# View and browse images

When someone pastes or attaches an image to a message, Zulip shows a small
preview. Click on the image preview to open the **image viewer**.

In the image viewer, you can:

* View the image at **full size**
* **Download** the image
* **Pan and zoom**
* **Browse other images** in the current view. For example, if you're in a
  stream view, the image browser will show all the images from that stream. If
  you do a [search](/help/search-for-messages), the image browser will show
  all images in messages that matched that search.

Exit the image viewer by clicking anywhere outside the image.

!!! keyboard_tip ""

    Use `v` to **open** the image viewer. Use `Z` and `z`
    zoom in and out of the image. Use `v` or `Esc` to **close**.

## Troubleshooting

To open the image viewer, you must click on the image preview, not the file name.

# View and browse images

When someone pastes or attaches an image to a message, Zulip shows a small
preview. Click on the image preview to open the **image viewer**.

In the image viewer, you can:

* Zoom in and out of the image

* Click and drag the image

* **Reset zoom** so that the image is recentered and its original size

* **Open** the image in a new browser tab

* **Download** the image

* Browse other images in the current view. For example, if you're in a
  stream view, the image browser will show all the images from that stream. If
  you do a [search](/help/search-for-messages), the image browser will show
  all images in messages that matched that search.

Exit the image viewer by clicking anywhere outside the image.

!!! keyboard_tip ""

    Use `v` to **open** the image viewer. Use `Z` and `z` to
    zoom in and out of the image. Use `v` or `Esc` to **close**
    the image viewer.

## Troubleshooting

To open the image viewer, you must click on the image preview, not the file name.

Update image viewer documentation for changes.
help_docs: Update image viewer documentation for changes.

Updates the list of actions and buttons referenced in the help
center documentation for viewing images with lightbox.

Also, makes some minor corrections to the keyboard shortcut note.

Fixes #21527.
