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1 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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2 <chapter id="GuideCollections">
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3 <title>
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4 Collections
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5 </title>
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6 <para>
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7 Geeqie provides the ability to build lists of images, regardless of the location of the files on disk.
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8 </para>
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9 <para/><section id="Thecollectionwindow"><title>
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10 The collection window
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11 </title>
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12 <para>
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13 A collection window displays the contents of a collection. It allows the collection to be modified and access to the images contained in the collection.
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14 </para>
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15 <para>
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16 To open a new empty collection window press C or select New collection from the file menu.
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17 </para>
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18 <para>
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19 To open an existing collection, press O or select Open collection from the file menu. A dialog will appear requesting the location of the collection file. A window will the open containing the selected collection. Recently opened or saved collections can also be opened by selecting the collection's file name from the Open recent sub menu of the file menu.
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20 </para>
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21 <para>
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22 The collection window consists of a pane to display the contents of the collection, and a status bar along the bottom of the window.
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23 </para>
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24 <para/><section id="Iconpane"><title>
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25 Icon pane
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26 </title>
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27 <para>
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28 The icon pane displays images contained in the collection as thumbnails in a grid, by default the file names also appear below each thumbnail.
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29 </para>
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30 <para>
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31 The Icon pane works exactly like the Icon view mode of the <link linkend="GuideMainWindowFilePane">file pane</link> in a main window. But with the addition that the contents of the collection can be organized with drag and drop.
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32 </para>
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33 <para>
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34 A <emphasis role="strong">context menu</emphasis> is available for the icon pane by right clicking the mouse or pressing the Menu key.
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35 </para>
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36 <para>
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37 <emphasis role="strong">Keyboard shortcuts</emphasis> available in the collection window:
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38 </para>
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39 <informaltable><tgroup cols="3"><tbody><row><entry>
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40 Shortcut
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41 </entry><entry>
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42 Context menu name
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43 </entry><entry>
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44 Description
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45 </entry></row>
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46 <row><entry>
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47 Enter
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48 </entry><entry>
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49 View
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50 </entry><entry>
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51 Opens selected image in main window.
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52 </entry></row>
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53 <row><entry>
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54 V
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55 </entry><entry>
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56 View in new window
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57 </entry><entry>
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58 Opens selected image in a new window.
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59 </entry></row>
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60 <row><entry>
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61 Ctrl + A
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62 </entry><entry>
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63 Select all
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64 </entry><entry>
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65 Selects all images.
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66 </entry></row>
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67 <row><entry>
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68 Ctrl + Shift + A
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69 </entry><entry>
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70 Select none
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71 </entry><entry>
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72 Clear the image selection.
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73 </entry></row>
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74 <row><entry>
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75 Ctrl + 1 through<?db2html element="br"?>
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76 Ctrl + 0
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77 </entry><entry>
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78 Edit sub menu
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79 </entry><entry>
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80 Executes the respective editor command.
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81 </entry></row>
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82 <row><entry>
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83 Ctrl + P
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84 </entry><entry>
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85 Properties
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86 </entry><entry>
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87 Opens a properties window for selected images.
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88 </entry></row>
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89 <row><entry>
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90 Ctrl + C
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91 </entry><entry>
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92 Copy
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93 </entry><entry>
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94 Copy selected images.
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95 </entry></row>
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96 <row><entry>
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97 Ctrl + M
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98 </entry><entry>
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99 Move
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100 </entry><entry>
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101 Move selected images.
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102 </entry></row>
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103 <row><entry>
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104 Ctrl + R
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105 </entry><entry>
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106 Rename
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107 </entry><entry>
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108 Rename selected images.
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109 </entry></row>
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110 <row><entry>
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111 Ctrl + D
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112 </entry><entry>
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113 Delete
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114 </entry><entry>
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115 Delete selected images.
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116 </entry></row>
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117 <row><entry>
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118 Delete
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119 </entry><entry>
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120 Remove
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121 </entry><entry>
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122 Remove selected images from result list.
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123 </entry></row>
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124 <row><entry>
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125 Ctrl + L
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126 </entry><entry>
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127 Append from file list
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128 </entry><entry>
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129 Add contents of main window to collection.
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130 </entry></row>
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131 <row><entry>
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132 A
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133 </entry><entry>
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134 Append from collection
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135 </entry><entry>
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136 Append contents of another collection from a file.
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137 </entry></row>
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138 <row><entry>
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139 S
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140 </entry><entry>
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141 Save collection
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142 </entry><entry>
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143 Save collection to disk, if the collection is new a dialog will appear to select the file name and location.
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144 </entry></row>
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145 <row><entry>
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146 Ctrl + S
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147 </entry><entry>
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148 Save collection as
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149 </entry><entry>
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150 Opens a dialog to select a new file name to use for the collection.
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151 </entry></row>
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152 <row><entry>
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153 Ctrl + T
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154 </entry><entry>
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155 Show filename text
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156 </entry><entry>
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157 Toggle display of text below icons. When set, icon's tooltip will show the full path to the file.
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158 </entry></row>
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159 <row><entry>
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160 Menu
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161 </entry><entry/><entry>
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162 Displays the context menu.
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163 </entry></row>
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164 <row><entry>
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165 N
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166 </entry><entry>
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167 Sort by name
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168 </entry><entry>
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169 Sort collection by file name.
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170 </entry></row>
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171 <row><entry>
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172 I
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173 </entry><entry>
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174 Sort by number
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175 </entry><entry>
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176 Sort collection by file name, using natural numerical order
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177 </entry></row>
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178 <row><entry>
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179 D
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180 </entry><entry>
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181 Sort by date
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182 </entry><entry>
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183 Sort collection by file date.
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184 </entry></row>
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185 <row><entry>
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186 B
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187 </entry><entry>
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188 Sort by size
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189 </entry><entry>
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190 Sort collection by file size.
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191 </entry></row>
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192 <row><entry>
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193 P
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194 </entry><entry>
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195 Sort by path
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196 </entry><entry>
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197 Sort collection by file location (path to file).
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198 </entry></row>
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199 <row><entry/><entry>
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200 Print
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201 </entry><entry>
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202 Opens a print dialog for selected images.
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203 </entry></row>
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204 <row><entry>
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205 Ctrl + W
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206 </entry><entry/><entry>
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207 Close window.
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208 </entry></row>
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209 </tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
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210 <para>
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211 The <emphasis role="strong">selection</emphasis> can be changed using the keyboard and mouse the same as in a <link linkend="GuideMainWindowFilePane">file pane</link> of the main window.
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212 </para>
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213 <para/></section><section id="Statusbar"><title>
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214 Status bar
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215 </title>
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216 <para>
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217 The status bar displays the total number of images in the collection, and the number of selected images in parenthesis. A progress bar also displays whenever thumbnails are loading from disk.
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218 </para>
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219 <para/></section><section id="DragandDrop"><title>
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220 Drag and Drop
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221 </title>
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222 <para>
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223 Drag and drop can be initialized with the primary or middle mouse buttons. Dragging an image that is selected will include all selected images in the drag. Dragging an image that is not selected will drag only that image.
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224 </para>
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225 <para>
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226 Dropping files and folders onto the collection window will add them to the collection, they will be inserted at the location of the drop. A red arrow will indicate the location of the drop as files are dragged over the collection window. When one or more folders are included in the drop list, a menu will appear to select how to handle the contents of the folders.
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227 </para>
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228 <para>
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229 To move images within the collection to change their order, initiate a drag for the selected image(s) and then move the mouse to the desired location within the window. A red arrow will appear to assist in determining the destination of the dragged images. Release the drag to move the images to the new location in the list.
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230 </para>
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231 <para>
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232 Note: When renaming or moving files within Geeqie, the contents of collections located in the folder ($HOME)/.geeqie/collections will automatically update to the new name or location.
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233 </para>
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234 <para/></section></section></chapter>
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