# Listary Preview Mode

**URL:** <https://discussion.listary.com/t/listary-preview-mode/9899>\
**Category:** Feature Request\
**Created:** [June 16, 2025, 6:54pm UTC](https://discussion.listary.com/t/listary-preview-mode/9899 "2025-06-16T18:54:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![kalesow115](https://discussion.listary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/aca169/32.png) [@kalesow115](https://discussion.listary.com/u/kalesow115)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2025, 6:54pm UTC](https://discussion.listary.com/t/listary-preview-mode/9899/1 "2025-06-16T18:54:14Z")

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Listary Preview Mode  
When press Alt+Space it opens Listary  
When you type text example Listary.png.  
Then you press Alt+P for preview to see example off an picture.  
Everythime you want to see an preview of the file everytime you need to press Alt+P.  
My request is add an option in the options for toggle enable / disable button to keep the preview on or off.  
Also I noticed when opening the preview window the window isn’t centered anymore, would be nice if the window also got more centered over the whole screen.  
Kind Regards.

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**Author:** ![fartenko](https://discussion.listary.com/user_avatar/discussion.listary.com/fartenko/32/5198_2.png) [@fartenko](https://discussion.listary.com/u/fartenko)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2025, 7:49pm UTC](https://discussion.listary.com/t/listary-preview-mode/9899/2 "2025-06-22T19:49:55Z")

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I just emailed them with the exact request, except, to have a feature where the image is already previewed in search.  
I stumbled on flow launcher, it seems to have a worse and less intuitive experience,+ worse search. But this feature is a deal breaker for me, whenever i search for something, like “iphone” and I have an iphone picture, it will already show up in the search bar, so that I can choose between multiple ones I have. Same goes for video, it has a video preview, to know exactly which one it is.  
Very useful

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**Author:** ![kalesow115](https://discussion.listary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/aca169/32.png) [@kalesow115](https://discussion.listary.com/u/kalesow115)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2025, 3:43pm UTC](https://discussion.listary.com/t/listary-preview-mode/9899/3 "2025-07-10T15:43:33Z")

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This is a working fix to enable always preview mode, without having to press Alt+P everythime you open it.  
PhraseExpress:  
Description Name: Listary: Preview Mode Always Enabled.  
KeyPress: Alt+Space {{Command Open Listary, Can Be Different}}.  
KeyPress: Z.  
KeyPress: Alt+P.  
KeyPress: BackSpace.  
Place all the KeyPress on one Rule don’t use Enter, or Spaces.  
Trigger HotKey: Alt+Space {{Command Open Listary, Can Be Different}}.  
Output Target: Current Application.  
Still the problem excist about the centered, can you please fix this Listary Team.

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**Author:** ![Lily](https://discussion.listary.com/user_avatar/discussion.listary.com/lily/32/5062_2.png) [@Lily](https://discussion.listary.com/u/Lily)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2025, 6:52am UTC](https://discussion.listary.com/t/listary-preview-mode/9899/4 "2025-07-18T06:52:39Z")

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Hi, thank you for your suggestion!

Regarding the **add an option in the options for toggle enable / disable button to keep the preview on or off.** , we’ll consider adding this feature in future versions.

In the meantime, you can use the image preview feature in the **File Search Window** , which can keep the preview always visible and might meet your current needs.

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**Author:** ![kalesow115](https://discussion.listary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/aca169/32.png) [@kalesow115](https://discussion.listary.com/u/kalesow115)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2026, 4:20am UTC](https://discussion.listary.com/t/listary-preview-mode/9899/5 "2026-02-03T04:20:22Z")

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**PhraseExpander Fix:**  
_This is a working fix to enable always preview mode, without having to press Alt+P everythime you open it._  
**Name:** Listary Preview.  
**Abbrevation:** Optional.  
**Short Cut:** Alt+Space.  
**Script:**  
{#key ALT SPACE#}{#wait 100#}Z{#wait 100#}{#key ALT P#}{#wait 100#}{#key BACKSPACE#}

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**Author:** ![kalesow115](https://discussion.listary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/aca169/32.png) [@kalesow115](https://discussion.listary.com/u/kalesow115)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2026, 4:23am UTC](https://discussion.listary.com/t/listary-preview-mode/9899/6 "2026-02-03T04:23:49Z")

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**Fixes:**  
So at the moment there are two fixes you can fix it with PhraseExpress and also with PhraseExpander.

_Ofcourse you can also wait if Listary going to add it in the settings._