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Image & Thumbnail Browser

Baz Cuda edited this page Jan 28, 2026 · 23 revisions

Wiki Page: Image & Thumbnail Browser Overview
Help Page: Adjust Image
Help Page: File Control
Help Page: Screenshots

Config Dialog: Slideshows
Config Dialog: Repeat Delay
Config Dialog: Start in Browser
Config Dialog: Playlist Filter


Best/Recommended Practice for operating MMP

  • best practice is to set Open Image in Browser and Exit Browser = Exit MMP
  • also set your Playlist Filter to Audio & Video
  • this will operate MMP as, in effect, two applications in one:
    • the Main Media Window will handle audio and video files
    • the Image & Thumbnail Browser will handle images


  • after running the mmp-install.bat file that ships with MMP, opening an audio or video file from your File Explorer software will launch MMP into the Main Media Window
  • conversely, opening an image file from your File Explorer software will launch MMP directly into the Image & Thumbnail Browser
  • hitting [Escape] to exit either of the windows will close MMP

Image & Thumbnail Browser

With the Image & Thumbnail Browser you can browse through your entire image library as thumbnails and/or full size

  • the four arrow keys are very powerful, whether in Image Mode or Thumbnail Mode
  • you can browse through an entire drive with just the arrow keys, automatically skipping folders which don't contain images
  • the status bar at the bottom of the window will display the X:Y dimensions of the image file
  • it will also display the "D: X:Y" dimensions that it's currently being Displayed at
  • this information is important when saving Screenshots


You can drop back to the Main Media Window at any time

Control Action
[Esc]ape exit MMP
Ctrl-[X] e[X]it the Image & Thumbnail Browser and drop back into the Main Media Window
click "x" click the standard Windows "x" in the top righthand corner - same as above
click Audio/Video panel click the Audio/Video alert panel in the status bar, even when it's not lit up - same as above

You can return to the Image & Thumbnail Browser or launch it at any time
from the Main Media Window

Control Action
Main Media Window
Ctrl-[I] on an image, open this [I]mage in the [I]mage & Thumbnail Browser
[T] on an image, open the Image & [T]humbnail Browser in Thumbnail Mode
[T] on an audio or video file, Tab as normal
[Y] on any media file, open the Image & Thumbnail Browser in Thumbnail Mode
 
Additional
Ctrl-[F] open your [F]ile Explorer at the current [F]older

Window Control

Control Action
[G] [G]reater window size
Ctrl-[G] un[G]reater window size
[H] Center window [H]orizontally and Vertically and re-activate Auto_Center
left click and hold drag window around the desktop

Browsing Folders of Images

Control Action
[→] right arrow show NEXT image or thumbnail page
[←] left arrow show PREVIOUS image or thumbnail page
 
[W] [W]atch, ie.show, NEXT image or thumbnail page
[Q] show PREVIOUS image or thumbnail page (Q is previous to W on a QWERTY keyboard)
 
[ENTER] show NEXT image or thumbnail page
 
[A] show FIRST image or thumbnail page
[HOME] show FIRST image or thumbnail page
 
[Z] show LAST image or thumbnail page
[END] show LAST image or thumbnail page

Folder Navigation

Control Action
[↓] down arrow go DOWN one folder
[↑] up arrow go UP one folder
 
[D] go DOWN one folder/[D]irectory
[E] go UP one folder/Directory (E is up from D on a QWERTY keyboard)
Ctrl-[D] go UP one folder/[D]irectory

Folders which don't contain any images will be skipped until MMP finds a folder which does!

Thumbnails

Control Action
[T] show a page of thumbnails starting with the current image
Shift [↑] up arrow increase the size of the thumbnails
Shift [↓] down arrow decrease the size of the thumbnails
[M] resize the window to show the maximum of rows which fit your screen
left click click on a thumbnail to view the full image

Resizing the Thumbnails Page

When showing a page of thumbnails, you can resize the window to show more thumbnails per row

  • you can resize either by grabbing the window border and dragging or by using [G] and Ctrl-[G]
  • this will cause MMP to immediately refresh the thumbnails to draw as many per row as possible, and as many columns as possible
  • because of this redrawing, it is preferable to not resize by dragging the window border
  • [G] will recalculate the window size required to accommodate another column and another row of thumbnails
  • Ctrl-[G] will recalculate the window size required to reduce the display by one column and one row of thumbnails
  • resizing the window and redrawing the thumbnails is quicker this way
  • once you have reached the maximum number of rows (with [M] or [G]), subsequently pressing [G] will expand the number of columns width-ways until the maximum window size is reached

Adjust Image (Brightness, Contrast, Gamma, Saturation)
Help Page: Adjust Image

Control Action
[BACKSPACE] reset all image adjustments

Auto-Center
Help Page: Auto-Center

File Control (renaming and deleting files)
Help Page: File Control

Opening an Image in an External App
Help Page: External Apps

Panning / Scrolling the Image
Help Page: Panning

Rotation
Help Page: Rotation

Screenshots
Help Page: Screenshots

User-Defined Folders
Help Page: User-Defined Folders

Zoom
Help Page: Zoom

Slideshows
Help Page: Slideshows

Slideshow Controls

Control Action
[Spacebar] start or pause a slideshow - will loop to first image
Ctrl-[Spacebar] start (or pause) a slideshow in reverse order - will loop to last image
[/] increase slideshow speed by 100ms
[\] decrease slideshow speed by 100ms
right click pause/resume slideshow

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