Screen Ruler 0.10 with Improved Scaling, Calibration and Configuration

Bluegrams — Sat, 03 Sep 2022 23:55:16 -0000

Version 0.10.0 (2022-09)

The tenth feature release of Screen Ruler makes some important improvements in terms of configurability and compatibility. Most notably, long requested updates for the ruler calibration as well as automatic display scaling have been added with this update. The new version of Screen Ruler is now available for download on SourceForge and Chocolatey.

What's new

Calibration and display scaling support

As Screen Ruler is used for conducting precise length measurements on screen, correct adaptation to different screen resolutions and precise calibration are crucial. Better support in both areas has often been requested in the past. So, with the release of v.0.10.0, Screen Ruler offers new, enhanced mechanisms for automatic screen resolution adaptation and ruler calibration. This mainly comes in the form of the re-designed, more flexible ruler calibration dialog, which is accessible by pressing Ctrl+K or via Calibrate Ruler from the context menu.

The new calibration dialog provides different scaling modes and settings to serve a diverse range of scenarios. You can find a blog post dedicated to these options on our website.

Keyboard shortcut configuration

The latest update of Screen Ruler also introduces the option to customize the various keyboard shortcuts used to control the app. You can access the new keyboard shortcut configuration dialog by pressing Ctrl+Shift+, or via Keyboard Shortcuts in the context menu. The opened dialog then shows a list of the configurable keyboard actions. By pressing Edit, you can customize the selected action. By pressing Reset, you reset the selected action to its default value.

All updates and fixes of this version, including minor changes, are summarized below:

New: Fine-grained calibration to display scaling using four scaling modes.

New: Monitor DPI awareness & automatic scaling.

New: Configuration of keyboard shortcuts.

New: Turkish translation.

Fixed: Placement of marker labels in flipped orientation.

Fixed: Intersecting mouse & offset labels.

Fixed: Various UI and usability issues & causes for app crashes

Updated: Spanish translation

Screen Ruler Updated to v.0.9.1

Bluegrams — Tue, 12 Oct 2021 14:06:09 -0000

Version 0.9.1 (2021-10)

Version 0.9.1 of Screen Ruler includes some important bug fixes. The changes of this version are:

Fixed: Misplaced markers on flipped ruler

Fixed: Crashing marker list window when no markers are set

Flipping, hypotenuses, angles and command-lines args with Screen Ruler v.0.9

Bluegrams — Thu, 05 Aug 2021 21:27:44 -0000

Version 0.9.0 (2021-08)

The first major feature update of Screen Ruler in a few months brings a whole range of new features that broaden the range of possibilities of working with Screen Ruler. Most of the new features were implemented based on user feedback, to add your own feedback or suggestions, always feel free to open an issue on GitHub or start a discussion on SourceForge.

What's new

Ruler flipping

The first major new feature is the possibility to flip the ruler scale horizontally or vertically. In 1D horizontal or vertical mode, this flips the measurement scale to allow measuring from right to left or from bottom to top. In 2D mode, it additionally allows to change the orientation of the right angle of the ruler. By flipping horizontally, the vertically ruler moves to the right of the horizontal ruler. By flipping vertically, the horizontal ruler moves to the bottom of the vertical ruler. Using keyboard shortcuts, horizontal flipping can be achieved by pressing F, vertical flipping by pressing Shift+F.

Hypotenuse and angles

Secondly, v.0.9 adds the option to show the length of the hypotenuse in 2D mode as well as the size of the angles enclosed by the ruler triangle. There are two options here: either the right-angled triangle is defined by the horizontal and vertical ruler lengths or by the cursor position. Hypotenuse measuring can be toggled using H via keyboard shortcuts.

Command-line arguments

Next, the new version of Screen Ruler introduces command-line arguments. You can view them by executing screenruler.exe --help from a terminal. To give some examples, screenruler.exe -x 10 -y 10 --width 600 --height 400 sets a startup position and size for Screen Ruler. screenruler.exe --title "Mozilla Firefox" directly measures the window titled "Mozilla Firefox" on startup.

All changes of this version, including minor new features:

New: Horizontal and vertical flipping of ruler scale

New: Optionally show hypotenuse ("H") and angles in 2D ruler mode

New: Command-line arguments to set startup location or measure opened window

New: Add shortcut ("X") to set marker at cursor position

New: Allow changing of units in marker list

New: Setting to snap ruler scale to screen edges

Updated: Chinese translation

Credits

Special thanks for this version go to:

CloverGit for updates to the Chinese translation

Screen Ruler Updated to v.0.8.1

Bluegrams — Sun, 31 Jan 2021 20:54:28 -0000

Version 0.8.1 (2021-01)

The first Screen Ruler update of 2021 brings some minor new features and bug fixes, most of which are implemented based on user feedback. To add your own feedback or suggestions, always feel free to open an issue on GitHub or start a discussion on SourceForge.

What's new

The changes of this version:

New: Slovak translation

New: Increase precision of screen DPI setting

New: Keyboard shortcuts for toggling theme and setting opacity

Fixed: Position of marker labels on ruler

Credits

Special thanks for this version go to:

Peter Ditrich for the Slovak translation

Hacktoberfest 2020 - Screen Ruler

Bluegrams — Sat, 07 Nov 2020 12:45:37 -0000

Version 0.8 (2020-11)

The Screen Ruler project participated in this year's Hacktoberfest, a month-long event on GitHub every October to encourage and promote contributions to open-source software development. With the start of Hacktoberfest in early October, we asked for help with translation of this app to other languages. This new version includes all Hacktoberfest contributions of the last month.

In total, Screen Ruler received 11 pull requests by 10 contributors. These contributions added translations for 8 languages, with updates for 2 more. The newly added languages are:

Portuguese
Russian
Malayalam
Polish
Finnish
Dutch
Swedish

Thanks to all the awesome contributors for their help! You can find the names and GitHub profiles of all contributors in the full list of contributors on GitHub. You can also see all of their contributions during Hacktoberfest here.

The changelog of this version:

New: Portuguese, Russian, Malayalam, Polish, Finnish, Dutch, Swedish and Thai translation

Updated: Italian and Spanish translation

Changed: Divide inch scale into 16 parts; minor UI fixes

New Features in Screen Ruler 0.7

Bluegrams — Sun, 30 Aug 2020 21:54:27 -0000

Version 0.7 (2020-09)

The fourth update iteration of Screen Ruler in 2020 brings various smaller new features and improvements. As always, the new release can be downloaded via SourceForge and Chocolatey.

What's new

Version 0.7 brings a new window for managing all custom markers added to the ruler. You can open it via the context menu at Edit Markers or by using Ctrl+E. The new window lists all currently added custom markings on the ruler scale in a compact overview.

Based on user request, a new operating mode has been added: using W, you can toggle the ruler to automatically follow the movement of the cursor on the screen.

Also, some improvements for using Screen Ruler as a reading aid have been made: you optionally can hide the ruler scale, further decrease the opacity and customize the movement steps of the ruler.

Lastly, contributors have improved the language support: Italian has been added as a new translation and the Spanish translation has been updated. If Screen Ruler is not available in your language yet, please help translating it!

The changes of this version, summarized:

New: Added window for listing & managing custom markers

New: Option to hide ruler scale

New: Let ruler automatically follow mouse pointer

New: Italian translation

New/ Changed: Minor changes in options & settings (opacity, markers, step size)

Credits

Special thanks for this version go to:
- IlBako: Italian translation

Measure in Both Dimensions - Version 0.6

Bluegrams — Sun, 26 Apr 2020 12:17:43 -0000

Version 0.6 (2020-04)

The third update of this year brings some major additions to Screen Ruler. Most notably, version 0.6 brings a new two-dimensional ruler mode that allows you to measure the screen in horizontal and vertical direction simultanously using a rectangular ruler scale.

What's new

You can enable the new two-dimensional ruler mode by selecting 'Ruler Mode -> Two-Dimensional' in the context menu. This allows you to resize the scale horizontally and vertically as well as settings markers in both directions. Also, when selecting a window on the screen for automatic measuring (press 'Z'), now both its width and height will be measured at the same time. For quick switching between the new two-dimensional mode and the original horizontal and vertical modes, you can also use Space.

The other major addition of this update is the new Slim Scale Mode which you can via the context menu or by pressing J. If enabled, only a reduced and slimmer ruler scale is shown, hiding less of the actual items on screen.

Lastly, the ruler application is now hidden from the task bar by default and displayed as an icon in the notification area. To disable this behaviour, uncheck the corresponding option in the settings.

These changes, and all others of this version, summarized:

New: Two-dimensional mode: measure the width and height simultaneously

New: Toggle ruler mode using 'Space'

New: Slim ruler scale

New Ruler icon in notification area instead of task bar

New: Improved dialog for setting ruler size

New: Chinese translation

Credits

Special thanks for this version go to:
- @lzporter: Chinese translation

Screen Ruler YouTube Tutorial by AddictiveTips

Bluegrams — Thu, 16 Apr 2020 19:08:45 -0000

The Screen Ruler app was recently featured by AddictiveTips.com in a short video tutorial. The video gives a nice overview on how to get started with the ruler on Windows.
You can find it on YouTube at https://youtu.be/UPiqYMfwbjY.

Previously, AddictiveTips already published a review of Screen Ruler on their website at https://www.addictivetips.com/windows-tips/add-a-ruler-to-the-screen-on-windows-10/.

Screen Ruler 0.5 Released

Bluegrams — Sun, 23 Feb 2020 10:01:52 -0000

Version 0.5 (2020-02)

After the last update being released just one month ago, Screen Ruler v.0.5 again brings a couple of useful features that extend the possibilities of the tool. This time, most of the additions come from external contributors.

What's new

Besides automatically marking the center and thirds of the ruler, version 0.5 also adds the possibility to mark the golden ration in both direction. Press G to toggle the new markers. Also, to make the ruler markers more distinguishable, you can now switch on optional marker symbols (from Settings -> Advanced -> Show marker symbols). This option adds a different symbol next to each type of marking line, with numbering for custom markers. Both of these features were added by an external contributor (see Credits).

The new version also attempts to improve the possibilities to adapt the ruler tool to different displays with different scaling values. For this reason, a new calibration window is added. It allows setting concrete screen properties as well as dynamically adapting the scale based on a preview panel. To access calibration, press Ctrl+K. For more information about this feature, visit https://sourceforge.net/p/screenruler/discussion/howto/thread/22319514a3/.

All changes, summarized:

New: Marker for Golden Ratio

New: Symbols for marker lines (optional)

New: Spanish translation

Changed: Added window for easy ruler calibration

Credits

Special thanks for this version go to:
- Jens Bråkenhielm: goldern ratio markers & marker symbols
- Leandro Martín Drudi: Spanish translation

Version 0.4 of Screen Ruler Released

Bluegrams — Tue, 07 Jan 2020 17:30:38 -0000

Version 0.4 (2020-01)

The first update of Screen Ruler in 2020 has just been released and is now available for download on SourceForge and Chocolatey.

What's new

Version 0.4 mainly adds more configuration options to existing features. For example, you can now configure the thickness of the ruler markings to use precise, one pixel wide markers. Also, you can configure the step size when resizing the ruler tool using either the keyboard or the mouse. For all this, a new page was added to the settings window. In summary, the additions of this update are:

New: Configure marker thickness.

New: Configure size of resize/ move steps.

New: Minor: Tool tip and copy shortcut

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What's new

Calibration and display scaling support

Keyboard shortcut configuration

More

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Version 0.9.1 (2021-10)

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Version 0.9.0 (2021-08)

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Hypotenuse and angles

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Version 0.8.1 (2021-01)

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