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25 years, still no preview images in file picker

by dtx1 4y ago

david_draco 4y ago
I see two previews, one next to the file name, and a large one on the right when clicking on a image file name. So: 25 years, now with preview images in file picker :)
airtonix 4y ago
1. select thing 2. press space 3. get preview of thing 4. come to hackernews 5. make a post complaining about lack of thing previews 6. ????
PetitPrince 4y ago
Not a Linux user, but I heard about the problem OP describe with this usecase: identify a picture of your children in a camera dump with dozen of pictures where the filename are all dsc_1346.jpg. Don't use a dedicated software because it's only for quick sharing.
Smithalicious 4y ago
It beggars belief that gnome devs seem somehow totally incapable of understanding why one would want a proper thumbnail view in the file picker. Have they never had to find a specific image in a directory of many images? If you told me their response to the file picker issue is some kind of elaborate troll or gaslighting operation I would believe you.
gnomethumbnails 4y ago
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- WesolyKubeczek 4y ago
  No, it's not what is being talked about. It's about thumbnails where you can see multiple of them at once.
- jeroenhd 4y ago
  Interesting, I get that preview in Firefox but not in any other standard file picker on my system. Any idea why that could be? That said, the preview is absolutely tiny and takes up a lot of horizontal space so it still feels very suboptimal. I much prefer the way Windows does this (https://ibb.co/jvQ50MG); https://ibb.co/jvQ50MG); you can play around with the old Windows file picker over at [1] and I must say that I would happily use this file picker for picking images in GNOME if I had the option. [1]: https://bellard.org/jslinux/vm.html?url=win2k.cfg&mem=192&graphic=1&w=1024&h=768 https://bellard.org/jslinux/vm.html?url=win2k.cfg&mem=192&gr...
  - input_sh 4y ago
    > Any idea why that could be? It's not a default thing (I don't know why), apps need to add a couple of lines to use it. Relevant lines in Firefox: https://github.com/mozilla/gecko-dev/blob/master/widget/gtk/nsFilePicker.cpp#L380-L387 https://github.com/mozilla/gecko-dev/blob/master/widget/gtk/...
- gundamdoubleO 4y ago
  Something like this https://wiki.installgentoo.com/images/b/b9/Gloriouskdefilepicker.png https://wiki.installgentoo.com/images/b/b9/Gloriouskdefilepi... is what people are requesting

25 years, still no preview images in file picker

by dtx1 4y ago

25 years, still no preview images in file picker

I see two previews, one next to the file name, and a large one on the right when clicking on a image file name. So: 25 years, now with preview images in file picker :)

airtonix 4y ago

1. select thing 2. press space 3. get preview of thing 4. come to hackernews 5. make a post complaining about lack of thing previews 6. ????

PetitPrince 4y ago

Not a Linux user, but I heard about the problem OP describe with this usecase: identify a picture of your children in a camera dump with dozen of pictures where the filename are all dsc_1346.jpg. Don't use a dedicated software because it's only for quick sharing.

Smithalicious 4y ago

It beggars belief that gnome devs seem somehow totally incapable of understanding why one would want a proper thumbnail view in the file picker. Have they never had to find a specific image in a directory of many images? If you told me their response to the file picker issue is some kind of elaborate troll or gaslighting operation I would believe you.

gnomethumbnails 4y ago

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WesolyKubeczek 4y ago
No, it's not what is being talked about. It's about thumbnails where you can see multiple of them at once.
jeroenhd 4y ago
Interesting, I get that preview in Firefox but not in any other standard file picker on my system. Any idea why that could be? That said, the preview is absolutely tiny and takes up a lot of horizontal space so it still feels very suboptimal. I much prefer the way Windows does this (https://ibb.co/jvQ50MG); https://ibb.co/jvQ50MG); you can play around with the old Windows file picker over at [1] and I must say that I would happily use this file picker for picking images in GNOME if I had the option. [1]: https://bellard.org/jslinux/vm.html?url=win2k.cfg&mem=192&graphic=1&w=1024&h=768 https://bellard.org/jslinux/vm.html?url=win2k.cfg&mem=192&gr...
- input_sh 4y ago
  > Any idea why that could be? It's not a default thing (I don't know why), apps need to add a couple of lines to use it. Relevant lines in Firefox: https://github.com/mozilla/gecko-dev/blob/master/widget/gtk/nsFilePicker.cpp#L380-L387 https://github.com/mozilla/gecko-dev/blob/master/widget/gtk/...
gundamdoubleO 4y ago
Something like this https://wiki.installgentoo.com/images/b/b9/Gloriouskdefilepicker.png https://wiki.installgentoo.com/images/b/b9/Gloriouskdefilepi... is what people are requesting