[BUG-230426] Client-side/local inventory thumbnail-images for inventory organization

[sl-service-account]

How would you like the feature to work?

Basically it would be cool to have thumbnails attached to inventory objects, or even links to inventory objects so that when getting new content, we could take a picture of that content, and link it to the object in a way so that we can view our inventory in an organized "thumbnail mode", showing only "thumbnailed" objects. This would make it easy to see a preview of what the object looks like when setting up new outfits and the like.

Steps the user would take:

• right click on an item in inventory

• click on the "create thumbnail" menu-item

• A small square pops up, which the user can then drag around their screen

• A screenshot is taken when the user provides some sort of input, like a button on the square, or hitting enter

• The screenshot is down-sized to a 128x128 or 256x256 thumbnail, and attached to the object

• User clicks on the "View thumbnails" button on top of inventory

• User is presented with folders that have thumbnails. They can choose to filter by these folders, or, say, "show all thumbnails". This would present the user with a grid of thumbnail image objects in their inventory

• User can treat these larger thumbnail images like normal inventory objects, dragging and dropping them onto their characters

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  I say it should be local because this could be a larger task if made server-side, but it certainly would be more ideal if the thumbnails were stored server-side, so that users get to keep their organization across several clients/computers/etc, and also so that users creating content can ship objects with pre-created thumbnail images attached.

  Why is this feature important to you? How would it benefit the community?

  This would allow users the ability to organize large clothing/outfit collections in a way that lets them easily see objects without having to actually wear them to figure out what the object looks like. If the object is a shirt for instance, but you forgot what the shirt looks like, it would be a lot faster to simply say "Oh, it's that shirt" when you see the thumbnail.

  Also, this would make it a lot easier to browse between, say, a hundred shirts, and quickly make a judgement about which one you want to use based on how the objects look. This is mostly an accessibility thing for people who have larger inventories or larger collections of clothing. It would also encourage users to organize their inventories.

  Content creators could even distribute their objects with thumbnails included, and it would save people a lot of time if done correctly, but it would have to be set up so that any user can override their local inventory thumbnails so that they can organize things how they want/need to.

Links

Related

• [ ] https://github.com/secondlife/jira-archive/issues/10938

Original Jira Fields

| Field | Value | | ------------- | ------------- | | Issue | BUG-230426 | | Summary | Client-side/local inventory thumbnail-images for inventory organization | | Type | New Feature Request | | Priority | Unset | | Status | Accepted | | Resolution | Accepted | | Reporter | Nikkesa (nikkesa) | | Created at | 2021-03-18T22:07:04Z | | Updated at | 2023-05-24T18:15:19Z | ``` { 'Build Id': 'unset', 'Business Unit': ['Platform'], 'Date of First Response': '2021-03-24T13:13:16.393-0500', 'How would you like the feature to work?': 'Basically it would be cool to have thumbnails attached to inventory objects, or even links to inventory objects so that when getting new content, we could take a picture of that content, and link it to the object in a way so that we can view our inventory in an organized "thumbnail mode", showing only "thumbnailed" objects. This would make it easy to see a preview of what the object looks like when setting up new outfits and the like.\r\n\r\nSteps the user would take:\r\n\r\n- right click on an item in inventory\r\n- click on the "create thumbnail" menu-item\r\n- A small square pops up, which the user can then drag around their screen\r\n- A screenshot is taken when the user provides some sort of input, like a button on the square, or hitting enter\r\n- The screenshot is down-sized to a 128x128 or 256x256 thumbnail, and attached to the object\r\n\r\n\r\n- User clicks on the "View thumbnails" button on top of inventory\r\n- User is presented with folders that have thumbnails. They can choose to filter by these folders, or, say, "show all thumbnails". This would present the user with a grid of thumbnail image objects in their inventory\r\n- User can treat these larger thumbnail images like normal inventory objects, dragging and dropping them onto their characters\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\nI say it should be local because this could be a larger task if made server-side, but it certainly would be more ideal if the thumbnails were stored server-side. So that users get to keep their organization', 'Original Reporter': 'Nikkesa (nikkesa)', 'ReOpened Count': 0.0, 'Severity': 'Unset', 'Target Viewer Version': 'viewer-development', 'Why is this feature important to you? How would it benefit the community?': 'This would allow users the ability to organize large clothing/outfit collections in a way that lets them easily see objects without having to actually wear them to figure out what the object looks like. If the object is a shirt for instance, but you forgot what the shirt looks like, it would be a lot faster to simply say "Oh, it\'s that shirt" when you see the thumbnail.\r\n\r\nAlso, this would make it a lot easier to browse between, say, a hundred shirts, and _quickly_ make a judgement about which one you want to use based on how the objects look. This is mostly an accessibility thing for people who have larger inventories or larger collections of clothing. It would also encourage users to organize their inventories.\r\n\r\nContent creators could even distribute their objects with thumbnails included, and it would save people a lot of time if done correctly, but it would _have_ to be set up so that any user can override their local inventory thumbnails so that they can organize things how they want/need to.', } ```

[sl-service-account]

Vir Linden commented at 2021-03-24T18:13:16Z

Bringing this in as a possible future improvement.