[Feature Request] Disable diashow function in Photo section in Web App

Feature Suggestions
1

In the Photo library, when you click on a picture, it opens and the diashow mode starts (meaning after a few seconds the next photo will be shown). You can disable it with the play/pause button under the picture, but the next time you start the diashow mode it’s on autoplay again.

To better understand my problem, I’m browsing my Photo library to download a few single pictures to my laptop. I go to one folder, click on an image, click the download button, then I go back to the tile view to scroll further to another picture I like and click on that one, but everytime I do that by the time I want to click the download button it’s already showing the next picture.

There is not way to change that behavior in the Web App Settings menu (Advanced view enabled).

Also the download button, doesn’t open a new tab but rather sends you directly to the picture and you can’t rightclick the Download button for “open in new tab” and the shortcut, ctrl+click doesn’t work either. So when you return to the Photo library after downloading a picture the auto play diashow is enabled once again.

My suggestions:

  1. When you click on a picture within the Photo library, the diashow mode shouldn’t start. There is a play button in the Nav bar on the left if anyone really wants to start a diashow, use the button.
  2. In case you don’t want to start the diashow from the very first picture but rather from some picture further down, browse to that picture, click on it, press the little play button under the picture to start it.
  3. (OPTIONAL) Make an option in the Web App settings to switch between “Diashow Auto Play”: “always on” and “always off”
  4. Regarding the Download button, it really should open the picture I want to download in another tab or trigger the browsers download dialog.

Thanks! :slight_smile:

2

Plex, Netflix, Yahoo, Youtube, whoever - you should never assume that I want any video or slideshow to automatically start. If you want to provide an option to let ME turn that function on, that’s great. But default should always be OFF until I say otherwise.

3

Are we really the only ones who don’t like this?

4

Rather looks like it, maybe someday it’ll get a bit more attention. I can wait :slight_smile:

5

Nah, you’re not the only ones. It’s quite annoying, and not just in the web app, but on every Plex app that does it.

6

Good news: the new photo player implemented in Plex Web 2.11.0 no longer auto-starts the slideshow.

7

well, it’s not auto-starting, but it’s in photo player mode, you can scroll at your own pace, but your stuck with the PLAY button right smack in the middle of the picture.
Please put an option in options to disable play mode, annoying it is.