AS AppBox v1.4

v1.4 : 2026-10-26

• Added a Reload from Disk command to restore the active list and discard unsaved changes after confirmation
• Added a Help menu shortcut to open the GitHub repository
• Improved icon loading with caching, generic fallback icons, and background resolution of application-specific icons
• Added fallback handling for missing files and broken shortcuts to avoid blocking list loading

AS AppBox v1.3

v1.3 : 2026-10-22

• Made remove, clear, open-list, and exit confirmation dialogs modal to the main window
• Removed the timeout from the Clear List confirmation so it remains open until the user responds

AS AppBox v1.2

v1.2 : 2026-10-21

• Added support for multiple named application lists, with Open List and Save List As commands
• Added Ctrl+O to open a list and Ctrl+Shift+S to save the current list under a new name
• Saves the active list path in settings.ini and restores that list on startup
• Moved the default list to the Lists/ directory and added migration from the previous root-level applist.txt
• Added a separate file-name column and filtering by file name or full path
• Added a * marker for unsaved changes to the active list in the window title
• Added list read error handling and a shared atomic writer for Save and Save As
• Centralized adding files from the picker and drag-and-drop, with duplicate counts in the status bar
• Added a trailing slash to drive-root working directories when launching applications

AS AppBox v1.1

v1.1 : 2026-10-13

• Added IconButton.ahk: custom button class with icon support, grayscale-on-disabled, and DPI awareness
• Toolbar buttons now display custom icons (.ico files) instead of Segoe MDL2 Assets font characters
• Added Ahk2Exe compiler directives for building standalone EXE
• Replaced manual ImageList icon loading with Windows system icon list (SHGetFileInfoW with SHGFI_SYSICONINDEX) for faster, lower-memory icon display
• Intelligent icon caching: per-extension cache for common file types, per-path cache for unique types (exe, lnk, ico, etc.)
• Added settings.ini support: window position/size, view mode, and sort preferences are now saved and restored across sessions
• Added column header click sorting with ascending/descending toggle
• Added Keyboard Shortcuts dialog in Help menu
• Added Ctrl+F shortcut to focus the filter box
• Added cue banner (placeholder text) in the filter input
• Filter box keyboard navigation: Esc clears filter, Down moves focus to the list
• Added Enter / Numpad Enter hotkeys to run selected applications from the list
• Debounced filter input (100 ms delay) for smoother typing experience
• Context-sensitive hotkeys: Del, Ctrl+A, Esc, Enter only active when list is focused; Insert disabled while filter is focused
• Atomic file saving: writes to .tmp file first, then renames for data safety
• File saving and loading now use UTF-8 encoding
• Automatic legacy encoding migration: detects ANSI-encoded list files and converts to UTF-8
• Multi-item removal now shows a confirmation dialog
• Close dialog now includes a Cancel option (in addition to Yes/No)
• Save on close verifies success before exiting
• Run now uses working directory parameter instead of RunWait
• Duplicate checking uses Map (O(1) lookup) instead of linear array search
• StatusBar shows filtered count (e.g., "5 of 12 app(s)")
• StatusBar divided into parts for better information display
• File selection dialog now allows selecting folders as well (M35 flag)
• Changed default font to Segoe UI
• Improved minimum window size (540×570)
• Window state saved on close (position, size)
• Various code refactoring and improvements