Mark In my use case (periodically displaying a new image - kinda like a digital picture frame) I wouldn't have to load all of the images at once. For me the convenience of not having to create a predefined set of thumbnails would outweigh any extra work for the browser. I'll still give it a try though. Apologies for the late response.
Thanks Steve Wharton On Wednesday, November 12, 2014 3:13:02 PM UTC-5, Mark S. wrote: > > This is a more elaborate version of the macro. It assumes you have a > directory with your images (you can change the default) and a subdirectory > below that with the the thumbs called "thumbs". You click a button to show > either the large or full version. This may be littering your tiddler space > with state tiddlers. > > One of the reasons to generate actual thumbs rather than just to scale > them is that when you scale an image the browser has to load the entire > mega-pixel thing into memory. > > I'm sure others can tweak or replace this to make something better: > > \define imageit(image:"image",path:"TW-Images/") > <$macrocall $name="imageaid" image="$path$$image$" > thumb="$path$thumbs/$image$" state="$:/ImageState/$image$" /> > \end > \define imageaid(image:"image.jpg" ,thumb:"pathToThumb", > state:"ImageRevealState") > <$button set="$state$" setTo="hide">Full image</$button> > <$button set="$state$" setTo="show">Small Image</$button><p/> > <$reveal type="match" state="$state$" text="show"> > <img src="$thumb$" /> > </$reveal> > <$reveal type="match" state="$state$" text="hide"> > <img src="$image$" /> > </$reveal> > \end > > Example: > > <<imageit "chimps_77646868_3patrol.jpg" >> > > > On Monday, November 10, 2014 10:57:50 AM UTC-8, steve wrote: >> >> Hi >> >> I am using TW5 to write documentation for a application and I would like >> to embed screenshots in the text >> So far I am able to have a clickable link to the image (see below) >> >> [ext[App Screenshot|./externalFiles/image.tiff]] >> >> What I would really like to do is: >> * have the image displayed in the tiddler without having to click on a >> link (good); >> * have a thumbnail of the image displayed; click on thumbnail to see the >> full resolution image (better) >> * generate the thumbnail "on the fly" without having to a separate >> thumbnail image; click on the thumbnail to see the full resolution image >> (best) >> >> Steve Wharton >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
