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A better way to preview images

Posted: 13 May 2010 17:00
by Riki
I was thinking it would be a great feature to be able to preview an image by middle clicking it or something of that sort. I never have the info panel open and its a pain to remember and open it just to preview a few images.

Or perhaps there is a way to already do this?

Re: A better way to preview images

Posted: 13 May 2010 17:23
by admin
I'm currently designing this... it will be part of MDBU 2.0. :)

Re: A better way to preview images

Posted: 13 May 2010 17:25
by nas8e9
Riki wrote:I was thinking it would be a great feature to be able to preview an image by middle clicking it or something of that sort. I never have the info panel open and its a pain to remember and open it just to preview a few images.

Or perhaps there is a way to already do this?
There are two buttons you can add to the Toolbar: Preview and Full Screen Preview (right-click the Toolbar > Customize); alternatively, you can press F11.

Re: A better way to preview images

Posted: 13 May 2010 17:35
by Riki
admin - Thanks! What does MDBU stand for? :p

nas8e9 - The fullscreen button is neat, but it still requires a separate disconnected step.

Another interesting way to do this may be to have a hotkey that can be pressed and while that key is held down you can simply select various files and the preview will popup. However a simple middle click = preview would be very fast and intuitive too.

Re: A better way to preview images

Posted: 13 May 2010 17:47
by Stefan
Riki wrote:admin - Thanks! What does MDBU stand for? :p
The "Mouse Down Blow Up" feature (also known as MDBU) is named thus
because when one holds the mouse down (in the correct location), the related image is enlarged, or blown up
Glossary Read more...

Re: A better way to preview images

Posted: 13 May 2010 17:50
by serendipity
Riki wrote:admin - Thanks! What does MDBU stand for? :p

nas8e9 - The fullscreen button is neat, but it still requires a separate disconnected step.

Another interesting way to do this may be to have a hotkey that can be pressed and while that key is held down you can simply select various files and the preview will popup. However a simple middle click = preview would be very fast and intuitive too.
MDBU=Mouse Down Blow Up.
Try left or right clicking on the thumbs.
http://www.xyplorer.com/videos/vid001.htm

And like nas8e9 mentioned as hotkey for fullscreen use F11 (or change it to your liking).

Re: A better way to preview images

Posted: 13 May 2010 18:00
by Riki
oh right, that is very cool. I guess the only suggestion would be to do this in details view mode also. :)

Great work!

Re: A better way to preview images

Posted: 13 May 2010 19:16
by avsfan
Riki wrote:oh right, that is very cool. I guess the only suggestion would be to do this in details view mode also. :)

Great work!
Now THAT would be very cool -- not having to be on the preview tab, but being able to click and hold on the icon and have it show a preview like the normal MDBU...

+1 for this!

Re: A better way to preview images

Posted: 13 May 2010 20:04
by admin
avsfan wrote:
Riki wrote:oh right, that is very cool. I guess the only suggestion would be to do this in details view mode also. :)

Great work!
Now THAT would be very cool -- not having to be on the preview tab, but being able to click and hold on the icon and have it show a preview like the normal MDBU...

+1 for this!
Yes, yes, it's already done in my head -- if it weren't for error 10 you'd already have it...

Re: A better way to preview images

Posted: 13 May 2010 20:06
by Riki
haha

Re: A better way to preview images

Posted: 16 May 2010 17:27
by Jerry
This and other features could be handled nicely with full mouse event customization added to XYplorer in which you could fully customize what happens when a mouse button (with optional modifier key) is pressed on a tab vs a folder vs a file name vs a thumbnail etc.
See http://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=5015