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"Copy image" copies the thumbnail and not the full image

Open Twi1ightSparkle opened this issue 6 months ago • 5 comments

Steps to reproduce

  1. Right click an image in the timeline and "Copy image"
  2. This copies the thumbnail, not the full image

Outcome

What did you expect?

The fill size image being added to my clipboard

What happened instead?

The resized/compressed image thumbnail was added to my clipboard

Operating system

Debian 12

Application version

Element version: 1.11.104 Crypto version: Rust SDK 0.11.0 (404ca47), Vodozemac 0.9.0

How did you install the app?

e.io Debian apt repo

Homeserver

element.io

Will you send logs?

No

Twi1ightSparkle avatar Jun 23 '25 13:06 Twi1ightSparkle

Yeah there isn't much we can do here, this is built in chromium/electron behaviour, working around it would be a lot of work and then you'd also have to handle a "copying..." state as the file is downloaded, decrypted, before it can be copied.

t3chguy avatar Jun 23 '25 13:06 t3chguy

In that case, removing the copy image button might be better than the current behaviour imo

Twi1ightSparkle avatar Jun 23 '25 13:06 Twi1ightSparkle

It was added on user request, the same behaviour as Copy image would do in Element Web

t3chguy avatar Jun 23 '25 13:06 t3chguy

this is a very basic issue that needs to be fixed asap.

gmanskibiditoilet avatar Jun 23 '25 15:06 gmanskibiditoilet

@gmanskibiditoilet contributions welcome. Making demands from open source projects tends to de-prioritise any help you may see from contributors rather than enticing it :)

t3chguy avatar Jun 23 '25 15:06 t3chguy