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22 <P ALIGN=CENTER>Image Pane - Main Window</P>
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32 <H1>2.6 Image Pane</H1>
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33 <P>The image pane is the region of the main window that displays the
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34 selected image. The image pane allows adjustment of display size and
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35 orientation; it also provides several methods to manipulate the image
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36 with the mouse and keyboard.</P>
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37 <P><BR><BR>
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38 </P>
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39 <P><U>Image display</U></P>
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40 <P>The image is drawn to the screen as it is decoded from disk. The
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41 image can be panned and zoomed while it is still loading. Image
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42 adjustment operations for rotation, mirror, and flip will delay until
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43 the image is completed. The adjustment queue will remember one
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44 operation and will retain the most recently requested function, which
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45 will be performed once the image has finished loading.</P>
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46 <P>The quality of the image, especially when using the zoom feature,
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47 is dependent on the settings that are available on the <A HREF="10_2_image.html">Image
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48 tab</A> of the preferences dialog.</P>
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49 <P>To increase the speed of loading the next image when navigating
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50 the image list in sequence, enable the <A HREF="10_2_image.html">Preload
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51 next image</A> option.</P>
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52 <P><BR><BR>
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53 </P>
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54 <P><U>Image panning and manipulation</U></P>
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55 <P STYLE="text-decoration: none">When the image size is larger than
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56 the image pane, the visible region can be changed with the keyboard
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57 or mouse. The keyboard can also be used to adjust the orientation of
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58 the image.</P>
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59 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none"><B>Keyboard</B>:
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60 Use the arrow keys to pan the image in the desired direction, to
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61 increase the panning speed hold down the Shift key while pressing an
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62 arrow key.</SPAN> Press Control and an arrow key to move to the
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63 respective edge of the image. The image can only be panned with the
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64 keyboard when the image has the focus, indicated by a dotted line
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65 surrounding the image pane.</P>
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66 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">To scale the image size, use the [+]
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67 or [=] key to zoom in and the [-] key to zoom out. The [X] or keypad
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68 [*] key will scale the image to fit the available display area, the
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69 [Z] or keypad [/] key will reset the zoom to original image size.
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70 There are also keys to select a preset zoom factor: [1] = 1:1, [2] =
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71 2:1, [3] =3:1, [4] = 4:1, [7] = 1:4, [8] = 1:3, and [9] = 1:2.</P>
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72 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">To rotate the image clockwise 90
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73 degrees press the “]” key, to rotate counterclockwise 90
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74 degrees press the “[“ key. To rotate the image 180
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75 degrees use [Shift] + [R], the image can also be flipped horizontally
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76 or vertically with the respective [Shift] + [M] (mirror) and [Shift]
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77 + [F] (flip) keys.</P>
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78 <P STYLE="margin-left: 1.58in"><I>Note: The rotation, mirror, and
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79 flip functions will not change the image file on disk.</I></P>
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80 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none"><B>Mouse</B>:</SPAN>
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81 Press the primary mouse button on the image and hold it, then move
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82 the mouse to pan the image in the desired direction. Releasing the
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83 mouse button will stop the panning operation. The mouse wheel can
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84 also be used to scroll the image when holding down the [Shift] key
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85 (*).</P>
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86 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">To scale the image size hold down the
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87 [Control] key and scroll the mouse wheel up to zoom in, or down to
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88 zoom out.</P>
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89 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Smooth Scroll:</B> To start the
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90 smooth scroll function hold down the [Shift] key and click the
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91 primary mouse button. An icon will appear at the location of the
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92 mouse pointer, the mouse can then be positioned to pan the image. The
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93 image will pan in the direction of the mouse pointer relative to the
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94 icon. The pan speed will increase in proportion to the distance that
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95 the pointer is from the center of the icon. To end the smooth scroll
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96 function click the primary mouse button within the image pane.</P>
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97 <P><BR><BR>
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98 </P>
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99 <P><U>Navigation</U></P>
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100 <P STYLE="font-weight: medium">The displayed image can be changed to
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101 the next or previous image using the keyboard or mouse.</P>
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102 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Keyboard</B>: The Page Down and
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103 Page Up keys will change the image to the next or previous image,
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104 respectively, in the list. The Home and End keys will jump to the
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105 first and last image, respectively. When the image has the focus, the
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106 Space and Back Space keys can also be used to change the image.</P>
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107 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Mouse</B>: To change to the next
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108 image in the list click the left mouse button, click the middle mouse
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109 button to change to the previous image. The mouse wheel can also be
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110 used to change the current image (*).</P>
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111 <P><BR><BR>
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112 </P>
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113 <P><U>Context menu</U></P>
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114 <P>Right clicking the mouse or pressing the menu key while the image
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115 has the focus will display a menu. The menu functions will perform
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116 the same as those that match the window's <A HREF="2_2_menus.html">menu
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117 bar</A>, however a few functions are unique to the context menu:</P>
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118 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>View in new window:</B> Opens a new
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119 window containing a second copy of the current image.</P>
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120 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Pause slide show</B>, <B>Continue
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121 slide show</B>: Controls the pause state of an active slide show, the
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122 text of the menu will change to reflect the action that will be
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123 performed.</P>
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124 <P><BR><BR>
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125 </P>
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126 <P><U>Drag and Drop</U></P>
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127 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">Files and folders can be dropped onto
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128 the image pane, dropping a file will display the file and dropping a
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129 folder will change the main window to display the contents of the
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130 folder. When dropping multiple items on the image pane, only the
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131 first item in the list will be used, all additional items will be
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132 ignored.</P>
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133 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">A drag and drop operation can be
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134 initiated from the image pane with the middle mouse button, the
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135 dragged item will contain the file path of the displayed image.</P>
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136 <P><BR><BR>
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137 </P>
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138 <P><BR><BR>
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139 </P>
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140 <P>(*) Note: The mouse wheel behavior for scrolling and image step
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141 can be swapped with the <U>Mouse wheel scrolls image</U> option
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142 located on the <A HREF="10_6_advanced.html">Advanced tab</A> of the
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143 preferences dialog.</P>
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