When viewing an archive, it is impossible to use the parent directory icon, the up button on the smaller toolbar, or the backspace key. Attempting to do so renders the current directory invalid, causing images not to display, and "refresh" to clear the entire display.
Also, it does not update the folder browse history, so using back to leave the archive view is impossible as well.
It also, apparently, replace the current folder, so even clicking on it in the tree view is not an option.
To leave archive view one of the following workarounds must be used:
1. Fill the folder browse history with at least one alternative before opening the archive, then use forward or back (yes, you can leave the archive with "forward", also a bug).
2. Open the tree and click on a different folder, then back on the folder you were in.
3. Perform something to that extent using some other method, like the address bar on the smaller toolbar.
4. Close and restart the program. Oddly, if the program opens in the same folder as the archive is, it first displays the archive, then refreshes to the normal folder view.
Also, opening archives inside an archive is also impossible. It declares an unsupported file type.
In other words, all symptoms of the add-on being more of a hack-job than an official feature. XnView should probably have a separate plugin architecture for fake folders, fake-mounted drives, etc. Would also be nice if fake folders appeared above normal files, and maybe also in the tree view.
Still, the ability to get out of archives without having to fight the program is more critical.
Bugs with archive add-on
Bugs found in XnView Classic. Please report only one bug per topic!
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