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is there a way in ubuntu 20.10 to see bigger and or better thumbnails of pictures in the file manager? Especially if your're uploading pictures as a photographer.

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in the picture you'll see what I mean. its to small and when I choose a picture, no thumbnails appear on the right. sometimes they do, but its a struggle. you have to go back and check the file name to make sure its correct.

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  • Could you clarify in which context are these thumbnails so small? In the web-browser? – Levente Jan 14 '21 at 02:25
  • Regarding that some of the thumbnails don't show up: it's because they are bigger in file size than what is configured as maximum "thumbnailable" size. But that can be changed: In Ubuntu 20.04, In a Nautilus (file manager) window > Hamburger menu button > Preferences > "Search & Preview" tab > Thumbnails section > "Only for files smaller than" and then you can give however large value you want. – Levente Jan 14 '21 at 02:30
  • thanks, i'll try that. To answer "Levente", this happens in a browser and also in just using the file manager – Orosjopie Jan 15 '21 at 15:53
  • just in case you want very big thumbnails, you might be interested in this: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1300390/larger-thumbnails-for-pictures-in-nautilus/1459134#1459134 – ChameleonScales Mar 13 '23 at 22:01

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Since this was never answered and I had this question on 22.04 recently:

If you are not seeing thumbnails - ensure your preferences have them enabled.

If the thumbnails are too small within the file manager, you can use:

(CTRL + Shift + '+') to increase size of thumbnails. (CTRL + 'Scroll Wheel') might work too - according to this other post: 18.04 file manager preview thumbnail size

There is an upper bound to how large you can make them, but it made them large enough for me so I didn't have to open them to know what they were a picture of.

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