Feature Request of .gif / .gifv support for animated snippets native on the page. #193

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OVERLORD · 2026-02-04T17:34:31+03:00

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-04 17:34:31 +03:00

Originally created by @MayankTahil on GitHub (Nov 2, 2016).

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Desired Feature: Support for embedded animations in .gif and/or .gifv in pages. Right now when gifs are embedded, only a single frame shows visually, and upon clicking the file embedded into the page, a new tab opens that then animates in the browser. I'd like to request gif animation support native on the same page in line with content.

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Originally created by @MayankTahil on GitHub (Nov 2, 2016). ### For Feature Requests Desired Feature: Support for embedded animations in .gif and/or .gifv in pages. Right now when gifs are embedded, only a single frame shows visually, and upon clicking the file embedded into the page, a new tab opens that then animates in the browser. I'd like to request gif animation support native on the same page in line with content. ### For Bug Reports PHP Version: N/A MySQL Version: N/A Expected Behavior: N/A Actual Behavior: N/A

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2026-02-04 17:34:35 +03:00

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2026-02-04 17:34:43 +03:00

@dssoft32 commented on GitHub (Dec 12, 2017):

Any update on the feature request ?

@dssoft32 commented on GitHub (Dec 12, 2017): Any update on the feature request ?

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-04 17:34:46 +03:00

@alariva commented on GitHub (Jan 15, 2018):

I falled back to a Giphy embed that works neat, however this is far from ideal, and editing pages become a bit "noisy" with the browser statusbar loading the embeds on the preview panel.

@alariva commented on GitHub (Jan 15, 2018): I falled back to a Giphy embed that works neat, however this is far from ideal, and editing pages become a bit "noisy" with the browser statusbar loading the embeds on the preview panel.

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-04 17:34:50 +03:00

@Abijeet commented on GitHub (Mar 11, 2018):

@ssddanbrown - I looked into this a little bit and it seems that Intervention/Image does not support gifs yet which is causing this issue. Read more about it here - https://github.com/Intervention/image/issues/176

Is it OK if we check if an image file is a GIF and if so, return the path without any sort of scaling?

I'll have to change the code here -

c44c42103c/app/Services/ImageService.php (L185-L224)

I'm not sure about the thumbnail though, maybe we leave it as is for now? So basically thumbnails still don't animate.

@Abijeet commented on GitHub (Mar 11, 2018): @ssddanbrown - I looked into this a little bit and it seems that **Intervention/Image** does not support gifs yet which is causing this issue. Read more about it here - https://github.com/Intervention/image/issues/176 Is it OK if we check if an image file is a GIF and if so, return the path without any sort of scaling? I'll have to change the code here - https://github.com/BookStackApp/BookStack/blob/c44c42103c9e1aa324ce706b4acb8e5076af9610/app/Services/ImageService.php#L185-L224 I'm not sure about the thumbnail though, maybe we leave it as is for now? So basically thumbnails still don't animate.

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-04 17:34:56 +03:00

@ssddanbrown commented on GitHub (Mar 12, 2018):

@Abijeet Yeah, That sounds like the best approach 👍

@ssddanbrown commented on GitHub (Mar 12, 2018): @Abijeet Yeah, That sounds like the best approach :+1:

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