XnView Software

XnViewMP 1.5.2 64bit
Windows11 (22H2), display resolution 3840x2160, win scaling 150%

Settings - general
General tab (as few others) is overwhelmed with settings that can be split or grouped.

Suggestion

• add Startup tab
  - move here all related items from General tab
  - bring more clarity by adding "Start with file" and "Start w/o file" groups

• rework None option
  "Directory none" does not work with "Restore last selected filename" option
  its better to rework into Directory into checkbox and remove None option (indentation can be flatter though)

• rename
  • Restore last selected filename
    because:
    - its not "restore" and not "filename", its "(re)select" and "file"
    - "last selected" can be omitted as its obvious that you cannot select file that was selected few iterations ago
    - need to avoid tautology
    
    so, few options from most to least favorable:
    1) Remember selected file (or Memorize as more modern analog)
    2) Select last selected file
    3) Restore last file selection

Related

• suggestions
  Settings - view - add Zoom tab, reshuffle controls
  Settings - interface - shortcuts - swap columns
  Settings - formats - write - improve Avif controls
  - done -
  Settings - browser - split Companion files into separate tab (1.6.0)
  Settings - interface - keyboard/mouse - fix naming (1.6.0)
  Settings - view - rearrange Info controls (1.6.0)
  Settings - interface - shortcuts - add header (1.5.4)
  Settings - general - add Startup tab (1.5.4) current post

See issue for current status and some details.

This problem is supposed to be fixed in XnView MP 1.5.4. Please check and confirm the bug fix here.

done in 1.5.4