Write it down
Photo sizes and the gallery
How much room a photo takes up in a list is a setting, not a fixed decision.
Why you'd care
A list of twenty photos at full width is unusable, and a list of one important photo shown as a thumbnail wastes it. The size control is what lets the same feature serve both.
The sizes
| Size | Looks like | Good for |
|---|---|---|
| Square | A small square thumbnail | Long lists where photos are references |
| Note | A medium inline image | Mixed lists of text and pictures |
| Full | Full width | Lists that are mostly photos |
Set the default in Settings Lists & <i>Things</i> Default photo size, and override it per thing.
Going further
Tap to go full screen. Any photo opens into a viewer you can zoom and swipe through, which is where you actually read a photographed page.
Gallery layout is a different thing. Setting a whole list to the Gallery layout arranges its things as a grid, which is the better answer for a list that is entirely images. See layouts.
Settings that change this
- Settings Lists & <i>Things</i> Default photo size sets the default display size.
Tips
- Square is the right default for most people, because most photos are references rather than content.
- If a list is mostly pictures, change the list's layout rather than every photo's size.