Pinch and zoom images

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Ok so I was today year’s old when realized you can display full sized images that can be pinched and zoomed on mobile.

  • Don’t display the image using an image component

  • Do display the image by using an action ‘Open URL’ where the URL is simply the image column (images are actually stored as URL’s).

Useful to have a regular image component then when the user wants to view full size they can tap to open the URL as a new tab.

I’m guessing most people knew this already, but there may be a few others like me!

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I also did not know this, but I am so glad you posted this! In 2022, there used to be a dedicated action that was “enlarge image,” but that no longer exists for some reason, and I have been searching for a way to do this! You also explained it very clearly, thank you!

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Yeah, that action has not been brought over for the new Glide Apps.

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Might be worth updating the online documentation for image components to raise awareness….

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Simon, can you walk me through this? Thanks in advance!
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@Rene_Bibaud can you try this and let us know if it works?

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Hi!
May be this one can help?

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trying now.

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Here is another alternative for zooming in on an image: Enabling Image Zoom for Glide Apps | Glide Help Center

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Can you use an image component AND use the open link action on click to get both worlds? :thinking:

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The updated image component now has an option for “open on click”, which can be used natively and allow to preserve the action for other use cases.

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I’ve been waiting for this feature for so long. Thank you!

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For some reason it appears that the new “open on click” for the image component scales down the actual image to a lower resolution for us. The open link action shows the full resolution images for us. Can someone else test this out with a high resolution image?

Also, the “Open on Click” does not appear to allow you to pinch to zoom in any further on the photo the way the open link action does.

If this is the case then we will stick with the open link action vs. the new “Open on Click” toggle. Thanks.

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Agree. The pinch and zoom is missing. However, I like the easy tap through functionality…. It’s a pain having go back with the open link option.

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Yes, the going back or closing the open window on a laptop is cumbersome, but we need the pinch to zoom capability more right now.

I wish there was a dedicated “Photo Gallery” component that allowed for the bulk upload of photos for display with the swipe left and right to view them capability. Oh, maybe we will experiment with the custom AI component at some point to try to make one. :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

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Glide automatically applies a layer of transformation when you use an image component.

The “open on click” image also use the transformed URL.

When you use an “open link” action, it uses your original URL.

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