Remember Open Tabs on Closing XnView

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ampersand
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Remember Open Tabs on Closing XnView

Post by ampersand »

I use Xnview every day, i have 5 or 6 images open in tabs that I switch to for reference, but when I close Xnview the tabs disappear, and I have to search and reopen the images every session/restart.
It would be cool if my open tabs were restored on opening. (maybe it already is possible, but I can't find the option) ;)

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ampersand
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Re: Remember Open Tabs on Closing XnView

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I notice I can "Save Opened Images" but that still means reopening them on restart.
Save Open Tabs, or restore Tabs from last session would be cool.
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Re: Remember Open Tabs on Closing XnView

Post by obelisk »

I wouldn't want this by default.
ampersand
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Re: Remember Open Tabs on Closing XnView

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Neither would I, I never mentioned default, "Restore Tabs From Previous Session", or better still, "Save Tab Layout".
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Re: Remember Open Tabs on Closing XnView

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I would still like to see this feature implemented, some kind of session management where I could save switch and restore open images during modeling sessions.
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Re: Remember Open Tabs on Closing XnView

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ampersand wrote:I would still like to see this feature implemented, some kind of session management where I could save switch and restore open images during modeling sessions.
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Re: Remember Open Tabs on Closing XnView

Post by JohnFredC »

MP 0.51 has some of this feature request already. I use it.

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If you have specified a startup folder in Settings>Startup>Startup Directory, the browser will return to that directory instead of the location of the session you saved.

Here's hoping that Pierre will enhance this feature with named sessions. Currently there is just the one.
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Re: Remember Open Tabs on Closing XnView

Post by ampersand »

Yes fantastic, thanks JohnFredC. now I can see where budz45 was going with his suggestion. I love this feature.
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Re: Remember Open Tabs on Closing XnView

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A workaround would be to create a special shortcut:
[color=green]XnView_Session.lnk[/color] wrote:"C:\Program Files\XnView\xnview.exe" -filelist session.txt
[color=green]session.txt[/color] wrote:X:\Test\photo_01.jpg
X:\Test\photo_02.jpg
X:\Test\photo_04.jpg
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