XnView Software

XnViewMP 1.8.1 64bit
Windows11 (23H2), display resolution 3840x2160, win scaling 150%

Viewer - selection

To reproduce:
1. open any image in Viewer
2. make any selection and release LMB
3. grab any corner point and start resizing to selection (do not release LMB)
4. press A (Free aspect ratio)
selection will resize to its previous size
5. drag corner for a few pixels more
selection will resize back to cursor position

expected behavior
selection should not resize when you change aspect ratio to 'Free'





Related

• issues
  1.8.2 - viewer - selection - swap width and height shortcut issue
  1.8.1 - viewer - selection - resizing when setting free aspect ratio (current post)
  - todo -
  1.6.1 - viewer - selection - incorrect position of size indicator while zooming
  - fixed -
  1.7.1 - viewer - selection - issue with SHIFT (1.7.2)
  1.4.4 - viewer - selection loses highlight after Spotlight (1.5.0)
  1.4.4 - viewer - selection - status bar does not update after ratio change (1.4.5)
  1.4.3 - viewer - wrong selection when resizing to 1x1 (1.6.0)

Thanks to your detailed description I can reproduce the problem.

This problem is supposed to be fixed in XnView MP 1.8.3. Please check and confirm the bug fix here.

fixed in 183