JIBS The Java Image Browser Sorter

Tutorial


JIBS Viewer

By default JIBS starts the Viewer.  The Viewer will look something like this:

Viewer Screen

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

Slider
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.
File List
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.


File List If you select some files in the List and right click on the List, the Prepend Name Dialog will appear.
Prepend Dialog

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.
Picture
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.
Tree
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.
Tree Right-clicking on a directory in the tree will bring up the following options:
Tree Pop Up
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

Tool Bar
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.

Keyboard Shorcuts
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