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abrandberg
Explorer | Level 4
4 years ago
Status:
Closed

Improved image/gallery options for better layout with text

Being able to customise the size/layout of images in your document is a crucial feature for most documents. This functionality is available in practically all text editors that embed images — even this simple idea submission box that I'm currently writing in has it.

 

 

Basic options for resizing individual images has already been requested numerous time before (here, here, herehere, here, here, here, here, and here) but closed, hence why I've created a new post. I'm listing them here to show that regardless of how many people vote for this particular submission, there has already been a number of people requesting this functionality previously too.

 

Improving the layout could also be solved by having gallery options for your images - something that has also been requested before (here and here). This would mean that users can add many smaller images (eg. in a single row, as currently the maximum is only 3) without flooding out the text layout in the document. 

 

I've drawn up two suggestions below:

 

  • Option 1: Images can be resized individually and placed in-line with text.
  • Option 2: Images are inserted into a gallery that sits on a line of its own.

 

 

Thanks for reading!

Keywords to improve search: images, photos, resizing, formatting, thumbnails, slideshow, gallery, layout, format

  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
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    Gathering Support

    This idea is going to need some additional support before we can share it with the team.

     

    I've updated the status to encourage more users to back it up!

  • abrandberg's avatar
    abrandberg
    Explorer | Level 4

    Thanks, Walter! I did, however, link to a whole slew of pages where other people have requested this in the past as well (in my post). So it seems people's votes are diluted — and/or simply getting lost in the ether of other ideas... But considering how many times it's been requested previously, clearly there is in fact a wider desire for it!

  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
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    Closed

    This idea has been closed due to inactivity.

     

    Thank you for your suggestion, and if you have another idea to share, please do!