When you upload the image, it puts the url to the image into the url box. You didn't notice it swapping it.
There's no actual image added to the post, it's just taking care of uploading it and putting the url in for you.
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When you upload the image, it puts the url to the image into the url box. You didn't notice it swapping it.
There's no actual image added to the post, it's just taking care of uploading it and putting the url in for you.
What you describe is what I was hoping for. However, I found that pressing upon the post simply resulted in the image being displayed without an accompanying link to the URL.
I think you misunderstood me.
An image in lemmy is just a url to the image. You can't supply a url and also have an image, the same as reddit.
Reddit url previews were generated by them and not supported by lemmy at this time.
Okay, thanks. Yes, that makes sense. I guess the fact that Reddit URL posts often generate an accompanying image (from the URL) whereas that's less the case here, made me believe that it (having an image accompany a post) could be manually done here. This belief was fostered by how the layout is organized here, in that it's vertical rather than horizontal, with the URL option above the image option. This suggested a hierarchy, where URL would still be recognized if it was specified, with the image supporting this rather than overriding it. Alas, that's not the case. In Reddit, where the post structure layout is more horizontal (at least when using a laptop/desktop -- don't know about mobile) it's clear that a choice of image negates creating a URL post.