Inserting Images
In a rich content field, you can insert images that are on a file system, attached to the current item, or referenced by a URL.
Inserting an Image in the Web Interface
In the Web interface, do the following to insert an image:
1. Click the location where you want to insert the image and click the insert image icon
in the rich content toolbar. The
Insert Image window opens.
2. For Source Type, select the type of image to insert.
◦ When Image URL is selected, you provide a URL for the image.
◦ When Attachment Image is selected, you select an image in an attachment field for the current item.
◦ When Image File is selected, you select an image on the file system.
3. Optionally, specify Alternate Text, Layout, and Spacing options for the image.
4. Click OK.
Inserting an Image in the GUI
In the GUI, do the following to insert an image:
1. Click the location where you want to add the image.
2. From the
Insert list on the rich content toolbar, select
Image.
The Insert Image window opens.
3. Define the options in the Insert Image window.
4. Click OK.
Key Considerations
• Adding an image:
◦ You can type the file path or browse to the file on your local system or across the network.
◦ You can add one image file at a time.
◦ You can only add image file types, for example, BMP, GIF, JPG, PNG, and TIF. If the file is not a valid image file type, a broken image icon displays.
◦ If the image must be added to the attachment field, this operation is performed silently without any required action.
◦ When inserting an image, the attachment fields that you are allowed to use for the rich content field display. Visibility and type restrictions affect which attachment fields are shown.
◦ When an image file is inserted as an attachment in the Web interface, the image file initially displays as the pending attachment icon
. After the item is saved, the icon displays as the image that you inserted.
• Image behavior:
◦ To improve performance in the GUI, attachment images do not display on the History tab.
◦ Once an image is saved with the item, the inserted image can be resized or moved by dragging.
◦ URL links to files on local file systems are converted to attachments. However, files from remote file systems are not converted to attachments.
◦ If a name of an inserted attachment or image contains an ampersand (&), Windchill RV&S replaces the & with %26. This occurs even if the file is added as a URL or pasted.
◦ In the GUI, double-clicking an inserted image or attachment opens the Edit Attachment window, allowing you to make changes. In the Web interface, double-clicking an inserted image or attachment does not open this window.
◦ To change image properties in the GUI, select the image and then click
in the rich content toolbar to open the
Image Properties window. Edit the
Layout,
Size, and
Attributes options.
| In the GUI, the following options for Alignment are supported under Layout: • Default • Left • Center • Right |
To change image properties in the Web interface, right-click the image, select Image Properties and edit the options.
| In the Web interface, the following options for Alignment are supported under Layout: • Not Set • Left • Right • Texttop • Absmiddle • Baseline • Absbottom • Bottom |
◦ If you insert an image referenced in another item, clicking the image opens the item containing the image.
• Removing an image:
◦ In the GUI and the Web interface, the undo tool reverts an image insertion.
◦ Deleting an image that is an attachment does not delete the attachment.
