Thumbnails

Use

You use the Thumbnails layout profile to display folders that contain images or documents for which thumbnails are supported.

 

Prerequisites

A repository manager for thumbnails is configured in your system. This setting is made by a system administrator.

 

Features

The Thumbnails layout profile displays the images contained in a folder in miniature.  If you click on the thumbnail the image is displayed in its original size.

If a folder contains objects for which thumbnails are supported, the system displays the appropriate symbol for the object type.

Settings for Thumbnails

Parameters	Description
Number of rows	Rows in which the thumbnails are displayed.
Number of columns	Columns in which the thumbnails are displayed.
Width	Width of the thumbnails in pixels.
Height	Heigth of the thumbnails in pixels.

 

The system always keeps the width-to-height ratio of the original images. The images are made smaller so that they fit into the space defined by you.

For example, you enter the following values:

Width: 80

Height: 80

The image has a size of 800 x 600 pixels. The system generates a thumbnail of 80 x 60 pixels.

 

When you first open the folder the system generates thumbails of the contained images in the appropriate size. These are stored in a separate repository so that the thumbnails are displayed quickly when called - even if called by another user.