Enhancement request: slideshow in resizeable window mode

[k939kk]

Thank you for this great and nifty software. I discovered this gem while looking for a substitute for xee2.2

Suggest a few improvements with reference to this closed issue:
#12

1. The window should resize "automatically" to the image displayed.
   Currently the window is larger than the images opened with black filler. When we scroll through the images, the window should keep automatically resizing so as to fit the image. In this new behavior, images should fill the window.

2. An option to start Phoenix slides in the above mode.
   Right now, when i double click an image it will start the slide in full-screen. No option to start a slideshow in window mode. This new option (checkbox) may be added in Preferences:Slideshow > when opening files from the finder >start slideshow > "Open in window mode"

3. When opening any file from the finder, NOT to show the separate browser window.

Thank you again.

[gobbledegook]

I'm not convinced (1) is good user interface. Also, what would the expected behavior when the image is larger than the screen? Would you want the window to expand to fill as much of the screen as possible?

[mscuthbert]

Other views that have this feature (Ifranview on windows; abacus's Image Viewer) limit so that if the image is larger the size of the screen then it's shown in the largest window that can fit, and then the "Show Large Images at Actual Size" setting kicks in. It's a nice feature when scrolling through folders that have lots of small images -- takes as little screen space as possible.

[k939kk]

I'm not convinced (1) is good user interface. Also, what would the expected behavior when the image is larger than the screen? Would you want the window to expand to fill as much of the screen as possible?

When I am going through a lot of images where there are lots of small and medium images it is a great ux/feature to have as it takes just the optimal screen space (same height and width as image).
When image is larger than screen size, it will follow the current behavior of showing in the largest window it can fit -with the change: window size aspect ratio should be same as of image.

[ylluminate]

Two remarks:

• @gobbledegook I think agree with you in respect to the size, I think we should simply have a static size option so that the window always appears at the same size. I believe this is already perhaps possible via:
  

• secondly, it is very important to be able to open a slideshow in a window mode vs fullscreen. I have had trouble with Preview.app being used as the universal viewing app on macOS for many years now and decided to, instead of griping to Apple about some issues and coping with some heavy use scenarios with many Preview windows open with any preview due to needing to retain context for some research, that it would be easier to move to a fast new image-only preview option. Phoenix Slides seems to match this need very well, except for the fullscreen being used every time without a preferences/settings option to allow it to always open in window mode.

Thus, I would request, please give us a "Open in Window Mode (not Fullscreen)" option in the app Settings.