Change the Thumbnail shape when using TEXT_ICON()

[Jon_Capria]

Hi everybody,

I was wondering if it’s possible to change the thumbnail to square shape when I use the TEXT_ICON FUNCTION…

To be more specific. I have a list of products with square thumbnails already and for those products that don’t have an image in their records I show the function so it doesn’t look like a white space.

I have also done this with other tables such as brands and customers so I wouldn’t like to upload the same not available pic everytime.

I thank for any help in advance.

Regards.

[TyAlevizos · Accepted solution]

Hello,
If the field type is currently set to “Thumbnail”, can you change it to “Image” and save/test/observe?

[Jon_Capria]

Hi,

Thank you for your answer, changing the field to image seems to give me full control of the shape but I’m still concerned that once I have several records, the sync time might be affected.

The only reason I was using this format is because I read that thumbnails are lighter formats, and I thought I was going to have the same shape control as image.

[TyAlevizos]

In this context, it’s probably fine (the performance). Some other ideas to consider:

Images which are rendered on the fly versus being downloaded from a file storage location are probably going to appear faster/quicker - not necessarily always, but on average. These might include:

• Text_Icon()
• A field of type “image” which refers to a URL in its formula or initial value, e.g. some examples in this other community post
• SVG code, essentially, built inline and on the fly (same community post as above)

Hope this helps!

[LDOsedea]

For anyone else finding this solution, trying thumbnail and image yet still getting the circle, here's how I fixed it.

The circle is a result of image size, so you'll need a bigger image.

Use a virtual column, paste in the following, and then set the type to image and you should be good to go.

CONCATENATE("http://via.placeholder.com/640x360/{background-color-code}/{font-color-code}?text=",ENCODEURL([your-text-column]))

Please note, at the time of writing, https does not work in gallery, detail, or deck view (with selected background colors).

Good Luck!