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# 8.2 Full Screen

GQview allows for the image pane to be expanded to fill the entire screen, this is referred to as full screen.

Turning on full screen

Full screen can be activated in a number of ways:

- From the menu bar - open the View menu and select Full screen.

- From the keyboard - press the F key to toggle full screen.

- From a context menu - right click an image pane, and select Full screen.

Turning off full screen

To return to the normal view:

- From the keyboard - press the F or [Escape] key to stop full screen.

- From a context menu - right click the image pane, and select Exit full screen.

- From the menu bar - the menu bar may be visible when using multiple monitors, open the View menu and select Full screen.

Configuring full screen

Full screen behavior and location can be adjusted on the Advanced tab of the options dialog.

Size and location: This can be changed using Full screen size option, this can be used to select the monitor to use in a multiple monitor configuration.

Full screen ignores window manager: By default, GQview will manage it's own full screen window and take exclusive control of the keyboard and mouse. This can cause problems in several situations as the window manager does not have a chance to properly do it's job.

Disable this to let the Window Manager control the full screen window. Also, GQview will not grab the keyboard and mouse allowing full screen to cooperate with multiple monitor configurations.

Smooth image flip in full screen: This option delays the image change until the next image is entirely decoded into memory, the result is a smoother transition between images.

Disable screen saver in full screen: This option will execute xscreensaver-command --deactivate once per minute to avoid the screen saver from activating.

Navigation

The usual image navigation controls are available when in full screen, these are the commands available:

Keyboard | Mouse | Description
F, V, Escape | Context menu | Turn off full screen.
Image Navigation |  |
PageDown | Left Click on image view Mouse Wheel down (*) | Change to next image.
PageUp | Middle Click on image view Mouse Wheel up (*) | Change to previous image.
Home |  | Change to first image.
End |  | Change to last image.
Image panning (image has keyboard focus) |
Arrow Keys | Left Drag on image view [Shift] + Mouse Wheel (*) | Pan image.
[Shift] + Arrow Keys |  | Pan Image faster.
SpaceBar |  | Change to next image.
Backspace |  | Change to previous image.

(*) Default Mouse wheel functions, can be altered by changing the Mouse wheel scrolls image option.

Several other standard controls are also available through the keyboard and context menu:

Function | Difference from normal view
Copy, Move, Rename | Full screen will turn off prior to activating the function. (*)
Delete | Full screen will turn off prior to delete confirmation (*), however if delete confirmation is disabled on the Advanced options, full screen will not be effected.
External edit commands ([Control] + 1 ... 0, context menu) | Full screen will turn off prior to activating the function.
Open image properties window ([Control] + P, context menu) | Full screen will turn off prior to activating the function. (*)
Image rotation, mirror, and flip | same
Zoom controls | same
Slide show controls (S, P, context menu) | same
Quit with [Control] + Q | same

(*) Full screen will be maintained if the Full screen ignores window manager option is disabled.

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