Enlarge Newsfeed images on SharePoint 2013

Question

I am a bit stumped why I have not found much information on this topic or why no one is asking the question. Maybe it is just not possible.

My question being: Are you able to enlarge Newsfeed images in SharePoint 2013(for example clicking on them in the feed)?

I understand they get uploaded as a certain size thus enlarging them wouldn't make sense.

Thanks in advance...

Answer 1

welcome to SharePoint Stack Exchange!!

It is not possible out of the box, just so that you know!

But, your problem was so interesting that I thought of spending couple of hours just to develop a small customization :)

So this is how my solution works:

1. The default size of images posted on Newsfeed time-line is 300x300px
2. I developed a custom feature that injects JavaScript and CSS on the fly, and with the help of jQuery, you can Zoom-in and Zoom-out the Newsfeed image :)
3. Remember I set the starter height and width of image to be 150x150px (zoom-out size). When you click the image it will animate from 150px to 300px, kinda of animating zoom-in affect

See the pictorial demo below:

The normal Newsfeed image with 150px:

The Newsfeed image with Zoom effects 300px

Here is the link to complete source code. Please download and rate the project and feel free to improve it :)

Happy SharePointing!