XnView Software

user0 wrote: Sun Jan 11, 2026 9:43 am you must have checked 'Don't ask again' checkbox in 'Confirm save' dialog and pressed No

press 'Reset all confirm prompts' in Settings>General

I've already tried it, but it didn't work.

It works fine if I press Esc to exit editing instead of the browse icon, which clearly indicates a bug.

you must have checked 'Don't ask again' checkbox in 'Confirm save' dialog and pressed No

press 'Reset all confirm prompts' in Settings>General

In XnView MP 1.9.8 (Dec 4 2025), Batch Convert → , Output → PDF → Settings only opens the image compression dialog. The PDF Page/Layout tab (page size, margins, placement) is missing.

That is surely the way it always was, you are possibly thinking of the settings available in the File > Print ...

In XnView MP 1.9.8 (Dec 4 2025), Batch Convert → Output → PDF → Settings only opens the image compression dialog. The PDF Page/Layout tab (page size, margins, placement) is missing. NConvert is no longer bundled, and standalone NConvert freeware does not produce PDF output. This makes batch PDF layout ...

... have higher priority than an RGB mismatch.

Suggestion:

To improve the workflow, would it be possible to add a checkbox in the Automatic Crop settings to "Crop any pixel with Alpha = 0 regardless of its RGB value"?

This would ensure the tool remains reliable even when the user prefers a ...

... MP 1.9.8 - 64 bit
OS: Windows 7 SP1 64bit

<Short description of the problem.>
When you open these menu items for the first time after launch
"Tools - Settings" or "Help - About"
this takes several seconds and there is a high CPU core load.
(In XnView Classic these menu items open without delay)

Hello,
Why XnviewMP Fullscreen Info syntax is not compatible with Classic syntax? (I tried copy-paste, but it doesn't work).
How to migrate Classic settings to MP?

... and Mirror groups (current post)
Menu - Image - merge Map and Adjust groups
Menu - File - add Share, Scan groups
Menu - Toolbar - add new Settings menu
Menu - Toolbar - swap Tools and Create menus
- done -
Menu - View - improve channel commands (1.9.0)
Menu - Metadata - group Catalog ...

... comment has wrong vertical position (1.6.0)


suggestions
StatusBar - viewer - add Load time
StatusBar - viewer - add color mode/profile
Settings - interface - statusbar - improve customization
StatusBar - browser - add counters
StatusBar - image details - add metadata indicators ...

... Alt + Left” to the shortcut action “Back” fails.
The same issue occurs when assigning “Alt + Right” to “Forward”.

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To reproduce:

1. Open [Settings] → [Shortcuts].
2. Select the action “Back”.
3. Activate the edit box next to “Custom” under “Shortcut for selected action”, and press Alt + Left ...

You could try doing an "update metadata" (in catalog settings).

If that doesn't help, then I suggest you do the following:

1. Exit the app
2. Make a backup copy of your xnview.db and thumb.db files
3. Start the app, and delete all the directories from the catalog: Tools->Settings:Catalog
4. Rescan ...

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Unfortunately not. I tried to show this in the attachment: XN-MP in the background, the settings on the left, and a section of Windows Explorer on the right for comparison of sizes. Many fonts in XN are only half the size or smaller than the parent font, whereas in Windows Explorer even the font ...

do you have always the problem? What do you have in Settings>View?


Sorry for the late reply, but I can no longer reproduce this bug. On the other hand, I still notice similar image distortions, but this time they don't go away, no matter what you do with the UI except switch to fullscreen mode or ...

if i use output jpg with same settings, embedded thumbnail is generated. Which input file do you use?

... Browser - metadata
'Write categories into images as hierarchical keywords' writes as non-hierarchal into XMP:Subject

to reproduce
1. goto Settings>Metadata
- check 'IPTC:Keywords'
- check 'Write categories into images as hierarchical keywords'
2. write Cats into image
a
├─ a1
├─ a2

they ...