Viewer working as viewer pane (autoloading)

Is it possible to make the external viewer load pictures automatically (just like viewer pane does)?

I am using the viewer, as the pane is too small and I can position the external viewer window on my second monitor... However, to use it I have to select all the pictures to view, which is not convenient.

Preferences -> Viewer -> Standalone Viewer -> Generate Next/Previous list automatically on double-click.

This, however, requires associating the files with the viewer, does it not?
I'd rather have the standalone viewer to display just the selected file...

I don't think it does. Give it a try. :slight_smile:

"Does it not" was really a question tag, not a question. I did check it out before asking... Unless I'm missing something obvious...

From the start: I have a directory with various files (pdfs, jpgs, unknown, etc.) I want to check quickly. I might select every one of them and use the standalone viewer button (or a shortcut), which I do not find too convenient. Mind you that if I do that, the Next/Previous list is not generated automatically, which is not surprising as there was no double click anywhere.

When I double-click the file, naturally the associated application starts (which I would like, of course, to avoid). The standalone viewer and the Next/Previous list do not get updated.

What am I doing wrong?

I see what you mean.

I don't know if the Show command's behaviour is a bug or not but there is a workaround.

Create a button (or hotkey) which runs this command:

FileType ACTION=dblclk

If you select some files and then run this button it will act as if they had been double-clicked, as a group. Assuming Opus is set to use the viewer on double-click the result is that a viewer will open with just the selected files in its next/prev list.

I'm not sure if there's a way to make it work if you don't want the viewer to handle double-clicks, though. Perhaps one of the other actions could be made to do the same but I'm not sure.