Really long pictures are impossible to read in Signal without saving them first

[Dyras]

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Bug description

Really long pictures are impossible to... Just look at the screenshot and you'll see what I mean

Steps to reproduce

1. Have your friend send you this https://vgy.me/vqZVNU.jpeg (Or send it to them)
2. Click the picture in Signal-Desktop
3. Pretty hard to read huh?

Actual result: You can't read the picture
Expected result: You should preferably be able to zoom in on the picture by clicking it again

Screenshots

https://vgy.me/TDRXvj.png <--- That's what the picture looks like

Platform info

Windows 10 Pro N
Latest Chrome
Latest Signal

[kyraha]

UX idea: In the desktop app, a simple scroll with the mouse wheel could zoom in and out the image anchoring the zoom focus at the mouse pointer, similar to online maps websites.

[Ruperr]

Any new information about this feature? This issue is nearly 4 years old, but hasn't been fixed yet. Speaking here about Arch Linux, don't know about Windows.

[acy2yiu]

Currently this is the only reason I have to go back to WhatsApp because enlarging images is necessary in my online Zoom lessons

[stale]

This issue has been automatically marked as stale because it has not had recent activity. It will be closed if no further activity occurs. Thank you for your contributions.

[MaybeThisIsRu]

This is important -- especially for a messenger that tries to keep things sandboxed and asks you, "Would you really like to save an image to your system that can be read by anyone?"