Re: [Evolution] Attaching images (with no preview)

[Joao Ferreira gmail <joao miguel c ferreira gmail com>]

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) !

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