Opening thumbnails

[khnumhotep]

Hi all,

Apologies if this question has already been answered but i couldn't find anything thing on the forum to help.

Basically i'm looking to find out if it is possible to click on the thumbnails i have on my database in order to open them up to few at full size. The thumbnails are in a container field which i put there by right clicking and then "insert picture". I presume this is the right way of doing things? I would have thought it would be fairly straight forward to then click on this image to inlarge it but can't find how. I have had to resort to exporting the field contents to my desktop before opening but it's quite time consuming.

Any comments greatly appreciated

[bcooney]

If an image is stored in a container (as opposed to referenced), then to view at full-size, it needs to be exported and opened. You can right-click to export or create a "View" button that has a script attached which exports with the option to automatically open.

You can also create another layout that has a larger container field, and never leave FM to view a larger version of the thumbnail.

Or, you can store the image as a reference (and don't move the source file). If so, then double-clicking the container field will open the file.

[mr_vodka]

Another option may be to use Supercontainer to generate your thumbnails for you.

http://www.360works.com/supercontainer/