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codex - 💡(How to fix) Fix Improve Codex App image viewer with arrow-key navigation and reliable Copy Image [1 participants]

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What variant of Codex are you using?

Codex App - Version 26.429.30905 (2345)

What feature would you like to see?

When viewing generated images in the Codex App chat interface, clicking an image already opens it in a maximised viewer. It would be useful if that viewer also supported moving between generated images with the keyboard:

  • Left arrow: show the previous generated image in the current thread/conversation
  • Right arrow: show the next generated image in the current thread/conversation
  • Keep the current click-to-maximise behavior

It would also help if copying generated images from the app were more reliable. In practice, right-clicking an image and choosing copy frequently does not appear to put the image on the clipboard, so pasting into another app often fails. Expected behavior is that Copy Image reliably writes the selected/generated image to the system clipboard, or otherwise exposes a clear fallback action when the app cannot do that.

Additional information

I searched existing open and closed issues for combinations of:

  • image viewer / lightbox / maximized image
  • generated images + keyboard navigation / arrow keys
  • right-click copy image / copy generated image

I found several related clipboard/image issues, but they appear to be about pasting images into Codex CLI or other surfaces rather than navigating/copying generated images from the Codex App chat viewer.

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TL;DR

Implement keyboard navigation and reliable image copying in the Codex App's image viewer.

Guidance

  • Review the Codex App's image viewer code to determine how to integrate keyboard navigation using left and right arrow keys.
  • Investigate the issue with copying images to the clipboard, potentially involving the Copy Image context menu item, to ensure it reliably writes the selected image to the system clipboard.
  • Consider adding a fallback action when the app cannot copy the image to the clipboard, such as displaying an error message or providing an alternative method for copying the image.
  • Search for existing solutions or workarounds in the Codex App's documentation or community forums that may address the image viewer and clipboard issues.

Notes

The solution may require modifications to the Codex App's codebase, and it is unclear if these changes can be made by the user or require updates from the app developers.

Recommendation

Apply workaround: Since the issue is a feature request and a bug report, it's likely that the user needs to wait for an update from the Codex App developers to address these issues.

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