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# Menus

This section describes the functions of each item on the menu bar in the Geeqie main window.

## File Menu

New window
  Opens a new main window, with the initial path set to the current folder.
New collection
  Opens a new collection window, the new collection will be empty.
Open collection
  Displays a dialog to open a collection stored on disk, the selected collection will then appear in a new window.
Open recent
  This menu item lists the recently active collections, selecting an item from the list will open that collection in a new window. The most recent item will appear at the top of the list. Maximum number of entries can be modified through Open recent list maximum size option.
Search...
  Opens a new Search window.
Find duplicates...
  Opens a new Find Duplicates window.
Pan view
  Opens the pan view window.
Print..
  Opens a print dialog.
New folder...
  Creates a new folder in the current path.
Copy...
  Opens a dialog to select a destination to copy the currently selected files.
Move...
  Opens a dialog to select a destination to move currently selected files.
Rename...
  Renames the current file selection.
Delete...
  Deletes the current file selection.
Copy path
  Copy selected item path to clipboard. Enabled by Show "Copy path" menu item option.
Close window
  Closes the window containing the menu, if the window is the last main window Geeqie will quit.
Quit
  Quits the Geeqie application, if collections have been changed but not saved, the user will be prompted for confirmation.

## Go menu

First Image
  Goes tothe first image
Previous Image
  Goes to the previous image
Next Image
  Goes to the next image
Last Image
  Goes to the last image

## Select menu

Select all
  Selects all files in the current list
Select none
  Deselects all files
Invert Selection
  Inverts current selection
Show marks
  Displays marks in the file list
Mark n
  Opens submenu for manipulating mark n
  Toggle mark n
    Set or unset mark n on selected files
  Set mark n
    Set mark n on selected files
  Reset mark n
    Unset mark n on selected files
  Select mark n
    Selects all files having mark n set
  Add mark n
    Adds files having mark n set to selection
  Intersection with mark n
    Intersects current selection and mark n
  Unselect mark n
    Removes files having mark n set from current selection

## Edit menu

in <command name>...
  This will execute the external command associated with <command name>, these can be changed edited on the Editors tab of the Option dialog.
Adjust
  Rotate clockwise
    Rotates the current image clockwise 90 degrees, does not modify the file on disk.
  Rotate counterclockwise
    Rotates the current image counterclockwise 90 degrees, does not modify the file on disk.
  Rotate 180
    Rotates the current image 180 degrees, does not modify the file on disk.
  Mirror
    Swaps the left and right sides of the image so that the result is similar to that of looking at the image in a mirror, does not modify the file on disk.
  Flip
    Swaps the top and bottom sides of the image, does not modify the file on disk.
  Toggle grayscale
    Shows images converted to grayscale, does not modify files on disk. It is applied to all files until toggled again.
  Original state
    Removes all effects applied through the Adjust menu, reverting image to its original state.
Properties
  Opens a Properties Window for the currently selected files.
Preferences...
  Opens the Preferences Dialog for changing of user preferences.
Thumbnail maintenance
  Opens a dialog with utilities to manage cached thumbnails and keywords data.
Set as wallpaper
  Renders the current image to the root window (desktop). The resulting image will be tiled to fit the root window if zoom is not set to fit to window; when zoom is set to fit to window, the image will be scaled to fill the root window.

## View menu

View in new window
  Opens selected image in its own window
Zoom
  Zoom in
    Increases the zoom by one increment, resulting in a larger image.
  Zoom out
    Decreases the zoom by one increment, resulting in a smaller image.
  Zoom to fit
    Automatically adjusts the zoom so that the image will fit within the display pane. The effect on images with an original size smaller than the display pane can be changed with the Allow enlargement of image for zoom to fit option located on the Image tab of the preferences dialog.
  Fit Horizontally
    Adjusts the zoom so image height fit within the display pane.
  Fit Vertically
    Adjusts the zoom so image width fit within the display pane.
  Zoom n:m
    Set zoom to the n:m value. 1:1 is the original size of the image. When n is greater than m, zoom in occurs else zoom out occurs.
Connected zoom
  Actions in this menu are identical to those in Zoom menu, but apply to all images displayed in splitted view.
Split
  Horizontal
    Splits main image view in two horizontal panes.
  Vertical
    Splits main image view in two vertical panes.
  Quad
    Splits main image view in four panes.
  Single
    Reverts to normal view mode (one image).
Thumbnails
  Toggles the display of image thumbnails in the file list, this item is not available when the file list is in icon view mode. A check appears next to this item when thumbnails are enabled.
List
  Changes the file list to display files in list format.
Icons
  Changes the file list to display files as icons.
View Directory as
  List
    Set the folder view mode to list.
  Tree
    Set the folder view mode to tree.
Image Overlay
  Displays Image Overlay information box (OSD), use twice to add histogram to it.
Histogram channels
  Switches channels displayed in the histogram (red, green, blue, RGB, value, maximum value).
Histogram log mode
  Toggles between linear and logarithmical histogram.
Full screen
  Toggles the full screen window display.
Float file list
  Toggles the location of the menu bar, tool bar, status bar, and file lists between the main window and a second window. A check appears next to this item when the location is the second window.
Hide file list
  Toggles visibility of the menu bar, tool bar, status bar, and file lists.
Hide toolbar
  Toggles visibility of the tool bar. A check appears next to this item when the tool bar is not visible.
Keywords
  Toggles display of the Keywords sidebar.
Exif data
  Toggles display of the EXIF sidebar.
Sort manager
  Toggles display of the Sort Manager sidebar.
Toggle slideshow
  Begins or ends a slide show, the slide show status is displayed in the status bar.
Pause slideshow
  Pauses a slide show, the slide show status is displayed in the status bar.
Refresh
  Updates the contents of the folder and file lists to match what is currently on disk, the current image will also be reread from disk.

## Help menu

Contents
  Opens the Geeqie user manual in a new browser window.
Keyboard shortcuts
  Displays a window listing the default keyboard shortcuts.
Release notes
  Displays a window containing the release notes for the version of Geeqie in use.
About
  Opens a window containing the Geeqie version, credits, website, and email contact information.
Log window
  Opens the log window, mostly used for debugging purposes.

## Tear off menus

Menus can be permanently displayed by selecting the dotted line item at the top of each menu category. A tear off menu will behave the same as an ordinary window. To close a tear off menu, select the dotted line item at the top of the menu.

## Keyboard shortcuts

The keyboard sequence associated to each menu entry is listed within the main window menu bar. For reference, the complete list of default keyboard shortcuts can be found in section Keyboard Shortcuts.

## Changing the main window menu bar keyboard shortcuts

The keyboard shortcuts associated with the menu bar items can be changed by editing the accels file located in the Geeqie configuration folder while the Geeqie application is not running:

`($HOME)/.geeqie/accels`

To change a menu item, first find the line corresponding to the menu item to change. For example the File menu Quit line originally looks like this:

`; (gtk_accel_path "<main>/File/Quit" "<Control>q")`

To change this menu's keyboard shortcut, first remove the leading semicolon (;), removing the semicolon will tell Geeqie that this menu item has been customized. Then change the keyboard shortcut defined by the text in quotes at the end of the line, be sure to only change the text within the quotes; in this case the text “<control>q”. For example changing the shortcut associated with Quit to the Q key will result in this line:

`(gtk_accel_path "<main>/File/Quit" "q")`

Please note the removed semicolon and the change of “<control>q” to “q”, be careful not to change any of the other text on the line or Geeqie may ignore the customization. The keyboard modifiers and their respective text are listed below:

Key | Text to use in accels file
Shift | <shift>
Ctrl | <control>
Alt | <alt>

Modifiers can be combined, for example in the exit line above, the text would be “<control><shift>q” to set the exit shortcut to Ctrl + Shift + Q.

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