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Favorites panel is blank on startup
Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2017 4:07 pm
by Brother Gabriel-Marie
Normally, I start my MP in browser mode with the favorites panel showing.
When I first start MP, though, the panel is blank. I have to switch to Folders and back to Favorites for it to display.
Version 0.86 64bits (Apr 25 2017) on Windows 7x64.
Re: Favorites panel is blank on startup
Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2017 3:04 pm
by xnview
even if you restart it?
Re: Favorites panel is blank on startup
Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2017 8:21 pm
by Brother Gabriel-Marie
Pierre, yes, it happens every time.
Re: Favorites panel is blank on startup
Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2017 9:43 am
by xnview
Brother Gabriel-Marie wrote:Pierre, yes, it happens every time.
Try to change in xnview.ini
Re: Favorites panel is blank on startup
Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2017 5:00 pm
by Brother Gabriel-Marie
Mine was Tab=17 under [Browser]
What does that mean and do?
I changed it to -1 and it seems to work correctly now.
Re: Favorites panel is blank on startup
Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2017 6:32 pm
by Brother Gabriel-Marie
Okay, the setting didn't stick.
Now it's back to having a blank Favorites panel.
I checked the ini file and found this:
[Browser]
Tab=4294967293
That's a weird value, considering I had just 17 there the other day.
Maybe that value has to do with this problem that I've been having, too:
http://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?t=36151
But if I close all my MP instances and change the ini file back to tab=-1 then the favourites panel shows up again. So I don't know what is causing it to be lost.
Re: Favorites panel is blank on startup
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2017 11:10 am
by xnview
do you have this problem only when using multiple instance?
Re: Favorites panel is blank on startup
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2017 1:13 pm
by Brother Gabriel-Marie
No, I have it also with a single instance that was started when no other instances were running.
I can set the tab value to -1, start MP and the favourites panel is showing fine. But when I close it, MP changes the tab value back to 4294967295 - but that doesn't seem to matter - the favourites panel shows fine.
I would conclude that something to do with the multiple instances is borking the preview panel. It doesn't matter whether [browser]tab is set to -1 or 4294967295 for a single instance. But for multiple instances, it does matter.
Re: Favorites panel is blank on startup
Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2017 6:23 pm
by xnview
Brother Gabriel-Marie wrote:No, I have it also with a single instance that was started when no other instances were running.
I can set the tab value to -1, start MP and the favourites panel is showing fine. But when I close it, MP changes the tab value back to 4294967295 - but that doesn't seem to matter - the favourites panel shows fine.
with one instance you can reproduce it each time? If yes, please send me your .ini?
Re: Favorites panel is blank on startup
Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2017 3:24 pm
by Obelix469
I have the same problem. the category filter panel is affected by it as well.
setting the [Browser] tab=-1 worked and yet was reset to a variation of 4294967295 on close as well.
Re: Favorites panel is blank on startup
Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2017 5:35 am
by xnview
Obelix469 wrote:I have the same problem. the category filter panel is affected by it as well.
setting the [Browser] tab=-1 worked and yet was reset to a variation of 4294967295 on close as well.
each time?
Re: Favorites panel is blank on startup
Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2017 10:08 pm
by Obelix469
yes everytime. updated latest version still happening
Re: Favorites panel is blank on startup
Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2017 10:21 pm
by Brother Gabriel-Marie
Pierre, I haven't updated to the latest version yet (I'm doing it now), but I haven't had this problem in some time, probably due to some of those tweaks. I run multiple instances as a matter of course (so I can have the viewer open to different folders). I'm just reporting this in case it helps. I guess I haven't hit the right combination of actions to bork it again.
Re: Favorites panel is blank on startup
Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2017 5:13 am
by Obelix469
It appears to have been fixed with latest patch! Can open and close it shows up each time.
XnView MP Windows Version 0.88 64bits (Nov 2 2017)
Edit: Doesn't work any longer, not sure why.