Hi,
I was looking for a video manager with a thumbnail browser on one side and a large preview player on the other. After trying several apps, I believe XnView MP is the best option overall.
The only issue I'm having is that I can't completely disable the tab feature.
I already set "Max tabs = 1" and enabled "Hide tab when there is only one," but even with these settings, a new tab still opens in the background, and since I have video autoplay enabled, the audio from that hidden background tab starts playing, so I have to manually close the tab every time.
Is there any way to completely disable the tab system?
Thanks in advance!
Can I disable the Tab function?
Moderator: xnview
-
xnview
- Author of XnView
- Posts: 47705
- Joined: Mon Oct 13, 2003 7:31 am
- Location: France
Re: Can I disable the Tab function?
No, you'll have always 1 tab for browser and one for viewer
Pierre.
-
jkm
- Posts: 494
- Joined: Sat May 11, 2024 12:43 am
Re: Can I disable the Tab function?
Welcome to the forums, Aya...
XnViewMP is a multi-document viewer with a tabbed interface. So as Pierre points out, the tabs functionality is inherent and can't be disabled.
However, if you don't want to use a different app with an architecture more to your taste, then you could still pretend XnViewMP works the way you want by just not opening the viewer. That might sound silly, but the application can be quite functional that way...
If you customize one of the layouts with a big preview pane (like Filmstrip 3), then you can have a single window with a folder pane for navigation, another pane for thumbnails, and a big preview. Customize a layout to change the size and placement of things to suit your tastes.
For images the Preview Pane works fine, and for Videos the Preview Pane does have playback controls. So unless you want to edit images, you wouldn't have to open the viewer. Just click the thumbnail you want, it will appear right there in the same window, and if it's a video you can use the playback controls on it.
If you actually open a file in the Viewer, then another tab will open. But just don't do that, and you can have what it sounds like you need just in the single browser tab.
Hopefully this helps... Good luck.
XnViewMP is a multi-document viewer with a tabbed interface. So as Pierre points out, the tabs functionality is inherent and can't be disabled.
However, if you don't want to use a different app with an architecture more to your taste, then you could still pretend XnViewMP works the way you want by just not opening the viewer. That might sound silly, but the application can be quite functional that way...
If you customize one of the layouts with a big preview pane (like Filmstrip 3), then you can have a single window with a folder pane for navigation, another pane for thumbnails, and a big preview. Customize a layout to change the size and placement of things to suit your tastes.
For images the Preview Pane works fine, and for Videos the Preview Pane does have playback controls. So unless you want to edit images, you wouldn't have to open the viewer. Just click the thumbnail you want, it will appear right there in the same window, and if it's a video you can use the playback controls on it.
If you actually open a file in the Viewer, then another tab will open. But just don't do that, and you can have what it sounds like you need just in the single browser tab.
Hopefully this helps... Good luck.