v2026.07.01.10

FolderView Plus 2026.07.01.10

Install URL: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/alexphillips-dev/FolderView-Plus/main/folderview.plus.plg

Changes

This stable release rolls up all dev changes since v2026.06.25.16.

Folder editor redesign

• Rebuilt the modern folder editor into grouped, professional tab sections across General, Members, Preview, Chevron, Status, Rules, Actions, and Advanced.
• Moved the tab navigation below the live folder preview so switching sections is easier to follow.
• Removed the Basic/Advanced toggle from the folder editor and now shows all tabs and advanced controls directly.
• Made active editor tabs easier to see with stronger selected-state styling and larger tab labels.
• Compacted the folder editor header and right-side action buttons while making the folder title more prominent.
• Reworked the General tab Identity, Parent Folder, and Icon modules to reduce empty space and improve scanability.
• Redesigned the Parent Folder picker with a clearer current-location card, destination list, root/top-level labeling, and better full-width layout.
• Defaulted the Icon module to show built-in icons on editor open so new and existing folders do not start with an empty-looking icon panel.
• Added a large live icon preview inside the Icon module content.
• Removed boxed card styling around built-in icon choices and expanded the icon picker layout.
• Reworked the Preview tab into horizontal grouped modules so related controls sit in rows instead of tall uneven columns.
• Compacted Preview border controls by placing border thickness beside the color picker with a small numeric input.
• Added a Preview Border Glow toggle that uses the selected preview border color.
• Reworked the Status tab layout, including side-by-side Accent Bar controls, matching panel heights, and a compact Docker Health section.
• Reworked the Advanced tab so Dashboard and Docker modules sit side by side instead of leaving long empty panels.
• Reflowed the live preview insight cards to fit beside the live preview without excess blank space.
• Improved live preview insight sizing and text readability after compacting the layout.

Preview and folder hover features

• Added a Hover Animation setting under Preview > Appearance.
• Added clearer hover animation choices: Lift, Bounce, Pop, Glow, Flip, and Wiggle.
• Mapped old dev animation values forward so Grow becomes Pop, Pulse becomes Glow, and Spin becomes Flip.
• Applied hover animations to Docker folder rows, VM folder rows, Dashboard folder tiles, and the editor live preview.
• Fixed the hover animation control so it appears in the modern Preview tab and saves correctly.
• Fixed runtime hover animations so performance/lazy-preview paths no longer force saved animations back to None.
• Targeted hover effects at the visible folder icon/name block so the animation is visible and does not move the whole row.
• Preserved reduced-motion behavior so animations are disabled when the browser requests reduced motion.

Members and child-folder ordering

• Added drag-and-drop member reordering in the new folder editor while keeping up/down buttons as fallback controls.
• Fixed drag start behavior so member rows can actually be reordered.
• Limited the drag cursor and drag start affordance to the dedicated grab handle instead of the whole member row.
• Added a Folder Members section above Docker/VM members for ordering nested child folders separately from app/VM members.
• Persisted child folder order and applied it to live previews, Docker runtime previews, and VM hierarchy traversal.
• Fixed folder editor bootstrap crashes caused by child-folder ordering snapshots.
• Fixed the Folder Members section so it appears inside the modern Members tab when child folders exist.

Docker tab folder actions and hierarchy workflow

• Added Add Child Folder directly to the Docker folder left-click menu.
• Added Move Up and Move Down actions directly to the Docker folder left-click menu.
• Added Move Under and Move To Root hierarchy actions from the Docker folder menu, including cycle protection.
• Made Docker folder reordering update visually on the current Docker page immediately after saving.
• Made Move Up/Move Down feel instant by applying optimistic row movement before the server save completes, with rollback on failure.
• Fixed Docker menu reordering to use FolderView Plus saved folder order instead of stale Docker userprefs placeholders.
• Stopped Docker folder menu move actions from repainting the folder list after the optimistic row move already applied.
• Kept Docker folder context menus and submenus inside the viewport by opening upward or left when near the page edge.

Docker tab performance and visual stability

• Reduced initial Docker tab layout jiggle by limiting delayed row-centering and width-polish passes to rows that are still settling.
• Sped up initial Docker tab load by batching first-paint row centering and deferring support-bundle page snapshots off the critical render path.
• Stabilized the Docker Application column on first load by caching the last-good FolderView width and only applying width changes to the Application column.
• Primed the FolderView Application column width before rows render to reduce left/right column bounce during first paint.

Settings action modal

• Rebuilt the Settings row overflow action modal with grouped actions, a clearer folder header, quieter button styling, disabled-action reasons, and shared action dispatch.
• Fixed the modal opening position and reset its scroll state on open.
• Removed the orange outline from the copy-ID button.
• Enlarged and widened the action modal so controls fit better without unnecessary scrolling.
• Reflowed the modal into a two-column desktop layout for branch tools and folder actions.
• Fixed dev CI regressions caused by the action modal reflow.

Recovery, backups, and activity

• Rebuilt the Recovery workspace overview and backup history with clearer restore guidance, protection status, empty-snapshot labeling, and beginner-friendly explanations.
• Made the Recovery redesign more visible with a clearer intro, stronger status banner, segmented Docker/VM source switch, and distinct restore, policy, history, and environment cards.
• Split Compare Snapshots into its own card and added a recent snapshot picker.
• Added a double-confirmed Delete All Backups action for the active source.
• Removed the orange boxed styling around the Docker/VM Recovery source switch.
• Fixed Recovery workspace top/bottom layout overlap.
• Skipped normal backup snapshots when there are no folders to protect.
• Made Restore Latest choose the newest non-empty backup so empty backups do not make restore appear broken.
• Improved the clear-folder progress modal with a more centered window, clearer progress, and more useful live detail.
• Removed redundant bottom-right toast notifications after settings actions.
• Auto-cleared the old Recent Activity panel after 10 seconds.
• Added a persistent Settings Activity Center with an empty state, retained session history, expandable details, and fresh-state highlighting.

Setup assistant overhaul

• Reworked the Welcome step so it explains what FolderView Plus does before asking users to configure anything.
• Added more useful Welcome detail while keeping the screen simple and beginner-friendly.
• Removed the Contrast control and Focus button, with focus-style guidance enabled by default.
• Removed the old Suggested Improvements banner from the Welcome screen.
• Fixed the setup assistant theme binding crash that could prevent the wizard from rendering.
• Refined the left step navigation highlight so the selected-step backdrop fits the outline and removed the awkward vertical blue bar.
• Centered step numbers, names, and status badges more consistently in the left step list.
• Stretched and overhauled the What Will Change pane so it explains the current setup plan more clearly.
• Overhauled the Review step into a clearer final-confirmation screen.
• Overhauled the Profile, Import, Rules, and Behavior steps with more beginner-friendly explanations and better use of space.

Settings and documentation cleanup

• Replaced the GitHub banner image with the updated banner asset.
• Removed the README Dev Workflow section.
• Removed the folder.view3 foundation credit from the README Credits section.
• Decluttered README content and moved troubleshooting/path details into docs.
• Removed several older generated release-note markdown files that were no longer part of the retained stable release set.

Fixes and quality

• Fixed live folder editor preview for nested folder data and child-folder samples.
• Fixed setup assistant bootstrap diagnostics for missing theme-surface binding.
• Fixed Settings row action and Recovery layout regressions caught during dev checks.
• Added regression coverage for hover animation wiring, preview border glow, Docker folder quick actions, folder ordering, setup/editor layout, performance optimizations, settings bindings, theme compatibility, and UI smoke layout.
• Refreshed performance baselines and release/theme smoke expectations for the larger editor and settings UI changes.