Questions tagged [images]
For questions about the images used on Stack Exchange sites or about using images in your own posts.
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Are there any particular characters or sequences that should never be put in an image description?
Answer(s) to How to upload an image to a post? (found in metaFAQ) explain several reasons why we should
replace the default "enter image description here" with something meaningful.
Are there any ...
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Who designs the different Stack Exchange site logos?
Not sure if this is the right place to ask this but my motivation for asking this question is the beautiful logo for Aviation Stack Exchange. It is super memorable and I would love to know who ...
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Issue with image alternate text in blog authors page
There is an issue with the <img alt in the Stack Overflow Blog - Authors page.
Today when I'm accessing the blog authors page in slow internet connection, I see the image alternate text is ...
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How can I align images? [duplicate]
Is it possible to align images in questions and answers?
If yes, could anyone specify how to do so? On MathJax enabled sites, I tried encapsulating the "![][]" within "$$" and "$$" as I used to do ...
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Edit question offline including in particular pictures, title and text
I often prepare a Stack Exchange question when I am offline (for example in a train) with my Emacs and then copy and paste it if I am online again.
Now if I include several pictures I have to upload ...
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“The Loop #2” contains inaccessible images with no transcription
The latest blog post, "The Loop #2: Understanding Site Satisfaction, Summer 2019", contains a graph showing percentages of responses to the site satisfaction survey:
Coded responses to "What ...
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Picture are not shown in all Stack Exchange sites [duplicate]
This is a screen shoot of SE I took from here. That's mine. But mine or others are the same, not working, no image is shown. That's makes it difficult for me to understand a topic. I have tried with ...
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Reusing an answer's image after editing in another post on a different Stack Exchange site?
I would like to download an image from this answer on Blender Stack Exchange (linking to imgur), edit it and use it in a post on another site of Stack Exchange in a question. (Basically I want ...
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Image descriptions are very rarely written in by users [duplicate]
I have noticed that although when inserting an image part of the code that SE Inserts when you upload it is text saying "Enter image description here" but people very rarely put image descriptions ...
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why cant a publicly accessible image not be posted when I press fetch image [closed]
I wanted to post an image link in this thread
how to use recovery usb created by hp recovery tool to re install windows 10
since my image of BIOS boot options of my laptop was taken from a camera its ...
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How to add pictures to the added comments in this website [duplicate]
I asked a question, but I needed to show the person who answered my question a picture of how did I apply what he/she mentioned.
I could not add a picture to the comment and that made me unable to ...
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Broken image in new post notices blog post
Broken image in the blog post related to the New Post Notices are live network-wide announcement.
The below image source is not available:
<img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/...
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screenshots from snipping tool should be saved in what format so that google drive links can be fetched as image in stackexchange sites
I keep facing a lot of problems on my systems. So I keep posting on stack exchange sites. I take a lot of screenshots from snipping tool
for example this one
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/...
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How can I declare images I create to be in the “public domain” prior to uploading them to Stack Exchange?
Many images I upload are unimportant things like screenshots. I simply don't care about copyright, and want to be able to declare them in the public domain prior to uploading them to Stack Exchange.
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As a workaround to Imgur being blocked, is there a image hosting site which allows URL uploads and does not violate CC BY-SA 4.0 copyright?
Imgur is blocked in China (and probably in some other countries as well as many workplaces and educational institutions). This is annoying for Chinese users and Chinese.SE in particular.
Workaround: ...
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Can I wholly replace a graphic with another one?
I have an image that I use over and over... I am savvy to how SE stores images on Imgur. So whenever I insert it, I find the URL of the image https://i.stack.imgur.com/Gh0yO.png, and tell "post image"...
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Why there is no command to center images?
Why there is no formatting command to center images in Stack Exchange posts?
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Stack Exchange policy on images and the visually impaired
This question relates particularly to SE Biology, but has aspects that impinge on other Stack Exchange sites. It concerns insertion of images and their viewing by users who use screen readers.
Is it, ...
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Images in post when viewed using Chrome on Android are sometimes misplaced
Images in post when viewed using Chrome on Android are sometimes misplaced.
Example from Why are there so many subway station signs between Yau Ma Tei station and Mong Kok station on Google Maps?: ...
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Allow edit to be continued during imgur's image load
Can we have a functionality that will insert corresponding line immediately:
[![enter image description here][1]][1]
and allow us to continue editing of a question or an answer while actual image ...
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Images inserted in a question using Chrome on Android via the image uploader are always placed at the end of the question
Images inserted in a question using Chrome on Android via the image uploader are always placed at the end of the question, instead of being placed where the cursor was when clicking on the "add ...
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Images inserted in a question using Chrome on Android via the image uploader aren't clickable
The images inserted in a question using Chrome on Android via the image uploader aren't clickable.
Example of non-clickable images: Why did Myanmar get removed from the list of countries on the ...
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Copying text from OneNote and pasting creates an image instead of text
Steps to reproduce:
Write something in OneNote
Copy that text
Try pasting in Stack Overflow
It opens the image upload dialog box (Example: The image in this question)
PS: I tried pasting the same in ...
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Is scrolling on Anime and Wordbuilding slow as compared to sites with no background images?
I am using Safari 12.1.1 on macOS, with no extensions.
https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com and https://anime.stackexchange.com seem to have a bit sluggish, inertial and non-smooth scrolling on ...
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Some uploaded images get aggressively compressed; why and when?
I tried uploading a full-page screenshot of a deleted question to share with low-rep users, and I noticed that the result was barely legible.
For example let's take a full-page screenshot of the XY ...
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Why don't newly-designed sites get custom 404, 500, or captcha images anymore?
By "error images" below, I mean the images used on each site for the 404 Not Found page, the 500 server error page, and the captcha page. I'll admit that I'm a bit biased as I strongly believe that ...
asked Sep 19 '19 at 19:14
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How do I access a banned Imgur site? [duplicate]
Maybe you know, imgur.com is banned in Turkey. So we can't see images on asked questions and can not upload any image to questions. Is there an alternative to imgur.com for downloading/uploading ...
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Links to tinypic.com are about to become permanently broken on August 26, 2019
I notice that there is an image link that no longer works at the end of this recently updated page in Meta.SE.
I suspect that this is only one example of many items that have links to tinypic.com.
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Should transcriptions of text-based images be included (only) as alt-text?
Often on Skeptics.SE, we get questions about some viral meme taken from social media which is a graphic containing nothing but text.
This makes it difficult for search engines to find the page when ...
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What is the current maximum image width and maximum post width?
Q1: What is the current maximum image width that does not get auto-scaled down?
Q2: Are these widths the same on different Stack Exchange sites, e.g. for Mathematics, Physics, Stack Overflow, etc...
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How does one request an updated header image for a particular site? [duplicate]
This question is about a minor change to a header image on the Mathematica Stack Exchange site.
For background information, see:
Ask the Community: Should we add "Wolfram Language" to our ...
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Inconsistency with the Images section in formatting help page
There is some inconsistency with Images section in the formatting help page over Stack Exchange sites.
In Stack Overflow help page, there is an old image icon is displaying
in the Images section.
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Block “enter image description here” [duplicate]
Soooo many people don't bother following the simple instructions filled in automatically for alt text (old stats). Posts are rife with "enter image description here" which leaves content inaccessible ...
asked Jul 7 '19 at 13:53
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Lots of broken images [duplicate]
Images uploaded to imgur are showing broken image icons with a link containing the image description (which is usually just the generic "enter image description here"). When I click on the link I get ...
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Automatically add attribution when uploading an image from a link
Users (including me) often forget to add attribution when uploading/linking an information. I'm not sure if it's 99% as this feature request claims, but it certainly happens less than half of the time....
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When copy-pasting images from the clipboard, automatically reduce image size to below the 2 MB requirement
The copy-paste feature is great (and I think was only implemented recently).
I wonder though if it could be further improved by also automatically reducing the size of the image if the image is above ...
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Meta emails have weird aspect ratio [duplicate]
This problem and the regular aspect ratios for non-Meta emails were tested in both Chrome and Firefox on my Mac.
So I got this email about Meta automatically, and the aspect ratio is very, very off:
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The maximum image size that one can upload is 2 MiB, not 2 MB
The maximum image size one can upload is 2 MiB, not 2 MB, unlike what is stated:
The issue was fixed on ~Aug 3 '15 but came back (and I cannot remove the status-completed tag, hence this new question)...
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Android app doesn't explain why image upload fails [duplicate]
I've been trying to pay an image on a question which is a photo on my phone. I cropped it so it's small in size and pixels but it keeps failing and I'm not told why, I just get an error report.
It ...
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Is inserting images broken?
I was trying to edit a fresh user's post to include the image in the post.
So I clicked on edit, then at the appropriate position CTRL-G, switched to "paste" and inserted https://i.imgur.com/lT8q3Ks....
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Can't upload image in Stack Exchange iOS app
When I try to upload an image in the Stack Exchange iOS app, I'm getting this error:
Request failed
An unknown error occurred. Please try again in a few minutes.
I've already tried:
Logging ...
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How to add multiple images/photos to a question
I am member at different Stack Exchange communities; especially Signal Processing and Stack Overflow, but one thing I find difficult is that if I want to add/attach more than one photo/image/snapshot ...
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Is the site 'i.stack.infuriating.com' affiliated with Stack Exchange?
The (now deleted) questing in Biology SE Why female mosquito not considered as a parasites? appears to contain an embedded image but it is not displaying for me.
The URL is shown below, it looks ...
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MathJax wrongly rendered when used as alt text for image
When MathJax is used within the alt text of an image, like this:
![test $2$][1]
the rendered result will show the MathJax 'outside' the image:
Interestingly, the preview renders the image correctly,...
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Is an account needed to post images on Stack Exchange using Imgur? [duplicate]
How do I post images on Stack Exchange using Imgur? Do I have to make an account on Imgur?
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Converting answer to edit with images in both breaks image tags
I have just come across this when reviewing this question:
Pontiac Grand Prix 2007
Steps:
Original post contained an image
Answer, by the OP, also contained an image, which was adding more ...
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Profile picture display problem [duplicate]
Bug
User Saketh Malyala's profile picture isn't displayed.
My Observations
Profile picture's image location: https://graph.facebook.com/384396958435934/picture?type=large
Opening this URL, one is ...
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What should I do when I notice posts with images hosted on suspicious non-Imgur domains?
The two main issues with posts containing images hosted on non-http://stack.imgur.com/ domains are:
Link rot.
Potential spam — in case the hoster replaces the images with advertisements.
There are ...
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Max height for uploaded images?
I included a few tall images in a recent question I asked on space.se. I thought they would scale to something appropriate, but as they are very tall images, it really didn't. For your information, ...
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Add an option to skip the “add picture” step when inserting an image into a post
Since a few months ago, one can paste or drag and drop the images directly into the editor:
However, for each inserted image, one still has to click on "Add picture". It would be nice to add an ...
