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Forum => New Forum Theme => Topic started by: Csar on Mar 25, 2023, 14:42

Title: Attachments
Post by: Csar on Mar 25, 2023, 14:42
Just a little tip for attachments, because you've been using them a bit recently and the new SMF forum might be not that intuitive at times:

You can insert your attached files directly into your posts. That way, photos for instance would get displayed bigger and would not merely be shown as thumbnails.

How-to:
Once you've uploaded your file, the new attachment menu now shows the button "insert". Just choose a place within your post and hit it.

Here's an example of thumbnail vs. insert
attachments.png
Title: Re: Attachments
Post by: Csar on Jun 12, 2023, 22:08
The theme has been updated to the latest version. With this comes a revamped attachment user interface. Files no longer need to be manually uploaded which is now done automatically.

To upload an attachment:


To Insert an attachment:

For PC/laptop users: The empty area to the right of an attached file is currently also meant to add additional files (don't know why SMF thought this was useful). Just don't be surprised if a window opens out of the blue when you click there.

UI
Attachment UI.png

Panel
Attachment Inline Insertion_1.png
Panel expanded
Attachment Inline Insertion.png

However, there's a known bug thus far that doesn't let you delete an attachment in the following case:
You accidentally clicked "delete" but cancelled the action, then you decide that you actually do want to delete the file. You'd have to refresh your page and do it again.

Along with this, I customized both the UI and the editor UI for better usability on mobile devices (bigger buttons, so sausage fingers like mine have enough room to click the right thing). Let me know if you run into bugs.