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elprice7345:
Can anyone tell me what determines the order of "stacked" images?

I have movies with extras that are grouped together (see the attached image).

I would like the main movie image to display on top of the stack.

In this example, Code 8 displays correctly, but Free Guy doesn't.

zybex:
The Stack Top is determined by which file you right-click on when selecting the 'Stack' command. So to fix the stack you need to first unstack, then select the files you want to stack, right-click on the one you want to be the top and select 'stack'.

The remaining files are added to the stack ordered by their fileKey. There are hidden fields called [Stack Top] and [Stack Files] that store this information, but AFAIK they cannot be changed directly.

elprice7345:
Thanks for the reply @zybex!

I just upgraded to MC29. Let me test with the new version and see if this addresses my question.

marko:

--- Quote from: zybex on March 09, 2022, 05:37:10 am ---The Stack Top is determined by which file you right-click on when selecting the 'Stack' command. So to fix the stack you need to first unstack, then select the files you want to stack, right-click on the one you want to be the top and select 'stack'.

The remaining files are added to the stack ordered by their fileKey. There are hidden fields called [Stack Top] and [Stack Files] that store this information, but AFAIK they cannot be changed directly.

--- End quote ---
You don't need to 'unstack'. You only need to expand the stack, right click on the one you want to be 'top' and from the menu, click on "Stacks > Set as Stack Top"

A couple of older stack related posts some might find useful:
Stacks Explained
A view for managing stacks

Now, with all that said, I do not think any of this will help elprice7345, because....
From the the screenshot in the first post, I think they are talking about the MC feature that displays "Fanned Thumbnails" which, as far as I am aware, is something we have no control over in Theater View, and can only be either on or off in standard view, via the view header menu.

-marko

markf2748:

--- Quote from: marko on March 12, 2022, 02:01:06 am ---From the the screenshot in the first post, I think they are talking about the MC feature that displays "Fanned Thumbnails" which, as far as I am aware, is something we have no control over in Theater View, and can only be either on or off in standard view, via the view header menu.
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Looks like "Fanned Thumbnails" to me as well.

When I hover my mouse over Fanned Thumbnails in a Standard View of image files or albums by artist for example, the fan cycles through the images.  Then quickly move the mouse off the fan at the image I want on top, and it sticks.  Seems to stick until the next time I hover.  The image order in the cycles agrees with the order in which the images are sorted in the view. 

However Theater View seems to behave differently - apparently no cycling when hovering mouse in Theater View.  Instead, my top image in Theater View is the same as top image I selected in the corresponding Standard View.  That may solve the OP's issue.

But maybe this also calls for a Feature Request (or option):  Make Fanned Thumbnails in Theater View behave same as in Standard View.

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