> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://learn.nextedy.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Viewing and Downloading

> Switch between gallery views, open an image full size, and download files from Nextedy MEDIAKIT.

export const LastReviewed = ({date}) => {
  if (!date) return null;
  const formatted = new Date(`${date}T00:00:00Z`).toLocaleDateString("en-US", {
    year: "numeric",
    month: "long",
    day: "numeric",
    timeZone: "UTC"
  });
  return <p className="mt-10 text-sm text-gray-400 dark:text-zinc-500 not-prose">
      Last reviewed on {formatted}
    </p>;
};

## Switch Between Views

The gallery toolbar carries two view buttons, and you can switch at any time.

| View | Shows                                                                                                 |
| ---- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Grid | A tile per file — a thumbnail for images, a type icon for everything else, with the file name beneath |
| List | One row per file — type icon, full file name, size, author and modification date                      |

**Grid** is the better choice for finding an image; **list** is the better choice when you need the details, because it shows the file size, who added the file and when.

<Note>
  **Long file names are shortened in grid view.**

  Grid tiles abbreviate a long name in the middle — `gallery-sample.png` appears as `galler...ple.png`. The file itself is untouched; switch to list view to read the whole name.
</Note>

Your project can set which view the gallery opens in — see [Form Extension](/mediakit/reference/form-extension) for the gallery on a work item form, or [Widget Parameters](/mediakit/reference/widget-parameters) for the rich page widget.

## Open an Image Full Size

Select an image's thumbnail. The image opens in a full-window overlay above the page, so it is not confined to the gallery's own area.

Close it with the **×** in the corner, or by pressing <kbd>Esc</kbd>.

This applies to images. Files of other types show a type icon rather than a thumbnail — download them to open them in their own application.

## Download a File

Each tile carries a download control. Use it to save the file locally, whatever its type.

## Related

<Columns cols={2}>
  <Card title="Supported File Types" icon="file-lines" href="/mediakit/reference/supported-file-types">
    Which file types get a thumbnail and which get an icon.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Deleting Files" icon="trash" href="/mediakit/guides/deleting-files">
    Remove a file from the work item.
  </Card>
</Columns>

<LastReviewed date="2026-09-03" />