Edit>Selection Ratio: Selection sometimes horizontal sometimes vertical?

[zzapper]

Hi I'm pretty sure this is either a feature or my inexperience (PEBCAK)

Sometimes when I want to select say a 16:9 ratio box the 'box' seems to flip round to be 9:16 as though it was confused as to whether i was in portrait or horizontal mode

[xnview]

do you have a way to reproduce?

[zzapper]

Pierre
Prochain fois que c' arrivera

David (Je suis très chaud pres de Bordeaux!)

[zzapper]

https://ibb.co/L18RK4B (link to image)

Set Selection Ratio 16:9

XnVMP 1.0 linux

[helmut]

Thank you for providing a screenshot, David. When setting selection ratio (e.g. 16:9), XnView will set the selection depending on the orientation of the image - either portrait (16:9) or landscape (9:16). This adaption was built into XnView Classic (and now in XnView MP) is on purpose to support the user. With "Edit > Swap selection width / height" or "W" key you can swap the orientation.

BTW: In XnView Classic the shortcut for "Selection - Swap width & height" was "Tab" which easy to remember and somehow intuitive. Why has this shortcut been changed from "Tab" to "W" in XnView MP?

Related topics:
- Suggestion for Selection Ratio

[zzapper]

Thanks Helmut the workaround is great just type 'w' .
it was only a little problem but how can I put it bothered me quite a bit

[helmut]

Thanks Helmut the workaround is great just type 'w' .
it was only a little problem but how can I put it bothered me quite a bit

Thank you for your feedback, zzapper. Good to read that I could help a bit.