XnView Software

I'm aware that "Zoom & Move" exists, but I think it's not as good.
Mainly because you're limited in how far you can pan from one side of the screen to the other. It's hard to describe, but try to open a large picture, zoom on one side and then--while still holding down the mouse button--try to move to the other side ... you can't, because the mouse cursor will hit the edge of the screen and stop you at some point.

FastStone's magnifier works differently. Instead of "grabbing" a fixed point on the picture, it keeps zooming as you go in other directions. The zoom view is also "synchronized" with the movement of the mouse (instead of being inversely related like in XnView), which is better IMO.

Try [Shift]+[Left Mouse Button]

Try reading my post.

Lewis wrote: Mon Aug 19, 2024 12:01 pm zoom on one side and then--while still holding down the mouse button--try to move to the other side ... you can't, because the mouse cursor will hit the edge of the screen and stop you at some point.

yeah, I would appreciate minor tuning as well, eg increase panning/moving speed and hide cursor (hand) as it does not matter anymore.

Currently it works like in Lightroom (except ability to set both edge values), when moving/panning speed is low, so you cannot grab in one point and move/pan from edge-to-edge.
In FastStone it doesn't matter what part of the image you grabbed, panning/moving from edge to edge will be possible anyway.
There is also another implementation - zooming only a small area (eg IrfanView, Ctrl+Shift+mouse move), but it is not as useful.