On Monday 03 Jan 2011 17:00:25 Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Mon, 2011-01-03 at 14:29 +0000, Joao Ferreira gmail wrote: > > On Mon, 2011-01-03 at 14:07 +0200, Jeremy Nell wrote: > > > I'm a newbie. I recently converted to Ubuntu and am a creative more > > > than a techie, so please be gentle on me. :-) > > > > Welcome to Evolution... :) > > > > > Here's the problem: > > > > > > When composing a mail in Evolution, I click on on "add attachment" at > > > the bottom of the window. I then navigate to, say, my pictures > > > folder. I am presented with a list of file names and no preview > > > window. Unless I have memorised the file name of the image, how will > > > I know what the image is, if there is no preview window? Only after > > > I've attached the image, do I see the thumbnail in the attachment bar. > > > > Yes. That is the behaviour... the file selection window does not have a > > preview option... you need to open some file browsing utility and take a > > peak while attaching... > > > > > I then go to my pictures folder via Ubuntu's main menu, so that I can > > > see the images clearly, but this seems a bit clumsy. > > > > > > Am I doing something wrong? Or is there no preview window when > > > attaching files? > > > > Nothing wrong. That's just the way it is. (afaik) ! > > However, note that you can drag and drop files from a file browser > (Nautilus, Dolphin etc.) into the attachment area, which achieves much > the same result. In fact you can drop them into the compose window > directly, without even opening the attachment area. > > poc >
Single best way to do it. Go to your pictures folder from the Places menu and click-'n'-drag the image into your E- mail. Still, the Gimp's Open File dialogue includes a preview, and in KDE preview display is managed on the file picker level, not the application level. I think it warrents discussion, at least. _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list [email protected] To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
