pan icon problem

[savignien]

Hello,

The pan icon is still not working properly. (Checked again in 6.6.2).
Try this :
display smaller_than_screen.jpg larger_than_screen.jpg
Hit space to show the second file, the pan icon doesn't appear.
if you do :
display larger_than_screen.jpg smaller_than_screen.jpg
The pan icon is displayed for the first one, but doesn't disappear for the second.

I signaled this on a gentoo list : http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=271374 and was told o report upstream, so, this is it.

Sincerely,
savi.

[anthony]

Better still it may be time to junk the 'pan' window completely!

Most program these days use a mouse pointer as a 'hand' to grab the display and
let you scroll the window.

However one alternative is to use a -resize 'WxH>' to limit the maximum size of the
displayed image. More menu options for resiing images may also be useful such as
1:1 or screen limits, may be a nice addition.

'zoom' during 'point picking' another.


Want we really need is a programmer willing to work on 'display'.

PS: I use "display" myself for some things, especially if 'piping images'. however other times I use a old but still very popular and useful image displayer "xv". I have also used "GQView" and soem of its more recent variations, and even just the default image viewers provided by Gnome. Basically I use what is 'useful' for the task at hand.

[fmw42]

Not sure I understand if this is the same, but I get a new window that pans if one presses the option key and clicks and holds down on the left mouse button in Mac OSX Tiger when I do

display someimage

[anthony]

Option is a special Mac key not available on other computers. Hmmmm....

I can find any change to mouse button actions when using them with any of the shift keys, (like alt)

mouse button one -- main menu pop up/down
mouse button two (middle button) -- pop up a magnify pixel window (good for locating a specific pixel or color)
mouse button three -- pop up a temorary 'short cut' menu.

None of the keys provide panning unless the mouse is in the unwanted panning window.

[fmw42]

When opening the magnify window, moving the mouse in the normal size original window causes the magnify view to pan. That was what I thought he wanted. I have never seen any pan capability in the main display window, but I don't display very large images.

[anthony]

I have never seen any pan capability in the main display window, but I don't display very large images.

display a large photo, or make one!

[fmw42]

display a large photo, or make one!

I did that already but could not make it pan.