openai / openai/codex

Attached Image Previews No Longer showing at the side of the chat

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Description

What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)?

Version 26.810.52044

What subscription do you have?

Business

What platform is your computer?

Windows

What issue are you seeing?

When I click on attached image that like a screen capture clipboard image, the preview of that image was previously showing on the side, of the chat, its now taking over the entire screen and I can't look at the image and type my prompt, describing the issue.

prompt showing attached image
Image

the preview now takes over the whole screen

Image
What steps can reproduce the bug?

Feedback ID: 01a0063b-bbc2-7ab1-9722-a593b6b2ebc0

What is the expected behavior?

the preview be at the side of the chat box

Additional information

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Research direction

Reproduce the issue in the Codex App on Windows using the attached-image flow and Feedback ID 01a0063b-bbc2-7ab1-9722-a593b6b2ebc0. Compare the current full-screen preview with the expected side-of-chat preview; done means the image can remain visible beside the chat while a prompt is typed.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
52/100

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