Preview opens photos in several windows

Hello,
When I select multiple photos in the Finder and I open them in Preview, the app almost always opens 2 windows : one that displays 1 or 2 photos and another one with all other photos.
Despite I choosed to display all files in ONE window in Preferences.
Here is a video of this problem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YltBsB8riro
Could you tell me how to fix that, please?
Thanks!
Xavier

thank you very much, Charlie
I figured it had to be something simple like a preference that I was missing. But I was rooting around in the Preview app preferences...
I sincerely appreciate the quick reply.
- George

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