XnView Software

XnViewMP 1.9.3
Windows11 (24H2), display resolution 3840x2160, dpi scale 150%

Browser - category sets
pane min width depends on longest item in Layout combobox

to reproduce
1. save Layout with any long name, eg 'loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong name'
2. reopen Browser tab
pane width will change to the longest item in Layout combobox
3. try to decrease pane width
it is not possible to reduce width of the pane

ps. same issue with Window combobox in Capture dialog





Related

• issues
  1.9.3 - browser - category sets - pane minimum size depends on combobox (current post)
  - todo -
  1.4.4 - viewer - categories - not possible to modify categories via properties
  - fixed -
  1.9.2 - browser - category sets - create set from selection issue (1.9.3)
  1.9.1 - browser - category sets - formatting issue with autoassign (1.9.2)
  1.8.3 - browser - categories - 'Hide assigned categories' has no effect (1.9.0)
  1.5.0 - browser - category sets - no duplicate check (1.5.0)
  1.4.4 - browser - categories - inconsistency in Category creation routine (1.5.0)

• suggestions
  Browser - Categories - search - highlight matching characters
  Browser - Categories - add counter and sorting
  Browser - Category Sets - formatting and management
  Browser - metadata - Update catalog/file commands - clarify behavior
  Categories - menu - add Uncategorized and Sets
  Categories - shortcut - show in Set Category menu
  Categories - shortcut - add unassign functionality
  Shortcuts - general - add commands to increase/decrease rating/color label
  Browser - favourites/categories - allow drag to root level
  - done -
  Browser - Category Sets - rework formatting (1.9.0)
  Browser - Category Sets - Assigned, Suggested - improve update trigger (1.9.0)
  Browser - Categories - clean up menu (1.9.0)
  Browser - Categories, Category Sets - add Delete unused, rearrange controls (1.8.7)
  Tag - merge Tag / Untag (1.7.0)

Thanks to your detailed description I can reproduce the problem.