Tdesktop: Don't put the window in full-screen mode
When a user clicks on an image to load that, the window is placed in full-screen mode. If the user have a low-speed connection, he/she will not be able to access other applications until the image loads completely or the user must cancel loading the image to access other applications
Please don't put the windows in full-screen or at least place a minimize button somewhere in image loader window
Thanks
rock59
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I have a problem with this for a different reason: my monitor is huge 4K and all the pictures are tiny in the middle, making all other windows covered in a grey overlay. There should be an option to have the image viewer limited to the application window or a separate, so I'll maximize the window myself if I want them bigger.
Since it's better to have all options without settings, maybe the best thing would be to have maximize-restore/close buttons in the corner, so it turns into a window when clicking restore, and remembering the last state when opening an image (initial state being maximized).
Related: #1111
DiThi
on 9 Aug 2016
2349
auchri
on 14 Nov 2016
@auchri It's not a duplicate. This is about the photo viewer, the other one is for the video player. The problems of both OP and me are also different. Should I open a separate issue?
DiThi
on 14 Nov 2016
This is still a bug in telegram.
(I'm using Windows 10 last stable version)
ArmeF97
on 28 May 2017
@Mistero5050 well, technically speaking it's a feature :D
stek29
on 28 May 2017
This is really, really annoying... taking over the screen to display a tiny image and then having to mouse over to the X to close it is just bad. Most chat clients will open it within the window. Having the option to go full screen is nice, but mandating it and not giving any other option?
ChrisHeerschap
on 6 Apr 2018
@ChrisHeerschap You click in any place, including the image, to close it back.
john-preston
on 6 Apr 2018
@john-preston , not in linux. In linux you can't close the picture, and you're stuck
ArmeF97
on 6 Apr 2018
@ArmeF97 I tested it in Ubuntu and if I click on an image it shows in a viewer, then I click on the image in the viewer, and the viewer is closed.
john-preston
on 6 Apr 2018
@john-preston on xubuntu it crashes. I can make a video if you don't believe me
(when I alt+tab to another app, i'm stuck)
See my https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop/issues/3144
ArmeF97
on 6 Apr 2018
@ArmeF97 I'll try. Which version of Xubuntu do you use? Do you use tdesktop binary from https://desktop.telegram.org?
john-preston
on 6 Apr 2018
@john-preston ,
Telegram 1.2.15 from official site (https://desktop.telegram.org)
XFCE 4.12
arme@demorgan:~$ uname -a
Linux demorgan 4.13.0-37-generic #42~16.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Mar 7 16:03:28 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
It's ubuntu + xfce de, so it's like xubuntu
ArmeF97
on 6 Apr 2018
@ArmeF97 I can't reproduce that. I took Xubuntu 16.04 from the official site, installed it, downloaded Telegram from https://desktop.telegram.org, launched, logged in, clicked on a photo once - it opened in a viewer, clicked on it in the viewer — it closed back.
john-preston
on 6 Apr 2018
@john-preston in Mac OS if I click anywhere but the X it cycles through images in the current conversation. I was expecting the "click anywhere but the image to close" behavior and that would have made the full screen a little less annoying.
Hmm, testing more and I find that if I click _under_ the image, or to the right of the image, yes, it does close it. Clicking to the left of the image, either above or below the image but clear of it to the left causes it to cycle through previous images in the conversation.
If I have the window on the left, then my mouse is there to begin with so it defaults to cycling. Moving the window to the right corner of the screen gets the "click off the image to close" to work. That still leaves the same issue @DiThi mentions of taking over my high-res screen to display a 100px image, and honestly, having the inconsistent action of cycling to the left and closing to the right is counterintuitive.
So, moving my window from the left corner to the right corner "fixes" this bug, but that's not what I would consider a proper fix. 😜
ChrisHeerschap
on 6 Apr 2018
Jeez, testing out @ArmeF97 's case of changing to another app with CMD-tab (Mac OS) and I can switch away without it crashing, but it puts the opened image _over_ the app list that appears with CMD-Tab, so I'm switching blind.
ChrisHeerschap
on 6 Apr 2018
@ChrisHeerschap In macOS do you use Telegram Desktop or another macOS Telegram app? I guess the second.
You can try Telegram Desktop (this repository) from https://desktop.telegram.org
john-preston
on 6 Apr 2018
Yep, I was using the Telegram app. Installed Telegram Desktop and images close as described. CMD-Tab also works as expected.
Still disagree with the mandatory full screen, but I'm less annoyed by it now. Thanks!
ChrisHeerschap
on 6 Apr 2018
@john-preston , I don't know if my issue #3144 is a duplicate of this. If not, I hope you'll come to comment mine, but. If it's a duplicate. Let's discuss it here. I can make a video, maybe tomorrow I'll do that
ArmeF97
on 7 Apr 2018
Update, I've done the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzqPQ5yAbSU&feature=youtu.be
ArmeF97
on 24 Dec 2018
Anybody is going to implement this? It's really annoying I can't watch photos or videos and do something in another window!
hazzus
on 14 Feb 2019
I agree full screen sometimes is not comfortable and annoying. Especially relevant for music videos. Can you make switch button to floating video (pip window) like in Android client?
memboc
on 1 Apr 2019
@john-preston Any chance new (1.9.10) PiP viewer will be used for images too?
kirsan31
on 8 Feb 2020
this issue is extremely annoying. i keep the telegram app and my browser app side by side, but whenever I click on a picture, my whole monitor becomes useless until i exit out from the picture, which in turn makes the picture too small for me to see properly. i'm left with maximizing the picture, exiting, going to my browser window to search some term related to the picture, etc. etc.
agmemon10
on 16 Feb 2020
Because in TD video and picture viewer basically the same thing. I think we need to rename this issue to something like:
Don't put the media viewer window in full-screen mode.
cc @Aokromes
People want to be able see and list (navigate back/forward) all there media without going to full screen, and navigate to F.S. only if needed. And I am afraid, that new PiP video player was designed for other things...
kirsan31
on 18 Feb 2020
Because in TD video and picture viewer basically the same thing. I think we need to rename this issue to something like:
Don't put the media viewer window in full-screen mode.
my permissions doesn't allows to do it.
Aokromes
on 18 Feb 2020
Because in TD video and picture viewer basically the same thing. I think we need to rename this issue to something like:
Don't put the media viewer window in full-screen mode.
my permissions doesn't allows to do it.
Oh :( thanks any way.
cc @rock59
kirsan31
on 18 Feb 2020
The fact this issue is still open from 2016 makes me a little sad..
Fortunately I have a second monitor and I can view a picture while writing in another! (I've been doing this for years)
I hoped this will get fixed one day!
Ares9323
on 30 Mar 2020
OK
It's tg 6.0 now, I don't know why this feature has not been added for 4 years. But this problem is really inconvenient.
kouhe3
on 31 Mar 2020
This really is quite an issue as I need to copy text from images but I can't even use Spotlight as it gets in the way. This needs to be changed and should use Quick Look instead.
dayvough
on 21 Apr 2020
@kouhe3 is right. It should have been added long time ago.
mvxxx
on 5 May 2020
Yes please add an option to open the media viewer in windowed mode! The full screen media viewer is always so frustrating!
wanderseeme
on 28 May 2020
This is super annoying. I want to open a picture and compare it to another, this is not possible. I have to download the picture(s) and compare them side by-side with my picture-viewer. It would be nice if this is boxed or limited to the Telegram window.
thethinker990
on 2 Jul 2020
+1 please get rid of the full screen image viewer, it sucks
init4
on 14 Jul 2020
+1 please!!!
kxjhwbb
on 10 Nov 2020
yes, This Fullscreen when I open an image Just disable me from Multi Tasking on Windows 10
I want to open a Photo/Video in Telegram, and without closing it use other Apps,
\while the Photo/Video is just filling frames of Telegram Desktop, that is half of my screen or less
This happens A lot
AhyaH-YHWH
on 13 Nov 2020
This is super annoying with slow and busy MTProto proxies
rock59
on 13 Nov 2020
And additional will be great that when you go back and next in media viewer you can change between gifs too.
nathanredblur
on 6 Dec 2020
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I have a problem with this for a different reason: my monitor is huge 4K and all the pictures are tiny in the middle, making all other windows covered in a grey overlay. There should be an option to have the image viewer limited to the application window or a separate, so I'll maximize the window myself if I want them bigger.
Since it's better to have all options without settings, maybe the best thing would be to have maximize-restore/close buttons in the corner, so it turns into a window when clicking restore, and remembering the last state when opening an image (initial state being maximized).
Related: #1111