Display and filter images

Display mode of images

Images are stored in libraries. In each library, you can have images and other libraries. You can toggle the display of images between list view, thumbnail view, and timeline view.

To open the display settings, on Images page, click SettingsForImages (Settings for images) button.
Then, under View, select one of the following:

  • List
    The libraries and the images are displayed in a list with details, such as file type and size, image resolution and thumbnail, categories and tags, upload date and author.
  • Thumbs
    Libraries and images are displayed in thumbnails. For library thumbnails, you can see how many images and libraries they contain. For image thumbnails, you can see their title, resolution, and file format.
  • Timeline
    Only images appear, ordered by their upload time. For each image you can see its title, resolution, and file format.

Filter images

Filtering lets you refine the list of images that are displayed. To display the filtering options, click Filter-Images (Filter images)

  • Filter by ownership.
    To display images, uploaded only by your user, under Filter images, click My images.
    To filter images of another author, click Custom filter » By Author.
  • Filter by workflow status.
    You can filter images by their status. For example, Published or Draft.
    For more information, see Workflow statuses
  • Filter by classifications.
    To do this, click Custom filter.
    You can also filter images by categories, tags, and custom classifications. If you have added a custom classification field to images, it appears in the filter options.
    For more information, see Custom fields
  • Filter by date. 
    To filter images by the date they were modified, click Custom filter » By Date modified.
    The Date range fields appear.
  • Filter by file extension
    You can filter only images of certain file format. To do this, click Custom filter » By Extension

Sort images

To display the sorting options, click Filter-Images (Filter images).
There are the following sorting options:

  • Last uploaded on top
    Sorts images in descending order according to the time of upload.
  • Last modified on top
    Sorts images in descending order according to time of modification.
  • By title (A-Z) or By title (Z-A)
    Sorts images alphabetically ascending or descending.

Search for images

To search for a particular image, use the search field on the top of the Images page.

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