Text Grap

Fix some issues with the new settings pages:

• When packaged, copy and migrate settings on upgrade
• Fixed some settings not getting set
• Fixed manual set of Tesseract Path not saving

March 2024

• Redesigned Settings with many improvements
  • Tabbed pages make for easier navigation
  • Settings saved automatically
  • Better language management
• Better Tesseract support
  • More descriptive of all languages

• Edit Text Window improvements
  • Duplicate line with ctrl + d
  • Add line above current line with ctrl + enter
• Bug fixes

Bug fixes

• Set Tesseract text encoding to UTF8
• After a Full Screen Grab "Try Insert" did not insert
• First Run was not setting some settings correctly

December 2023

• Fullscreen Grab top bar now is more clear what mode will be executed
• Using WPFUI Symbols instead of MDL2
• Record any available shortcut key combination
  • Enables more shortcuts like:
  • Edit last grab
  • Open last open Edit Text Window
  • Grab previous region

• Improve Tesseract support
  • Now all OCR languages, (Windows + Tesseract) show up in the language picker side by side
  • Better language support
  • Better support for any location
  • winget for install commands in settings
• Full Screen Grab now only shows toolbars when mouse is over that screen
• Better QR Code maker tools
  • Generate SVGs
  • Change text and QR Code will update
  • Set error correction level
• Update packages as always

Bug fixes around file access related to the history service.

Mainly bug fixes around History files for the packaged version of Text Grab. No new feature changes.

History Service

• Open recently closed Edit Text Windows
• Open recently closed Grab Frames
• Open Fullscreen Grabs into Grab Frames for refinement
• Grab last region of the screen

New CLI Options

• New flag --windowless will do OCR on files or open .txt files and put the content directly into the clipboard
• This flag also suppresses the "About Text Grab" window which appears at first launch

Improved Tesseract Support

• Get list of Tesseract Languages for FSG language picker
• Make sure EXE can be found before allowing feature to be enabled
• Fail more gracefully when EXE cannot be found

Grab Frame improvements

• Copy text context option
• Open Rec

What's Changed

• Bug Fixes
• [ImgBot] Optimize images by @imgbot in #293
• Bump WPF-UI from 3.0.0-preview.1 to 3.0.0-preview.2 by @dependabot in #294
• Bump CliWrap from 3.6.0 to 3.6.1 by @dependabot in #295

Full Changelog: v4.0.0...v4.0.1

This is a preview, please tell me of any issues or bugs you have!

⚠️NEW ICON ALERT⚠️

NEW FLUENT UI!!

• LIGHT THEME!!
• Every mode is changed
• Rounded corners
• Updated screenshots

More QR Codes

• Make QR Codes
• Read codes whenever doing OCR
• Don't correct codes

Use Tesseract

• When installed enable using Tesseract
• Fixed a few initial issues with links, thanks @vivadavid

Thanks, lets connect!

Hope you are enjoying Text Grab! I always love to hear from users about what works and what doesn't

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This is a preview, please tell me of any issues or bugs you have!

⚠️NEW ICON ALERT⚠️

NEW FLUENT UI!!

• LIGHT THEME!!
• Every mode is changed
• Rounded corners

More QR Codes

• Make QR Codes
• Read codes whenever doing OCR
• Don't correct codes

Use Tesseract

• When installed enable using Tesseract
• Fixed a few initial issues with links, thanks @vivadavid

Thanks, lets connect!

Hope you are enjoying Text Grab! I always love to hear from users about what works and wha