XnView Software

Posted: **Sun Mar 23, 2025 1:47 pm**

XnViewMP 1.8.6 64bit
Windows11 (24H2), display resolution 3840x2160, win scaling 150%

Browser - Categories, Category Sets pane

Suggestion

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Categories
- add 'Delete unused (empty) Categories..'
  command to delete cats that have not assigned to any image (have no records in TagsTree table), eg
  Code: Select all
```
DELETE FROM Tags 
WHERE NOT EXISTS (
    SELECT 1 FROM TagsTree WHERE TagsTree.TagID = Tags.TagID
);
```
- rename 'Clear' to 'Delete'
  imo:
  - Clear - to clear temporary data, eg output list or terminal with cls
  - Remove - to remove data from the list w/o deleting data itself, eg add/remove files to/from the list
  - Delete - to delete original data, eg delete file/metadata or Category from list (as you may not have file with this cat anymore, so it will not be reimported)

Category Sets
- move Layout controls to the bottom
- move 'Manager..' button to the right and shorten label to '...'

Example

issues
- todo -
1.8.3 - browser - categories - 'Hide assigned categories' has no effect
1.4.4 - viewer - categories - not possible to modify categories via properties
- fixed -
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 - add counter and sorting
Browser - Category Sets - formatting and management
Browser - Category Sets - Assigned, Suggested - improve update trigger
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 - allow drag to root level
Browser - categories - allow drag to root level
- done -
Browser - Categories, Category Sets - add Delete unused, rearrange controls (1.8.7) current post
Tag - merge Tag / Untag (1.7.0)

Posted: **Sun Mar 23, 2025 2:31 pm**

See issue for current status and some details.

Posted: **Thu Mar 27, 2025 8:53 am**

This problem is supposed to be fixed in XnView MP 1.8.7. Please check and confirm the bug fix here.

Posted: **Thu Mar 27, 2025 9:02 am**

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Browser - Categories, Category Sets - add Delete unused, rearrange controls