nextcloud / nextcloud/mail

Improve attachement preview with hover over

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Description

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

Cumbersome usability

Describe the solution you'd like

It would be a great feature to quickly preview attachment on inbound and even outbound emails quicker with hover over functionality.

At the moment a user has to click on the file which then opens a full screen modal that needs to be manually closed this functionality is a bit cumbersome when looking for the correct attachment on inbound messages with several attachments or looking through several emails.

Hover over functionality would make this easier, a user could just hover over the file for .3/.4 seconds see a preview of the file in a modal, then move on to the next file. This functionality would also be great for outbound messages to confirm that the attachment(s) is/are correct before sending.

Some thing like this desktop implementation...

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Research direction

Start by locating the attachment rendering and existing full-screen preview modal in the mail app, then compare the inbound and outbound message views. Define the hover delay and preview behavior for supported attachments, and verify that hovering does not disrupt the existing click-to-open flow.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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