Closed: "Filmstrip" behaviour

[Hayo Baan]

Something that has always bothered me was the way the "filmstrip" at the bottom of the preview window always keeps the selected image in the middle.  This is particularly annoying when you are comparing images that are not next to each other (then one could use the next/prev keys).

Instead of being able to click at the same location on the screen to get the other image(s), the location you have to click changes based on the image currently in view.  Worse, it makes it impossible to select images that are more than a number of images apart.

So here's my request: could the selected image stay at the same location in the filmstrip where it was before you selected it?  (i.e., not automatically move the horizontal slider to have the selected image in the centre)

Thanks,
    Hayo

[Kirk Baker]

Hayo,

Something that has always bothered me was the way the "filmstrip" at the bottom of the preview window always keeps the selected image in the middle.  This is particularly annoying when you are comparing images that are not next to each other (then one could use the next/prev keys).

Instead of being able to click at the same location on the screen to get the other image(s), the location you have to click changes based on the image currently in view.  Worse, it makes it impossible to select images that are more than a number of images apart.

So here's my request: could the selected image stay at the same location in the filmstrip where it was before you selected it?  (i.e., not automatically move the horizontal slider to have the selected image in the centre)

I am planning to make the current behavior be a preference checkbox.  When turned off, the centering behavior will no longer occur.

-Kirk

[devenh]

For those of us with two monitors it would be very nice to have the contact sheet open in one monitor and and preview window in another and be able to navigate in the preview window by clicking on the contact sheet.  Right now, the preview window is modal so the contact sheet is not accessible.  In this two monitor configuration, the filmstrip in the preview window would not be necessary.  This kind of setup would make navigation easier.

A minor two monitor annoyance with the current version of PM is that if you have the contact sheet open in on one monitor, the preview window open in the other monitor, and you open another app (typically your editor) that covers up the preview window, I always find myself clicking on the contact sheet to activate PM, but this doesn't work.  You either have to minimize the app that is covering the preview window or click on PM in the status bar.

Deven

[Hayo Baan]

So here's my request: could the selected image stay at the same location in the filmstrip where it was before you selected it?  (i.e., not automatically move the horizontal slider to have the selected image in the centre)

I am planning to make the current behavior be a preference checkbox.  When turned off, the centering behavior will no longer occur.

Excellent! (as always   )

[IanGoldstein]

I am planning to make the current behavior be a preference checkbox.  When turned off, the centering behavior will no longer occur.

That will be great. As Hayo said, often this feature can be quite frustrating. Reviewing/comparing photos while while flying back from Ironman Arizona yesterday would have been much nicer if I could have turned this off.

-Ian

[Paul Smith]

For those of us with two monitors it would be very nice to have the contact sheet open in one monitor and and preview window in another and be able to navigate in the preview window by clicking on the contact sheet.  Right now, the preview window is modal so the contact sheet is not accessible.  In this two monitor configuration, the filmstrip in the preview window would not be necessary.  This kind of setup would make navigation easier.

Really good idea, and it doesn't just work with two monitors. Even with one monitor, especially a large one, this would be useful as you could resize both the preview window and the contact sheet to each take up half the monitor space. This would definitely be much more useful than the current filmstrip in the preview window.

Cheers,

Paul