App UI - context menu - add predefined background colors

Ideas for improvements and requests for new features in XnView MP

Moderators: XnTriq, helmut, xnview

User avatar
user0
XnThusiast
Posts: 1794
Joined: Sat May 09, 2015 9:37 am

App UI - context menu - add predefined background colors

Post by user0 »

XnViewMP 1.6.4 64bit
Windows11 (23H2), display resolution 3840x2160, win scaling 150%


App UI - Browser/Viewer - context menu
Sometimes it is convenient to quickly switch background color (to the predefined colors) via the context menu.
Unfortunately, this option is not available in the app.

Suggestion
app_ui_context_menu_add_background_color.png
General
  • add list of predefined background colors to the context menu of Viewer(Normal/Fullscreen)/Browser(Filelist)
    colors are all more or less the same the across apps (see below), I would just copy from Capture One
A
simple menu
  • Viewer (Normal/Fullscreen) / Browser
    same menu items everywhere (that changes corresponding color)

B
simple menu
  • Viewer (Normal/Fullscreen)
    • context menu - empty space
      opens mockup A menu
    • context menu - Image
      opens Canvas color selection dialog, same as Viewer>Edit>Background color... (remove this item from Edit menu)
  • Browser
    • context menu - empty space
      opens mockup A menu

C
complex menu
  • Viewer (Normal/Fullscreen)
    • context menu - empty space / image
      add header to the context menu to unify for both empty space bg and canvas bg
  • Browser
    • context menu - empty space
      opens mockup A menu


Example
  • context menus
    other_apps_bg.png
  • bg colors
    other_apps_bg_colors.png
You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.