# QuickLook [](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html) [](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/xupefei/QuickLook) [](https://github.com/QL-Win/QuickLook/releases) [](https://github.com/QL-Win/QuickLook/releases/latest) ## Background One of the few features I missed from macOS is [Quick Look](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quick_Look). It allows users to peek into a file content in lightning speed by just pressing the Space 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](https://github.com/shibayan/WinQuickLook) and [Seer](https://github.com/ccseer/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](https://github.com/QL-Win/QuickLook/wiki/Supported-File-Types)) - Fluent design - Touchscreen friendly - HiDPI support - Preview from *Open* and *Save File* Dialog - Preview from 3rd-party file managers (see a list [here](https://github.com/QL-Win/QuickLook/wiki/File-Managers)) - Easily extended by [plugins](https://github.com/QL-Win/QuickLook/wiki/Available-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) * Installer or portable archive of the stable version from [GitHub Release](https://github.com/QL-Win/QuickLook/releases) * Nightly builds from [AppVeyor](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/xupefei/quicklook/build/artifacts) [What are the differences between `.msi`, `.zip`, Nightly and Store versions?](https://github.com/QL-Win/QuickLook/wiki/Differences-Between-Distributions) **Note:** Don't forget to check out the [plugins](https://github.com/QL-Win/QuickLook/wiki/Available-Plugins) for previewing office-files, epubs, fonts and more! ### Typical usecase 1. Run `QuickLook.exe` (only necessary if autostart is disabled) 1. Select any file or folder (on the Desktop, in a File Explorer window, in an *Open* or *Save-File* dialogue, doesn't matter) 1. Press Spacebar 1. Enjoy the preview and interact with it 1. 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) 1. When you're done close it by either hitting Spacebar again, pressing Esc or clicking the `⨉` button ### Hotkeys and buttons - Spacebar Show/Hide the preview window - Esc Hide the preview window - Enter Open/Execute current file - Mouse ↑ ↓ ← → Preview another file - Mouse Wheel Zoom in/out (images) - Ctrl+Mouse Wheel Zoom in/out (PDFs) - Wheel Increase/decrease volume ## Supported file types, file manager integration, etc. See the [Wiki page](https://github.com/QL-Win/QuickLook/wiki) ## Translations See the [Translation guide](https://github.com/QL-Win/QuickLook/wiki/Translations) ## Thanks to - Many [open-source projects](https://github.com/QL-Win/QuickLook/wiki/On-the-Shoulders-of-Giants) and their contributors - Our UI designers [@OiCkilL](https://twitter.com/OiCkilL) (“Fluent” user interface since v0.3), [@QubitsDev](https://twitter.com/qubitsdev) (app-icon v0.3-v3.6.9) and [Donno](https://github.com/Donnnno) (app-icon since v3.6.10) - [Our contributers](https://github.com/QL-Win/QuickLook/graphs/contributors) 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](https://github.com/QL-Win/QuickLook/wiki/On-the-Shoulders-of-Giants) for the full list. All source codes are licensed under [GPL-3.0](https://opensource.org/licenses/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.