An overview of the full screen interface of Gwenview.
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<para>Gwenview features two modes: browse and view. In versions prior to 2.9 only the view mode had also a full screen interface. In Gwenview 2.9 a full screen interface was added for the browse mode too.</para>
<para>This tutorial will show you an overview of the full screen interface for browse and view modes. We will start by looking at the full screen browse mode, so browse to a folder with several images and, then, change to full screen.</para>
<para>To change to full screen you can click on the <interface>Full screen</interface> button in the <link url="widget:mainToolBar">tool bar</link>, or click on the <interface>View|Full screen mode</interface> menu item in the menu bar.</para>
<para>Gwenview features two modes: browse and view. In versions prior to 2.9 only the view mode had also a full screen interface. In Gwenview 2.9 a full screen interface was added for the browse mode too.</para>
<para>This tutorial will show you an overview of the full screen interface for browse and view modes. We will start by looking at the full screen browse mode so, first, change to browse mode.</para>
<para>You can change to browse mode from the start page by double clicking on any of your <link url="widget:mHistoryWidget">recent folders</link> or by single clicking on any of your <link url="widget:mPlacesTagsWidget">places</link>.</para>
<para>Gwenview features two modes: browse and view. In versions prior to 2.9 only the view mode had also a full screen interface. In Gwenview 2.9 a full screen interface was added for the browse mode too.</para>
<para>This tutorial will show you an overview of the full screen interface for browse and view modes. We will start by looking at the full screen browse mode so, first, change to browse mode.</para>
<para>You can change to browse mode from the view mode by clicking on the <interface>Browse</interface> button in the <link url="widget:mainToolBar">tool bar</link>, or by clicking on the <interface>View|Browse</interface> menu item in the menu bar.</para>
<para>Now browse to a folder with several images. Then, change to full screen.</para>
<para>To change to full screen you can click on the <interface>Full screen</interface> button in the <link url="widget:mainToolBar">tool bar</link>, or click on the <interface>View|Full screen mode</interface> menu item in the menu bar.</para>
<para>As you can see, the full screen interface for browse mode is pretty much the same as the normal interface. However, it does not have a menu bar, and neither a tool bar.</para>
<para>It does have, though, a <link url="widget:mStatusBarContainer">status bar</link>, so you can use it to <link url="widget:mToggleSideBarButton">show or hide the side bar</link>, or <link url="widget:mThumbnailSlider">change the size of the thumbnails</link>. It also contains a top bar with a few buttons and the <link url="widget:mUrlNavigatorContainer">navigation bar</link> showing the current folder path.</para>
<para>As the full screen interface for the browse mode is pretty much like its normal interface we will change now to the full screen view mode.</para>
<para>To change to the view mode, select an image and then click on the view mode button in the top bar (its icon is a single picture).</para>
<para>The full screen interface for the view mode differs a lot more from its normal interface. The full screen interface only contains the selected image (or images) and an <link url="widget:fullScreenBar">auto-hiding top bar</link> (move the cursor to the top of the screen and the bar will appear, move the cursor outside the bar and the bar will dissapear).</para>
<para>This full screen interface is designed to show a slideshow of your images. The slideshow (and other details of the full screen interface) can be configured clicking on the <interface>Configuration</interface> button in the top bar.</para>
<para>Now start the slideshow. To do this, just click on the <interface>Start slideshow</interface> button (its icon is a <emphasis>Play</emphasis> icon) in the top bar.</para>
<para>The slideshow starts from the current image and shows all the images in the current folder, stopping at the last one (unless you check the <interface>Loop</interface> option in the configuration, in which case it will go back to the first image and continue the slideshow). Depending on the interval set in the configuration the images will change faster or slower.</para>
<para>Stop the slideshow clicking on the same button in the top bar that you used to start it (this time its icon will have changed to a pause or stop icon).</para>
<para>Besides the automatic image change performed by the slideshow you can change the current image using the <interface>Previous</interface> and <interface>Next</interface> buttons in the top bar, or clicking on a specific image in the thumbnail list (which can be shown or hidden in the <interface>Configuration</interface>).</para>
<para>You can also change to full screen browse mode to select the image there. To do this, just click in the browse mode button in the top bar (its icon is a browser with several files).</para>
<para>After selecting the desired image you can go back to the full screen view mode like the first time, that is, clicking on the view mode button in the top bar.</para>
<para>Even if the full screen view mode shows the image fit to the screen size you can still zoom it in.</para>
<para>Click with the right mouse button in the image. Then, in the menu that pop ups, click on <interface>Zoom in</interface>.</para>
<para>Changing to the normal interface from the full screen interface is done in the same way in the view mode and in the browse mode. Just click in the <interface>Leave fullscreen</interface> button in the top bar.</para>
<para>And that is all. We have seen how to use the full screen interface for both the browse and view modes.</para>