Wasted space in page thumbnail view

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Loki@99
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Wasted space in page thumbnail view

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Hi,

There is a large wasted when displaying 3 pages thumbnails in a row with PDF-XChange Editor 10.2.1 build 385

Screenshot 2024-02-21 141431.png

My issue is that I have a 12 inch screen and it gives a bad user experience cause it takes a large space.

For your reference, as you can see there is no such issue with Foxit PDF Editor.

Screenshot 2024-02-21 141705.png

Thanks for investigating,
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Re: Wasted space in page thumbnail view

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Hello Loki@99,

Thanks for this post, however this has already been discussed recently here:
viewtopic.php?p=176170
There is an explanation of why the thumbnail previews are so large (and square), and we are not currently looking at changing that.

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Re: Wasted space in page thumbnail view

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Tracker Supp-Stefan wrote: Wed Feb 21, 2024 1:21 pm Hello Loki@99,

Thanks for this post, however this has already been discussed recently here:
viewtopic.php?p=176170
There is an explanation of why the thumbnail previews are so large (and square), and we are not currently looking at changing that.

Kind regards,
Stefan
Hi Stefan,

Thanks for your reply and explanation in the topic you mentionned.

Well, as you can see in Foxit PDF Editor, having different thumbnail size isn't that bad for the UI.

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As I said, rather than a simple UI improvement it has a real impact on productivity for small screen users.
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Re: Wasted space in page thumbnail view

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Hi, Loki@99

I think things are likely to remain as they are for now. I have asked the developers to consider it again, but with the best will in the world, there are a lot of higher priority items than need love and I suspect that even if they were to agree it would be at the bottom of a very long list...
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Re: Wasted space in page thumbnail view

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Hi, Paul - Tracker Supp

well this is why it is always better to ask. The devs have decided there is merit to the request and will do something to improve it.

As always, the ticket is for internal use only, and this is just a reference so we can look it's status up on request.
RT#6787: feature Request :: Editor :: Thumbnails Pane visual improvements.

I do not have an ETA yet for delivery of the feature, it will ultimately be at the development team's discretion.

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