<p>Click the <gui>Open Files…</gui> button, the <gui style="menuitem">Open…</gui> menu item, or press <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>O</key></keyseq>. The <gui>Open Image</gui> file dialog will appear.</p>
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<p>Select the image you want to open, then click <gui>Open</gui>.</p>
<p>If Image Viewer is not your default image viewer, you will need to select <gui>Open With…</gui> or similar in the file manager, and pick Image Viewer.</p>
<p>In the source application, begin dragging the image.</p>
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<p>Drag the image over the Loupe main window. A blue highlighted area should appear.</p>
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<p>Drop the image while it's still hovered over the main window.</p>
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</steps>
</section>
</section>
<section>
<title>Browsing</title>
<p>When opening an image from the file chooser or file manager, Loupe will load other files
in the parent directory of the image and sort them in alphabetical order. Users can
browse the other images in the directory with the <gui>Previous Image</gui> (<media type="image" src="figures/go-previous-symbolic.svg">go-previous-symbolic</media>)
and <gui>Next Image</gui> (<media type="image" src="figures/go-next-symbolic.svg">go-next-symbolic</media>) buttons.
Keyboard users can also use the following shortcuts:</p>
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<p><key>→</key> to go to the next image.</p>
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<p><key>←</key> to go to the previous image.</p>
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<p><key>Home</key> to jump to the first image in the directory.</p>
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<p><key>End</key> to jump to the last image in the directory.</p>