Image Viewer

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Download:

Windows version is available at the Microsoft Store.

Feature:

Multiple viewing styles: 1. Normal window view, 2. “Windowless” view with slideshow, and 3. Fullscreen view with slideshow.
Full keyboard and mouse playback control.
Configurable options with command line parameters and popup menus.
Supports multiple moniters.

Usage:

Image Viewer can be launched by (1) double clicking the executable and selecting image files or (2) selecting image files or folders in the explorer, and using “send to” feature in Windows explorer (create “shortcut” file and place it to “shell:sendto” folder) or (3) command-line.

Screenshots:

Normal View (on Windows)

Normal View (on Ubuntu)

Normal View (on macOS)

Windowless View (with slideshow) on Windows 10

Windowless View (with slideshow) on macOS

Command-line options:

Image Viewer can be also launched via command-line, meaning other applications or scripts can launch Image Viewer with following options.

Slideshow interval in seconds (default 4 seconds):
-i 4 or --interval=4
Slideshow random (default on):
-r on or --random=on
-r off or --random=off
Slideshow repeat (default on):
-e on or --repeat=on
-e off or --repeat=off
Slideshow start fullscreen (default off):
-f on or --fullscreen=on
-f off or --fullscreen=off
Slideshow transitional effect (default on):
-t on or --effect=on
-t off or --effect=off
Picture stretch In (fit to window/screen when the size is bigger than window/screen. default on):
-n on or --stretchIn=on
-n off or --stretchIn=off
Picture stretch Out (fit to window/screen when the size is smaller than window/screen. default off):
-o on or --stretchOut=on
-o off or --stretchOut=off
Load pictures in the sub folders as well when manually open a picture (default on):
-u on or --includSubFolders=on
-u off or --includSubFolders=off
Specify a moniter to show fullscreen slideshow (default 0 is the main moniter):
-m 1 or --moniter=1
Specify window should stay on top (default off):
-y on or --stayOnTop=on
-y off or --stayOnTop=off
Help shows About dialog.
-h or --help

Command-line Useage example:

$ ImageViewer -i 2 -f on -o on -e off C:Users<USER>PicturesWallpapers

Compiled and tested on:

Windows 10 (64bit): Lazarus 1.8.0 r56594 FPC 3.0.4 x86_64-win64-win32/win64
Ubuntu 17.10 (64bit): Lazarus 1.8.0 rc4+dfsg-1 FPC 3.0.2 x86_64-linux-gtk2
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (64bit): Lazarus 1.9.0 trunk, FPC 3.0.4
macOS 10.13.3 (64bit) High Sierra: Lazarus 1.8.0 rexported FPC 3.0.4 i386-darwin-carbon
macOS 10.11.6 (64bit) El Capitan: Lazarus 1.9.0 carbon trunk, FPC 3.0.4

All products work on XP, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8.x and Windows 10

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