element-hq / element-hq/element-meta
How to preview attachments
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Description
### Your use case
Currently the application only allows downloading or saving attachments and opening them from a file browser application. This is quite inconvenient for a normal user.
When there is an attachment (pdf, docx, pptx,...) there should be a solution to preview the file content.
- View files directly from the application.
- Allow selecting the application to open the file.
### Have you considered any alternatives?
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### Additional context
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Research direction
The issue asks for in-app previews of attachments such as PDF, DOCX, and PPTX, plus choosing an application to open them. Start by identifying which Element client and attachment flow should own this behavior; done would require an agreed preview or handoff experience for the listed file types.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100