UEStudio latest changes
The list below contains the latest changes for UEStudio. This is a listing of new or enhanced features of the application. For a more thorough look at what has been added, take the tour of the new features.
The most up-to-date version is 11.20, released on 2011-10-31.
UEStudio v11.20 Changes (2011-10-31)
- Active Column Highlighting
- Can be enabled and configured in View -> Set Colors
- Can be toggled via View menu, toolbar button, or with key mapping
- New Find in Files functionality
- New "Date created" ($Dc) and "Date modified" ($Dm) template options for Find in Files output
- Open all files matched by Find in Files/Replace in Files
- New FindInFiles and ReplInFiles macro property: OpenMatchingFiles
- New scripting property: UltraEdit.frInFiles.openMatchingFiles (Boolean)
- New scripting functionality (all document objects)
- cancelSelect() - cancels the current selection (if any) without changing caret position
- gotoEndOfPrevWord() - moves caret to end of previous word
- gotoEndOfPrevWordSelect() - selects from current position to end of previous word
- gotoEndOfNextWord() - moves caret to end of next word
- gotoEndOfNextWordSelect() - selects from current position to end of next word
- UTF8ToASCII() - converts UTF-8 file to ASCII
- ASCIIToUTF8() - converts ASCII file to UTF-8
- New macro commands
- CancelSelect - cancels the current selection (if any) without changing caret position
- GotoEndOfPrevWord - moves caret to end of previous word
- GotoEndOfPrevWordSelect - selects from current position to end of previous word
- GotoEndOfNextWord - moves caret to end of next word
- GotoEndOfNextWordSelect - selects from current position to end of next word
- UTF8ToASCII - converts UTF-8 file to ASCII
- ASCIIToUTF8 - converts ASCII file to UTF-8
- Project workflow and workspace enhancements
- Removed prompt to close open files during project open if only unsaved Edit files are open
- Open files are no longer closed when creating a new project (only applicable if "Close all files when opening or switching projects" is enabled)
- Ability to save user-specific project PUI files in user config directory (configured in Advanced -> Configuration -> File Handling -> Advanced)
- "Yes to All" and "No to All" options added to "File no longer available" prompt
- Ability to add all open files to lists/favorites in Lists tab of File View (with "..." button in the Lists tab)
- FTP enhancements
- Ability to delete files in FTP Browser with DEL key
- Ctrl + Shift + Arrow Keys now selects to word boundaries in file path field of FTP Open/Save/Browse
- New editor display features and improvements
- Selected bytes/lines information displayed in status bar
- Cursor now changes to pointer when hovering over margin
- Improved file status icons in file tabs for higher contrast and better visual distinction
- Find/Replace improvements
- Better handling of Perl regex results in Lines Containing Find String window
- Better highlighting of Perl regex matches in Find in Files output
- Selecting text and pressing Find/Replace hotkey updates Find/Replace string when dialog is already open
- Syntax highlighting and wordfile improvements
- Improved highlighting of nested block comments
- Improved syntax highlighting with word wrap
- More flexible Comment Add/Remove
- Better writing of custom highlighting colors to wordfile
- Non-default wordfiles no longer removed when updating default wordfiles
- New Python wordfile added to default wordfiles
- Ability to clear undo buffer (via Edit menu, toolbar button, or with key mapping "EditClearUndo")
- Improvements to Goto in Hex mode to support addresses in very large files
- New MSI installer (requires Windows Vista SP2 or greater)
- Re-skinned installer with new messaging
- More user-friendly licensing/registration messaging
- Redesigned "Check for Updates" dialog and messaging
- Improved handling of saving multiple files to FTP
- Improved performance when selecting text in large files
- Improved handling of file paths with multi-byte Unicode characters
- Improvements to Explorer tab in File View
- Several translation/localization improvements in non-English versions
- Files created via command line respect default line terminator setting
- Improved auto-completion when using ".." instead of "->"
- Various other improvements and enhancements
UEStudio v11.10 Changes (2011-08-03)
- Brace Matching advancements
- New "Jump to matching brace" functionality (no selection)
- New "SearchGoToBrace" key mapping item
- "SearchMatchBrace" is now "SearchSelectToBrace"
- Spell As You Type additions
- Ability to toggle from toolbar icon
- New "SpellAsYouType" key mapping item
- FTP advancements
- Ability to clear FTP directory drop down history (added at bottom of drop down list)
- Improved "Download from server" and "Download with sync" with linked project folders
- Last-used FTP directory no longer remembered between instances
- Project improvements
- Improved relative path handling
- Separate "Add Folder" and "Add Group" commands
- New scripting functionality (the following are all document objects)
- gotoPos() - Goes to specified position (passed as parameter) in number of chars from beginning of file
- gotoPosSelect() - Goes to specified position (passed as parameter) in number of chars from beginning of file while making a selection
- clearAllBookmarks() - Removes all bookmarks from file (also available as new macro command)
- isReadOnly() - Returns true or false based on whether file is read-only
- readOnlyOn() - Sets "read only" attribute for file
- readOnlyOff() - Removes "read only" attribute for file
- isWordWrap() - Returns true or false based on whether word wrap is toggled
- wordWrapOn() - Turns word wrap on
- wordWrapOff() - Turns word wrap off
- General usability enhancements and advancements
- Option to disable file tab tool tips (from file tab context menu)
- Ability to hide all toolbars (from toolbar context menu)
- List Lines Containing String dialog reports total number of lines found
- Lower pane of split explorer view remembers column widths from session to session
- "XML Convert to CR/LF" now available for all files, regardless of extension
- Version backup support for UNC file paths
- "Save as type" always remembered in Save As dialog
- Improvements for default directory with File -> Open dialog
- Version details are now selectable in About
- Internal speed/performance and other minor enhancements
UEStudio 11.00 Changes (2011-05-04)
- Completely re-engineered explorer window for File View
- Optional split view for folders on top, files on bottom
- Split view for FTP accounts
- New Network item to browse network/shared directories
- New Open Files option (from right-clicking folder in Explorer)
- Greatly expanded drag-and-drop functionality for lists/file tabs
- Drag a file tab to the File View to add it to a list or to your active project
- Drag files from Lists or Explorer to open in the editor
- XML Manager additions
- New "Attributes" pane for exploring and modifying node attributes
- "Format Document" context menu option for reformatting XML
- Double-click a node in the XML Manager to expand it in the file
- New file tab status icons for
- New files
- Saved/unsaved files
- FTP files
- Read-only files
- Highlight all occurrences of selected word
- Activated via Shift + Double Click
- Alternatively activated via Ctrl + . (will highlight word under caret)
- New "Highlight All Selected" toolbar icon / key mapping command for quick access
- Persistent "Highlight All" for Find
- HTML and XML open/close tag matching
- New File Open and Save As dialogs for Vista/Win 7 (including Favorites, Libraries, etc.)
- "Count All" functionality for selected text or in column range
- Increased wordfile color groups for up to 20 total groups
- Re-engineered SVN/CVS integration (allows you to externally update Subversion or CVS binaries)*
- Completely re-themed modern icon set
- Ability to lock toolbars
- New config item (File Handling -> Save) to maintain Save As directory for duration of edit session
- Configure order of file name / application name in title bar
- New streamlined installation and registration for ease of license management
- Other improvements and enhancements
* Note: Due to the changes to version control integration in UEStudio 11, you will need to download the external binaries from our site. More information is available at our updated power tip.
