File name follows natural sort order like in File Explorer e.g. File1, File2, File10 instead of File1, File10, File2
Sync column (More..-> Common -> Sync) will display OneDrive file sync status like “in progress” and “error”
Bug Fixes
Ritt crashes when Google Drive dismounts
Installing MSI updates will remove taskbar pin. The fix will take effect from the next update onwards
Status ring (top left corner) remains even after the user signs out
V1.5.2 (Sep 2024)
New Features
Support for Everything as a file search engine. Settings -> Files and folders -> File search engine
Preview Office documents. Requires Microsoft Office to be installed. Due to an SDK limitation, the preview is shown in a separate window for now. This will be fixed in the future
Quick Search (Lightning button on the right of the search bar). This allows you to save frequent searches with a name and description
Find duplicated files. This is implemented as a search filter (duplicate) and as a default Quick Search
Read-only mode: Prevent accidental changes to files and tags. Settings -> Advanced -> Read-only mode
Option to start Ritt in maximized, minimized or background mode on system startup. Settings -> Advanced -> Run at Windows startup
Notes for tags. Right-click on a tag -> Notes
Export Ritt tags in CSV format
Context menu option for folder: Integrate into tag tree
Warn the user about duplicated tags. This can be turned off in Settings
Find and reveal tags in the Tag tree from the search bar
Option to display the name of the current database file. Settings -> Database -> Show Ritt Database File name
Display the total number of tags at the bottom of the Tag pane
Refinements
When navigating from a child to a parent folder, the originating child folder is scrolled to and highlighted
Clearer messaging about History changes and sync conflict warnings
Changes to Settings are saved as they are made (instead of on app exit)
File picker dialog for locating missing files is initialized to the containing directory
Language selector for MSI and Portable versions
Scrollbar width increased by about 50%
Tag exclusion is more visually obvious
Exits search mode when all search terms are cleared
Shortcut key for Pin in the Details pane: N
Video thumbnail is hidden when scrubbing on hover
Bug Fixes
Ritt hangs when pressing backspace to delete a search token in the search bar
More reliable tracking of file changes: automatically restart FileSystemWatcher on error
V1.5.1 (Aug 2024)
Refinements
UI tweaks: Adjust spacing in tag tree to gain more horizontal real estate
Bug Fixes
Sometimes, after deleting or renaming an item, all thumbnails in view disappear.
Group headers occasionally show incorrect top margin
Hover to scrub video does not work correctly for very short videos or videos with unknown length
Excess margin in Details pane if some Details blocks are hidden
V1.5.0 (Jul 2024)
New Features
Multi-language support
Create tags from keywords (also called tags in Explorer)
Write tags as keywords for files that support it (e.g. .jpg, .mp4)
New tag attribute: Inherit. With this attribute, items within tagged folders, up to the chosen depth, will inherit this tag. This replaces the tag inheritance functionalities in previous versions.
Notes are now searchable
Linked items are clustered together when sorted by Linked items
Option to scan multiple levels up the folder tree for potential tags
Option to quickly expand/collapse all levels of a tag or folder tree (Right-click on the expand button)
Portable zip version
Refinements
Redesigned grouping UI to make groups more visually obvious
Increased Tag Combo Capacity
Renamed “Multiselect mode” to “Disengage navigation” and changed the icon to reflect its purpose better
Context menu shows close to the pointer
Load shell context menu items on demand (when hovering over “Show more items”)
Improved auto-update experience (Settings -> About -> Auto update) for non-Store installed versions
Bug Fixes
Occasionally, Ritt’s settings file becomes corrupted and Ritt will fail to launch
Launching Ritt from a .ritt database file opens the previous database file instead
File change watcher sometimes stops working
V1.4.2 (Jun 2024)
Bug Fixes
Ritt fails to find the database file if it did not exit properly after the first launch.
V1.4.1 (Jun 2024)
New Features
File properties (e.g. Image dimensions, Media length) can be displayed and used to sort files in the List view
Option to display file properties as overlays in Grid view for selected file types
Option to choose visibility and order of Blocks (Tag, Preview, etc) in the Details Pane
Copy tags from a file and paste them onto other files
Number of tagged items of a tag displayed in Tag Pane
New Scripting APIs to get and set tag alias
Refinements
Potential tags are selected based on tags of other files in the same folder
Inherited tags are subtly displayed as text rather than buttons
Image preview now supports pinch to zoom using the trackpad
Improved handling of slow disk operations e.g. a busy network drive
Improved video scrubbing: black bands removed and playback progress is shown
Dark mode colors are finetuned
Bug Fixes
Ritt window blocks auto-hide taskbar when maximized
V1.4.0 (Apr 2024)
New Features
Related tags are shown in tagging pane. Click on any to tag
Independent tagging pane shows up when Details pane is closed. Shortcut: T
Filter by tag exclusion. On any related tag, right click -> Exclude, or Middle-click. Click on activated tags to toggle polarity
Hide certain tags with new tag attribute, Hidden, to reduce visual clutter
Badge tag attribute now has the option to include tag name in Badge
Multiselect Mode for Tag Pane, to select multiple tags without performing tag intersection
Tag alias. Include additional keywords which are used in tag search and Auto Tag
Hover over a video file to quickly scrub through
Redesigned tag icon picker, including emoji search and support for country flags
Customizable file properties to display in Details pane
Shift + Delete to permanently delete
Refinements
UI refresh
Reduced item rendering time
Improved tag search
Simplified tag attribute assignment
Refined Grouping by Tags to avoid generating too many groups. New option in Settings -> Tags: Tag Combo Capacity
Bug Fixes
Cannot copy tasks by keyboard shortcuts or drag and drop
Double-clicking a .url file launches the website twice
Sometimes, the missing file button does not show up
V1.3.1 (Mar 2024)
New Features
Columns in List view displaying file properties (e.g. size, modified), tags, linked items and notes
Change the size of thumbnails in List view with Ctrl + scroll
Option to minimize to the system tray on closing Ritt (Settings -> Advanced -> Run in the background)
Option to run on Windows startup (Settings -> Advanced -> Run on Windows startup)
Tag tree separators. These can be used to visually segment a long list of tags
Option to sort tags by name (right click on any tag or tag tree background)
Option to search using Windows Search Index, which could improve search performance (Settings -> Advanced -> Search with Windows Search Index)
Automatically reduce the size of tags in Details Pane when there are a large number of tags
Order of tags in Details Pane follows the order of appearance in the tag tree
Renamed “Dashboard” tag attribute to “Encapsulate” to better describe the meaning of that tag attribute i.e. it encapsulates items tagged to children tags
Bug Fixes
Sometimes signing in to Ritt Cloud from the app fails
Ritt fails to capture all file changes when a large number of files are moved at the same time
Could not drag and drop tags onto Details Pane
V1.3 (Jan 2024)
New Features
Auto Tag with AI Automatically applies the most relevant among potential tags to selected image files.
Scripting support Automate repetitive task with scripting.
Navigation history. Right click on back/forward buttons to view
Drag and drop tags onto Searchbar to build query
New shortcut: Double click on a tag to navigate to the first integrated folder under it
Option to pause sync to Ritt Cloud
Bug Fixes
Ritt fails to launch if database is deleted
Shortcut for pasting (Ctrl+V) does not work on empty folder
Removing a tag icon causes an empty slot to appear in favourites, which cannot be deleted
V1.2.2 (Oct 2023)
Aggregating and displaying tags relevant to items in view by searching to a certain, customizeable depth (default = 2 i.e. items in view and subfolder items)
Many new shortcut added, including one for tag entry (‘T’). Now able to quickly tag items using only the keyboard. (suggested by u/AskingQuestionns)
Previous search entries can be pinned to the searchbar for quick access
Filter by tags after performing search
V1.2.1 (Sep 2023)
Interactive preview of 3D models (suggested by zendor)
Preview of markdown files, including support for syntax highlighting and math
Improved preview of pdfs, svg, images (zoom and pan support)
Alternative method of tagging: drag files/folders and drop them onto a tag (suggested by UnderPL)
Ability to quickly add new tags by mouseover buttons and context menu options (suggested by UnderPL)
Improved search experience with demarcated search tokens
V1.2 (Jul 2023)
New Details pane. Shows item metadata, preview, tags, and linked items. Allows file-to-file and file-to-task linking.
More convenient tagging in Details pane. You can create new tags when tagging items.
Notes for files/folders. Displayed and edited in the Details pane.
New network graph visualization of all tags and tagged items.
Auto backup of local database. You can easily restore to a previous database version.
Added option to export tags to sidecar files for archival purposes.
Introduction of Ritt Pro and Lite tiers. All current users of Ritt Cloud are automatically promoted to the Pro tier for free (for a limited time).
V1.1 (May 2023)
The launch of our dedicated cloud service: Ritt Cloud. Ritt Cloud lets you sync your tags and tasks across multiple devices with ease.
Search filters such as ‘task’ and ‘tagged’ now recursively search within folders. For example, searching for ‘task’ from Home will return all tasks in your database.
Organize Settings by category and merged several small menu items such as Help and About into Settings.
Modernized in-app notification UI.
V1.0 (Mar 2023)
Advanced search that supports combining tags with logical operations (AND, OR, NOT) and filters (e.g. size>5mb or modified<3days)
Related tags displayed next to currently active tags
Group by tag combinations (instead of just individual tags)
Can assign hotkeys (0-9) to up to 10 tags for quick tagging
V0.9 (Feb 2023)
Track the history of changes to tags and tasks to allow reverting to an earlier state.
Display context menu item from Explorer in Ritt. This lets you use your favorite tools such as 7zip directly from Ritt.
Recognize Windows shortcut files (.lnk and .url).
Migration from text-based format to SQLite database for better scalability. Backward compatible with the old format.
Direct download and install option (.msi) with auto-update. See our website for more details.
Several critical bug fixes.
V0.8 (Jan 2023)
Migrate from UWP to Windows App SDK 1.2. Able to launch any file now (e.g. .py, .xaml).
Integrate folder tree and tag tree in the left panel. Drag to insert and expand any folder.
Can link files or folders with another folder by dragging from Explorer and dropping on Ritt while holding the ALT key. Similar to shortcuts, but with backlinks.
Simplify the first launch experience. Ritt launches with a default database and all changes are automatically saved.
Improve the performance of viewing large folders and moving/coping files. Uses system UI to display progress.
Improve the reliability of tracking file movements, renames, and deletions in Explorer.
Integrate out-of-the-box with QuickLook for previewing files.
Refresh the general UI.
V0.7 (Oct 2022)
Privacy: Ritt operates completely offline.
Related tags flyout
New tag attributes: Mirror, Dashboard. Enable new use cases for Ritt
Incremental refresh when adding or deleting an item
Bug fixed: Reduced performance after long use, among others
V0.6
Task management
Relevant tags suggestion
Active tags bar
Display badge next to tagged items
V0.5
Improved search experience
Navigate to tag and do tagging directly from the search prompt
Improved Previewer
Added sort function
Added autosave and home button
V0.4
Greatly simplified UI
The left panel of Sources is removed to reduce visual clutter and transfer focus to the tag trees
Drag and drop files/folders onto the tag tree to create tags
Option to show contents of tagged folders, when browsing by tags
Option to disable file/folder thumbnails to improve performance