Yet another newbie question - when I want to add images to a node, I have the opportunity to upload or select an existing image. Given I currently have 12,000 images uploaded and managed by Backdrop, when I select "existing image", the page returned is restricted to 20 images, presumably hard coded somewhere, which is less than satisfactory unless I can recall something about the filename of the images I'm looking for.

I've had a look at adding modules/extensions but none seem to help expand the number of returned images. So my question is where is this figure hard coded and why isn't there an easy way to alter the number of images returned? Ideally I'd like to be able to select 50 or 100 images in each page of results... yes I can search for all "Fire" images but that still returns 16 pages of items!

Or am I again missing something simple? :)

Accepted answer

Hi @Ian

A good question.  This is defined in a view called "Image Library (File)" (admin/structure/views/view/image_library/configure)

You can adjust the number of items there and even expose the number of items to the user.

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Hi @Ian

A good question.  This is defined in a view called "Image Library (File)" (admin/structure/views/view/image_library/configure)

You can adjust the number of items there and even expose the number of items to the user.

I SWEAR I looked in "views" and missed that! Thanks for the wee video too... I just knew it had to be simpler than editing code somewhere! :)

 

Off topic, but I'm guessing from the phrase "wee video" that you may be based in bonnie Scotland?

No - I'm actually in Wellington, New Zealand - but I come from just outside Glasgow - been out here since the 1960s, haven't been home since the mid-70s, and given I'm almost 71, I reckon I've just got time for one more trip home :)

@Ian - as this is a good question that could be a commonly asked newbie question, I've renamed the post and marked it as an FAQ. Thank you.