Opening Images

I know that Ernest is very busy right now, and this is not a priority, but I have a request/comment about how images are shown.

Currently when you're browsing a magazine and you click on an image this opens the article, then you need to click the image again to open the image (this is on mobile, don't know if desktop is different).

On Lemmy clicking an image expands it inline without opening the article. I much prefer this as I can look at the image and then decide if I want to click into the article.

As an aside, it would be nice if clicking anywhere on the article comment could open the article, not just the title.

Thanks Ernest for your hard work!

Otome-chan,
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there's a little expand button that you can click on to view it without going into the thread.

drakz,

I don't see it...
Screenshot from m/photography:https://imgur.com/a/jRuaiht

Otome-chan,
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right next to the "comments" link/text. there's a little icon there you click on.

drakz,

Cool, thanks!
That's not particularly obvious, but functional.

Otome-chan,
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yeah it took me a while to figure out as well lol

mihnt,
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Doesn't mark the thread as read when you click on it either. Which kind of sucks.

Reiye,

doesn't seem to work for text posts?

Otome-chan,
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yeah I think it only works for images/videos.

DarkThoughts,

Although redgifs seem to not display correctly and it does not work for text posts like in RES.

Otome-chan,
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yup, not exactly the same but it's close enough lol

iPenguin,
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There’s a setting called “Auto media preview” that will automatically expand images/videos so you don’t have to tap anything. I’m on mobile and for me it’s in the display setting that are towards the bottom of every page (below the option to choose a theme, in the “Threads” section).

drakz,

Just discovered that having this setting on removes the blur from NSFW content

Blaze_232,

I did that but it still shows the image small and above the title

iPenguin,
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There’s a separate option in that same settings section where you can turn off Thumbnails and that will get rid of the smaller images above the title if you want.

drakz,

This is good. It would be nice if the media showed inside the card, not separately below it.
So that is obvious what media belongs to which thread.

StuccoTheBort,

Can you please elaborate or post a screenshot ? I can’t find anything like this.

WardCannon,
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Click your username at the top right, and select 'Settings'

When in your settings, there's an option called 'Auto Media Preview ', change it to 'Yes'

StuccoTheBort,

This is only kind of right. I finally found it.

It’s actually on almost every page (including settings) near the bottom, but you may have to select the little ‘gear’ icon to get the settings show up.

iPenguin,
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Sorry, I thought the setting were always visible, but yup, tap the gear and there are a bunch options there to control how things look. I tried to post a screenshot but it wouldn’t work for some reason.

Domicidal,

I didn't know about the image icon either, so I made a script that adds a button to hide/show the auto media preview.

script link

Magazine article with icon below it to expand hidden media preview
Magazine article with media preview expanded below it

NRVulture,
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Another thing I’d like to add is that the X on the media viewer seems to be overlapped with the username’s hit box on mobile (I’m on iPhone). When I tapped the X to close the media viewer, the drop down menu of my username will appear after the media viewer is closed. Tapping blank spaces on the web page won’t get rid of the drop down menu.

Zak8022,
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It took me a good few days to realize that’s what was happening instead of me fat-fingering something. 😭

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