Picture Movement
Once you have selected a picture directory (discussed below), here are
the ways to navigate among the pictures:
Show the next picture in
the directory |
Press Space Bar Press Down Arrow Key Press Right Arrow Key Use Mouse Wheel (full screen mode only) |
Show the prior picture in the
directory |
Press Up Arrow Key Press Left Arrow Key Use Mouse Wheel (full screen mode only) |
Show the first picture in the
directory |
Press Home Key |
Show the last picture in the directory | Press End Key |
Advance apx. 10% further in the
directory |
Press Page Down Key |
Retreat apx. 10% backwards in the directory | Press Page Up Key |
Jump to a specific picture |
Hold Ctrl Key down and type the
number you want to jump to. |
Jump a specific number ahead |
Hold Alt Key down and type the
number forward you want to jump to. Typing a negative number will
move you backwards. |
Key Pad |
+ Next picture - Prior picture * Jump 10 pictures forward / Jump 10 pictures backward |
Viewer Parts
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On the left is the Slider.
The numbers on the Slider indicate how
many pictures are in the directory you are currently looking at.
The
pointer (which looks like home plate sideways) shows you the number of
the picture you are looking at. You can drag the pointer up or
down to
directly select any picture to look at. In this case, there are
three pictures in the directory number 0, 1, and 2. The current
picture is 1. |
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Next to the Slider is the List,
which is hidden when you first start JIBS. The arrows on the
right margin (circled in blue) are used to hide and unhide the
List. The divider the arrows are on can be used to resize the
List. The List is a sorted list of all the file names for the pictures in the current directory. You can use the Sort menu to change the sort order. The current file is shown in red text. Double clicking on a file name in the file list will cause the picture to be shown. You can also drag one or more selected files from this to the Tree to move them. (This also works if you drag them to Windows Explorer, or other Java drop enabled components.) Note that the semantics of initiating a drag operation from this list are somewhat frustrating due to Java limitations - after highlighting wait a second and drag slightly sideways and the cursor should change to indicate a drag has started. Pressing the Control Key ("Ctrl") will cause the drag to be a copy instead of a move. |
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If you select some files in the
List and right click on the List, the Prepend Name
Dialog will appear.![]() The name you enter in the Prepend
Name Dialog will be added to the front of all of the images you
selected. For example, suppose you just downloaded several
pictures of the Linderhof Castle from the Internet conveniently labeled
001.jpg
to 101.jpg.
Name like that both make it next to impossible to remember what the
picture was, and make it hard to drag and drop because there could
already be a different file with the same name in the directory.
So select the list of files, right click, enter
"Linderhof_Castle_Jan_15_2004_" in the dialog, and the files will be
renamed Linderhof_Castle_Jan_15_2004_001.jpg
to Linderhof_Castle_Jan_15_2004_101.jpg
. It's OK to use spaces in the name. I added the date to make sure that
the new name won't conflict with other downloads of the Linderhof
Castle.
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The picture you are looking
at.
If the picture fits in the space shown, it will have a black
background. If the
picture does not fit in the space shown, it will resized to fit and
will have a red background.
You can turn off automatic resizing from
the Setting Dialog (on the menu, View Settings). You can drag the picture to the Tree. (This also works if you drag the picture to Windows Explorer, or other Java drop enable components.) It much easier to start a drag from here than from the List. Pressing the Control Key ("Ctrl") will cause the drag to be a copy instead of a move. Right-clicking on the picture will bring up some information about the picture. The information shown depends on what was used to take the picture. |
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The Tree is on the right-hand
side of the screen. It shows your image directories in a
traditional tree format. The numbers after the directories are
the file count for that directory. You can change the root of the
Tree from the Setting Dialog (on the menu, View Settings). You organize your pictures by dragging them from the List or the Picture to the right directory in the Tree. You can also drag from the operating system on to the Tree. Double clicking on a directory will make that directory become the currently view directory. The little arrows at the top of the divider (circled in blue) will collapse or expand the Tree just like the List. You can always drag the divider. |
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Right-clicking on a directory in
the tree will bring up the following options:![]() At the vary top of the dialog is
the name of the selected directory - in this case My Pictures.
The operations will occur to the selected directory. Make sure to
check this name to make sure you clicked on what you thought you were
clicking on.
Set
Picture List will make the selected directory the current viewed
directory.
New Directory will make a new subdirectory as a child of the selected directory. You will have a chance to name the new directory. Rename Directory will ask for the new name for the selected directory. Delete Directory will remove the selected directory. You will be unable to get the directory or its files back. A confirmation dialog will come up if there are any files in the directory. |
Menu Items
File ==> Open View Directory | Sets the directory to display. |
File ==> Open Tree Directory | Selects the directory for the root directory on the Tree. |
Tool Bar Buttons
Save |
Saves the currently displayed
pictures with any changes made by Left, Right, Shrink, or Grow.
The auto-resizing has no effect on the saved image. |
Undo |
Undoes moves. If you
change the directory you are viewing, undo is cleared. |
Redo |
Undoes Undo. |
Rotate Left, Right |
Rotates the picture
±90° and activates the Save button. If auto-resize is
in effect (the background is red), the image will be saved at its
actual original size adjusted by Shrink or Grow, not the displayed
size. Remember, if the background is black, the display
size and the actual size are the same. |
Shrink, Grow |
Makes the picture 10% larger or smaller. and activates the Save button. If auto-resize is in effect (the background is red), the image will be saved at its original size adjusted by Shrink or Grow, not the displayed size. Remember, if the background is black, the display size and the actual size are the same. |
Rename |
Brings up a dialog box to change
the file name of the currently displayed picture. |
Refresh |
Causes the currently displayed
directory to be reloaded from disk. Usefull when you have
modified the directory contents outside of JIBS. |
Full Screen |
Show the application full
screen. Once in full sceen mode, pressing the escape key will
bring JIBS back to it regular size. You can also right click to
exit or start the slide show. |
Trash |
Move the current picture to your designed trash directory. To set this directory (and turn the button on), use the Setting Dialog (on the menu, View Settings). |
Park |
Move the current picture to your designated park directory. To set this directory (and turn the button on), use the Setting Dialog (on the menu, View Settings). |
Reload |
Move the current picture to the
last directory you moved a
picture to. The Repeat directory is reset whenever you drop a
file onto the tree and is listed just above the tree. |
Context Help |
Click on this then else where on
the screen for more help. This is diabled at the moment. |
Basic Screen F1 Help F2 Toggle full srceen Enter Full screen, no slide show Ctrl-Enter Full screen, slide show |
Full Screen F1 Help F2 Toggle basic srceen F3 Toggle bottom slider Escape Basic screen |