Viewer - Options

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  • Hide captions

Hides file names
  • Show Detailed Hint

Shows same information what Thumbnail Details does, when mouse is over image
  • Hot Track

Track which item is under the mouse cursor
  • Always Show Header

Shows header in all views
  • Use ShellExtraction

It is used to let the shell extract and create the thumbnail. Image files supported by Viewer or a shell extension is shown as a thumbnail
  • Use Subsampling

Resize's thumbnails smoothly without loss of image quality
  • Use Stretch

Stretch thumbnail to thumbnail size when thumbnail image size is smaller than actual thumbnail size
  • Use EXIF Extraction

EXIF image is used to draw thumbnail image
  • Use EXIF Orientation

Thumbnail image is rotated according EXIF orientation tag
  • Load all thumbnails at once

Loads all thumbnails at once
  • Border Size

Sets thumbnails border width
  • Width

Reflects the real pixel size of the thumbnail width
  • Height

Reflects the real pixel size of the thumbnail height

  
  • Load the thumbnail cache from disk

Thumbnail cache is retrieved from disk and automatically regenerated by itself. It will load only the thumbnails that are not yet created
  • Save the thumbnail cache to disk
  • Compressed

Activates the on-the-fly cache compression system
  • Cache On/Off

Turns Cache On and Off
  • Clear Cache

Clears Cache-folder
  • Storage Type

Sets Storage Type between Central Folder and Custom Folder. Central Folder saves cache files in to application data folder (non roaming) ex. C:\Documents and Settings\Marko Hietanen\Local Settings\Application Data\WildBit Viewer\Cache. Custom Folder choice you can define where all cache files is saved.

  
  • Starts in to Selected Folder

Viewer starts always to selected folder
  • Starts in to Last Visited Folder

Viewer starts to last visited folder
  • Ok and Save

Saves selected folder choice
  • Start in

When Preview mode selected, Viewer is started to Preview side When Thumbview mode selected, Viewer is started to Thumbview side

When Expanded View selected, Viewer is started to Expanded View. Note! This also disables Image Info and Multipage View Dockable checkbox.
  • Remenber Preview/Thumbview Size

Remembers Preview/Thumbview Size
  • Image Info and Multipage View Dockable

Image Info and Multipage View is docked in to Main window and also to BigScreen window. Image Info docks itself to right side and Multipage View docks to left side. Note! This will "eat" screen space
  • Launch As Maximized

Launches Viewer as maximized when checked
  • Mode when Starting with Image

When Main Window selected, Image is opened to Preview. When Exit Viewer selected and when closing Full Screen window, program is closed too
  • Show Rating & Color Labels

Shows/hides Rating & Color Labels
  • Use Color Management System (CMS)

When enabled, image is rendered with original colors
  • Default Settings

Resets Viewer settings back to default

  

 
  • Change Mode In Startup To

Sets Full Screen view according with these selections:

-      Shrink To Fit

-      Original Size

-      Full Screen View
  • Zoom filter

 Sets Zoom filter (default is Linear)

Note!:

-- If you need the best quality: Hermite, Bell, BSpline, Lanczos3, Mitchell, Nearest, Bilinear, Bicubic.

-- If you need speed: Triangle, Linear, FastLinear.

-- For images (white on black or black on white): ProjectBW and ProjectWB.
  • Delayed filtering

Applies filter when zooming is finished
  • Smooth Scroll

Scrolls image without pressing mouse button
  • Rotate by EXIF Orientation

If image contains EXIF information, the image will be automatically orientated
  • Size

Sets image size/scale (default is Auto)
  • AutoFit Small Images

Automatically Fits Small Images to image area
  • Quick Zoom At

Zoom percentage for Quick Zoom (default is 200 %)
  • Center Image with Quick Zoom

Sets zooming center
  • Mouse Wheel

Sets Mouse Wheel action to Zoom, Next or Previous Image (default is Zoom)
  • Mouse Interact

Scroll - Enables Normal Scroll and Zoom

Quick Zoom - Enables Quick Zoom

Selection Zoom - Enables Selection Zoom

  
  • Style

Sets style:

- Windows (default)

- Windows10

- Windows10 Blue

- Windows10 Dark

- Windows10 Green

- Windows10 Purple

- Windows10 SlateGray

- Windows11 Modern Dark

- Windows11 Modern Light

- Windows11 Polar Dark

- Windows11 Polar Light

Note! When setting style, Viewer needs to be closed

Note! When setting style different than Windows style, then some color options are disabled
  • Preview Background Color

Sets preview background color
  • Full Screen Background Color

Sets Full Screen view background color
  • Use Background

Sets Background in to Directory, File List and in to Thumbview. Note: in Thumbview report mode is currently only support for background
  • Background Color

Sets Background Color for Directory, File List and in to Thumbview
  • Assorted Colors

Sets Higlight Rect (Fill,Border) colors, Drop Target Rect (Fill,Border) colors, Alpha Blend Select Rect (Fill,Border) colors, Tree Line, Hot Track colors
  • Text Color

Sets Text,Compressed,Expand"+" colors
  • Default Colors

Resets color settings back to default

  
  • Zoom filter

Sets Zoom filter (default is Linear)

Note!:

-- If you need the best quality: Hermite, Bell, BSpline, Lanczos3, Mitchell, Nearest, Bilinear, Bicubic.

-- If you need speed: Triangle, Linear, FastLinear.

-- For images (white on black or black on white): ProjectBW and ProjectWB.
  • Delayed filtering

Applies filter when zooming is finished
  • Smooth Scroll

Scrolls image without pressing mouse button
  • Rotate by EXIF Orientation

If image contains EXIF information, the image will be automatically orientated
  • Size

Sets image size/scale (default is Auto)
  • AutoFit Small Images

Automatically Fits Small Images to image area
  • Quick Zoom At

Zoom percentage for Quick Zoom (default is 200 %)
  • Center Image with Quick Zoom

Sets zooming center
  • Mouse Wheel

Sets Mouse Wheel action to Zoom, Next or Previous Image (default is Zoom)
  • Mouse Interact

Scroll - Enables Normal Scroll and Zoom

Quick Zoom - Enables Quick Zoom

Selection Zoom - Enables Selection Zoom


  
  • Extension choises (*.BMP..)

Select extensions what is wanted to be registered to Viewer.
  • Select All

Selects all extensions
  • Deselect All

Removes selections
  • Register Sel

Registers selected extensions to Viewer

Note! Associate.exe is needed
  • UnRegister Sel

Removes extension registrations

Note! Associate.exe is needed


  
  • Root Folder

When Desktop is selected then root folder is Desktop and when Drives is selected then you cannot see directly ex. My Documents
  • Save Mapped Drive Paths

Saves mapped drive paths for MRU (Most Recently Used Files list) and shell history. Note! this selection affects to Starts in to Selected Folder and Starts in to Last Visited Folder.
  • Save Network Paths

Saves network paths for MRU (Most Recently Used Files list) and shell history. Note! this selection affects to Starts in to Selected Folder and Starts in to Last Visited Folder.
  • Save Removable Drive Paths

Saves removable drive paths for MRU (Most Recently Used Files list) and shell history. Note! this selection affects to Starts in to Selected Folder and Starts in to Last Visited Folder.
  • Hot Track

Track which item is under the mouse cursor
  • Auto Expand

Items are expanded (collapsed) when getting (losing) the focus
  • Animate Expand

Expanding and collapsing item is animated (quick window scroll)
  • Auto Scroll on Expand

Automatically scrolls when expanding
  • Expandable Folders

Forces to show only one level of folder when disabled
  • AutoFit Columns

Automatically Fits Columns to item widths
  • Center Scroll in to View

Center folders vertically in to visible area when scrolling into view
  • File Objects

Displays Folders, Non-Folders and Hidden Files/Folders
  • Tree Line Mode

Sets tree line mode:

- Normal is like Explorer tree lines

- Bands is like Nassi-Schneidermann diagram



  • Font & Size

Select Font

- Selects Font

Default Font

- Resets Font to Default (MS Shell Dlg 2,Size is 8)
  • Node Height

Folder View, File List View & Folder Dropdown View

- Sets Node Height