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Image Gallery Web Part - Title
This is unbelievably terrible design. I can't believe you couldn't add captions to image thumbnails in a gallery and FOUR YEARS LATER you STILL can't. Using the "Carousel" option is not a solution. It only shows one image at a time, so it defeats the purpose of a thumbnail gallery.
- Christine_CannavoApr 02, 2024Copper Contributor
MelDav Wow yeah I'm surprised at the limited capabilty of the Imagae Gallery. It would be nice if
1. We could have our users upload their own images - the only way I can think to do it is to have the library be dynamic and give them a link to put their photos in - but then there are no image captions. If we use the select image you can add a caption that shows when the image is clicked on but there is no easy way for users to add images! Yipes terrible U/I!
2. Have the captions show in the Dynamic mode using the file name at least. That shouldn't be too difficult.
Sheesh I just wanted to make a fun share site for company pets and its become a Sharepoint how to lol
- Rob_ElliottApr 03, 2024Bronze Contributor
Christine_Cannavo for what you want to do the image gallery is not the right tool and there are better options available. For example you could have your users add a photo to a list in Lists and format it with a gallery view:
Or, as we do in our company, have a community in Viva Engage (formerly Yammer) for them to upload their photos, and add descriptions etc:
Rob
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Principal Consultant, SharePoint and Power Platform WSP Global (and classic 1967 Morris Traveller driver)- Christine_CannavoApr 03, 2024Copper Contributor
Rob_Elliott thank you for the tips! I will check out those options : ) I just want it to be easy and not require a lot of explaination!