Hi, thanks a lot for your work.
I would like to request a side preview panel for selected images.
Now, if I want to edit image parameters or metadata, I have to click the image, open it in a separate view, and edit the fields there. This is inconvenient because cannot see the rest of the gallery while doing so, meaning that even checking a file’s metadata requires opening it in a separate window. In addition, after changing even one parameter, the app immediately refreshes and closes that view, so I have to open the image again to continue editing the remaining fields.
It would be much more convenient to have a preview panel on the right side of the main window. Then I could simply click an image in the gallery and edit its parameters directly in that side panel without opening a separate window each time.
At the moment, the app interface is divided into a left sidebar (tags, location, and saved searches), while the rest of the window is occupied by the gallery. Another panel could be added on the right side — a preview panel for the selected image.
This would not significantly reduce usability, because the gallery would still remain clearly visible, especially if the thumbnail size is slightly reduced. At the same time, it would greatly improve the workflow, since viewing metadata, editing it, or seeing a larger preview of the image would no longer require opening a separate window.
For full-size viewing, the current behavior is already sufficient, since pressing Space already allows the image to be viewed in full.
So the requested workflow would be:
- click an image in the gallery
- see its preview and editable metadata in a side panel
- quickly edit multiple fields without reopening the image every time
- keep the main gallery visible while working.
This would make organizing and editing images much faster.
Example (rough sketch). actually, the interface that I have in mind is in the book collector program "Calibri" :
Hi, thanks a lot for your work.
I would like to request a side preview panel for selected images.
Now, if I want to edit image parameters or metadata, I have to click the image, open it in a separate view, and edit the fields there. This is inconvenient because cannot see the rest of the gallery while doing so, meaning that even checking a file’s metadata requires opening it in a separate window. In addition, after changing even one parameter, the app immediately refreshes and closes that view, so I have to open the image again to continue editing the remaining fields.
It would be much more convenient to have a preview panel on the right side of the main window. Then I could simply click an image in the gallery and edit its parameters directly in that side panel without opening a separate window each time.
At the moment, the app interface is divided into a left sidebar (tags, location, and saved searches), while the rest of the window is occupied by the gallery. Another panel could be added on the right side — a preview panel for the selected image.
This would not significantly reduce usability, because the gallery would still remain clearly visible, especially if the thumbnail size is slightly reduced. At the same time, it would greatly improve the workflow, since viewing metadata, editing it, or seeing a larger preview of the image would no longer require opening a separate window.
For full-size viewing, the current behavior is already sufficient, since pressing Space already allows the image to be viewed in full.
So the requested workflow would be:
This would make organizing and editing images much faster.
Example (rough sketch). actually, the interface that I have in mind is in the book collector program "Calibri" :