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Smaller folder & document icons

Mark Gerber

January 22, 2023 23:30

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When I add a folder or document to a project it appears as a massive 80x110 icon. Since the icon only shows something like "@" or "PDF" it's not very informative and seems a huge waste of space. I know I can toggle the arrow and it will reduce to a more reasonable size, but is there a reason it's that large in the first place?

Same is true when I link a document or folder within a task: I have this huge icon that's visually intrusive (IMHO). But as far as I can see, there's no way to reduce it.

Ideally, I'd like to see an option in the Basic Preferences, similar to UI font size: a choice to view smaller icons only.

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  CM January 23, 2023 14:46 Official comment

  Hi Mark,

  Thank you for reaching out! I’ll be happy to help. 

  Indeed the default view for files is the icon view. However, please note that you can toggle the List View mode for files, and that should reduce the icon sizes drastically and increase the information density. The reason that the icon views are large by default is because Pagico tries to generate thumbnails for documents when possible. For example, PDFs, Pages / Numbers and images, etc, will be rendered with thumbnails, which are quite visible through the default icon size.

  But once you've "minimized" the icon sizes by switching to the list view, newly added files will automatically be rendered in the list view mode in the same project/contact.

  I hope this helps a bit. Thank you very much!

   

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  Mark Gerber January 25, 2023 02:48

  Thanks, CM. I appreciate having the option of collapsing the List View mode for files. I'd really like to see that same option for files attached to tasks.

  As an aside, nearly all the file icons I see are generic and just show the file name extension in the graphic. Maybe that's because I use aliases almost exclusively when I attach a file. Because I work with a partner our working files are on Dropbox where she will also have access to them, so I can't keep them within the Pagico database.