12-30-2018, 10:22 AM
Quote:..When I used 2.8.x any image I opened was zoomed to "fit" the available window. From the View menu is an option to do this same thing View > Zoom > Fit Image in Window. My recollection is this was the default GIMP behaviour in 2.8.x. It is not the default now
It is the same setting in gimprc for 2.8 and 2.10 (initial-zoom-to-fit yes) which is the default value. Maybe the code has changed or maybe a bug. Trying to edit anything in Windows with notepad is a PITA so gave up. A new day, back to old techniques.
A possible workaround.
Open Gimp 2.10 & size it up to your usual requirements. Determine the largest canvas that will open from the rulers. Make a new canvas that size. Now open one of your large images. Does the edge of Gimp go off the monitor? If it does back to the drawing board.
If it does not, then you can automate that blank image to start with Gimp. This screen shot the opposite of your situation, A small Windows 10 Virtual machine. Save the blank image somewhere, add the path to the image at the end of the Gimp shortcut. https://i.imgur.com/CUPfpFp.jpg
That has always worked here but no guarantee elsewhere. https://i.imgur.com/87VZUuB.jpg
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A matter of usage philosophy but for a long time, first thing I do is set Gimp up the way I want it to open.
Then (Gimp 2.10) untick the three save on exit options tool options and input devices for the tool box set-up and window management for the overall gimp size and of course use save options now for each.
A more recent addition is setting a keyboard shortcut for View -> Zoom -> Fit Image in Window which by default is not assigned.