Is there a way to quickly have a single image full preview in the lighttable?

[lilygthb]

EDIT: After many suggestions I have a proposal:
Allow to set a shortcut to instantly set the number of columns in the lighttable. This solution combines the easyness of a single stroke to browse the collection at full size with the new lighttable paradigm of Ansel:

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I like the redesign of the lighttable and I think the new culling mode is more efficient.

However, I often need a fast way to preview images 1 at the time, basically what is described here (from Chantal)

Of course it should be a preview of the selected image, not the hovered on one. It should be a toggle, to quicly return to the previous state of the lighttable, for example a 6 columns arrangement.

At the moment to do so I need to reduce the columns to 1 then increase the zoom to fit. Browse the pictures, then increas again the columns to whatever setting was confortable to quicly scroll through the collection.

Am I missing something, is it already possible to do so?

[sahlirc]

Yes, you can select your image and restrict to selection. Right now the corresponding shortcut (Ctrl+S) unfortunately does not work. Clicking on restrict to selection again brings you back to the lighttable. It keeps the image with the left hand panel though. So it is not strictly a "W" equivalent, which I would like to find back.

[lilygthb]

thanks, I tried this workaround but the problem with it is that you are locked to that single image. Viewing a second (third...) image means disabling restrict to selection, select the next image, restrict again etc...
This means you are tripling the clicks to just view images at "fullscreen".

This applies every time you want to browse your collection of pictures, without opening the darkroom.

[olliwa-ifi]

what about right clic on image then 'open in preview mode...' ?

[lilygthb]

I think that is more useful to compare images, unfortunately the preview window is limited to the selected image and does not browse.
It's also a distraction in my opinion. A single stroke toggle is way better...

[maesejofial]

what about right clic on image then 'open in preview mode...' ?

That's right, but he wants to keep previewing the rest of the images in the collection, and that's more convenient the way I use it. At least for me.

[maesejofial]

What I do when I want to restrict the light table preview to a single image:
I select the collection I want to view one by one.
I restrict the columns to "1".
I use the arrow keys to navigate through each image in the collection.
There's probably an easier way, but this solution works for me. Good luck.

[lilygthb]

At the moment I do the same, but it's way too many steps. It's not a matter of ease but more of a friction/speed issue. A single stroke toggle is a better alternative, but I understand there are more urgent issues in this early stge of the software.

[sahlirc]

Try the slideshow view. It has some quircks but you will find your way on using it.

[lilygthb]

thanks, I tried it, but as of now it's better to just change the columns to 1. The slideshows has no control, no zoom. You can only go forward.
The lighttable in 1 column has all of that.

[lilygthb]

to anyone involved in the development I cannot code but I think the easiest solution would be to be able to assign a shortcut to rapidly set the number of columns.