Long Comments in “View”…

[Clo]

Pierre et alter

Hello !

• That's a proposal related to THIS THREAD by taksina.

• On one hand, currently only a short part of a long comment coming from <descript.ion> files
can be displayed in the status-bar :



- On the other hand, XnView doesn't support an enhanced comment feature,
like told in the above mentioned topic.

• Supposing that this lacuna is filled in, then the issue of the display remains… Indeed, the simpler way is to use a pop-up info-text, but in View mode, it's already assigned to the coordinates and colour info -if set, but users need it, i.e. myself - so I thought to the solution below :



• Hoping it's self-explanatory… The needed additional command must be bistable, of course. It might work also in the Browser on the Preview.

• A minimalist feature should be -when the long comments are supported - to display the pop-up info-text only hovering the Preview in the Browser, but indeed that's much less convenient…

Note : The taskina's sample and comment are used here, it's more realistic…

• What do you think ?

KR
Claude
Clo

[oops66]

Hello Clo,
Yes, it's a good idea,
But why not using the "i" hotkey information to do that (bistable behavior), just by adding into:
Tools\Options\View\Full Screen\Show Information\ and insert Description (Annotation item)
The only think to do is to arrange the text in several line if the text is too long,
(It's a case of pop-up info-text too controlled by the "i" key.) , no ???

[Clo]

oops66

Hello Chistophe !

…But why not using the "i" hotkey information to do that (bistable behavior), just by adding into:
Tools\Options\View\Full Screen\Show Information\ and insert Description (Annotation item)…

• Nothing against, but I wouldn't bet my boots that it works in the case… So, I plan a special command, able to work in View and Browser - maybe in Full screen too automatically, simply hovering the pic…
- And <I> isn't implemented currently to switch the coordinates and colour info into the status bar automatically when used in View mode, isn't it ?

…The only thing to do is to arrange the text in several lines if the text is too long, …

• That's the main point… Currently, the standard <descript.ion> features don't, that needs an enhanced version like in TC 7.5 and Win Explorer 7… like said in the taksina's thread.

…(It's a case of pop-up info-text too controlled by the "i" key.) , no ???

• IIUC, the info from <I> doesn't come from the <descript.ion> file…

KR
Claude
Clo

[ouistiti]

Hello !

This is of course needed now, since the long comments made in TC 7.5 (and other softs)
are no longer fully supported…

- Such enhanced specifications are indeed desirable, to keep the best partership with TC.

- Let's notice too that now when writing a comment longer than 511 characters in TC (Ctrl+Z),
a warning appears as a "beep" sound, and the font of the characters count turns bold starting from 512

¤ A command able to switch the X-Y and coordinates info is also needed, that could be handy…

- Now, we hope to hear the Pierre's opinion …

BTW, this issue migh have been reported already somewhere IIRC, especially about the very short
room in the status-bar for comments.

Friendly,

Paul

[oops66]

-->Clo

- And <I> isn't implemented currently to switch the coordinates and colour info into the status bar automatically when used in View mode, isn't it ?

Right

• IIUC, the info from <I> doesn't come from the <descript.ion> file…

It can come from descript.ion file too.
-->Ouistiti

...
1-) Let's notice too that now when writing a comment longer than 511 characters in TC (Ctrl+Z),
a warning appears as a "beep" sound, and the font of the characters count turns bold starting from 512

2-) A command able to switch the X-Y and coordinates info is also needed, that could be handy…
...

Hello,
1-) I like this kind of warning too, (to be able to meet or not the official specification)
2-) Why not but in this case, maybe Pierre can also add a scroll bar too, if the full text is bigger than the customized X-Y rectangle.

But perhaps it is also possible to add these functionalities under the "i" hotkey information text function ?

[Clo]

oops66

Again…

… It can come from descript.ion file too.

• That isn't that I notice here, tested in a folder containing icons, only a part has comments.
• Example
¤ From the the <I> command, only :

K:\Icones\24²\attente_vte.ico

- Thus, only the path and file-name, as any image in the same folder having not any comment.
¤ In the <descript.ion> file :

attente_vte.ico Wilcard icon (waiting for another appropriate.)¦ Icône "Joker" (en attendant une autre correcte)

- The part in blue is displayed in the status-bar currently, but not in the <I> field…

(Paul) 2-) A command able to switch the X-Y and coordinates info is also needed, that could be handy…

Snip…

2-) Why not but in this case, maybe Pierre can also add a scroll bar too, if the full text is bigger than the customized X-Y rectangle.

• That isn't the point. Paul and I meant that the X-Y and coordinates info must be switched from the usual info-text into the status bar when Colour Info is enabled and that we need to display a long comment via the appropriate command…
- Watching the truncated text in the status-bar indicates naturally that the comment
is longer than the available room…
- Prior, I thought to a non-modal small child-window to display the comment, thus (a) scroll-bar¦s come¦s onto automatically if needed - able to be moved on the screen, minimized etc., it's a better way IMHO, but probably needing a bigger programming effort…
- On the mockup, I showed the comment as it's displayed in Total Commander.

…But perhaps it is also possible to add these functionalities under the "i" hotkey information text function ?

• Not sure… and that shouln't be very flexible, even adding an INI entry with several flags for choices…

KR
Claude
Clo

[oops66]

-->Clo
OK, sorry, I better see now what you mean !
( a misunderstanding )