Editing images and PDFs inside the app

Feature requests
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Use case or problem

Open image in an external image editor.

  • While it’s easy to open a file in an external text editor (right-click tab → “Open in default app”), it’s harder to open image in an external editor.
  • This FR ensures easy access to image files from inside Obsidian.

Proposed solution

  1. Right-click image in Edit or View mode (either will do)
  2. In right-click menu, choose:
    1. “Open in default app” to open Image in an external image editor.
    2. “Show in system explorer” to show Image file in Windows File Explorer.
    3. “Copy image path” to copy path to Image file into memory.

Current workaround (optional)

I am able to open an image in an external editor this way:

  1. Open/view file in Edit mode
  2. Click the image to view file name (![[Pasted image 20991231123456.png]])
  3. Hold down CTRL and click on the file name (![[Pasted image 20991231123456.png]]), the image now opens in a new tab

Currently, I can get file path/name for an image this way:

  1. Open/view file in Edit mode
  2. Click the image to view file name (![[Pasted image 20991231123456.png]])
  3. Hold down CTRL and click on the file name (![[Pasted image 20991231123456.png]]), the image now opens in a new tab
  4. In Windows File Explorer, copy folder path from Address field.
  5. Paste folder path into an external text editor
  6. In Windows File Explorer, click file and press F2 to select the file name, then copy file name to clipboard (CTRL+C).
  7. Open an external text editor
  8. In external text editor: paste file name
  9. In external text editor: assemble folder path and file name so it’s ready for use in Image editor
  10. Open Image editor (Image editor now opens - I use Paint.net)
  11. In Image editor, Open File by pressing CTRL+O. A file dialog window opens.
  12. In Image editor file dialog window: Navigate to the folder
  13. In Image editor file dialog window: Copy-paste file name from Windows File Explorer
  14. In Image editor file dialog window, press Open button. File now opens in the external Image editor

Related feature requests (optional)

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