View iPhoto slideshows in a window

Nov 18, '03 10:14:00AM

Contributed by: Anonymous

I always hit the play button so iPhoto 2.0 runs a slideshow of the selected album. It displays the images in fullscreen mode. The other day, I accidentally hit the play button with my mouse while holding down the Control key. Now the slideshow appeared in a window instead which can be useful is certain situations.

I don't know if the is common knowledge for others, but it's news to me!

[robg adds: Amazing! I've wanted this in iPhoto since the first time I used it -- I seldom want a full-screen slideshow (that's what the screensaver and/or desktop imagery are for). In playing around with this feature, I found that the window that opens is resizable -- just grab the corner and pull (or push -- you can make postage-stamp size slideshows with nicely scaled images!). The resize feature is a bit buggy; after resizing, close and re-open the slideshow window, and all the images will be properly sized. I wish I could re-map the button to always send a control-click!]

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