XnView Software

If you try to open an image inside an archive with the "Viewer", you get the message "File can't be loaded!".

To reproduce:
1. Open an arbitrary zip file with images in XnViewMP
2. Use your mouse shortcut to switch to the "Viewer", e.g. middle-click

Expected behavior: File is displayed in the "Viewer".
Actual behavior: Error dialog says "File can't be loaded!"

This is a strange error; the behavior is as expected under these circumstances:
- when you try to open it via middle-click a second time
- when you open the "Viewer" by right-click -> "Open"
- when you have opened this image inside the archive before by right-click -> "Open"
- when you have opened this image inside the archive in "Fullscreen" before

If you leave the archive and re-enter it, the erroneous behavior occurs again.

Linux/Arch
XnView MP Linux
Version 1.0 64bits (Apr 25 2022)
Libformat version 7.110

i'm not able to reproduce, with double click or ENTER to go to 'Viewer', same problem?

Sorry, I should have checked against the default config

With default config, i.e. if one changes from Browser to Viewer with either "Enter" or "double click", it works as expected.

But if I change only this setting



I get this behavior when changing from Browser to Viewer using

- "Enter": works
- "double click": works
- "middle click": error

do you wait enough that preview is loaded?

I think so, all thumbnails are loaded. To avoid any misunderstanding I attached a screen capture if you want to have a look.

What I do there:

1. XnViewMP 1.0 b4 alread has been started with default config.
2. Open ZIP file, open first image with double-left-click. WORKS.
3. Change settings so that middle click switches between Browser and Viewer.
4. Exit the ZIP file and reopen it.
5. Try to open the first image with middle-click. ERROR!
6. Acknowledge the error.
7. Try to open the first image with middle-click a second time. WORKS.
8. Go back (ESC), exit the ZIP file and reopen it.
9. Try to open the first image with middle-click. ERROR!

Oh... now I see what you mean! The Preview is indeed blank when the error occurs... so, I have to do left-click on the image (then the preview is shown) and then the middle click is working! However, when not inside an archive (i.e. with regular image files) directly middle-clicking is working, even if the preview is blank. It's probably a special case, so maybe no release blocker?!

Thanks to your detailed description I can reproduce

See issue for current status and some details.

This problem is supposed to be fixed in XnView MP 1.4.3. Please check and confirm the bug fix here.

Sorry for the long delay, I must have missed your post

I can confirm that this issues is solved!