XnView Software

XnViewMP 1.4.4 64bit
Windows11 (22H2), display resolution 3840x2160, win scaling 150%

Viewer - selection
selection loses highlight after Spotlight

To reproduce:
1. run clean portable XnViewMP
2. open any image
3. open Spotlight panel (Image>Spotlight)
4. close Spotlight panel
5. make any selection
selection will have no highlight effect, effect lasts until app restart

thanks, I owe you one

Thanks to your detailed description I can reproduce the problem.

This problem is supposed to be fixed in XnView MP 1.5.0 beta. Please check and confirm the bug fix here.

fixed in 1.5.0