EleViewer v1.3.3

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EleViewer v1.3.1

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EleViewer v1.3.0

EleViewer v1.3.0

A lightweight Windows document editor supporting DOCX, XLSX, MD, TXT, CSV, HTML, and PDF files.

What's New (since v1.2.0)

✨ A More Polished Experience

• Beautiful Scrollbars: We've removed the bulky, legacy Windows scrollbars and replaced them with custom, dark-themed scrollbars that match the app's sleek aesthetic.
• Modern Tooltips: Hovering over buttons now reveals soft, dark-themed tooltips instead of the bright yellow Windows 95 style boxes.
• Consistent Branding: Fixed a bug where the generic Windows icon would show up on some popups instead of the EleViewer logo.
• Smoother Welcome Screen: The Welcome Dashboard has been fine-tuned so that it resizes smoothly and looks perfect on any screen size without elements overlapping.

🔧 Bug Fixes & Stability

• Smarter Search Bar: Fixed an issue where typing a local file path into the search bar would sometimes accidentally trigger a web search instead of opening your document.
• Under-the-hood: Various stability improvements to make installing and updating the app faster and more reliable.

EleViewer v1.2.0

A lightweight Windows document editor supporting DOCX, XLSX, MD, TXT, CSV, HTML, and PDF files.

What's New (since v1.0)

✨ Features

• Web Browser Panel (Ctrl+T) — side-by-side web browsing with persistent sessions and dynamic tab icons
• Find & Replace (Ctrl+F / Ctrl+H) — across all text-based document types
• Single-Instance Locking — files open in the existing window instead of launching duplicates
• App Branding — new application icon and modernized branding logo
• Autosave — automatic background saving with configurable intervals
• HTML Support — open and edit .html/.htm files

🔧 Improvements

• PDF Viewer refactored to QPdfView for better vector rendering and high-DPI support
• Web Panel upgraded to QWebEngineView with persistent cookies and cache
• Improved error handling across viewers
• Updated keyboard shortcuts documentation

🧹 Housekeeping

• Removed PySide6.QtPrintSupport dependency
• Migrated marketing site to eleviewer-site repo
• Consolidated feature improvement tracking

Download

Download EleViewer.exe below — no installation needed, just run it!

System Requirements: Windows 10/11

EleViewer v1.0 - Initial Release

EleViewer

A lightweight Windows text editor supporting DOCX, XLSX, MD, and TXT file formats. Built with Python and PySide6.

Features

✅ Multi-format support

• Word documents (.docx) — view and edit
• Excel spreadsheets (.xlsx) — view, edit cells, multiple sheets
• Markdown files (.md) — full editing
• Plain text (.txt) — full editing

✅ Advanced editing features

• Multi-tab interface — work with multiple files simultaneously
• Session restore — automatically reopens tabs from your last session
• Quick switcher (Ctrl+P) — fuzzy search and jump to recent/pinned files (VSCode-style)
• Pinned files — keep frequently used files at the top for quick access
• Recent files menu — fast access to last 10 files with automatic validation
• Autosave — automatic background saving (optional)
• File validation — removes deleted files from recent list

✅ Clean, Dark UI

• Professional dark luxury editorial aesthetic
• Responsive interface built with PySide6
• Fast and lightweight

System Requirements

• Windows 10/11
• Python 3.9+ (if running from source)
• 16MB disk space (minimal)

Installation

Option 1: Use the .exe (Recommended for End Users)

1. Download EleViewer.exe from the releases page
2. Run it — no installation needed
3. Start editing!

Option 2: Run from Source

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/karefined-eng/eleviewer.git
   cd eleviewer

2. Install dependencies:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Run the app:

   python main.py

Building the .exe

If you want to rebuild the executable:

pip install pyinstaller
pyinstaller --noconsole --onefile main.py

The executable will be generated at dist/main.exe.

Usage

Keyboard Shortcuts

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl+N	New tab
Ctrl+O	Open file
Ctrl+S	Save file
Ctrl+Shift+S	Save as
Ctrl+W	Close tab
Ctrl+Shift+T	Reopen closed tab
Ctrl+P	Quick switcher (search files)

Features in Action

Session Restore

• Open multiple files
• Close EleViewer
• Reopen it → all your tabs come back

Quick Switcher (Ctrl+P)

• Press Ctrl+P
• Type filename to search
• Use ↑↓ to navigate, Enter to select
• Searches both recent and pinned files

Pinned Files

• Access via File > Pinned Files menu
• Pin frequently used files for quick access

Project Structure

eleviewer/
├── main.py                 # Entry point
├── ui.py                   # Main window & tab management
├── editor.py               # Text editor widget
├── file_handler.py         # File type router (factory pattern)
├── docx_viewer.py          # DOCX support
├── xlsx_viewer.py          # XLSX support
├── autosave.py             # Automatic saving
├── recent_files.py         # Recent files with validation
├── pinned_files.py         # Pinned files management
├── session_manager.py      # Session restore
├── quick_switcher.py       # Ctrl+P quick switcher
├── settings.py             # App settings
├── markdown_renderer.py    # Markdown rendering helpers
├── requirements.txt        # Python dependencies
└── assets/                 # App assets (if any)

Dependencies

• PySide6 — UI framework
• python-docx — DOCX file handling
• openpyxl — XLSX file handling

See requirements.txt for exact versions.

Architecture

EleViewer uses a factory pattern for file type handling:

1. file_handler.py — Routes files to the correct viewer

   • .docx → DocxViewer
   • .xlsx → XlsxViewer
   • .txt/.md → EditorTab (plain text)

2. viewer modules — Each format has its own widget

   • Save/load specific to the format
   • Compatible interface for the tab system

3. session_manager.py — Preserves open tabs between sessions

4. quick_switcher.py — Fuzzy search over files (VSCode-inspired)

Data Storage

User data is stored in the Windows standard location:

C:\Users\<YourName>\AppData\Roaming\EleViewer\

This directory contains:

• recent_files.json — Recent files list
• pinned_files.json — Pinned files list
• session.json — Last session tabs
• settings.json — App settings

Limitations

• DOCX editing — Plain text extraction and restructuring (preserves content, not all formatting)
• XLSX editing — Cell editing and multiple sheets (basic; no formulas or advanced formatting)
• Merged cells — Read-only in Excel files

Contributing

This is an archived project. Feel free to fork it and build on it!

License

MIT License — see LICENSE file for details.

Author

Built by Elevon (ka.refined) — Digital entrepreneur & developer based in Accra, Ghana.

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Questions or want to report a bug? Open an issue on GitHub!
Full Changelog: https://github.com/karefined-eng/eleviewer/commits/v1.0