Web client : change "Image type" setting

[medvejonok]

Hello there,

I've been trying to find a way of hacking a default setting for how files are displayed in the web client when inside a folder. 

By default the "Image type" setting is set to "Primary". I would like to make it "List" for all folders.

I've had a look at the API, the SQlite database, the config files, and the console behaviour when changing the setting manually but have not yet found a solution.

How could I apply this change wholesale to my entire database of folders ?

Thanks for any pointers !

[TheDreadPirate]

So you want it to display the underlying folder structure in a dense list format?

[medvejonok]

Hi,

yes, as a default behaviour; default is "Primary" I cannot find how to override this default. My idea was to change the behaviour on existing folders through a set of bulk API calls or by changing in the database if it is not possible to change the default?

[TheDreadPirate]

It is not possible to change it to a list view in the way you are describing.

I guess I should ask what your goal is with having a "list" view? If you just need a denser list of what you have you can check out the "Metadata Editor". Click on your user icon in the top right and near the bottom below Dashboard is Metadata Editor.

[medvejonok]

OK many thanks for your reply; it's about choosing how the data is presented to the users on my instance. My collection is not so good quality so the default behaviour of fetching metadata and curating automatically doesn't work that smoothly. The folder names become important, and when they are presented as little boxes, a lot of information in the folder titles is lost. It doesn't help making navigation easy. It becomes much easier when each folder view is presented in "list" mode. It would be great if the admin could set this as the default viewing mode at a library level.

However I do not have that much experience with Jellyfin, so those are just my 2 cents. I will keep on exploring, thank you for your replies.

[windowsrefund]

This is a really solid request but the thread just seemed to go to /dev/null. We learned we can do "something" in Metadata Manager but no details on how to set "list" as the default.

[windowsrefund]

I just leaned using the Music Videos type for the library essentially solves this "list by default" situation. Credit goes to @TheDreadPirate for pointing this out in another thread.