Timeline
Timeline is the main view — a chronological grid of every photo in your library, grouped by day, with a sticky year header that follows the scroll.
Browsing
- Scroll in either direction. Thumbnails load as they enter the viewport, so even 250K-photo libraries scroll smoothly.
- Sticky year header at the top of the grid shows where you are.
- Day separators label each day’s photos. Empty days are collapsed.
- Hover a photo to see its filename and camera info as a quick tooltip.
- Photo stacks collapse conservative burst and duplicate groups into one timeline tile. The tile shows the suggested best photo and a stacked badge with the number of photos in the group.
Keyboard
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| ↑ ↓ ← → | Move highlight between thumbnails |
| Enter | Open the highlighted photo in the viewer |
| Space | Toggle selection on the highlighted photo |
| Shift+click | Range-select |
| Ctrl/Cmd+click | Add to selection |
| PageUp / PageDown | Scroll a viewport |
| Home / End | Jump to start / end |
| / | Focus the search bar |
Selection actions
With one or more photos selected, the action bar at the bottom of the window offers:
- Add to album — pick an existing album or create a new one.
- Trash — soft-delete; restorable from the Trash view.
- Open as slideshow — fullscreen with arrow-key navigation.
Photo viewer
Click any photo to open the viewer. Within it:
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| ← / → | Previous / next photo |
| Esc | Back to gallery |
| I | Toggle the info panel (EXIF, location, people) |
| + / − | Zoom in / out |
| 0 | Fit to screen |
| 1 | Actual size (1:1 pixel) |
| [ / ] | Rotate left / right |
| F | Toggle fullscreen |
The info panel (toggled with I) shows EXIF metadata, detected people, GPS location with a small map preview, and the file path on disk.
If the current photo belongs to a stack, the toolbar shows a small stack button. Opening it reveals the other photos in that stack without changing normal timeline navigation: ← and → still move to the previous or next visible timeline photo. The stack tray lets you browse members, mark a different best photo, remove a member from the stack, unstack the group, or move all non-best members to Trash.
Thumbnail size
Three sizes, switched in Settings → Appearance → Thumbnail size:
- Compact — denser grid, more photos per row.
- Default — balanced.
- Large — fewer per row, more detail per thumbnail.
See also
- Search — jump to specific dates, people, or places
- Memories — the “N years ago today” banner
- Keyboard shortcuts — full list