microsoft / microsoft/PowerToys
QuickLook instead of Peek
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Description
### Description of the new feature / enhancement
Hello
I’ve been using both PowerToys and the standalone QuickLook app (https://quicklookapp.vercel.app/) for quite some time now.
I’ve also checked out Peek from time to time, but ultimately, QuickLook is just much better.
For example, images and PDFs are automatically zoomed to fit the window frame, and it works more reliably with the spacebar. Peek doesn’t appear every time I press Ctrl+Space (it often takes several keystrokes). With PDFs, it automatically zooms to a single page; I can scroll page by page with the mouse wheel, and the page thumbnails are always displayed. With Peek, you have to adjust this every time. You can also zoom in on documents using Ctrl+mouse wheel, which isn’t possible with Peek. There’s also a pin feature that lets me open multiple preview windows at once for comparison. When I resize the window, the content adjusts automatically. When I press the arrow keys, it shows me the next file, but with QuickLook, that also selects the next file in the background (i.e., in the Explorer window). This is very handy when I have to go through a lot of files; after closing QuickLook, I always know which file was the last one. Can’t you collaborate with the QuickLook developer so you can integrate this tool?
Since it's free, too, I could definitely see this collaboration working out. The developer could still continue working on it! It would also be great if we could view InDesign documents in the preview—that's the only format QuickLook doesn't support yet.
I'd be really happy if this worked out! :-)
Stefan
### Scenario when this would be used?
see above
### Supporting information
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Research direction
The issue names no files, tests, or entry points; begin by reviewing the existing Peek utility and the proposed QuickLook integration. The requested behavior spans previewing, PDF navigation, window management, file selection, and format support, so the scope and definition of done need to be established before implementation.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100