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Paste PDF files with preview by default + add option to toggle mode #8745

@alimmroth

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@alimmroth

Problem / Usecase

When adding PDF's to a text via drag and drop, no preview window is generated. It also isn't possible to optionally enable the preview. There isn't even a "three-dot-menu" when the PDF is embedded just as a file.

When adding a PDF via the smartpicker, the PDF is embedded into the text with a preview window.

This is not satisfactory, because adding files via drag and drop is a very common usecase, I think.

Suggested solutions

  • Make embedding with preview the default, for either of the two methods of pasting a PDF
  • Make it optional as a point in the "preview options" in the three-dot-menu
  • Show the menu for embedded plain files aswell

Further ideas

  • Maybe it could be nice to have a context menu appear when inserting a file by drag and drop, that shows two clickable options: Generate preview window / paste as a simple file

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Inserted by drag and drop
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Inserted with smartpicker

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Three-dot-menu
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