Hourglass Changes
Installer
- Adds the Hourglass executable path to the Windows App Paths, so the Hourglass command-line is available out of the box.
WinGet
The Hourglass can be managed with WinGet:
Install
winget source update
winget install -e --id i2van.hourglass
Upgrade
winget source update
winget upgrade i2van.hourglass
Uninstall
winget uninstall -e --id i2van.hourglass
Portable
Ngen Support
Processing the Hourglass with the Native Image Generator (Ngen.exe) speeds up the Hourglass startup.
To run script as an Administrator press Win+X and select the Windows PowerShell (Admin) or Command Prompt (Admin). Copy script full path to the console opened and execute one of the following:
- Generate the Hourglass native image and its dependencies and install in the native image cache:
ngen-Hourglass.bat install
- Delete the native images of the Hourglass and its dependencies from the native image cache:
ngen-Hourglass.bat uninstall
Command-line
- New command pause
- New command resume
- New option --digital-clock-time, -c, /c
- New option --multi-timers, -mt, /mt
- New option --activate-next, -an, /an
- New option --show-trigger-time, -st, /st
- New option --pause-after-loop-timer, -pl, /pl
- New option --start-paused, -sp, /sp
- New option --order-by-title, -ot, /ot
- New option --minimize-when-expired, -em, /em
- Renamed option --prompt-on-exit to --prompt-on-close
- New option --save-timer-on-closing, -sc, /sc
- New option --copy-config, -cf, /cf
See command-line usage for details.
UI
- Uses a Windows Task Dialog instead of a message box (GitHub).
- The Command-line usage dialog can be accessed from the About dialog and vice versa.
- The Command-line usage dialog supports incremental search with match highlighting: press /, Ctrl+F or F3 to open the search bar, Enter/F3 and Shift+Enter/Shift+F3 to navigate matches, Escape to close.
- New Accent theme which uses Windows accent color. This theme is a default one.
- Enables editing of the timer start time instead of time left.
- A bare unit (e.g. hour, day, week) starts a 1-unit timer without a leading number.
- The Jump List support (disabled by default, see FAQ).
- Settings write errors can be ignored when the settings file is read-only.
- The thumbnail toolbar support (enabled by default, see FAQ).
Notification Area
- All the timer windows are arranged by the time left. The order is new, expired, paused, running. Timers can be ordered by the title first using --order-by-title, -ot, /ot command-line option or by the checking Advanced options / Order timers by title first then by time left timer window context menu option.
- The red circle is shown over the notification area icon if at least one timer is expired.
- The pause sign is shown over the notification area icon if at least one timer is paused.
- The digits from 0 to 9 are the hotkeys for the timer windows in the notification area icon context menu.
- The Double Click shows/hides all the timer windows.
- The Ctrl+Click creates a new timer window.
- The Shift+Click shows the first timer window.
- The Shift+Middle Click shows the recently opened timer windo w.
- The Middle Click or Shift+Right Click opens the timer window options menu.
- The Pause all menu command pauses all the running timer windows.
- The Resume all menu command resumes all the paused timer windows.
- The Options menu command opens the timer window options menu. The shortcut is the Middle Click or Shift+Right Click on the notification area icon.
- The Silent mode disables all the timer windows notifications. It is not preserved between runs.
- The Exit menu command prompts for closing all the running timer windows if the Prompt on close option is set.
- ⏺⏸⏹⏏🔁 symbols are used for the New, Paused, Stopped, Expired, Looped.
Timer Windows
Keyboard Shortcuts
- The Esc shortcut minimizes the timer window.
- The F11 shortcut makes the timer window full screen and back.
- The Ctrl+N shortcut creates a new timer window.
- The F2 shortcut edits the timer window title; holding Shift removes selection.
- The F4 shortcut edits the timer window time; holding Shift removes selection.
- The F5 shortcut edits the timer window time's minutes; holding Shift removes selection.
- The F6 shortcut edits the timer window time's seconds; holding Shift removes selection.
- The F7 shortcut edits the timer window time's hours; holding Shift removes selection.
Context Menu
- All the timer window commands are available in the timer window context menu.
- The shortcuts are displayed in the timer window context menu.
- The Window title submenu is available directly from the timer window context menu.
- The Reset position and size menu command sets the timer window default position and size.
- The Restore, Minimize and Maximize timer window commands are always present in the timer window context menu.
- The Advanced options / Display time in the digital clock format timer window context menu option toggles the displayed time digital clock time format. The command-line option is --digital-clock-time, -c, /c
- The Advanced options / Show trigger time timer window context menu option shows the trigger time in the timer window and in the notification area context menu. The command-line option is --show-trigger-time, -st, /st
- The Advanced options / Activate next window when minimized or closed timer window context menu option enables the next timer window activation when the current timer window is minimized or closed. The command-line option is --activate-next, -an, /an
- The Advanced options / Order timers by title first then by time left timer window context menu option orders the timers by the title first then by the time left. The command-line option is --order-by-title, -ot, /ot
- The Advanced options / Save timer on closing timer window context menu option enables timer window save on closing. The command-line option is --save-timer-on-closing, -sc, /sc
- The Advanced options / Open settings file location timer window context menu command opens the settings file location in Windows Explorer.
- The Pause all timer window context menu command pauses all the running timers. Command-line command is pause
- The Resume all timer window context menu command resumes all the paused timers. Command-line command is resume
- The Pause after each loop timer window context menu command pauses the loop timer when it expires. Command-line command is --pause-after-loop-timer, -pl, /pl
- The Minimize when expired timer window context menu command minimizes the timer window when the timer expires. Command-line option is --minimize-when-expired, -em, /em
Other
- All the timer windows are arranged by the time left. The order of the timer windows is new, expired, paused, running.
- The minimum timer window size is limited by the Windows only.
- The timer tooltip is shown if the timer window size is too small.
- The progress bar changes direction to vertical when the height is more than the width and vice versa.
- When the timer window is minimized or closed the next visible non-minimized timer window is activated.
- The until-date timer is controlled the same way as the countdown timer.
- The time left is now used for editing instead of the original launch time.
- The timer window pops up on the current virtual desktop.
- The mouse double-click on progress border toggles full screen.
- The sound file can be placed to the %LOCALAPPDATA%\Hourglass, %LOCALAPPDATA%\Hourglass\Sounds, %APPDATA%\Hourglass or %APPDATA%\Hourglass\Sounds directories. It can be the symbolic link created by the mklink system command.
- NAudioHourglassPack can be used for playing sounds on Windows with no Windows Media Player installed.
- The .ogg sound file format is supported.
Misc
- The Hourglass is built deterministically using the GitHub Actions.
What's Changed
- Allow timer window off screen by @i2van in #111
- Bump MSTest.TestFramework from 4.2.1 to 4.2.2 by @dependabot[bot] in #114
- Bump MSTest.TestAdapter and MSTest.TestFramework by @dependabot[bot] in #113
- Bump Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk from 18.4.0 to 18.5.1 by @dependabot[bot] in #112
- Bump MSTest.TestFramework from 4.2.2 to 4.2.3 by @dependabot[bot] in #117
- Bump MSTest.TestAdapter and MSTest.TestFramework by @dependabot[bot] in #116
- Bump actions/setup-dotnet from 5.2.0 to 5.3.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #119
- Bump Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk from 18.5.1 to 18.6.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #120
- Bump actions/checkout from 6.0.2 to 7.0.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #123
- Copy config file by @i2van in #126
- Bump actions/setup-dotnet from 5.3.0 to 5.4.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #124
- Bump Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk from 18.6.0 to 18.7.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #125
Full Changelog: 1.15.54...1.15.55
