Atto - how do I select an existing image?

Atto - how do I select an existing image?

by Urs Hunkler -
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In other editors I can select an existing image for example with a click on the image. In Atto nothing happens when I click on the image. I need to move the cursor before the image to activate the related "Image" button. With a right aligned image at the beginning of the text I need to poke around to find the right cursor position to active the "Image" button.

I don't have much experience with Atto - is there an easy and reliable way to select an existing image in the editor?

Wouldn't it be great when the image selection would work with a click on the image as expected from former experience?

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Re: Atto - how do I select an existing image?

by Damyon Wiese -
You can double click an image to open the edit image dialogue if that helps.
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Re: Atto - how do I select an existing image?

by Urs Hunkler -
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Damyon,  thanks for your answer.

The double click is a great feature and very convenient.

But there seams to be no visual relation to the image button. I would expect the button to be activated when I double click the image. 

And I discovered an unexpected behavior with the image button after a double click on an image. What I did:

  • Double click on an image - the image dialogue opens
  • I close the dialogue by clicking on the "x"
  • The dialogue closes and the image button is focused
  • I click on the image button and I get an empty image dialogue - I expected to get the dialogue with the parameters of the image I just had double clicked

I hope my feedback helps.

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Re: Atto - how do I select an existing image?

by Sakshi Goel -

Hello ,

In my case with Atto editor.

1. I inserted a image in the text editor.

2. When i singled click on the image the insert / edit image icon in editor backdground changes with grey. Tested with clean theme.

3. When i doubled click on the image the same thing happened insert / edit image icon background change and pop-up for settings opened.

4. When we click insert / edit image icon it does not select any pre-inserted image in the editor. It allows you to add another image. This is the default behaviour of editor.


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Re: Atto - how do I select an existing image?

by Urs Hunkler -
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Sakshi, I checked the behavior you described in 

"2. When i singled click on the image the insert / edit image icon in editor backdground changes with grey. Tested with clean theme."

and can't confirm this behavior. When I single click on an image the image button does not change and does not get the focus. 

I checked with Moodle 2.7.1 and the "clean" theme.

Am I the only one who thinks the functionality to activate the image button with a single click on the image is known from other editors and it would be very convenient if those expectations would be met in Atto too?

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Re: Atto - how do I select an existing image?

by Jane Moore -

I agree with you Urs; I find the behaviour of the new Atto editor very strange when it comes to selecting existing images - in fact I find the new editor very strange full stop! I have switched back to the TinyMCE editor. sad

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