<p>If you're running Craft 3, you can click an asset and then hit SHIFT + SPACE to open a Lightbox with the image.</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/8x5uw.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/8x5uw.jpg" alt="Craft 3 Asset Lightbox/Modal"></a></p>

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2018-07-16T04:57:13.127Z
2018-07-16T04:57:13.127Z
alexjcollins
<p>You can change the view at the top right corner
There is also a setting in your asset fields what the default view should be 
<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/0JuSs.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/0JuSs.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

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2018-07-12T22:46:53.090Z
Thanks, it helped. But I'm still wondering if there is any api to do this without switching the view mode?
yu xia
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2018-07-12T22:47:33.957Z
What do you want an API for? You can execute the Javascript to change the view and you can set the default setting. Do you want to change the view from another user dynamically?
Robin Schambach
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2018-07-13T00:56:33.357Z
Yeh, I've tried JS to make it done and it's working. I just prefer a craft way to achieve this :)
yu xia
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2018-07-13T05:10:36.040Z
As I already said there are Craft ways to achieve it. You just need to ask properly
Robin Schambach
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2018-07-12T05:43:13.533Z
2018-07-12T07:14:23.823Z
2018-07-12T07:14:23.823Z
Robin Schambach
<p>In the Control Panel, when users are selecting an image for the asset field, the thumbnails are too small in the popping up image modal. Is there any way to make the images bigger?
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In the CP, How to make images bigger when the users select images?
# In the CP, How to make images bigger when the users select images?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-07-12)

In the Control Panel, when users are selecting an image for the asset field, the thumbnails are too small in the popping up image modal. Is there any way to make the images bigger?
[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/lfvEQ.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/lfvEQ.png)

**Tags:** plugin-development, control-panel, cp-dashboard

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2018-07-16. Score: 3

If you're running Craft 3, you can click an asset and then hit SHIFT + SPACE to open a Lightbox with the image.

[![Craft 3 Asset Lightbox/Modal](https://i.sstatic.net/8x5uw.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/8x5uw.jpg)


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### Answer by username_2 on 2018-07-12. Score: 2

You can change the view at the top right corner
There is also a setting in your asset fields what the default view should be
[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/0JuSs.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/0JuSs.png)

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thanks, it helped. But I'm still wondering if there is any api to do this without switching the view mode?  
> **username_2**: What do you want an API for? You can execute the Javascript to change the view and you can set the default setting. Do you want to change the view from another user dynamically?  
> **username_0**: Yeh, I've tried JS to make it done and it's working. I just prefer a craft way to achieve this :)  
> **username_2**: As I already said there are Craft ways to achieve it. You just need to ask properly  

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