Preview of images file://xxx

[jgreffe]

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Problem

When copying a reference to an image file with the file:// protocol, something like file:///tmp/my-image.png, Maccy doesn't display a preview of this image.
I'm not sure it's achievable?

This has been observed using Monosnap: https://apps.apple.com/fr/app/monosnap-screenshot-editor/id540348655

Solution

file://xxx references of images should display a preview

[p0deje]

This is by design. When you copy a file, we don't have access to it and I am not sure Maccy should attempt to load the file and show its contents. We don't really want to grow Maccy memory for file loading and I could pose security issues as well, when loading untrusted input.

[paragkatoch]

I tried using the ‘copy to clipboard’ shortcut action on images, but it’s not showing the preview.

@p0deje How about accessing only for images, possibly no security threat and maybe a file size limit for preview?