HELP! Fullscreen ratings have stopped working

[andrewj]

Hi,
I have been using XnView to rate my shots for several years, using the numeric keypad shortcuts in fullscreen mode. Yesterday, for some reason I can't work out, this stopped working. I can still use the hotkeys in browser mode, so my laptop is OK, but they have no effect in fullscreen mode. I've obviously changed some setting accidentally, but I can't find what.

Please help ASAP. I am on a photo trip to Iceland and this is really going to cause me problems.

Thanks
Andrew

[marsh]

Some quick things to try:
- Is <Num Lock> on?
- Rename settings file so that program returns to defaults.
- Which fullscreen is being used? It works here using browser + <F11>. Not in viewer/editor's fullscreen.
- Options... General>Keyboard/mouse>Switching modes>[___Browser<>Fullscreen | Viewer<>Fullscreen>___] (this uses browser's fullscreen when starting from thumbnails).

[andrewj]

Hi, thanks for the suggestions:

Is <Num Lock> on?

Yes, I think so - it's a bit complicated on my laptop but rating works fine in the browser.

Rename settings file so that program returns to defaults.

I'm not keen to do this unless everything else fails as I have a lot of customisations on e.g. the custom applications list. Do we know which sections might affect the rating behaviour?

Which fullscreen is being used?

I think it's the browser one. I only ever get there by pressing F11 from the borwser. Is there any way to accidentally get to the other one from the browser?

Is there any way to tell which fullscreen I'm in?
Thanks
Andrew

[andrewj]

Hi,
I seem to have fixed this by restoring xnview.ini from a backup. The only difference which might have had an effect is that in the "corrupt" file there's a value ENTER=1 in the [Start] section instead of 0. Could this change fullscreen mode?
Thanks
Andrew

[marsh]

Hi,
I seem to have fixed this by restoring xnview.ini from a backup. The only difference which might have had an effect is that in the "corrupt" file there's a value ENTER=1 in the [Start] section instead of 0. Could this change fullscreen mode?

Changing that item makes shortcut work in viewer & its fullscreen here also. That is confusing.

Is there any way to tell which fullscreen I'm in?

Fullscreen (browser) has no area selection and it navigates differently. It skips images with mouse wheel without waiting for them to display.

[andrewj]

Thanks Marsh. If I've understood properly then you can somehow accidentally switch into a mode which disables the shortcuts in fullscreen mode, and have no way of telling you've done it or how to put it back. That's terrible design and has wasted a lot of my time. It would be good if Pierre could get rid of this in the next version.

Andrew

[helmut]

Yes, you name it: "terrible design".

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