How to best navigate Travel Photo Base using Windows or Mac with mouse.
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There are two main types of TravelPhotoBase windows. Whenever a window has a caption below each thumbnail (a Theme Show), clicking the thumbnail image will open a photo frame window to view an enlarged version of the image. The enlarged photo frame viewer also contains other data about the image which is not on the theme page.
Whenever a theme description is to the left of a row of thumbnails, you are viewing a Navigation Index. Clicking either the theme name or a thumbnail opens the theme or a next level of index.

TravelPhotoBase has intuitive features we are able to provide via a computer with a mouse or mouse pad (e.g. a Windows PC or a Mac with a mouse). For example, for faster viewing (skimming), you can quickly enlarge a photo by simply pointing to it with the mouse cursor.
With a touch screen system you must click (touch) each image so there are more steps involved. For navigation help for an iPad or touch screen tablet, click here.

To start, you need to select a theme index either by country or subject or via a sitemap.

Skim the index till you find what you are looking for.
  • If you seek a particular word or phrase, use your web browser's find feature (usually invoked by the Ctrl+F keystroke combination) to search for the phrase within the page.
  • Most index and theme pages, have "See also" links to related subjects at the bottom of the page.
  • Some photo captions conclude with a More button pointing to indexes with additional images of the same subject (e.g. a museum's More link brings up a list of more photos of its building and exhibits.)
  • Be aware that some theme indexes have unclickable text which are there to supply perspective only (e.g. all state capitals are listed so you have a complete list, even though we lack some photos).

    Once you spot a photo of interest in the theme page, enlarge the photo either by mousing over it or by clicking to open the viewing frame.
  • Click on the thumbnail image (or on a caption in a caption listing).



  • Clicking a thumbnail enlarges the image in a viewing frame which has these features: the caption; copyright owner + date; TPB reference #; & a clickable list of all themes which include this image.
  • The list of related themes is a great navigation aide. For example, if you see a Van Gogh painting in one museum, you can use the image viewing frame to click to the total list of Van Gogh images on the TPB website.
  • You do not need to close viewing frames after each photo. Each subsequent click in a thumbnail replaces the image in the viewing frame, so you don't end up with dozens of browser viewing tabs.
  • You can resize the viewing frame or drag it to a new position (click & hold the top bar while you move the mouse) & it will retain this size & position. You may need to do this for panoramas.
  • If you close the viewing frame using the x button in its upper-right corner, focus will go back to the TPB window you were previously using.
  • If you close your theme show tab, it will also close the image in your viewing frame tab.


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