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[Enhancement] Option to control position of link preview (self.arctic)

submitted 1 month ago by dave to c/arctic@lemmy.world

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When using Large post view, posts with a url show that url including thumbnail below the post content. But when opened, the link is above the content. I’d prefer it to be below, so that the 2 look similar—I find it a bit of a visual glitch that the order jumps. Is there a way to do that (couldn’t see one), or could it easily be added?

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[–] dave 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I actually really like the preview in large feed—the link thumbnail expanding to full screen is really good, so I do hope that can stay. My only suggestion, from UI design scars of old, is anytime you’re not sure, make it an option :)

For example, I like this layout:

feed

But then opening could easily look the same, but it ‘jars’ a bit to this:

post

And I prefer the first tbh. I don’t mind the link being way below if the content is long; I tend to read the post before going to the link anyway.

Oh, and if you do make this configurable, a search feature in options is almost certainly going to be on the list before long too :)

[–] CreatureSurvive@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

By omitting the content preview I was referring to the post body excerpt in the posts feed

And then in the open post, I would move the title above the link or media preview, and append the post body below like this.

This would make it appear as though the large posts cell was expanding from its current state.

I may do this either way, and just add an option to move the link previews to the bottom of the post. I’m not sure if I should do the same for post images and videos though.

By the way, I did add support for searching setting a few versions back. It’s not fully comprehensive yet, and will not show deeply nested settings, but it does show most options.

[–] dave 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ha—I’d not noticed the pull-down in settings. But I haven’t changed anything for ages either…

I do also like the preview in the main feed—short posts don’t even need opening then which is much easier, especially one-handed.

[–] CreatureSurvive@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

That’s a good point, for now I just added a new setting in the appearance section for placing links above or below the post. I’ll keep working on the updated layout. I’m half tempted to make a customizable layout that you can drag and drop elements where you want them to appear, but that’ll have to be part of a larger update.