If a document library contains images (on SPO), these images cannot be accessed via a site search. It displays the name, but no preview and clicking ‘Open’ does no such thing…
I know I can use image libraries, but is there a way to include image files mixed in with documents in a DL and have them easily searchable?
Thank you in advance.
Absolutely. You can actually customize your search results on your search page to use different display templates for images vs documents. Right now, your search is using it’s best guess for what it should display…
Documents get an icon, title and a brief description (usually from the body of the document). Given your images are in a DL, it’s guessing and doing a similar thing. What you want to try and do is edit your search result webpart properties and specify how you want to use display templates.
You can even create your own display templates (if you have HTML/CSS skills) to show the content however you’d like in your search results.
Thank you @beau-cameron – something for me to learn then!