#1436 PDFs opening in extra-wide window in Skim 1.6.6

[Derek Dreyer]

I tried upgrading today to Skim 1.6.6, and discovered that it now opens all my PDFs in extra-wide windows with big grey bars on the left and right of the PDF, often (though not always) taking up the whole screen. For reference, I have the Preferences set to open files in "Fit" at 168% size, which maximizes vertical window space for my monitor. I tried a bunch of other possible settings, but nothing fixed it. I am running on MacOS 11.6.

I have now reverted to 1.6.5, where this is not a problem, but I hope this can be fixed for future versions.

Thanks,
Derek Dreyer

[Christiaan Hofman]

This is fixed for the next release

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

I have the same issue in 1.6.6 on the M1, but also note that the

PDF ->Use Current View Setting as Default

does not work. Would the fix address that as well?

greetings, and thanks for all the work you put into this great program.

[Christiaan Hofman]

I cannot reproduce that, it is working as expected for me. And nothing has changed that could affect this. PDF view settings are completely unrelated to view layout issues (such as Fit). Have you tried setting the default view settings through the preferences?

[Christiaan Hofman]

Yes, I can reproduce the Fit problem in 1.6.6. Very strange, in development builds it works without problems.

[Christiaan Hofman]

It is even stranger. I also cannot reproduce it with a (development) release build. But with the released version, it does not work. Even though they use 100% identical code and identical build settings. I don't see how I can fix this if I cannot reproduce it when developing.

[Christiaan Hofman]

And even a signed release works without problem. Only a notarized release has a problem. makes no sense to me.

But anyway, a new fix that also works for notarized releases is added for the next release.