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UX: Add full context menu to photo viewer #544

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opened 2026-02-19 23:10:42 -05:00 by deekerman · 8 comments

deekerman commented

2026-02-19 23:10:42 -05:00

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Originally created by @swingstate on GitHub (Nov 26, 2020).

While I am scrolling through large albums by using the picture viewer I want to e.g. archive / share / lock / add to album ... . However, at the moment I have to close the picture and then choose the picture again or more often scroll far down to the picture (while I am hoping to remember the correct picture; difficult in collections with a lot of very similar pictures like landscape pictures in my case) and then choose it, click the context button and so on.

I suggest to make the features of the round context button also available while the picture viewer is displaying a photo. At the moment the options at the top right are not on par with the context button.
To keep the interface clean I suggest to move most of the features into a submenu and / or allow to configure the menu with the features I am using most (share, archive, move to album ...).

Originally created by @swingstate on GitHub (Nov 26, 2020). While I am scrolling through large albums by using the picture viewer I want to e.g. archive / share / lock / add to album ... . However, at the moment I have to close the picture and then choose the picture again or more often scroll far down to the picture (while I am hoping to remember the correct picture; difficult in collections with a lot of very similar pictures like landscape pictures in my case) and then choose it, click the context button and so on. I suggest to make the features of the round context button also available while the picture viewer is displaying a photo. At the moment the options at the top right are not on par with the context button. To keep the interface clean I suggest to move most of the features into a submenu and / or allow to configure the menu with the features I am using most (share, archive, move to album ...).

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@lastzero commented on GitHub (Nov 26, 2020):

Maybe when we develop our own lightbox. Adding this to https://photoswipe.com/ would be a hack. Our regular views automatically update when the backend publishes changes, e.g. when metadata was edited or when files were moved to the archive. Our photo viewer / lightbox uses a static result list based the data PhotoSwipe requires, so completely different technology.

@lastzero commented on GitHub (Nov 26, 2020): Maybe when we develop our own lightbox. Adding this to https://photoswipe.com/ would be a hack. Our regular views automatically update when the backend publishes changes, e.g. when metadata was edited or when files were moved to the archive. Our photo viewer / lightbox uses a static result list based the data PhotoSwipe requires, so completely different technology.

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@swingstate commented on GitHub (Nov 26, 2020):

sounds like a backlog item :)

@swingstate commented on GitHub (Nov 26, 2020): sounds like a backlog item :)

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2026-02-19 23:10:43 -05:00

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@swingstate commented on GitHub (Nov 26, 2020):

Few more thoughts on this...

After adding 2K more photos I started to create albums. Many of them are based on the actual location where they have been taken. So I went to maps and zooming in to see where photos have been taken works well.
However, If I click on a photo I cannot move it from this view into an album. This might not be an issue when one only adds a few photos every now and then through the upload button, however I think when working with large libraries through the import and in certain workflows this would be very powerful.
Like in my case when there are clusters of photos e.g. 5km away from each other it would ease the flow if I could group the photos on the map with the mouse, open the context button and create a new album "location X" and move the selected photos into the album. Without leaving the view in the app.

@swingstate commented on GitHub (Nov 26, 2020): Few more thoughts on this... After adding 2K more photos I started to create albums. Many of them are based on the actual location where they have been taken. So I went to maps and zooming in to see where photos have been taken works well. However, If I click on a photo I cannot move it from this view into an album. This might not be an issue when one only adds a few photos every now and then through the upload button, however I think when working with large libraries through the import and in certain workflows this would be very powerful. Like in my case when there are clusters of photos e.g. 5km away from each other it would ease the flow if I could group the photos on the map with the mouse, open the context button and create a new album "location X" and move the selected photos into the album. Without leaving the view in the app.

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@graciousgrey commented on GitHub (Nov 27, 2020):

Yes, there is room for improvement for the photo viewer. See #657 and #508.
I like the idea of selecting on the map as well! But I guess some other items have higher priority right now.

@graciousgrey commented on GitHub (Nov 27, 2020): Yes, there is room for improvement for the photo viewer. See #657 and #508. I like the idea of selecting on the map as well! But I guess some other items have higher priority right now.

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@swingstate commented on GitHub (Dec 29, 2020):

In this context - Can you allow to create a album from the add to album menu? That would ease sorting photos a lot.

Not sure if this has to be e separate issue.

@swingstate commented on GitHub (Dec 29, 2020): In this context - Can you allow to create a album from the add to album menu? That would ease sorting photos a lot. <img width="931" alt="Bildschirmfoto 2020-12-29 um 13 04 22" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/73672554/103282784-21df2300-49d7-11eb-962b-c9319b7d5259.png"> Not sure if this has to be e separate issue.

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@lastzero commented on GitHub (Dec 29, 2020):

Typing the name of a new album will create it.

@lastzero commented on GitHub (Dec 29, 2020): Typing the name of a new album will create it.

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@swingstate commented on GitHub (Dec 29, 2020):

I bet I tried that :) Anyway, thank you!

@swingstate commented on GitHub (Dec 29, 2020): I bet I tried that :) Anyway, thank you!

deekerman commented

2026-02-19 23:10:44 -05:00

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@graciousgrey commented on GitHub (May 20, 2021):

I will close this ticket as duplicate. It will be implemented as part of this ticket: https://github.com/photoprism/photoprism/issues/1307

@graciousgrey commented on GitHub (May 20, 2021): I will close this ticket as duplicate. It will be implemented as part of this ticket: https://github.com/photoprism/photoprism/issues/1307