SensorPanel preview at import and export

[Loyd]

OK, Just how do you get a file called preview.jpg in the zip file. Can it be done in the sensor panel manager?

Great idea by the way. just got a lot of panel files to convert.

[Surjeet]

1 minute ago, Loyd said:

OK, Just how do you get a file called preview.jpg in the zip file. Can it be done in the sensor panel manager?

Great idea by the way. just got a lot of panel files to convert.

Yes, please do it in Sensor Panel Manager:

Please add "Preview.jpg" that you want to see as thumbnail as the first item (top-most) in the sensor panel manager, hide it, export the SPZIP, and this preview image will show up perfectly when importing.

[Loyd]

what type? image I guess

[Surjeet]

28 minutes ago, Loyd said:

what type? image I guess

Yes, add an image. I used jpg and I assume png should also work!

[Fiery]

2 hours ago, Surjeet said:

Yes, add an image. I used jpg and I assume png should also work!

JPG, PNG and BMP would work equally well.

[rinaldop]

On 6/2/2025 at 1:43 PM, Fiery said:

Thank you for your feedback!

@BHSY @Surjeet

Meanwhile, another user proposed the idea of automatically placing a snapshot of the SensorPanel (in other words, a screenshot of the SensorPanel window) into the SPZIP package at export, named preview.png That way the whole preview generation and management would be completely automatic.

The drawback of such an automatic preview generation is that it would increase the SPZIP output file size.

What do you guys think?

Hey,

I like this idea! I would love to not have to create the preview image by hand. You could offer the choice on export. Have a prompt come up at export with a check box asking "create preview image automatically?" with the default being off. Like this.

[ ] Create preview image automatically? 

If you REALLY want to be ambitious ask about image quality also. Like this.

You may reduce this
size by selecting a lower JPG color quality.
90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10%
or Set specific file size