XnView Software

yes there is a minimal height
May I recommend making it at least possible to bypass this? Several image viewers do not exhibit this oddly specific behavior, not even my 10 year old copy of ACDSee image viewer. Though I am trying to make the switch to XnView. To do so, I believe there are just two ...

It is currently not possible for the window to become smaller than this without exposing grey borders.

https://i.imgur.com/8pZbfyA.png


In part because of this parameter being actually forced to 416 no matter what you input. But this should not be the default behavior in the first place.

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Some people want either a borderless image viewer or at least one that has nothing but the simple Windows border and title bar. I think it's really simple to understand. A minimal way of viewing images and scrolling through a directory is great for some of us. Since this feature is in XnView Classic ...

Why after all these years is ViewWidth=416 still forced? Would it be very difficult to permit users a choice in this so they aren't left with large grey spaces around smaller images? Please consider it. This is another thing ACDSee 2.5 got right, but I'd rather use XnView if it can solve a few ...

I would really like to be able to move away from ACDSee 2.5 and to use this branch of XnView with all the modern enhancements, but this is the single dealbreaker feature for me. Without it image viewing isn't really a modern experience. Please try porting it there has to be a way.