element-hq / element-hq/element-web
Show file metadata in file upload dialogue
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A-File-Upload
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Description
### Your use case
#### What would you like to do?
See metadata when uploading. Currently only name and file size is shown.
#### Why would you like to do it?
to help confirming I chose the correct file.
showing exif data may inform users that they're going to leak that data (#4426)
#### How would you like to achieve it?
Show Pixel dimensions, run time, maybe basic exif.
### Have you considered any alternatives?
_No response_
### Additional context
Split off #18198
Related #14047
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