Project status: Avalonia Rewrite

[Ruben2776]

PicView is currently being rewritten for the Avalonia cross-platform framework, to improve startup time and future-proof it. A new macOS version is also in the works.

This is a complete rewrite. Not everything has been re-implemented yet. When all the missing features are complete, this version will take precedence and the old WPF version will be retired.

Head to https://picview.org/avalonia-download to try the new preview versions.

The WPF and Avalonia versions has been separated. The WPF code and project can be found in the wpf branch

Read below for changelog:

What's new

Animated Webp support

• PicView now displays animated Webp animations
• New function to toggle viewing images Side by side

Improvements

Updated User Interface

• PicView's interface has been polished for a cleaner and more intuitive user experience.

Performance

• Faster startup time and loading of common images formats.

Auto Scroll

The image gallery and the Image Info window now also supports auto scrolling with the middle mouse button.

Enhanced Keybindings Support

Keybindings now support Ctrl, Alt, and Shift modifiers. Customize and change keyboard shortcuts in the new Keybindings window.

Improved SVG support

Loading SVG files is now significantly faster and quality doesn't degrade when zooming in.

Bug fixes

• PicView now uses the default Windows minimize animation when minimizing and restoring the window.
• Fixed incorrect rendering of the image gallery thumbnails when changing their size.
• Fixed a bug causing multiple thumbnails to be selected at once in the gallery.
• The context menu no longer unexpectedly changes size.

Missing features

This version is a complete rewrite, that is being actively developed.
As soon as the missing features are implemented, this version will take precedence and the old version will be retired.

• Change theme from dark to light
• Crop
• Copying files as image
• Cut file
• Image effects
• Resize window
• Set image as lockscreen image
• Open files in the same window
• Auto update