@kobi_lacroix not sure if I understood your use-case right, but a resizable frameless/windowless view is a feature you could find in e.g. #Nomacs image viewer
https://alternativeto.net/software/nomacs/about/

It's #floss and available for win+gnu/linux. In addition, you might wanna check out #qview and #qimgview

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nomacs is a small, fast image viewer able to handle the most common image formats including RAW images. Additionally it is possible to synchronize multiple viewers.