Re: [gthumb-list] Minor usability issues

[Paolo Bacchilega <paolo bacchilega libero it>]

Il 04/08/2016 07:26, Peter Langfelder ha scritto:
> Hello,
>
> new subscriber here although have been using gthumb for a good 8 years
> now. First, thanks for putting together such a great program!
>
> I just upgraded to the newest gthumb (as port of an OS upgrade),
> version 3.4.3. I noticed a few things that (for me at least) mar the
> otherwise great experience. Please do let me know if you don't find my
> requests reasonable.
>
> First, while in browser, single-clicking on an image immediately opens
> the image viewer. Not sure if this is a bug or intended, the manual
> certainly suggests that double-clicking should open an image. Could
> this be changed to double-clicking? I would prefer that single click
> selects the image but does not open it (which is how most file
> browsers work).

the current development version already has an option to select the 
click behaviour.

> Second, with "keep previous zoom" selected and "reset scrollbar
> positions" unchecked in Preferences, the scroll bar positions do reset
> themselves frequently, usually after moving through a few (identically
> sized and oriented) images, especially if moving back and forth
> between images.

it's a bug

> Third, would it be possible to have the image viewer move to next (or
> previous if at the end) image when current image is deleted?

this should already be the case, probably a regression happened at some 
point.

> I tried digging into the source code but am having trouble finding my
> way through it, my experience with gtk is very limited.

Unfortunately the extensions system made the code more complex to read

> Thanks,
>
> Peter

Thank you for your reports,

Paolo