Behavior Options

Prompts for confirmation before deleting files.

Prompts for confirmation before moving files to the trash bin.

Disable this to disassociate the delete file function from the Delete key.

If Confirm file delete , above, is disabled, accidentally hitting the Delete can result in files being erroneously deleted without warning. Disabling the Delete key will prevent this. The Ctrl + D key sequence is not affected.

Moves deleted files to a temporary folder, for easy retrieval of deleted files. Files in the temporary folder are retained until the maximum size is reached, at which point deleting additional files will result in the removal of the oldest files to reclaim the space needed for the new files.

Moves deleted files to the system-defined trash bin.

The location of the folder used by the Safe Delete feature.

The size to use for the Safe Delete folder, in megabytes. Note that setting this value to 0 (zero) will disable any limit.

Removes all files contained in the Safe Delete folder.

Changes the Geeqie main window to display the contents of the Safe Delete folder.

This will allow Geeqie to read sub folder content to determine if it should display expander indicators in the folder tree view.

When renaming a single file, this will allow the rename entry to appear directly over the original filename.

If selected, a single click will enter a directory, rather than the GTK+ default of a double click.

If selected, when traversing a list of selected images using Next or Previous Image, when the last or first image is encountered the focus moves to the beginning or end of the list. When deselected, focus will go no further than the start or end of the list.

Save all marks that have been set. Note that marks that are linked to a keyword will always be saved irrespective of this setting.

Move the "With Rename" button to the default position.

If this option is set, an image can be inserted into a Collection any number of times.

Open collection windows with "Always on Top" set.

When alt-tabbing, prevent Geeqie window showing twice.

Hide Overlay Screen Display in fullscreen mode.

This is the maximum number of entries to be displayed in the recent open folder list drop-down box.

The last image viewed in a folder is stored in a list. This value is the maximum number of entries in the list. When a folder is subsequently re-opened, focus moves to the last image viewed in that folder.

This is the width and height of the icon generated from image and displayed when doing drag and drop actions. High resolution screens may require to increase this number.

When using drag and drop to copy or move files, the default action is to use a pop-up menu to permit you to select which action is to be taken. This option allows you to set the default action to either Copy or Move.

This option determines which clipboard selection is used for the "Copy path" menu item. The exact method of the paste operation will depend on the operating system, but in general will be:

This will cause image panning speed to gradually accelerate when holding down the keyboard arrows.

Defines the amount to pan an image when using the keyboard arrows.

The default is for the mouse wheel to change the image, and to scroll the image when Shift is used in combination with the wheel. Enabling this swaps the behavior so that operating the wheel will scroll the image, and holding down Shift will change the image.

If selected, mouse left-click will select the next image; mouse middle-click will select the previous image.

If selected, mouse left-click on an image belonging to the archive class will decompress the file contents and display them in a new Geeqie window.

If selected, mouse left-click on an image belonging to the video class will start a program chosen in a box below.

Some mice have additional buttons designated Back/Forward (mouse buttons 8 and 9). You may allocate any menu item to either of these buttons.

Displayed when compiled with the option --enable-debug-log. This defines the verbosity of debug info sent to console and log window (0 disables the debug output).

The maximum number of data lines to be displayed. The window will show the most recent data.