Linked images, image tags

Scrivener Wish List
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I have two suggestions for working with linked images.

  1. It would be great if there was a function to update the cached preview images of linked images that displayed in the editor. Perhaps in the context menu when you right click on a image, or as an option to update all images. Or even through a notification that pops up when an image has been modified, like in Indesign. At least one of those options would be great.

  2. It would be fantastic if you could right click on an image tag and select “reveal in finder” or “open”.

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Thanks! On the second point, we already have these on the list. There will be a reveal and edit command for images which have valid external file links.

The refresh idea isn’t planned for, but I’ll jot it down on the list for consideration.

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Great, thanks. I’ve got one more. What about a little floating preview image when hovering over an image tag?

4

My guess would be it’s not possible to add tooltip behaviours to arbitrary text like that. I’ve never seen that done, at any rate, in a text editor or read-only displays. I’ll add it to the list for consideration, though. Thanks.

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Have a look at the code editor Brackets (http://brackets.io/). If you hover on the url of an html img-tag, a tooltip with a preview will be displayed.

A slightly less elegant alternative would be to open the preview through the context menu or by selecting the image tag and using a keyboard shortcut.

In either way, should this ever be implemented, it would probably be a good idea to be able to set the size of the preview window in the preferences.

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I wasn’t clear, I didn’t mean to imply that the concept itself is impossible, or that I’ve never seen it in other programs or implementations (I know for a fact it is possible with HTML/CSS, which is what Brackets is designed with, including Javascript). I just meant to say: I can’t think of any instances where I’ve seen it done in a Cocoa native Mac program, like Scrivener. You’d be looking at TextMate, Coda, Espresso and other tools specifically written for Macs. The only times I’ve seen tooltip ranges on text is when there’s a hyperlink around. Sorry if that is overly technical. :slight_smile: We’ll look into it though.

But yes, a contextual menu or pop-over type device could be a possible alternate route toward providing the same capability.