No preview

[justinkelly]

Hi Scott

Great work on this extension, 1 issue I have is that if i save a file using save2drive there is now preview for that file in Google Drive web view

• this has happened for a image i uploaded - not sure if it affects other file formats

Cheers

Justin

[scottcheng]

Hey Justin,

Thank you for the feedback.

You are right, and I have realized this issue -- images saved with Save2Drive cannot be previewed in the Google Drive web app, and honestly I don't see a way to fix that for the time being... I suppose it can be fixed by using the Google Drive API, which does not currently support creating a file from a link :( I'll keep my eyes open for other solutions.

Meanwhile, I would like to mention that if you have a Google Drive client installed that syncs a local folder with your Drive, you are be able to preview the image (or do anything you like) in your local folder.

Cheers,
Scott

[justinkelly]

thanks scott for the update

note if you copy/rename then move the uploaded file to another folder (using the gdrive client) the image becomes previewable

cheers

justin

[scottcheng]

That's interesting! However when I tried the same action (copy/rename then move) on the web app nothing happens. I'll try doing it with the API when I have a chance.

Thanks!
Scott