Linux: feh Image Viewer Keyboard Shortcuts
feh is the best linux image viewer that allow random slide show of nested directories.
to install
sudo apt-get install feh
then, to view all images randomly at ~/Pictures
, do:
feh --recursive --randomize --auto-zoom --geometry 1600x1000 ~/Pictures
feh will do a slide show of all files in that dir.
--geometry 1600x1000
means set a fixed window size. (otherwise, window size changes with each image)
feh Keyboard Shortcuts
- mouse wheel up → previous image.
- mouse wheel down → next image.
- ← → previous image.
- → → next image.
- Backspace ⌫ → previous image.
- Space → next image.
- ↑ → zoom-in
- ↓ → zoom-out
- Home → first image.
- End → last image.
- PageUp → previous random image.
- PageDown → next random image.
- right click → menu options.
- Escape → exit.
Adding Action Key to Delete/Move Files
you can add a action to the key 0, by the argument --action command
. For example, to have 0 move the current image to trash, call it like this:
feh --recursive --action "gvfs-trash '%f'" ~/Pictures/ &
- the
gvfs-trash
is a command in Gnome desktop to move file to trash. - the
'%f'
means file path.
You can add more key actions. Keys 1 to 9 are available, corresponding to --action1
to --action9
.
For more detail, see man feh
.
See also: Linux: Image Viewers