Awesome
<img src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/1687847/82130498-8c3eac80-97d4-11ea-9e88-372ab9c50295.png" width="80">QuickLook
<img src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/1687847/64730506-2a60d100-d4e8-11e9-95a6-f13dbd869b2a.jpeg" width="400">Background
One of the few features I missed from macOS is Quick Look. It allows users to peek into a file content in lightning speed by just pressing the <kbd>Space</kbd> key. Windows, on the other hand, does not have this handy feature ... until now!
I am aware that several alternatives are already available on the Internet (e.g. WinQuickLook and Seer). Despite these options, I still decided to craft another one by myself, because they are either not being actively developed, lack of variety, or ask for some :dollar:.
Highlights
- Tons of supported file types (full list here)
- Fluent design
- Touchscreen friendly
- HiDPI support
- Preview from Open and Save File Dialog
- Preview from 3rd-party file managers (see a list here)
- Easily extended by plugins
- Strict GPL license to keep it free forever
Usage
Download/Installation
Get it from one of the following sources:
- Microsoft Store (Windows 10 users only, no preview in open/save-dialogs available) <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/store/apps/9nv4bs3l1h4s?ocid=badge" target="_blank"><img src="https://developer.microsoft.com/store/badges/images/English_get_L.png" height="22px" alt="Store Link" /></a>
- Installer or portable archive of the stable version from GitHub Release
- Nightly builds from AppVeyor
What are the differences between .msi
, .zip
, Nightly and Store versions?
Note: Don't forget to check out the plugins for previewing office-files, epubs, fonts and more!
Typical usecase
- Run
QuickLook.exe
(only necessary if autostart is disabled) - Select any file or folder (on the Desktop, in a File Explorer window, in an Open or Save-File dialogue, doesn't matter)
- Press <kbd>Spacebar</kbd>
- Enjoy the preview and interact with it
- Preview next file by clicking on it or using arrow-keys (arrow-keys move selection in the background if the preview window is not in focus)
- When you're done close it by either hitting <kbd>Spacebar</kbd> again, pressing <kbd>Esc</kbd> or clicking the
⨉
button
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>Mouse</kbd> <kbd>↑</kbd> <kbd>↓</kbd> <kbd>←</kbd> <kbd>→</kbd> Preview another file
- <kbd>Mouse Wheel</kbd> Zoom in/out (images)
- <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>Mouse Wheel</kbd> Zoom in/out (PDFs)
- <kbd>Wheel</kbd> Increase/decrease volume
Supported file types, file manager integration, etc.
See the Wiki page
Translations
See the Translation guide
Thanks to
- Many open-source projects and their contributors
- Our UI designers @OiCkilL (“Fluent” user interface since v0.3), @QubitsDev (app-icon v0.3-v3.6.9) and Donno (app-icon since v3.6.10)
- Our contributers who
- teach QuickLook to speak your language
- send pull requests, report bugs or give suggestions
- ... and you 😊
Licenses
This project references many other open-source projects. See here for the full list.
All source codes are licensed under GPL-3.0.
If you want to make any modification on these source codes while keeping new codes not protected by GPL-3.0, please contact me for a sublicense instead.