XnView Software

XnView: MP 1.9.4 - 64 bit
OS: Windows 64 bit

The "Orientation" function in the new "Properties" category of the Catalog Filter returns expected results in only one case.

Note bene: On the "Match" dropdown, choosing "Match any selected entry (OR)" or "Match all selected entries (AND)" appears to have no effect on the following observations.

Catalog Filter > Match: "Global" > Properties > Portrait — This gives expected results; all portrait-oriented images in the entire catalog are displayed.

Catalog Filter > Match: "Global" > Properties > Landscape — This returns unexpected results. At first, the displayed images are all landscape-oriented. However, as you scroll down, it's as if the function forgets what it's doing: portrait-oriented images begin appearing and thereafter the function seems to be displaying all images.

Catalog Filter > Match: "Current folder" or "Current folder (recursive)" > Properties > Portrait — This gives unexpected results; no images are shown.

Catalog Filter > Match: "Current folder" or "Current folder (recursive)" > Properties > Landscape — This gives unexpected results; all images in the selected folder (and in its subfolders when recursive) are displayed.


To reproduce: see above.

Actual behaviour: see above

Expected behaviour: In all instances, choosing "Landscape" should only return landscape-oriented images, and choosing "Portrait" should only return portrait-oriented images.

⇒ Despite this issue, thank you for these new "date" and "properties" filtering choices! Definitely a very positive addition to the program!

I can't reproduce, do you have used "Settings>Catalog>Update metadata"?

xnview wrote: Sat Oct 04, 2025 9:10 am I can't reproduce, do you have used "Settings>Catalog>Update metadata"?

Yes, I did update the catalog's metadata (prompt with the new version).

I just re-updated them again just to be safe (and restarted the program) and the problem is still present.

I'll add also that there's a certain randomness to it when searching "portrait" with "Current folder" or "Current folder (recursive)". In some folders, it will return some number of portrait-oriented images (but usually not all of them). "Landscape" however always returns all images.

Sorry I can't be of more help, and perhaps it's something with my setup... Perhaps others will sound in one way of the other.

KLE-France wrote: Sat Oct 04, 2025 3:20 pm I just re-updated them again just to be safe (and restarted the program) and the problem is still present.

I'll add also that there's a certain randomness to it when searching "portrait" with "Current folder" or "Current folder (recursive)". In some folders, it will return some number of portrait-oriented images (but usually not all of them). "Landscape" however always returns all images.

could you send us some sample files shown when using 'Catalog Filter > Match: "Global" > Properties > Landscape '?

xnview wrote: Sun Oct 05, 2025 6:20 am
could you send us some sample files shown when using 'Catalog Filter > Match: "Global" > Properties > Landscape '?

Do I assume correctly that you would like to have portrait-oriented samples?

KLE-France wrote: Tue Oct 07, 2025 11:26 am

xnview wrote: Sun Oct 05, 2025 6:20 am
could you send us some sample files shown when using 'Catalog Filter > Match: "Global" > Properties > Landscape '?

Do I assume correctly that you would like to have portrait-oriented samples?

yes, that you have in landscape

Chose faite donc ! I just sent a PM to you.

Let me know if you have any other questions.

Thanks to your detailed description I can reproduce the problem.

This problem is supposed to be fixed in XnView MP 1.9.5. Please check and confirm the bug fix here.

Bonjour Pierre,

Better, but not completely resolved.

I first re-updated metadata at Tools > Settings >Catalog.

Then, I searched orientation with "Current folder" or "Current folder (Recursive)." This works much better now, with both "Landscape" and "Portrait" now returning results.

The portrait-oriented images that I had submitted as samples indeed no longer show up when searching "landscape," so that's already good.

However, there are still other portrait-oriented images showing up with "Landscape," and also, I noticed this time around a tiny handful of landscape-oriented images showing up with "Portrait." This very well may have been the case all along, and I just hadn't noticed it when I first reported the issue. Do note that this is really just a few images, always taken with cell phones or scanned, both notoriously bad at knowing which way is up.

Next, I searched with Match > Global, and here too portrait-oriented images show up when searching "Landscape" and vice-versa. As far as I tested, it is always the same images, that is, the portrait-oriented images showing up when searching "Landscape" with "Current folder" or "Current folder (Recursive)" selected are the same ones found with "Global" selected. And vice-versa pour the handful of landscape-oriented images showing up with "Portrait."

I'll send you a new PM with a link to a new batch of sample images.

Ok, it works here. So please try 'update catalog from files' with these 'bad' files?

xnview wrote: Mon Oct 20, 2025 7:39 am Ok, it works here. So please try 'update catalog from files' with these 'bad' files?

Yessss!

That worked perfectly and now the "Orientation" property is working perfectly at least for me.

Off to the "Closed/Resolved" forum for this one!

Merci et bonne journée