Is it possible to NOT use tabs?

[Stone-D]

Hi guys. I'm a new user and I've been playing with both Classic and MP for a couple of days.

My personal preference is to have the browser AND the viewer visible simultaneously: the first on the left, the second on the right, both windows with different dimensions. Classic comes close - but when I double click an image, the browser window disappears and the viewer appears. As an aside, this is disorienting when the dimensions and location are sufficiently different.

Meanwhile, MP just opens a new tab.

So... how do?

Ideally I'd rather not have tabs at all, just floating windows for the browser and viewer. Aside from my own UI quirks, I'm not keen on the idea that double-click to open followed by double-click to return to the browser keeps the image 'open' as a tab. I'd rather it was closed.

Thanks in advance!

[XnTriq]

You could switch to a different layout.

1. View » Preview pane » Show
2. View » Layout » #10

The preview pane doesn't have a toolbar, though.

Idea: have simple tools available under preview?

[Stone-D]

Thanks. Yeah I've tried all the different layouts and prefer having the preview below the folder tree and a large thumbnail view... a smaller thumbnail strip doesn't work for me unfortunately.

I take a lot of aerial shots at 3-5 sec intervals, so I end up with many many many similar images. For my initial scan, I use the large thumbnail view with the preview set at roughly 2x thumbnail size. Once I eliminate the obvious fails, I use the viewer to prune them further. Having the large thumbnail browser visible at both stages is invaluable for giving me an idea of where/when in the session I am without peering at textual indicators.