The image pane can be set to automatically change the displayed image after a period of time, in Geeqie this is referred to as a slide show.
A slide show can be started in a number of ways:
From the menu bar - open the View menu and select Toggle slide show to toggle the slide show on or off .
An active slide show can be stopped by using the same functions available to start one, as they work like a toggle switch. If slide show repeat is not enabled in the options dialog, the slide show will stop when the last image in the sequence is displayed.
Any action that changes the image pane to a new image will stop the active slide show, with the exception of the methods discussed in Slide show sequence navigation.
The main window status bar can be used to determine when a slide show is active, Slide show will be displayed next to the file count field. An individual Image Window can also display a slide show, however the status will not be immediately visible. To determine the slide show status in an image window, open a context menu by right clicking or using the menu key, the slide show menu item will reflect the slide show status; if Start slide show is displayed, no slide show is active, conversely if Stop slide show is displayed a slide show is active.
When a Slide show is paused, the main window status bar will display Paused instead of Slide show. Likewise, the image context menu will display Pause slide show or Continue slide show, depending on the current state.
An active slide show can be paused in two ways:
From the keyboard - press the P key while a slide show is active.
From a context menu - right click the image pane displaying the slide show, and select Pause slide show, or Continue slide show depending on the current slide show state.
So far, the methods described are for slide shows in a main window, in an Image Window, the slide show will use all images referenced by that window.
The options that control the behavior of slide shows are located on the General tab of the options dialog.