Images using canonical field or not

#1

Hi,

After using the canonical method to include external images, I realised I could have just type this [img width=200 [imagename.jpg]] (when the image is located in the same folder as my wiki)

The canonical method seems a lot more involved so what’s the advantage of using it?

This is from the docs:

When used to display tiddler-based images, the image widget operates in two distinct modes:

  • If the _canonical_uri field is present then it is used as the src attribute of the generated <img> element and the text field is ignored
  • Without the _canonical_uri field, the image widget generates an <img> element that embeds the image data directly using a data: URI.

Regards
Jon

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#2

The advantage for me is, that I have a tiddler that can have additional fields and tags.

#3

To add to that, it also makes the image searchable within the wiki. Whether you have need for that or not is another matter.

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#4

OK, thanks for the info - that’s useful to know.

Regards
Jon