Disabled toolbar buttons and menues

[herb]

Hello,

I have XnViewMp 0.64 open in browser.
Now when I click on a folder in "folders treeview" for each file of that folder a thumbnail is displayed and the first file is selected automatically (because of a global option).

In case of an image (e.g. *.jpg) is selected now,
- both toolbar buttons "rotate clockwise" and "rotate counter clockwise" are disabled
- menu "Edit IPTC/XMP..." is also disabled.

I have to click on another file and click again on this selected file to get the buttons and menu enabled.

In case of e.g. a *.txt file is selected the behaviour is ok;
but in case of an *.jpg image the buttons and the menu should be enabled.

Thanks for the correction in advance.
Herb

[xnview]

I can't reproduce, on windows?

[herb]

Hello Pierre,

yes, I am working on a Windows XP SP3 system. Sorry that I forgot to mention it.

Best regards
Herb

[xnview]

i've tried on Xp too, and can't reproduce this problem

[herb]

Hello Pierre,

thanks for your investigations.
As the problem occurs on my machine always, but never on your system I did some further tests.
The result I found: the error depends on the mode all files are diplayed when I click on new treeview item.

In case of files are displayed as list or in details mode everything is ok.
But when files are displayed as icons or a thumbnail is displayed for each file the error occurs.
(When I talk about the error, I only talk about 2 icons in toolbar (rotate left/right) and 1 menu item (Edit IPTC/XMP...)).

Best regards
Herb

[m.Th.]

Hello Pierre,

thanks for your investigations.
As the problem occurs on my machine always, but never on your system I did some further tests.
The result I found: the error depends on the mode all files are diplayed when I click on new treeview item.

In case of files are displayed as list or in details mode everything is ok.
But when files are displayed as icons or a thumbnail is displayed for each file the error occurs.
(When I talk about the error, I only talk about 2 icons in toolbar (rotate left/right) and 1 menu item (Edit IPTC/XMP...)).

Best regards
Herb

What file formats are they?

[herb]

Hello,

Till now I talked about *.JPG images.

But I have another question:
In case of e.g. a *.ORF is selected the 2 tollbar button "rotate left/right" become enabled, although XnViewMP cannot rotate such images in browser.

Best regards
Herb

[xnview]

Till now I talked about *.JPG images.

and you have this problem all the time??

[herb]

Hello Pierre,

yes I always have this problem when I click on another treeview item.
But for each file a thumbnail or icon must be displayed (as I wrote on 17.3.).

Best regards
Herb

[xnview]

perhaps you can send me the .ini?

[herb]

Hello Pierre,

attached please find the *.ini file.
Thanks again for your investigations

Best regards
Herb

[xnview]

I can't reproduce...
could you try by enabling Database>Enable thumbnail caching?

[herb]

Hello Pierre,

I worked also with "Database>Enable thumbnail caching", but still identical behaviour.

Only to avoid misunderstandings I took a screenshot. After start of XnViewMP directory F:\ was selected.
Then I selected directory "F:\EIXM_Bilder" with mouse - image P6140385.jpg is selected automatically - but both toolbar buttons "rotate" and context menu "edit IPTC/XMP are disabled (as shown in screenshot).

Best regards
Herb

[m.Th.]

Hello Pierre,

I worked also with "Database>Enable thumbnail caching", but still identical behaviour.

Only to avoid misunderstandings I took a screenshot. After start of XnViewMP directory F:\ was selected.
Then I selected directory "F:\EIXM_Bilder" with mouse - image P6140385.jpg is selected automatically - but both toolbar buttons "rotate" and context menu "edit IPTC/XMP are disabled (as shown in screenshot).

Best regards
Herb

Aha!

Good screenshot.

1. If you go to another JPG file, the buttons become enabled?

2. If you go to another TXT/DOC/whatever file which cannot be rotated and after that come back to a JPG, the buttons become enabled?

3. If you disable the 'Select first file on entering folder' the program works ok?

[herb]

Hello,

please find the answers to your questions. Starting with a GUI as seen in screenshot:

ad 1): I select another *.JPG image: Both toolbar buttons and also the menu item become enabled

ad 2): I select e.g. a *.TXT file: Both toolbar buttons remain disabled, the menu item becomes enabled and works fine
I select e.g. a *.ORF file: Both toolbar buttons became enabled (although XnViewMP cannot rotate a *.ORF image) and menu item remained disabled

ad 3): I unchecked 'Select first file on entering folder'.
After I had selected another directory (of course) no image was selected and (of course both toolbar buttons were disabled).
Clicking on a file I had an identical behaviour as describe in answers above

Best regards
Herb