Support for inserting images that already exist in Space

[syfxlin]

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Clear and concise description of the problem

Anytype can insert an image into Space by Picture menu and display the image content. However, sometimes we may refer to an existing image in Space, but currently the Picture menu does not allow us to select an image that already exists in Space, and if we insert an image by Add link, the image content will not be displayed.

Suggested solution

Please provide a function in the Picture menu to select an image that already exists in Space.

Alternative

Displaying the image content of an image inserted using the Add link.

Additional context

The same problem occurs with other types of attachments, such as File or PDF.

[jberstler]

+1 for this.

I think the right UX here might be something like this:

Clicking the "Select an existing picture" link could bring up the standard search modal (though pre-filtered to picture objects). Even better would be if the filtered images showed as a small 2-column grid in the search modal:

You could also consider instead using the existing /picture UX and requiring the user to paste the link obtained by opening the existing picture object and copying its link, but this is more tedious than using the search modal.