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GAPS Preferences



Sorting actions are the heart of GAPS, and as such deserve their own section. See below.



Sorting Actions — The Heart of GAPS

GAPS' sorting actions map keys on your keyboard to actions that GAPS will perform on your images. The most basic sorting action is the "Move to Folder." Other actions allow you to delete images, navigate through your collection and trigger other GAPS features. You setup sorting actions in GAPS preferences screen. While the sorting action configuration screen is a little complex, once you get the hang of it, you'll be able to customize nearly all of GAPS' behaviors.

Sorting Action Columns

About buttons and Keys

GAPS was originally designed to use ONLY the numeric keypad keys for sorting. It's since been enhanced to be able to use any key on your keyboard, but a few vestiges of the Old Way still remain. By default, the keys on the numeric keypad are mapped to the buttons at the top of GAPS' sorting drawer. As you can see, the shape of those on-screen buttons mirrors that of the numeric keypad. So as to avoid confusion, it's recommend that you keep the keypad to on-screen button mapping in place, but you're free to do what you want.

The on-screen buttons are the only sorting folders which provide color-coded duplicate indicators.

Possible Sorting Actions

Adding sorting actions

To add a new sorting action, click the 'plus' button immediately below the list of actions (all the way on the right). A new blank action will be added to the list. Choose what action you want from the drop-down list in the Action column. For the "Move to Folder" action, click in the Destination box and type the full path where images will be moved to. To assign a key on your keyboard, click in the Key box and press the desired key. To assign one of the keypad buttons at the top of GAPS' sorting drawer, choose the desired button from the Button drop-down.

You should assign at least a Key or a Button for each action or you won't be able to use it.

Action Sets

GAPS allows you to setup multiple sets or sorting actions and to switch between them. If you use GAPS for sorting different types of images, creating a sorting set for each type may make things easier.

To choose between sorting sets, select the desired set from the Current Set box. You may add or remove sorting sets by clicking the 'plus' or 'minus' button immediately to the right of the Current Set drop-down. When you add a new set, you'll be prompted to give it a name. Then you can add sorting actions as described above.

Two default sorting sets are included with GAPS:

For both default sets of key mappings, the following additional keys are defined:

KeyAction
Right ArrowSlow down slide show
Left ArrowSpeed up slide show
Down ArrowNext Image
Up ArrowPrevious Image
Delete (Backspace)Delete selected image(s)
Forward DeleteDelete selected image(s)
EscapeStart/Stop slide show
TabToggle Randomized/Sorted mode
Tilde / Back QuoteJump to a random image

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