NAME¶

sxiv - Simple (or small or suckless) X Image Viewer

SYNOPSIS¶

sxiv [-cdFfhpqrstvZ] [-g GEOMETRY] [-n NUM] [-z ZOOM] FILE...

DESCRIPTION¶

sxiv is a simple image viewer for X. It only has the most basic features required for fast image viewing. sxiv opens all named FILEs, or reads the names of the files to open from standard input, if only a single hyphen-minus (-) is given. sxiv has two modes of operation: image and thumbnail mode. The default is image mode, in which only the current image is shown. In thumbnail mode a grid of small previews is displayed, making it easy to choose an image to open. sxiv can also cache its thumbnails. Please see the section THUMBNAIL CACHING for information on how to enable this feature. Please note, that the fullscreen mode requires an EWMH/NetWM compliant window manager.

OPTIONS¶

-c

Remove all orphaned cache files from the thumbnail cache directory and exit.

-d

Scale all images to 100%, but fit large images into window.

-F

Make the window fixed/floating by setting the minimum and maximum width/height size-hints to the window width/height.

-f

Start in fullscreen mode.

-g GEOMETRY

Set window position and size. See section GEOMETRY SPECIFICATIONS of X(7) for more information on GEOMETRY.

-n NUM

Start at picture number NUM.

-h

Print brief usage information to standard output and exit.

-p

Pixelize images, i.e. turn off anti-aliasing.

-q

Be quiet, disable warnings to standard error stream.

-r

Search the given directories recursively for images to view.

-s

Scale all images to fit into window.

-t

Start in thumbnail mode.

-v

Print version information to standard output and exit.

-Z

The same as `-z 100'.

-z ZOOM

Scale all images to the current zoom level, use a zoom level of ZOOM at startup.

GENERAL KEYBOARD COMMANDS¶

The following keyboard commands are available in both image and thumbnail mode:

q

Quit sxiv.

Return

Switch to thumbnail mode / open selected image in image mode.

0-9

Prefix the next command with a number (denoted via count).

g

Go to the first image.

G

Go to the last image, or image number count.

f

Toggle fullscreen mode.

A

Toggle visibility of alpha-channel, i.e. image transparency.

r

Reload image.

D

Remove current image from file list and go to next image.

THUMBNAIL KEYBOARD COMMANDS¶

The following keyboard commands are only available in thumbnail mode:

h, Left

Move selection left.

j, Down

Move selection down.

k, Up

Move selection up.

l, Right

Move selection right.

Ctrl-j, Ctrl-Down

Scroll thumbnail grid one window height down.

Ctrl-k, Ctrl-Up

Scroll thumbnail grid one window height up.

IMAGE KEYBOARD COMMANDS¶

The following keyboard commands are only available in image mode:

Navigate image list¶

n, Space

Go count images forward.

p, Backspace

Go count images backward.

[

Go count * 10 images backward.

]

Go count * 10 images forward.

Handle multi-frame images¶

Ctrl-n

Go to the next frame of a multi-frame image.

Ctrl-p

Go to the previous frame of a multi-frame image.

Ctrl-Space

Play/pause animation of a multi-frame image.

Zooming¶

+

Zoom in.

-

Zoom out.

=

Set zoom level to 100%, or count%.

w

Set zoom level to fit image into window.

Panning¶

h, Left

Pan image 1/5 of window width or count pixel left.

j, Down

Pan image 1/5 of window height or count pixel down.

k, Up

Pan image 1/5 of window height or count pixel up.

l, Right

Pan image 1/5 of window width or count pixel right.

H

Pan to left image edge.

J

Pan to bottom image edge.

K

Pan to top image edge.

L

Pan to right image edge.

Ctrl-h, Ctrl-Left

Pan image one window width left.

Ctrl-j, Ctrl-Down

Pan image one window height down.

Ctrl-k, Ctrl-Up

Pan image one window height up.

Ctrl-l, Ctrl-Right

Pan image one window width right.

Rotation¶

<

Rotate image counter-clockwise by 90 degrees.

>

Rotate image clockwise by 90 degrees.

Slideshow¶

s

Toggle slideshow.

Ctrl-'-'

Decrease slideshow delay.

Ctrl-'+'

Increase slideshow delay.

Ctrl-'='

Reset slideshow delay to default value, or set it to count seconds.

Miscellaneous¶

a

Toggle anti-aliasing.

W

Resize window to fit image.

MOUSE COMMANDS¶

The following mouse mappings are available in image mode:

Navigate image list¶

Button1

Go to next image.

Button3

Go to the previous image.

Zooming¶

Ctrl+ScrollUp

Zoom in.

Ctrl+ScrollDown

Zoom out.

Panning/Moving¶

Button2

Drag the image with the mouse while keeping this button pressed down.

ScrollUp

Pan image up.

ScrollDown

Pan image down.

Shift+ScrollUp

Pan image left.

Shift+ScrollDown

Pan image right.

THUMBNAIL CACHING¶

To enable thumbnail caching, please make sure to create the directory ~/.sxiv/ with write permissions. sxiv will then store all thumbnails inside this directory, but it will not create this directory by itself. It rather uses the existance of this directory as an affirmation, that the user wants thumbnails to be cached. Use the command line option -c to keep the cache directory clean by removing all orphaned cache files. Additionally, run the following command afterwards inside the cache directory to remove empty subdirectories:

AUTHORS¶

Bert Muennich <ber.t at gmx.com>
Dave Reisner  <d at falconindy.com>
Fung SzeTat   <sthorde at gmail.com>

HOMEPAGE¶

http://github.com/muennich/sxiv

SEE ALSO¶

feh(1), qiv(1)