---
name: "geeqie-gps"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "geeqie-gps"
version: "1:1.0-7"
release: "Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/geeqie"
---

# geeqie-gps(1)

GTK based multiformat image viewer

Part of [geeqie(1)](/geeqie/1.md).

## NAME

Geeqie - GTK based multiformat image viewer

## SYNOPSIS

**geeqie** \[*options*\] \[*path*\]\

## DESCRIPTION

**Geeqie** is an interactive GTK based image viewer that supports multiple image formats, zooming, panning, thumbnails and sorting images into collections.

## OPTIONS

- \+t,--with-tools

  **Force the toolbox to be shown.**\

- \-t,--without-tools

  **Force the toolbox to be hidden.**\

- \-f,--fullscreen

  **Start in full screen mode.**\

- \-s,--slideshow

  **Start in slideshow mode.**\

- \-l,--list

  **Open collection window for command line files.**\

- \--debug

  **Turn on debugging output.**\

- \-v,--version

  **Print version.**\

- \-h,--help

  **Print command line options.**

## USAGE

Key naming is similar to that of [**emacs**(1)](/emacs/1.md): *C-key* indicates that control should be held, and key should be pressed; *S-key*  indicates that shift should be held and key should be pressed; these two can be combined, also, into *C-S-key*.

- left-mouse-click

  **(on image) next image**\

- middle-mouse-click

  **(on image) previous image**\

- right-mouse

  **context menu**\

- middle-mouse-drag

  **drag and drop operations**\

- mouse-wheel

  **(on image) Changes to the next or previous image, or if option is enabled, scrolls the image vertically.**\

- mouse-wheel+Shift-key

  **(on image) Inverts the mouse wheel behavior between scrolling image or changing image.**\

- mouse-wheel+Control-key

  **(on image) Zooms the image in and out.**\

### GENERAL KEYS

- PageDown

  **next image**\

- PageUp

  **previous image**\

- Home

  **first image in list**\

- End

  **last image in list**\

- Tab

  **tab completion in path entry window**\

- Escape

  **cancel completion in path entry window or stop generating thumbnails**\

### IMAGE KEYS

Keys that are valid when the image part of the window is focused.

- Arrows

  **pan image**\

- Shift+Arrows

  **pan image faster**\

- Space,N

  **next image**\

- Backspace,B

  **previous image**\

### FILE RELATED KEYS

- C

  **new empty collection**\

- O

  **open collection**\

- D

  **open the Find Duplicates window**\

- C-F

  **new folder**\

- C-C

  **copy file**\

- C-M

  **move file**\

- C-R

  **rename file**\

- C-D,Delete

  **delete file**\

- C-N

  **new window**\

- C-W

  **close window**\

- C-Q

  **quit**\

### EDIT MENU RELATED KEYS

- C-1,2..9,0

  **run external editor**\

- C-A

  **select all files**\

- C-S-A

  **unselect all files**\

- C-O

  **go to the Configuration window**\

- C-P

  **display image properties**\

- \]

  **rotate image clockwise**\

- \[

  **rotate image counterclockwise**\

- S-R

  **rotate image 180 degrees**\

- S-M

  **mirror image (horizontal)**\

- S-F

  **flip image (vertical)**\

### VIEW MENU RELATED KEYS

- \+,=

  **zoom in**\

- \-

  **zoom out**\

- Z,KeyPad-/

  **zoom to original size**\

- X,KeyPad-\*

  **zoom to fit window**\

- 1,2,3,4

  **zoom in to X scale factor**\

- 9,8,7

  **zoom to -2, -3, -4, respectively**\

- T

  **toggle thumbnail display**\

- C-L

  **display files in list format**\

- C-I

  **display files in icon format**\

- C-T

  **toggle tree view for directories**\

- R

  **refresh file list**\

- L

  **toggle floating of file selection area**\

- H

  **toggle hiding of file selection area**\

- F,V

  **toggle full-screen mode**\

- S

  **toggle slide-show mode**\

- P

  **toggle pause of slideshow**\

- C-E

  **toggle display of exif sidebar**\

- C-S

  **toggle display of sort manager**\

### COLLECTION WINDOW KEYS

- Arrows

  **move selection**\

- Shift+Arrows

  **select multiple images**\

- Control+Arrows

  **move selector without changing selection**\

- Space

  **select the image under the selector**\

- Control+Space

  **toggle selection of the image under the selector**\

- Home

  **move selector to the top image**\

- End

  **move selector to bottom image**\
   Adding Shift or Control to Home and End has a similar effect as adding them to the arrows.

- C-A

  **select all images**\

- C-S-A

  **unselect all images**\

- Delete

  **remove image form collection (does not delete the file)**\

- C-L

  **add images to collection form main file list**\

- N

  **sort collection by name**\

- D

  **sort collection by date**\

- B

  **sort collection by file size**\

- P

  **sort collection by pathname**\

- I

  **sort collection by name numerically (\*)**\

- Enter

  **view image under selector in the main image window**\

- V

  **view image under selector in new window**\

- C-1,2..9,0

  **open selected image(s) in external editor**\

- S

  **save collection**\

- C-S

  **save collection as**\

- A

  **append current collection to existing collection**\

- C-C

  **copy selected files**\

- C-M

  **move selected files**\

- C-R

  **rename selected files**\

- C-D

  **delete selected files**\

- C-W

  **close window**\

### DUPLICATES WINDOW KEYS

- C-A

  **select all images**\

- C-S-A

  **unselect all images**\

- 1

  **select group 1 images**\

- 2

  **select group 2 images**\

- C-L

  **add images from main window file list**\

- C

  **add selected images to new collection**\

- Delete

  **remove selected images from list**\

- C-Delete

  **clear window**\

- Enter

  **view image with focus in main window**\

- V

  **view image with focus in new window**\

- C-1,2..9,0

  **open selected image(s) in editor**\

- C-P

  **display properties window for selected images**\

- C-C

  **copy selected files**\

- C-M

  **move selected files**\

- C-R

  **rename selected files**\

- C-D

  **delete selected files**\

- C-W

  **close window**\

## LICENSE

Copyright (C) 1999-2004 by John Ellis. Use this software at your own risk!   This software released under the GNU General Public License. Please read the COPYING file for more information.

## BUGS

Please send bug reports and feedback to geeqie-devel@lists.sourceforge.net

## AUTHOR

**John Ellis** \<johne@verizon.net\>\
 Manpage originally prepared by **Nick Rusnov** \<nick@grawk.net\>
