decaporg / decaporg/decap-cms

PDFs Have No Thumbnail Or Icon In Media Gallery

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area: media-library exp: beginner kind: enhancement pinned status: accepted status: needs design
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Description

**Describe the bug**
When a `.pdf` file is uploaded to the Media Gallery, it's preview card is blank. No thumbnail is generated for it. Note that this remains true after a page refresh. Thumbnails are generated for images.

**To Reproduce**

**Expected behavior**
Either a Thumbnail, or a PDF icon is displayed on the file's preview card.

**Observations**
- This is a different issue to #1985 as no image is displayed even after a page refresh.
- If a preview cannot be generated for PDFs, an icon should be displayed as current behaviour makes it look like upload failed.

**Screenshots**
screenshot 2018-12-31 at 23 33 02

**Applicable Versions:**
- Netlify CMS version: netlify-cms 2.3.2
- Git provider: Gitlab
- OS: OSX
- Browser version: 71.0.3578.98
- Node.JS version: 8.11.3

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