SharePoint 2013: Image Preview in Search Results - Part III

This is the third and final post of the image preview series. Here is Part I and Part II.

I left off having a consistent search result from images both stored in picture libraries as well as a regular document libraries. The results show a preview on the page but the hover doesn't have a larger view. This is an easy fix.

UPDATE: Get the source files here

Showing a Preview Image in the Image Search Result Hover Panel


Problem
Hovering over the image search results does not show a larger preview image:

 

Solution

 



Modify the Item_Picture_HoverPanel.html file and add the following code right before the first if statement:

 

 <div class="ms-srch-hover-imageContainer">

       <img id="_#= ctx.CurrentItem.csr_id =#_" src="_#= $urlHtmlEncode(ctx.CurrentItem.Path) =#_" onload="this.style.display='block';" />
  </div>

 

Save the file and refresh the search results. A larger image shows in the hover now:

If you do not have a Search Center site collection and only see .js files, here is the modification to the Item_Picture_HoverPanel.js:

,'                <div id="', $htmlEncode(id + HP.ids.body) ,'" class="ms-srch-hover-body">'
,''
,'                        <div class="ms-srch-hover-imageContainer">'
,'                            <img id="', ctx.CurrentItem.csr_id ,'" src="', $urlHtmlEncode(ctx.CurrentItem.Path) ,'" onload="this.style.display=\'block\';" />'
,'                        </div>'
,'                '
);
                    if(!Srch.U.n(ctx.CurrentItem.PictureURL)){



 

SharePoint 2013: Image Preview in Search Results - Part II

This is the second post on previewing images in SharePoint search results. The first post is here.

In the first post I demonstrated a way to display image previews in search results and resolved two problems. But what about the images in a Picture Libary? I didn't see them appear in search results as pictures until I added the file types. Shouldn't there be special results for Picture types?

UPDATE: Get the source files here


Previewing of Images Stored In Picture Libraries

Problem #1: Images in Picture Libraries Returned as Files or List Items
After going through the steps in Part I , even images stored in Picture Libraries are returned as files themselves. The hover works fine but you should be able to take advantage of the image result type.

Solution to Problem #1: Copy and Configure the Image Result Type

In your Search Center site collection select Site settings from the settings menu:

Under Site Collection Administration, click on Search Result Types:

Scroll down and find Image. Use the drop-down menu and select Copy:

On the Add Result Type page, select Picture Item udner What should these results look like?

Click Save:

Run a search for an item in a Picture Library:



 

There is a preview image right in the results! That's great but that didn't happen in image results from other types of libraries - onto Problem #2.

 

Problem #2: Image Search Results Not Consistent
Now the results from a Picture Library and non-Picture Library look different. It is not consistent for the user:

Solution to Problem #2: Modify the Display Template for the Result.
This time you need to edit the Item_Picture.html file.

Simply add an else statement to the if in the middle of the code:

 else {
           ctx.CurrentItem.csr_PreviewImage = ctx.CurrentItem.Path;
      }

(If you only see .js files, the .js code to  modify is at the bottom of this post)

Save the file and run a search again:

 



Now all images that are returned have a preview image in the results!!!!

But now the hover is the Picture Library List item hover, not the one I modified in the first post. So in the next and last post of this series I modify that hover to include a larger preview!



If you are not running search in a Search Center Site Collection and/or you only see .js files in your Search Display Templates, here is the resultant .js code to paste over after the render header in Item_Picture.js:

    if(!Srch.U.n(ctx.CurrentItem.PictureThumbnailURL) && !ctx.CurrentItem.IsContainer) {
     ctx.CurrentItem.csr_PathLength = Srch.U.pathTruncationLengthWithPreview;
                    ctx.CurrentItem.csr_PreviewImage = ctx.CurrentItem.PictureThumbnailURL;
       }
      else {
           ctx.CurrentItem.csr_PreviewImage = ctx.CurrentItem.Path;
      }