File/Attachement Views formatters should support all handlers as with file_cck instead of only Thumbnail

Currently it is not supported. I added the thumbnail display in the view as a special case. The problem is that files of different MIME types have different preview functions associated with them - it might be a video player or text area display, not only scaled image, So I haven't decided yet what is the best way to embed them in the view display.

Maybe I should add a "First handler" option and the file would be displayed using the first handler found in the handlers listing, 'admin/settings/file/handler'. In this case you could move 'medium' preview above all other image previews. But if you have a other view where you'd prefer thumbs, then it won't work then...

I would support the request for selecting different image sizes in views fields.
My client wish to get one post of his choice in the frontpage, possibly of the node display full size. Currently, only the tiny thumbnails is available.
I don't quite get the argument of Miglius who saide having "added the thumbnail display in the view as a special case" as it is a really common use case to display a preview of what the files look when they are images. I of course understand that there are many other kinds of files, but it is so frustrating that images would not deserve some attention for a decent handling.
FF is so great compared to all other file/image handling modules that I became addicted: I keep asking for getting more on this really robust basis...

Any progress or plan regarding this feature?

+1

Not sure this feature request is still relevant, I am perfectly happy currently with image handling:

- the cck file field allows to select any handler for displaying at the node level
- in views, one can select any handler to render

So it is fixed for me.
If rjbrown99 thinks otherwise, he would reopen with further explanations.

Actually, this is not solved.
I mistaken the CCK file field with the file and attached file fields.
The CCK file field allows to select any handler in Views
However, the file node and attachment fields do not: they only displays the thumbnail, or the file information.

It should not be that hard to implement this feature : the code is in file_cck.module, but need to be adapted
The cck fields integration takes care of the Views integration, while file and attachment are integrated with Views in contrib/views/includes/file_views_handler_field_file_attachments_fnid.inc and
contrib/views/includes/file_views_handler_field_file_nodes_file.inc

However, it a bit complex for my limited php and Drupal API knowledge.

Here is a partial, effortless, not very smart solution - would be probably enough for 80% of the use cases and might close the issue.
This is not a real patch, but you get the idea

In file_views_handler_field_file_nodes_file.inc :

  function options_form(&$form, &$form_state) {  
    parent::options_form($form, $form_state);
    $form['display'] = array(
      '#title' => t('Display'),
      '#type' => 'radios',
      '#default_value' => isset($this->options['display']) ? $this->options['display'] : 0,
-     '#options' => array(0 => t('File'), 1 => t('Thumbnail')),
+    '#options' => array(0 => t('File'), 1 => t('Thumbnail'), 2 => t('Preview')),
    );
    $form['link_to'] = array(
      '#title' => t('Link this field'),
      '#type' => 'select',
      '#default_value' => isset($this->options['link_to']) ? $this->options['link_to'] : 0,
      '#options' => array(t('No link'), t('Node'), t('Download')),
      '#description' => t('A link for the thumbnail display.'),
    );
  }

  function render($values) {
    $nid = $values->{$this->aliases['nid']};
    $vid = $values->{$this->aliases['vid']};
    $node = node_load(array('nid' => $nid, 'vid' => $vid));
    if (isset($node->file) && ($file = $node->file) && is_object($file)) {
      $file->name = $node->title;
      switch ($this->options['display']) {
        case 0:
          return theme('file_render', $file) .'<script type=\'text/javascript\'>$(\'a.file-metadata\').cluetip();</script>';
        case 1:
          $thumbnail = file_get_image($file, 'file_image_thumbnail');
          $thumbnail = $thumbnail ? $thumbnail : t('no thumbnail');
          return !empty($this->options['link_to']) ? l($thumbnail, $this->options['link_to'] == 1 ? 'node/'. $nid : 'file/'. $nid .'/download/'.$nid, array('html' => TRUE)) : $thumbnail;
//JV
+       case 2:
+          $preview = file_get_image($file, 'file_image_preview');
+          $preview = $preview ? $preview : t('no preview');
+          return !empty($this->options['link_to']) ? l($preview, $this->options['link_to'] == 1 ? 'node/'. $nid : 'file/'. $nid .'/download/'.$nid, array('html' => TRUE)) : $preview;
// end JV
      }
    }
  }

Changing status

Closing the issue. It was inactive for a long time & it's related to a Drupal Version which is not supported anymore