# Gallery/Kanban cards cover - Use the first image in the content as placeholder for missing cover **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Requests\ **Tags:** Design-or-UI, Queries, Collections\ **Created:** [December 9, 2024, 9:26pm UTC](https://community.anytype.io/t/gallery-kanban-cards-cover-use-the-first-image-in-the-content-as-placeholder-for-missing-cover/25686 "2024-12-09T21:26:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![francodgstn](https://community.anytype.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/ed655f/32.png) [@francodgstn](https://community.anytype.io/u/francodgstn)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2024, 9:26pm UTC](https://community.anytype.io/t/gallery-kanban-cards-cover-use-the-first-image-in-the-content-as-placeholder-for-missing-cover/25686/1 "2024-12-09T21:26:13Z")
#### WHAT DO YOU RECOMMEND? **Feature Request** - Ideally, ~~as it happens in Notion and similar~~ , when “Page Cover” is selected, if a cover image is not defined but there’s at least 1 image in the content, that image should be used as default card image in the Gallery and Kanban views. **Current implementation** - It’s possible to use non-cover images as cover but this comes with a few issues: 1. It’s either cover image or some other attachment relation, but not both. 2. Adding the attachment requires several steps (and is not easy to search for images) 3. If the user, also needs the image in the text, it should add it twice: 1 in the text, 1 as relation. #### HOW COULD IT BE DONE? Use the first available image as default cover image if a cover image is not defined. #### REAL WORLD USE CASES Simple case, I have a list of quick notes to display in a Gallery (with cover), some have a cover image some with some images in the content. #### RECOMMENDED ALTERNATIVES Use current implementation #### ADDITIONAL CONTEXT Similar features: - [Non cover image used in the gallery and potentially grid - Any Requests? / Feature Life - Anytype Community](https://community.anytype.io/t/non-cover-image-used-in-the-gallery-and-potentially-grid/21212) - [Page Content for Cover Options - Any Requests? - Anytype Community](https://community.anytype.io/t/page-content-for-cover-options/2367) - [Preview object content in gallery and kanban view (including text and images) - Any Requests? - Anytype Community](https://community.anytype.io/t/preview-object-content-in-gallery-and-kanban-view-including-text-and-images/10484) ---
**Author:** ![Shampra](https://community.anytype.io/user_avatar/community.anytype.io/shampra/32/8056_2.png) [@Shampra](https://community.anytype.io/u/Shampra)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2024, 9:29pm UTC](https://community.anytype.io/t/gallery-kanban-cards-cover-use-the-first-image-in-the-content-as-placeholder-for-missing-cover/25686/2 "2024-12-09T21:29:18Z")
Check these FR : > [@Page Content for Cover Options](https://community.anytype.io/t/page-content-for-cover-options/2367): > > Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. Only one option for gallery view cover, I hope to see the custom field and page content for cover as one of the options Describe the solution you’d like Custom field as cover and page content > [@Preview object content in gallery and kanban view (including text and images)](https://community.anytype.io/t/preview-object-content-in-gallery-and-kanban-view-including-text-and-images/10484): > > WHAT DO YOU RECOMMEND Currently, the app allows you to choose an image to be displayed on the object’s card in gallery/kanban view based on the object cover or one of the multimedia Relations. I think that showing a short preview of an image and some text from within the object would improve QoL by being able to see what is inside at a glance without actually opening the object every time. HOW COULD IT BE DONE This should be added as an option to display a preview of the Object’s contents in th… ---
**Author:** ![francodgstn](https://community.anytype.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/ed655f/32.png) [@francodgstn](https://community.anytype.io/u/francodgstn)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2024, 11:01pm UTC](https://community.anytype.io/t/gallery-kanban-cards-cover-use-the-first-image-in-the-content-as-placeholder-for-missing-cover/25686/3 "2024-12-09T23:01:43Z")
Thanks, I missed those 2. However, I think it’s a bit different feature. Those requests suggest to have the option to preview the content. I’m talking about something simpler, just to use the first available image as default cover for the card in the case the object doesn’t have any cover, not the whole content. The goal is to create greater uniformity in the gallery and kanban views without always requiring a cover image, as it isn’t always functional. ---
**Author:** ![Filip](https://community.anytype.io/user_avatar/community.anytype.io/filip/32/22248_2.png) [@Filip](https://community.anytype.io/u/Filip)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2024, 2:58pm UTC](https://community.anytype.io/t/gallery-kanban-cards-cover-use-the-first-image-in-the-content-as-placeholder-for-missing-cover/25686/5 "2024-12-11T14:58:14Z")
> [@Page Content for Cover Options](https://community.anytype.io/t/page-content-for-cover-options/2367): > > Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. Only one option for gallery view cover, I hope to see the custom field and page content for cover as one of the options Describe the solution you’d like Custom field as cover and page content > Only one option for gallery view cover, I hope to see the custom field and **page content** for cover as one of the options Isn’t this basically what you are asking for? ---
**Author:** ![francodgstn](https://community.anytype.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/ed655f/32.png) [@francodgstn](https://community.anytype.io/u/francodgstn)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2024, 11:21pm UTC](https://community.anytype.io/t/gallery-kanban-cards-cover-use-the-first-image-in-the-content-as-placeholder-for-missing-cover/25686/7 "2024-12-11T23:21:53Z")
Well, not really, as I mentioned before: > use the first available image as default cover for the card in the case the object doesn’t have any cover Is not exactly the same. What I’m trying to say is that when you set “Page cover” it should show either the cover or the first image if the cover is not there. It could be as default or a separate setting, something like “Page cover or first image” or an additional flag somewhere in the UI. * * * _Side note: I was wrong about Notion, it doesn’t actually do that._ ---
**Author:** ![francodgstn](https://community.anytype.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/ed655f/32.png) [@francodgstn](https://community.anytype.io/u/francodgstn)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2025, 1:16am UTC](https://community.anytype.io/t/gallery-kanban-cards-cover-use-the-first-image-in-the-content-as-placeholder-for-missing-cover/25686/12 "2025-12-24T01:16:34Z")
I kind of still miss quite a bit this feature. I just renamed the title to make it more clear. → Use the first image in the content as placeholder for missing cover.