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View images and videos

Zulip shows previews of attached images and videos, unless previews are disabled in your organization. You can click on a preview to view an image in more detail, or to play a video. Zulip also makes it convenient to browse all images and videos attached to messages in your current view.

Use the image viewer

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  1. Click an image preview to open the image viewer.
  2. You can interact with the image.
    • Zoom in and out of the image
    • Click and drag the image
    • Reset zoom so that the image is recentered and back to its original size
    • Open the image in a new browser tab
    • Download the image
  3. Click anywhere outside the image to close the image viewer once you are done.

Use the video player

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  1. Click a video thumbnail to open the video player.
  2. You can interact with the video.
    • Play the video
    • Adjust the volume
    • Watch in full screen mode
    • Open the video in a new browser tab
    • Download the video if it was uploaded to Zulip
    • Adjust playback speed
    • Turn on picture-in-picture
  3. Click anywhere outside the video to close the video player once you are done.

Browse images and videos

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In the Zulip desktop or web app, you can browse the images and videos in the current view. For example, if you’re in a channel view, you’ll be able to browse through all the images and videos in that channel. If you do a search, the viewer will display all the images and videos in messages matching that search.

  1. Click an image preview or video thumbnail to open the viewer.
  2. Browse by using the left and right arrow buttons at the bottom of the viewer.
  3. Click any image or video to display it.
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