# Mobile clients crop thumbnails (and shouldn't)

**URL:** <https://forum.delta.chat/t/mobile-clients-crop-thumbnails-and-shouldnt/5325>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Tags:** art, ios, user-interface, android\
**Created:** [May 29, 2026, 2:55am UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/mobile-clients-crop-thumbnails-and-shouldnt/5325 "2026-05-29T02:55:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![aelius](https://forum.delta.chat/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/7feea3/32.png) [@aelius](https://forum.delta.chat/u/aelius)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2026, 2:55am UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/mobile-clients-crop-thumbnails-and-shouldnt/5325/1 "2026-05-29T02:55:08Z")

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Hello, I’ve been meaning to report this one for a while now, but there just doesn’t seem to be a great way to report minor cross device bugs. I don’t want to clog up the wrong github (or get caught in “this issue belongs over there not over here”), but the forum doesn’t have a slot for bugs. Oh well.

Desktop clients correctly render thumbnails.  
Mobile clients have thumbnails that are cropped- and this is fairly often a source of confusion and misunderstandings.

It would be ideal to prioritize this fixing this rather than letting it linger.

Thanks

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**Author:** ![ian](https://forum.delta.chat/user_avatar/forum.delta.chat/ian/32/3164_2.png) [@ian](https://forum.delta.chat/u/ian)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2026, 8:03am UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/mobile-clients-crop-thumbnails-and-shouldnt/5325/2 "2026-05-29T08:03:01Z")

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Duplicate of:

> [@Control cropping and centering of image previews](https://support.delta.chat/t/control-cropping-and-centering-of-image-previews/3374/1):
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> When you post a photo in the chat, it appears in the chat sometimes randomly cropped, which isn’t always desirable, or the focus is on the wrong part of the image. Tapping the photo then shows the uncropped version. I propose giving the user control over cropping and centering of photos they post in the chat. Let the user who posts a photo decide if the photo should appear cropped or not in the chat, and if it should be cropped, where the center/focus of the image should be for the preview as i…