Confirm before delete - Asks you before deleting each image
Stretch smaller images to fit - Images smaller than GAPS window will be scaled up to fill as much
of the window as possible without being distorted. (Same as the Toggle Zoom toolbar option.)
Show dupe status on sorting buttons - When enabled, the sorting buttons above GAPS' file list will change
colors to indicate if an image with the same filename as the current image is present in each of the folders
assigned to the keypad buttons. Yellow means that a file with the same name but different contents is present
in the folder represented by the button. Red means that a file with the same name and exact same contents is
already present. Grey (standard button color) means no matching filename is present.
Show image dimensions & file size in list - In addition to the filenames in GAPS' file list, the size in bytes
and image dimensions in pixels will be shown. This additional information is only shown if the details for an image are loaded.
Number of Undo's - In order to speed up sorting and to allow you to correct mistakes, GAPS doesn't actually move
any files on disk until their entry in the undo buffer is flushed. The buffer is flushed automatically when you open
a new folder, when you choose the "Save all Caches to Disk" menu option, or when you quit GAPS. The undo buffer will
hold at least this many entries. When the buffer grows beyond this size, older entries are committed to disk
in a background process which wakes up a few times per minute. Once move/delete operations are flush out of the buffer,
the files are actually moved or deleted on disk.
Show button-assigned actions on detached panel - When you select the Window->Sorting Panel menu option, an
always-on-top panel of sorting actions is displayed. This option controls whether actions which are assigned to keypad
buttons are shown on that panel. Keypad actions are shown at the top of the sorting drawer anyways, so setting this
option to No may save some space on your screen.
Initial source folder - When GAPS is launched, it will either open the folder that was opened when it was last
quit OR always open one specific folder as specified here.
Sorting actions are the heart of GAPS, and as such deserve their own section. See below.
Display thumbnails in DupeFinder results - Thumbnails can help you confirm that images are indeed duplicates,
but they also slow down DupeFinder's display. Choosing No here can speed things up a bit if you have lots
of duplicates.
Thumbnail size - The size in pixels of thumbnails on DupeFinder's Confirm Deletions tab.
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
Action - The name of the sorting action assigned. See below for a list of
possibilities.
Destination - For the Move to Folder action, the folder to which images will be moved. You need
to enter a Unix style path (using forward slashes). The path to your Pictures folder would be
/Users//Pictures/
Key - The name of the keyboard key to which the action is assigned
Button - The button in the sorting drawer to which the action is mapped
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
Move to Folder - Move the current image to the specified folder.
Delete Image - Delete the current image
Goto Next Image - Navigate to the next image in the list
Goto Previous Image - Navigate to the previous image in the list
Toggle Shuffle Mode - Switch between shuffle and alphabetical listing of images
Toggle Slideshow - Toggle the slide show
Reshuffle Images - When in shuffle mode, re-shuffle the images into a new random order
Rename Duplicate -
Delete Duplicate -
Abort Duplicate -
Overwrite Duplicate -
Jump to Random Image - Jump to a random image in the file list
Slow Down Slideshow - Increase the delay between slide show images
Speed Up Slideshow - Decrease the delay between slide show images
Hide GAPS - Hide all GAPS windows -- the "Boss" key
Toggle Drawer - Open or close the sorting drawer
Undo Last Action - Undo the last move or delete action
Zoom In - Zoom in on the center of the current image
Zoom Out - Zoom back out
Zoom Default - Zoom all the way out to the original view
Toggle Fullscreen - Enter or leave full screen mode
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:
"Numeric Keypad" is intended for users with 100+ key keyboards and dedicated keypads (not laptops).
Keypad keys Zero to Nine, slash, asterisk, and minus are used for sorting destinations. The Numlock/clear key
jumps to a random image. Plus goes to the previous image, Enter goes to the next image, and period/Del deletes
the selected image(s).
"Left Side of Keyboard" is designed for laptop users or other keyboards that lack a specialized numeric
keypad. The four by four rectangle of keys from '1' to 'V' is used.
For both default sets of key mappings, the following additional keys are defined: