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ShowImage
Deskbar: | No entry, normally launched via double-clicking a supported file. | |
Location: | /boot/system/apps/ShowImage | |
Settings: | ~/config/settings/ShowImage_settings |
ShowImage allows you to view images in all formats that are supported through DataTranslators. New formats are automatically recognized when their translator is added to the system. This has been done for Haiku's vector icon files, WonderBrush images or when WebP images became available, for example.
ShowImage doesn't provide editing features, but it does allow you to select a rectangular area and save it in any format. You can also rotate and flip images, but these operations don't physically change images. They only add an attribute that indicate to rotate or flip the image automatically when it's opened the next time.
Let's go through the menus in order, leaving out the obvious items.
File
The
The lets you open the current image in any application supporting its filetype.
The sub-menu lets you choose a format to save the current image.
opens the Backgrounds preferences to quickly set the current image as backdrop of your workspace(s).
Edit
When
If you don't want to change modes first, you can create this selection frame in "normal mode" by simply holding CTRL while left-click-dragging.
ESC will remove the selection frame.
orBrowse
After opening an image you can quickly browse through all the other images in its folder (or query result window) by pressing ↑/↓ or ←/→. You can see the selection change accordingly in the Tracker window.
There is a quick way to open the folder of the current image and even navigate to its parent and subfolders. It works just like with drill-down navigating in Tracker by clicking in the info area in the status bar that shows size, zoom level and format of the current image.
Looking at the
menu, shows another type of browsing: Some image formats, like TIFF, can contain several pages in one file. Commands like and let you navigate those pages.Image
The
Note however, that the actual image data won't be changed. Only an attribute is added to the file so it'll be shown rotated or flipped the next time you open it.
View
The
menu offers to start a of all images in a folder (or query result window) and set a from 2 to 20 seconds.Other commands apply to the currently displayed image (without changing the size of the window):
shows the image with a 100% zoom factor.
shrinks the image back into the window frame, e.g. after having zoomed into it or after resizing the window.
and move into and out of the image in 10% steps. Zooming is also done with the mouse wheel; to pan an image bigger than the window, simply left-click and drag your mouse around.
Two settings don't just apply to the currently displayed image and are remembered when browsing from one image to the next:
applies a very fast filter when zooming to reduce jagged lines and produce a smoother result.
will stretch smaller images to fill the current window frame.
Then there's a
mode with an option to which overlays the file name at the bottom of the image.Lastly,
will show/hide the graphical controls:From left to right: Previous image, next image, start slide show (in full screen mode), selection mode, original size, fit to window, zoom in, zoom out, previous and next page (when an image format like TIFF allows multiple pages in one file).
Most of the more often used commands are also available from a right-click context menu on the image. Convenient when in full-screen mode.
Attributes
Here you can set a
of the current image between 1 and 10, or choose to set it back to "unrated" (= "0").In Tracker, ratings are displayed in a "Rating" attribute column as a number of stars. Five stars represent the 10 possible values, resulting in half-star steps. For example, a rating of 7 is shown as 7 / 2 = 3.5 stars: ★★★⯪☆.
You can edit the rating directly in Tracker as well: Select the file, choose from the menu and press TAB to get into the "Rating" column. Now you can enter the new numerical value which will turn into a star rating after hitting ENTER.
Keyboard shortcuts
Here's a list of the most useful shortcuts:
← / ↑ | Previous image | |
→ / ↓ | Next image | |
DEL | Move to Trash | |
+ | Zoom in | |
- | Zoom out | |
0 | Original size (100% zoom) | |
1 | Fit to window | |
ALT ENTER | Toggle full screen mode (also via double-click) | |
CTRL | While holding CTRL you can create a selection frame without explicitly switching to selection mode. |