Release notes 2.0.5

By Erik Jälevik on 18 July 2026

A solid new autoupdate flow and a bunch of quality of life fixes.

Improvements

Interactive autoupdate process.
- Available updates are always presented to the user alongside the release notes at startup instead of silently downloaded.
- If a new version becomes available while running, a non-intrusive Update button lights up in the title bar.
- User has full control over whether to download an update and when to quit & install it.
- After quitting & installing, the app automatically restarts. No more arbitrary wait before manually restarting again.
Increased number of keyboard-assignable Load Layout slots from 12 to 100.
Keep “dropped over” highlight on drag destination active until a choice is made in the drop popup menu.
Suppress all new tooltips when a file is being renamed.

Bug fixes

Fixed autoscroll scrolling too far when an item covered by the preview pane was stepped to.
Fixed preview pane getting stuck on the previous file in some cases where the next file’s preview failed to load.
Fixed search results featuring non-English characters getting stuck in results list after being moved out or deleted.
Mac: Fixed newly created files and folders not always opening for renaming when created in a folder with a symlink somewhere in its ancestor path.
Mac: Fixed pane paths accessed through a symlinked dir switching back to showing the resolved path after navigating.
Mac: Fixed root-level symlinks like /tmp -> /private/tmp opening in Finder instead of internally.
Windows: Close application menus and layout flyouts automatically when the window loses focus.

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