Mercury 100 User's Manual

Thumbnails

Thumbnails » Layout

• Max table width: The maximum width of the thumbnail tables, both for folders and for images. If the viewport width is less than this, the thumbnail table is adjusted to fit.
• Hover action: Depending upon the selection, when a visitor hovers on a thumbnail it will either be inflated (10% larger), rendered in grayscale, both, or neither.
• Border: If selected, a one-pixel border is shown on the thumbnails.
• Folders last: If selected, the grouped folder thumbnails on a page are shown after the image thumbnails, rather than before. This may be applied only to a specific folder or folders. If you want only the subfolders in Folder A to appear at the bottom of the page for Folder A, do not select Folders last on the settings here. Instead, hover on the Folder A thumbnail in the jAlbum Explore view, and choose More..., then Edit. On the right, expand the Variables panel and enter a variable called locFoldersLast, with a value of true.

Thumbnail » Captions

• Folder caption: The caption for a folder thumbnail may display the folder title, the folder comment, both, or neither.
• Name if no title: If no folder title has been entered, use the folder name.
• Show count of images in folder: If selected, the number of album objects in the folder is displayed. This includes all album objects, and is recursive, i.e., the count includes the contents of subfolders.
• Image caption: The caption below an image thumbnail may display the image title, the image comment, both, or neither.
• Name if no title: If no image title has been entered, use the image file name (without its extension).
• Limit title and comment to two lines each....: If selected, the title and comment, when shown as a thumbnail caption, will be limited to two lines. Any overflow is shown as an ellipsis. This does not apply if the thumbnails are floated, i.e., if the caption appears to one side of the thumbnail. On a small display, this limitation is forced, regardless of this setting.

Thumbnails » Folders

• Layout: If Fixed is selected, folder thumbnails are cropped to the dimensions chosen under Settings » Images » General » Image Bounds » Folders, and are displayed in a regular grid pattern. If Horizontal is selected, folder thumbnails retain their original aspect ratio, and are displayed in a fully-justified horizontal masonry layout.
• Spacing: The spacing between folder thumbnails.
• Constrain aspect ratio: If fixed shape thumbnails are not selected, the aspect ratio of each thumbnail will be the same as that of the original image. Choosing this option restricts the aspect ratio (width divided by height) to a minimum of 0.5 and a maximum of 2.5. This prevents panoramic images and unusually tall, skinny images from producing thumbnails with extreme aspect ratios, which otherwise tend to disrupt the thumbnail table layout.
• Captions below: If selected, captions are shown below the thumbnails, rather than being superimposed on them. This is possible only if fixed shape thumbnails have been selected, and the thumbnails are not floated to the left or right.
• Captions always visible: If this is selected, captions on thumbnails are always visible, rather than being visible only when the visitor hovers his mouse on the thumbnail. If Captions below is chosen, or if thumbnails are floated, the caption is always visible, regardless.
• Thumbnail float: If fixed shape thumbnails are selected, you may float the thumbnail to the right or left, in which case the caption will appear next to the thumbnail.
• Caption width: If floated thumbnails are selected, the caption area is a fixed width.
• Caption alignment: If floated thumbnails are selected, the caption text may be left-aligned, right-aligned, or centered.

Thumbnails » Images

• Layout: If Fixed is selected, thumbnails are cropped to the dimensions chosen under Settings » Images » General » Image Bounds » Thumbnails, and are displayed in a regular grid pattern. If Horizontal is selected, thumbnails retain their original aspect ratio, and are displayed in a fully-justified horizontal masonry layout. If Vertical is chosen, thumbnails retain their original aspect ratio, and are displayed in a vertical masonry layout (ragged lower edges).
• Spacing: The spacing between thumbnails.
• Constrain aspect ratio: If fixed shape thumbnails are not selected, the aspect ratio of each thumbnail will be the same as that of the original image. Choosing this option restricts the aspect ratio (width divided by height) to a minimum of 0.5 and a maximum of 2.5. This prevents panoramic images and unusually tall, skinny images from producing thumbnails with extreme aspect ratios, which otherwise tend to disrupt the thumbnail table layout.
• Captions below: If selected, captions are shown below the thumbnails, rather than being superimposed on them. This is possible only if fixed shape thumbnails have been selected, and the thumbnails are not floated to the left or right.
• Captions always visible: If this is selected, captions on thumbnails are always visible, rather than being visible only when the visitor hovers his mouse on the thumbnail. If Captions below is chosen, or if thumbnails are floated, the caption is always visible, regardless.
• Thumbnail float: If fixed shape thumbnails are selected, you may float the thumbnail to the right or left, in which case the caption will appear next to the thumbnail.
• Caption width: If floated thumbnails are selected, the caption area is a fixed width.
• Caption alignment: If floated thumbnails are selected, the caption text may be left-aligned, right-aligned, or centered.