NextGEN Widget Thumbnail display issues

After looking at the source, the image is tagged with the correct 160×120 dimensions.

Example:

<img title="img_5754"
                 alt="img_5754"
                 src="https://www.rogueveloracing.com/wp-content/gallery/bryan-park-cx-2013/thumbs/thumbs_img_5754.jpg"
                 width="160"
                 height="120"
            />

So, does ANYONE have any ideas why it is displayed stretched? I’ve looked at the site in FF, IE, and Chrome, and all show the same effect.

I was able to achieve what the widget is supposed to achieve using shortcode in a widget.

[ngg_images source="recent" display_type="photocrati-nextgen_basic_thumbnails" images_per_page="8" number_of_columns="1" show_slideshow_link="0"]

This works, but I would have preferred to simply use the widget provided.

@somnifac: Thanks for coming back and posting your solution. I’m glad you found a solution.

I’d like to try to get a sense for what was happening before though. I think you were using the NextGEN Thumbnail widget. By default, that widget will crop images to match the dimensions set on the widget. You said that you “set to generate portrait thumbnails when the image is in a portrait orientation”. I’m assuming you mean in the default setting under Gallery > Gallery Settings > NextGEN Basic Thumbnails?

Those settings will currently be overridden by the dimensions set on the NextGEN thumbnail widget.

It sounds to me like you are expecting the thumbnail size settings under Gallery Settings to be honored by the widget as well?

Thanks (Erick).

Erick,

What I expect is that if I select 160×120 in the widget setup, I expect that the width of a displayed thumbnail not exceed 160 pixels, nor its height not exceed 120 pixels. In this case, according to the image info, portrait thumbnails are displayed at 226 pxels tall.

I created an instance of the widget at the bottom of my right sidebar for you to take a look. As you can see, landscape thumbnails are acceptable, but the portrait thumbs are scaled way up. I’ll leave it up until tomorrow for you to inspect.

The “Recent Images” widget in the sidebar is generated using the shortcode above.

@somnifac – Just to confirm, these are the thumbnail sizes you’re seeing? https://screencast.com/t/LnmTGhU3a5y

(Becky)

Becky,

That is what I am seeing in the sidebar generated by shortcode (titled Recent Images). Those thumbnails are fine.

This is what I am seeing in the NextGEN provided recent image widget (titled Photocrati):

https://i.imgur.com/1wZ678I.jpg

The first example (that you provided) is correct. The 2nd (that I provided) shows how portrait thumbnails are blown up way beyond the specified size. This happens in multiple browsers, one multiple computers.

@somnifac: Oh, ok. So the shortcode is working fine, but the widget is blowing up the portrait thumbs. I’ll pass this on to the developers to check into. Thank you for bringing this to our attention! ??

(Becky)

Becky,

So the shortcode is working fine, but the widget is blowing up the portrait thumbs.

That is 100% correct.

Should I leave the example up in my sidebar for a little while as an example? I’d like to remove it as soon as I can, but can leave it there a little while longer if you need to see it in the wild.

@somnifac – You should be fine to remove it, if we need you to add it again, we’ll let you know. Thanks! ??

(Becky)