README.md

Image Viewer

• Keyboard-only (no mouse) usage spoiler
• How to build
• Command line usage
• Tray menu usage
• Global keys
• Local (window focused) keys
• Explorer keys
• Docked view
• Open menu (Right click or o)

Keyboard-only (no mouse) usage spoiler

How to build

1. Run compile_ocr.bat. This is only required to compile the managed code shared library loaded dynamically by Copy as Text.
   1. You need dotnet-cli and tessdata v3.0.2 language model files from Tesseract-OCR.
2. Run compile_image.bat.

Command line usage

Open image.

image.exe "C:\Users\langh\Pictures\Wallpapers\blue.jpg"

Open all images in Screenshots folder and save as session.

image.exe "C:\Users\langh\Pictures\Screenshots"

Open last saved session.

image.exe s

Capture image region.

image.exe r

Capture window image.

image.exe w

Open last image or clipboard.

image.exe

Hint: For each of these options you can create a shortcut on your desktop and then assign it a shortcut key.

Tray menu usage

Menu	Action
Save As...	Save image file.
Save Session As...	Save session file.
Copy as File	Copy image as file to paste in explorer.
Copy as Image	Copy image to clipboard.
Copy as HTML	Copy html decoded image.
Copy as Markdown	Copy markdown image syntax with the image path.
Copy as Latex	Copy markdown includegraphics command with the image path.
Copy as Text	Copy text from image using OCR.
Open Folder	Open image folder.

Global keys

Hotkey	Action
+#s	Select area for screenshot.
^#c	Screenshot of current window.
#|	Activate window.
!|	Restore all windows.

Local (window focused) keys

Hotkey	Action
Esc	Exit application.
F5	Reload image.
o	Show tray menu.
^o	Open current folder.
f	Toggle fullscreen.
r	Reset position and aspect ratio.
!#-	Decrease size and dock to bottom.
-	Decrease size.
!#+	Increase size and dock to bottom.
+	Increase size.
^c	Copy to last destination.
^s	Save to last destination.
^!s	Save to secondary destination.
^r	Reload window.
^m	Minimize all instances.
m	Minimize current instance.
Left	Select left instance excluding minimized ones.
Right	Select right instance excluding minimized ones.
+Left	Select left instance.
+Right	Select right instance.
!Left	Move left.
!Right	Move right.
!Up	Move up.
!Down	Move down.
q	Remove current file from Y stack.
!#q	Close all instances.
!#^q	Close all other instances except the current one.
|	Activate previous document.
r, w or h	Reset position and load original size.
a	Reset aspect ratio using width.
z	Reset aspect ratio using height.
x	Dock X position.
y	Dock Y position.
^y	Dock Y position using stack distance.
+y	Remove all windows from Y stack.
t	Toggle transparency.
^x	Cut image file from location.
F2	Rename image.

Explorer keys

Hotkey	Action
^F2	Rename image to current datetime and preserve settings.
^F7	Open folder as session.

Docked view

Open menu (Right click or o)