Screen Ruler / News: Recent posts

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.... read more

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

Links

• Binary download: https://sourceforge.net/projects/screenruler/files/v.0.9.1/
• Source code: https://github.com/Bluegrams/ScreenRuler/releases/tag/v.0.9.1

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.... read more

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... read more

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.... read more

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.... read more

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.... read more

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/.... read more

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).... read more

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:... read more

Version 0.3 (2019-07)

A new version of Screen Ruler (v.0.3) has been released today and is now available for download on Sourceforge.

What's new

Version 0.3 introduces a few useful new features, of which some are based on user feedback. First, you can now use Screen Ruler to measure the size of windows on the screen automatically. Just press 'Z' or the corresponding context menu item and use the cursor to select one window to measure. Second, the option to measure lengths relative to the width or height of the screen is added by providing a new measuring unit 'Percent'. Additionally, there are some smaller changes. In detail, all changes of this version are:... read more

Screen Ruler is now also available through the Chocolatey package manager for Windows (https://chocolatey.org/).
To install it from there, simply type:

choco install screenruler