Can help screen graphics be expandable thumbnails?

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Dave Gehman
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Can help screen graphics be expandable thumbnails?

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Virtually all of our users work on 16:9 aspect ratio monitors, with many using UHD.

I'd like to somehow create the best of two worlds:
1. World one = having a conventional topic (text + graphics) appear such that the graphics mortise neatly into the textual layout... meaning that 16:9 screen grabs have to be greatly reduced in size
2. World two = showing small details via graphics that are as close to original size as possible.

Is there a way to make in-text graphics serve as clickable thumbnails? Ideal workflow: the end-user clicks on the graphic, sees it life size, then clicks a handy on-screen X to close the graphic... and the user's cursor is magically back at the spot when the user clicked on the thumbnail.

Is there a way to do this without creating two graphics (e.g., 1/4 size thumbnail + full size graphic, with each being the same screen)?

(Is this just the old hotspot + width and height attributes -- that is, "Display Size" in H+M's picture properties?)
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Re: Can help screen graphics be expandable thumbnails?

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Hi Dave,

You can do this automatically with the Image Toggle function:

https://www.helpandmanual.com/help/hm_t ... shots.html
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Re: Can help screen graphics be expandable thumbnails?

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Toggle! Of course. Thanks.
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