Bad document icons

[Thomahawk]

Document icons are meant to identify quickly what kind of document it is. In a list with document icons that represent visual content of the document, that identification is sorely missing. So its necessary, at least as option, to shut off the use of visual representative icons. In list view it makes no sense anyway because of the size.

 

[Gabe]

Hi @Thomahawk,

By default, we embed the preview within the .afdesign and .afphoto files. If you wish not to, you can disable this in Preferences > General > Save thumbnails with documents. With this off, it will only give you a default, Affinity Photo or Designer icon. 

Thanks,

Gabe. 

[MEB]

Hi Thomahawk,
macOS display thumbnails for all images types even on list view. The Affinity Photo documents in your screenshot don't have them because Save thumbnail with documents was unticked in Affinity Preferences, General section. With it disabled the document icons are used instead however this will affect all view types (not only list view) in Finder.

[Thomahawk]

Right. But I can not find an option in AF Designer to shut off thumbnail icons. // UPDATE: I just found it. In German version its called "Miniaturen" - great!

For me its not important if it affects all view types. The important thing is to be able to see instantly the type of document (for what icons originally were intended).