Hi Dopry.
Just playing with the latest version of imagefield for D6.
Looks pretty good.
One small suggestion.
After uploading an image, the widget just displays a thumbnail version of the image, but no further detail.
I like the way filefield shows the name and size beside the upload.
It's especially useful if uploading multiple images to a single imagefield - its easy to loose track of which ones have been already uploaded.
Regards
Alan
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Comments
Comment #1
quicksketchI don't think we have plans to add more information to the image preview. In situations where you don't have a title or alt field, the field starts to take up quite a bit of vertical space once the filename and info gets put in there. If you want to add file information to your specific installation, you can override theme_imagefield_widget_preview().
Comment #2
Anonymous (not verified) commentedMay I suggest that some basic information be added to the area to the right of the uploaded image's thumbnail...
When uploading files, it's often handy to see the filename of the uploaded image for using in additional fields (title, alt, etc.)
Adding at least this information (if not more) to the right of the thumbnail (see screenshot) shouldn't increase the vertical space on the page...
Comment #3
quicksketchYou should try out the latest versions of ImageField. The space to the right is now filled with form elements for alt and title and the thumbnail is floated to the left. I'm not sure if I'd like to include this information or not, though it can always be added by overriding theme_imagefield_widget_preview().
Comment #4
Anonymous (not verified) commentedAh, ok. Will have to try it out :)
Comment #5
Anonymous (not verified) commentedI just tried the new version and I like it!
As long as you're of two minds about this request, I'll keep suggesting :)
How about the attached?
Comment #6
quicksketchYay, much better. :D Unfortunately users will inevitably upload images with really long file names, so this will have the tendency to push the edit fields over to the right (FileField already does this). At first I wasn't really a big fan of this idea, but I think Alan makes a very valid point, "It's especially useful if uploading multiple images to a single imagefield - its easy to loose track of which ones have been already uploaded."
So I'll see what kind of addition/CSS we can come up with that doesn't overclutter the UI.
Comment #7
quicksketchWe won't be change the UI at this point. D7 also matches the D6 implementation, so if this will go on I'd suggest filing a new issue against Drupal core's image.module.