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# QuickLook

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<a href="https://www.microsoft.com/store/apps/9nv4bs3l1h4s?ocid=badge" target="_blank"><img src="https://assets.windowsphone.com/f2f77ec7-9ba9-4850-9ebe-77e366d08adc/English_Get_it_Win_10_InvariantCulture_Default.png" height="80px" alt="Get it on Windows 10" /></a> <-- Temporarily unavailable, waiting to be tested on Windows 10 S

*This project is currently under heavy development. Come back often to see what's new.*

<img src="http://pooi.moe/QuickLook/sample.gif?3" width="400">

## Background
[Quick Look](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quick_Look) is among the few features I missed from Mac OS X. It enables *very* quick preview of file by pressing <kbd>Space</kbd> key while highlighting it, without opening its associated application. Then I decide to add this feature to Windows by myself, which results this “QuickLook” project.

You may ask, why you write this when there several alternatives available on the Internet (e.g. [WinQuickLook](https://github.com/shibayan/WinQuickLook) and [Seer](https://github.com/ccseer/Seer))? The answer is that, they are all among those which no longer actively developed, lack of support of file types and plugins, or asking user for amounts of $$$.

## Highlights

 - Tons of supported file types (full list [here](https://github.com/xupefei/QuickLook/wiki/Supported-File-Types))
 - Fluent design (new in version 0.3)
 - Touchscreen friendly
 - HiDPI support
 - Preview from Open and Save File Dialog
 - Preview from 3rd-party file managers (see a list [here](https://github.com/xupefei/QuickLook/wiki/File-Managers))
 - Easy extended by plugins 
 - Strict GPL license to keep it free forever

## Usage

### Download / General usage

 1. Download from one of the following
    * Windows Store (for Windows 10 users) <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/store/apps/9nv4bs3l1h4s?ocid=badge" target="_blank"><img src="https://assets.windowsphone.com/13484911-a6ab-4170-8b7e-795c1e8b4165/English_get_L_InvariantCulture_Default.png" width="80px" alt="Store Link" /></a> 
    * Installer or portable archive of the stable version from [GitHub Release](https://github.com/xupefei/QuickLook/releases) 
    * Unstable builds from [AppVeyor](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/xupefei/quicklook/build/artifacts)
 2. Run `QuickLook.exe`
 3. Select a file/folder on the Desktop / in a File Explorer window / in an Open- or Save-File dialog
 4. Press <kbd>Spacebar</kbd>
 5. Select another file/folder in the same manner
 6. When you're done, click on the `❎` button, or press <kbd>Spacebar</kbd> again

### Hotkeys and buttons

 - <kbd>Spacebar</kbd> Show/Hide the preview window
 - <kbd>Esc</kbd> Hide the preview window
 - <kbd>Enter</kbd> Open/Execute current file
 - <kbd>Mouse️</kbd> <kbd>↑</kbd> <kbd>↓</kbd> <kbd>←</kbd> <kbd>→</kbd> Preview another file
 - <kbd>Ctrl-Wheel</kbd> Zoom in/out images
 - <kbd>Wheel</kbd> Increase/decrease volume

## More Information

See the [Wiki page](https://github.com/xupefei/QuickLook/wiki).

## Translations

See the [Wiki page](https://github.com/xupefei/QuickLook/wiki/Translations).

## Licenses

![GPL-v3](https://www.gnu.org/graphics/gplv3-127x51.png)

Application icons made by [@QubitsDev](https://twitter.com/qubitsdev). User interface designed by [@OiCkilL](https://twitter.com/OiCkilL). Thank you!

This project references many other projects. See [here](https://github.com/xupefei/QuickLook/wiki/On-the-Shoulders-of-Giants) for the full list.

All source codes, except which are from other projects mentioned above, are licensed under [GPL-3.0](https://opensource.org/licenses/GPL-3.0).

If you want make any modification on these source codes while keeping new codes not protected by GPL-3.0, please contact me for a sublicense instead.
