Allow showing windows (not apps), displaying multiple rows, config from cmdtab.ini

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -7,6 +7,14 @@ set(BUILD_TYPE "Debug")
 
 add_executable(cmdtab WIN32 "src/cmdtab.c" "res/cmdtab.rc")
 
+# Copy cmdtab.ini to build directory
+add_custom_command(TARGET cmdtab POST_BUILD
+        COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_if_different
+        "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/cmdtab.ini"
+        "$<TARGET_FILE_DIR:cmdtab>/cmdtab.ini"
+        COMMENT "Copying cmdtab.ini to build directory"
+)
+
 #set_property(TARGET ${PROJECT_NAME} PROPERTY
     #LINK_FLAGS /MANIFESTUAC:"level='highestAvailable' uiAccess='true'"
 #)

README.md

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # cmdtab
-Fast and lightweight macOS-style Alt-Tab app/window switcher replacement for Windows, written in the Lord's language, C.
+Fast and lightweight macOS-style (or Windows XP style, if you want that) Alt-Tab app/window switcher replacement for Windows, written in the Lord's language, C.
 
 ![cmdtab-screenshot](https://github.com/stianhoiland/cmdtab/assets/2081712/ec5d0d61-005f-4123-b191-8d5b49d1f7db)
 
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ So, you like the way Apple does it, but you're using Windows? **cmdtab** for Win
 - A hotkey to cycle apps (Chrome → Spotify → File Explorer)
 - A different hotkey to cycle windows (Chrome1 → Chrome2 → Chrome3)
 - Big readable app icons
-- Super lightweight program (35kb)
+- Super lightweight program (150kb)
 - Simple, clean, clear, commented C source code (easy to change/fix/extend by you/me/everyone!)
 - Lots of tiny, useful QoL features, like reverse, arrow keys & enter, cancel, restore, mouse support, wrap bump, quit app, close window, delayed show...
 - So fast!
@@ -29,18 +29,19 @@ The basics of window switching are easy to understand, but why is **cmdtab** *th
 
 - Configurable hotkey to cycle apps (default Alt-Tab)
 - Configurable hotkey to cycle windows of the same app (default Alt-Tilde/Backquote)
+- Setting `showAllWindows` to treat windows (not apps) as the first-class object, collapsing the two-level navigation into one (as Windows does it natively).
 - Reverse direction by holding Shift
 - Arrow keys are supported (selects apps in switcher)
 - Enter key is supported (switches to selected window)
 - ~~Mouse is supported (click an app icon to switch to that app)~~ (WIP!)
 - Big readable app icons (not those tiny bewildering window previews)
 - Cancel and close the switcher by pressing Escape
 - Smart key capture so key presses don't unexpectedly bleed through to other apps
-- Wrap bump is hard to explain but easy to feel: Try holding Alt-Tab until the end, then press Tab again—works in reverse, too!
-- Press Q to quit the selected app
-- Press W to close the selected window
+- Wrap bump makes autorepeat stop on the last icon. Very handy!
+- Press Q to quit the selected app, W to close the selected window
 - Option to return to the initial window when cancelling switcher by pressing Escape. This doesn't override or block Windows' native Alt-Escape hotkey
 - Press F4 while the switcher is open to quit **cmdtab**
+- Change appearance and behavior by editing `cmdtab.ini` in the same directory as the executable (example to be found in the code tree)
 
 That's a lot of useful stuff, and the code is small! Go read it, and learn some C while you're at it.
 
@@ -72,3 +73,51 @@ These instructions require `git`, `cmake`, and *Visual Studio* or *MSBuild*.
 5. *(in developer console)* `devenv build\cmdtab.sln /build "MinSizeRel|x64"`
 6. or: *(in developer console)* `msbuild build\cmdtab.sln /property:Configuration=MinSizeRel`
 7. *(run cmdtab)* `build\MinSizeRel\cmdtab.exe`
+
+## Release history
+
+#### 1.6.1 (2025-10-02)
+
+- `KeyboardHookProcedure`: fix: activated window no longer receives an AltUp key event
+
+#### 1.6.0 (2025-09-26)
+
+- `showAllWindows` setting: show windows (not apps) at the top level
+- `rowLength` setting: show the resulting longer lists of icons in multiple rows
+- `showAllTitles` setting: show abbreviated titles of all apps (or windows) and full title of selected one
+- `cmdtab.ini` file: read config settings from file in the executable's directory
+
+#### 1.5.1 (2024-12-12)
+
+- fix bug causing cmdtab to stop remembering new window activations
+- fix crash when invoked with 0 windows
+- change icon to vibrant blue to suit both light and dark themes
+- ensure msgbox gets kbd focus
+
+#### 1.5.0 (2024-12-11)
+
+- first proper version: new build system CMake, instructions in README.md
+- add resource info to cmdtab.exe
+- cmdtab.exe has a new (placeholder) icon
+- fix crash caused by some apps' product name (#2)
+- dark mode and accent color awareness
+- don't ShowWindow if already foreground
+- extensive logging
+- massive memory usage reduction
+- persistent window activation order
+- improve error handling of access failure on getting filepath
+- fix text alignment bug caused by not #including math.h
+- fix text alignment bias from right to left
+- fix stuck modifier keys
+- fix alt key / window menu inconsistency compared to Windows Alt-Tab
+- impl Alt-Q to quit process
+- rely on switcher being top-most window vs. active window
+
+#### 1.0 (some time in 2024)
+
+There was no formal 1.0 release (nor a 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, or 1.4). 
+Which of the versions to consider 1.0 is a matter of opinion.
+
+#### 0.1 (some time in 2023)
+
+Initially, cmdtab was only an idea. Then it grew and evolved.

res/cmdtab.rc

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 1 VERSIONINFO
-	FILEVERSION	1,5,1,0
-	PRODUCTVERSION	1,5,1,0
+	FILEVERSION	1,6,1,0
+	PRODUCTVERSION	1,6,1,0
 	FILEFLAGSMASK	0x3FL
 	#ifdef _DEBUG
 	FILEFLAGS		0x1L
@@ -22,14 +22,14 @@
 				VALUE "Comments",		"N/A"
 				VALUE "CompanyName",		"Stian Gudmundsen Høiland"
 				VALUE "FileDescription",	"macOS-style Alt-Tab window switcher alternative"
-				VALUE "FileVersion",		"1.5.1"
+				VALUE "FileVersion",		"1.6.1"
 				VALUE "InternalName",		"cmdtab"
 				VALUE "LegalCopyright",		"Copyright (C) 2023 Stian Gudmundsen Høiland"
 				VALUE "LegalTrademarks",	"N/A"
 				VALUE "OriginalFilename",	"cmdtab.exe"
 				VALUE "PrivateBuild";		"N/A"
 				VALUE "ProductName",		"cmdtab"
-				VALUE "ProductVersion",		"1.5.1"
+				VALUE "ProductVersion",		"1.6.1"
 				VALUE "SpecialBuild",		"N/A"
 			}
 		}