes. | + | |
| - | * File sizes on [[ui_synchronize_checklist|Synchronization Checklist]] and [[ui_find|Find]] dialogs are optionally shown using short format. Use //Show files sizes in short format// checkbox in the //[[ui_pref_panels|Panels]] page// on the Preferences dialog to control this feature. | + | |
| - | * Changing default tabulator size to 8. | + | |
| - | * Swapped order of //Use MLSD command for directory listing// and //Support for listing of hidden files// FTP session options. Also disabling the latter unless the first is set to //Off//. | + | |
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| - | ===== Improved Working with Sites and Workspaces ===== | + | |
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| - | * Using term //Site// instead of //Stored session//. | + | |
| - | * //Site Manager// command. [[bug>855]] | + | |
| - | * [[ui_import|Sites import]] from Filezilla. [[bug>61]] | + | |
| - | * [[workspace|Workspace]] can be saved. [[bug>776]] | + | |
| - | * Whole site folder can be opened at once. [[bug>424]] | + | |
| - | * Desktop shortcut to open site folder can be created. | + | |
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| - | == Improved "During and After Installation" Experience == | + | |
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| - | * Only shortcut to WinSCP itself is created in Start menu. [[bug>616]] | + | |
| - | * When upgrading, setup offers to restart Windows Explorer (or other applications), when drag&drop shell extension needs to be updated. [[bug>686]] | + | |
| - | * While installing, setup offers sites import from PuTTY or Filezilla. | + | |
| - | * On first edit, WinSCP offers configuration of user's custom text editor as default editor. | + | |
| - | * Command to Import/restore configuration from INI file. | + | |
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| - | ===== Improved Scripting and .NET ===== | + | |
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| - | * Transfer resume support can be controlled in scripting (''-resumesupport'' switch of file transfer commands) and .NET assembly (''TransferOptions.ResumeSupport'' property). [[bug>834]] | + | |
| - | * Transfer progress feedback using ''Session.FileTransferProgress'' event. [[bug>818]] | + | |
| - | * For special cases, it is possible to accept any SSH host key or any TLS/SSL certificate (with warning) using ''-hostkey=*'' in scripting and ''SessionOptions.GiveUpSecurityAndAcceptAnySshHostKey'' or ''SessionOptions.GiveUpSecurityAndAcceptAnySshHostKey'' in .NET assembly. [[bug>815]] | + | |
| - | * Before opening session using command-line parameter in scripting, warning is printed, that this is deprecated function. | + | |
| - | * Retrospectively logging previous script records when session is starting. | + | |
| - | * Printing transfer progress for small files in bytes in scripting. [[bug>964]] | + | |
| - | * Renamed WinSCP .NET assembly to ''winscpnet.dll'' to avoid conflicts with ''winscp.exe''. [[bug>945]] | + | |
| - | * Command //Clear caches// clears also cache of separate shell session. | + | |
| - | * Change: Not trying to kill WinSCP process from .NET assembly ''Session'' finalizer. | + | |
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| - | ===== Other Improvements ===== | + | |
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| - | * Change: Session from commandline and/or from jump list is opened by default using existing WinSCP instance. [[bug>769]] | + | |
| - | * Writing INI file to user's profile, if program path is not writable. [[bug>817]] | + | |
| - | * Any mouse or keyboard input cancels or resets reconnect countdown. | + | |
| - | * Increased default reconnect interval for idle sessions to 9 seconds. | + | |
| - | * Reconnect interval for idle sessions can be configured independently. | + | |
| - | * Reporting an error when reading of local directory fails during operation. [[bug>952]] | + | |
| - | * When SFTP connection is rejected, knock FTP port. If open suggest using FTP protocol. | + | |
| - | * Dropped support for Windows 2000. Minimal supported version is Windows XP. | + | |
| - | * Using GiB scale for large file sizes. [[bug>913]] | + | |
| - | * Option to reconnect disconnected non-active session, when saving file opened from that session. [[bug>917]] | + | |
| - | * Use of ''MLSD'' FTP command is configurable. [[bug>927]] | + | |
| - | * Allowing host key import for SSH protocols only. | + | |
| - | * Added larger values to initial offer of speed limits. [[bug>987]] | + | |
| - | * Offering to remember password for duration of session on [[ui_authenticate#password|password prompt]] (when settings //Remember password for duration of session// is turned off). [[bug>610]] | + | |
| - | * Not allowing //Timezone offset// session setting with FTP protocol, while ''MLSD'' listing command is used. | + | |
| - | * Not opening session from jumplist in existing instance, if it is showing error. | + | |
| - | * Moved option to remember session password from //Background// to //[[ui_pref_security|Security]] page// of Preferences dialog. | + | |
| - | * Cached SSH host keys are imported by default. | + | |
| - | * Not showing disconnect error message before reconnecting inactive session to upload edited file. | + | |
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| - | ===== Bug Fixes ===== | + | |
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| - | * Bug fix: Scripting command ''synchronize'' sometimes did not announce that there is nothing to synchronize. | + | |
| - | * Bug fix: First Authenticate log entry was trimmed temporarily. | + | |
| - | * Bug fix: Separators on toolbars were showing "E" hint. | + | |
| - | * Bug fix: Incorrect file icon overlay positioning. | + | |
| - | * Bug fix: Not drawing own shortcut overlay over shortcut icons. | + | |
| - | * Bug fix: Records on Authentication window were temporarily truncated. | + | |
| - | * Bug fix: Selection on file panel was not visually updated when panel received/lost focus. | + | |
| - | * Bug fix: Panel path label was not deactivated when focus moved from directory tree to file transfer queue. | + | |
| - | * Bug fix: //Download// command was not highlighted as default in remote directory context menu when //Operation to perform on double-click// was set to //Copy//. | + | |
| - | * Bug fix: Text mode transfers should not be resumed FTP protocol. [[bug>965]] | + | |
| - | * Bug fix: No error is shown in Internal editor, when file cannot be loaded using selected encoding. [[bug>971]] | + | |
| - | * Bug fix: It was not possible to pass sequence of consecutive delimiters when skipping to the next "word" in path input boxes. | + | |
| - | * Bug fix: Opened/Closed folder icons on Location profile dialog were swapped. | + | |
| - | * Bug fix: Wrong background of path labels with disabled themes. [[bug>990]] | + | |
| - | * Bug fix: Cannot import FileZilla sites in folders. [[bug>994]] | + | |
| - | * Bug fix: FileZilla site logon type is not imported. [[bug>995]] | + | |
| - | * Bug fix: Installer was asking for name of program menu folder, although no folder is created anymore. | + | |
| - | * Bug fix: Failure when using mouse wheel with mouse cursor outside of WinSCP window. [[bug>998]] | + | |
| - | * Bug fix: Opening session in PuTTY does not work. [[bug>1002]] | + | |
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| - | ===== RAW ===== | + | |
| - | * Simplified [[ui_login|Login dialog]]: | + | |
| - | * Both site tree and basic session controls are visible at the same time. | + | |
| - | * Login dialog is resizable. [[bug>378]] | + | |
| - | * Modal editing of sites. | + | |
| - | * Advanced session controls moved to a separate dialog Advanced Site Settings dialog. | + | |
| - | * Context menu for site tree. | + | |
| - | * Site name and path are specified separately when saving site. | + | |
| - | * Separate entry for //New Site// in site tree. | + | |
| - | * Global settings such as //Interface// and //Logging// removed from Login dialog. | + | |
| - | * Language selection moved from //Languages// button of Login dialog to //Languages// page of Preferences dialog. | + | |
| - | * Display of sessions in workspace. | + | |
| - | * SSH //Private key file// box moved to //SSH tab// of Advanced Site Settings dialog. | + | |
| - | * Performance improvement. | + | |
| - | * Custom command pattern ''!`command`'' that expands to output of local command. | + | |
| - | * Subset of custom command patterns can be used in PuTTY path, including ''!/'', ''!@'', ''!U'', ''!P'', ''!?prompt?!'' and ''!`command`''. This among other allows opening PuTTY in the same directory as current WinSCP working directory [[bug>326]]; or using different SSH client, such as KiTTY [[bug>966]]. | + | |
| - | * Buttons that open drop down menu are marked with an arrow. | + | |
| - | * New icons for Console, Find and Synchronization Checklist windows. | + | |
| - | * Session settings can be exported also to KiTTY, when opening session in PuTTY/KiTTY. | + | |
| - | * Configurable registry key for exporting sessions to PuTTY(-like) clients. [[bug>1006]] | + | |
| - | * New shell icons for site, site folder and workspace. | + | |
| - | * Relevant help is available for more error messages. | + | |
| - | * Renamed Login and Preferences dialogs' "tabs" to "pages". | + | |
| - | * Prompt answers //Yes to All/No to All// moved closer to the primary //Yes/No// answers. | + | |
| - | * Internal error message boxes feature //Report// button to directly report the error on support forum. | + | |
| - | * Allowing filtering subdirectories. [[bug>1018]] | + | |
| - | * Event ''Session.FileTransferProgress'' is always raised when file transfer completes. | + | |
| - | * Bug fix: Failure when disposing ''Session'' of .NET assembly. [[bug>1008]] | + | |
| - | * Bug fix: Constant CPU usage when queue is empty. [[bug>1013]] | + | |
| - | * Bug fix: Missing labels for some answers in scripting (such as //Yes to All/////No to All// on overwrite confirmation prompt). | + | |
| - | * Bug fix: Option //Support for listing if hidden files// is not working. [[bug>1015]] | + | |
| - | * Bug fix: Mismatched warnings about accepting any SSH host key and TLS/SSL certificate respectively. | + | |