Ideas for improvements and requests for new features in XnView Classic
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by XnTriq » Mon Aug 31, 2015 11:45 pm

- Mock-up
Green background indicates an exact match, red means… Well, you get the idea
PS: I also like
custom fields!
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by xnview » Tue Sep 01, 2015 4:39 am
perhaps the font color in red/green only??
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by XnTriq » Tue Sep 01, 2015 7:00 pm
xnview wrote:perhaps the font color in red/green only??
That would be great, yes
- File size in bytes (if Tools » Options... » File List » Misc. » Use always bytes for filesize is activated)
- Timestamp including seconds
- Optional checksum calculation
Do you think this could be incorporated into the dialog for
cmd_Compare, too?
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by xnview » Wed Sep 02, 2015 10:53 am
or perhaps simply red when values are different?
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by XnTriq » Thu Sep 03, 2015 11:00 pm
xnview wrote:or perhaps simply red when values are different?
At least for the checksum, I would prefer both (red & green).
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by thibaud » Sat Sep 05, 2015 1:40 pm
xnview wrote:or perhaps simply red when values are different?
good point.
a single color to indicate the error is what I would do too.
don't ask the user to process more information than needed and keep the ui consistent.
I'm not sure how relevant these md5 check app are in that regard.
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by XnTriq » Thu Sep 10, 2015 9:45 pm
Whoot! Implemented in version 2.34
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by obelisk » Thu Sep 10, 2015 11:04 pm
great work!
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by XnTriq » Thu Sep 10, 2015 11:45 pm
- As mentioned in a previous post, Use always bytes for filesize (Tools » Options... » File List » Misc.) should also take effect in the replace dialog, IMO.
- To prevent the 32-digit MD5 hash from being truncated, the right column of Replace and With could be moved a little farther to the left.
- Making use of PathCompactPathEx (or PathCompactPath?) would improve the display of truncated pathnames: X:\Eeny…Moe\Destination\ vs. X:\EenyMeenyMinyMoe\Des
- Although the files are not identical, XnView displays the same checksum for Replace (X:\Test\Destination\placeholder.jpg) as for With (X:\Test\Source\placeholder.jpg).

Code: Select all
Replace: X:\Test\DST\placeholder.jpg (Exif orientation 1) = 3126b90e4c94b4a19380baa7e567c273
With: X:\Test\SRC\placeholder.jpg (Exif orientation 2) = aa00fea6eb31e37090fd21f21fa123b6
- p127537.zip
- placeholder_dst.jpg + placeholder_src.jpg
- (334.99 KiB) Downloaded 131 times
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by Karl02 » Mon Sep 14, 2015 6:26 am
For symmetry, there should also be functions for "Replace all" and "Skip all". But to avoid too many buttons, there should be a checkbox "[ ] Apply to all".
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by xnview » Wed Sep 16, 2015 10:37 am
it's edit textfield, so no need to shorten filename

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by XnTriq » Wed Sep 16, 2015 3:00 pm
xnview wrote:
it's edit textfield, so no need to shorten filename

Don't tell me you're rejecting my valuable programming tips
But seriously, I see what you mean: Users can select the text (
Directory &
Name) with the cursor.
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by xnview » Thu Sep 17, 2015 7:20 am
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by XnTriq » Tue Jan 05, 2016 2:45 pm
XnTriq wrote:Although the files are not identical, XnView displays the same checksum for
Replace (
X:\Test\Destination\placeholder.jpg) as for
With (
X:\Test\Source\placeholder.jpg).
Code: Select all
Replace: X:\Test\DST\placeholder.jpg (Exif orientation 1) = 3126b90e4c94b4a19380baa7e567c273
With: X:\Test\SRC\placeholder.jpg (Exif orientation 2) = aa00fea6eb31e37090fd21f21fa123b6
p127537.zip
placeholder_dst.jpg + placeholder_src.jpg
This bug hasn't been fixed in the latest release (v2.35).
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by XnTriq » Tue Dec 06, 2016 9:30 pm
The fix isn't listed in the changelog but since v2.36 this feature works as expected. Thank you, Pierre!