starlight_help/src/content/docs/image-video-and-website-previews.mdx
import {TabItem, Tabs} from "@astrojs/starlight/components";
import FlattenedSteps from "../../components/FlattenedSteps.astro"; import NavigationSteps from "../../components/NavigationSteps.astro"; import ZulipNote from "../../components/ZulipNote.astro"; import AdminOnly from "../include/_AdminOnly.mdx"; import SaveChanges from "../include/_SaveChanges.mdx";
Zulip displays previews of images, videos, audio files and websites in your message feed. You can configure how animated images are previewed.
Organization administrators can:
In the desktop and web apps, you can configure previews of animated images to always show the animation, show it when you hover over the image with your mouse, or not show it at all. For large animated images, only the first part of the animation will be shown in the preview.
You can always see the full animated image by opening it in the image viewer.
<ZulipNote> This configuration applies only to images uploaded since July 21, 2024 on Zulip Cloud, or on Zulip Server [9.0+](/help/view-zulip-version) in self-hosted organizations. Previews of images uploaded earlier are always animated. </ZulipNote> <Tabs> <TabItem label="Desktop/Web"> <FlattenedSteps> <NavigationSteps target="settings/preferences" /> 1. Under **Information**, select the desired option from the **Play animated
images** dropdown.
</FlattenedSteps>
You can configure the size of image and video previews for users in your organization. Smaller previews avoid disrupting the flow of conversation, while larger ones reduce the need to open the image viewer.
<FlattenedSteps> <NavigationSteps target="settings/organization-settings" />To prevent images from being used to track Zulip users, Zulip proxies all external images in messages through the server.