XnView Software

XnViewMP 1.8.6 64bit
Windows11 (24H2), display resolution 3840x2160, win scaling 150%

Viewer - navigator
its difficult to find zoom rectangle in Navigator as it blends with bright image due to its narrow border
also there is no click-to-pan/zoom functionality in Navigator (like "☑ click-zooming" in ACDSee), you have to drag zoom rectangle

Suggestion

• add highlight to navigator (like in ACDSee)

• (optional) rename
  Show Pan tool → Show Navigator (in Settings>View)
  (like in adobe apps and ACDSee [actually it uses both names])

Example





Related

• issues
  - todo -
  1.5.5 - viewer - pan - issues with selection/zoom/fullscreen
  - fixed -
  1.4.5 - viewer - pan - unsync after making selection (1.6.0)
  1.4.2 - viewer - pan - stretched image, incorrect resize cursor (1.6.0)
  1.4.5 - viewer - pan - images context menu invokes from pan (1.5.0b1)

• suggestions
  Viewer - navigator - add pan on click
  - done -
  Viewer - navigator - add highlight (1.8.7) current post

Good suggestion, I personally would prefer Lightroom's implementation, neutral and less obtrusive without dimming down the rest of the image.

See issue for current status and some details.

This problem is supposed to be fixed in XnView MP 1.8.7. Please check and confirm the bug fix here.

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