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

[Marcus Harrison <marcus harrisonland co uk>]

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.