# I made a thing! Gallery Double-Click Behavior Addon

**URL:** <https://gramps.discourse.group/t/i-made-a-thing-gallery-double-click-behavior-addon/10218>\
**Category:** Third-party Addons\
**Created:** [November 12, 2026, 4:15pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/i-made-a-thing-gallery-double-click-behavior-addon/10218 "2026-11-12T16:15:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cynwrite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Cynwrite](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/Cynwrite)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2026, 4:15pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/i-made-a-thing-gallery-double-click-behavior-addon/10218/1 "2026-11-12T16:15:50Z")

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I’ve made (i.e., vibe-coded) a small Gramps addon! The idea came when @emyoulation suggested I create one that lets me use Google Drive a little more safely. That seemed a bit big to start with, I haven’t coded in years, and never in python, so I decided to start a little smaller. In a [Gramps 6.2 thread](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/whats-in-development-for-gramps-6-2/9641), @dsblank asked, “Is there something big that hasn’t been started yet that you are hopeful for?” And yes, yes there is! I wanted [to be able to choose](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/whats-in-development-for-gramps-6-2/9641/8) whether a image opened in the Media Reference Editor, or in the system viewer.

Thus, with a little (LOT) help from Claude, the [Gallery Double-Click Behavior Addon](https://github.com/taliecyn/gramps-addons) was born!

It lets you choose what happens when you double-click media in a Gallery tab on a person, event, citation, or other record. It adds a checkbox under **Edit → Preferences → General**. Enable it to open media in your system’s default viewer. Leave it unchecked to keep the usual Media Reference Editor behavior.

Feedback and testing are welcome! I hope this option can eventually get added to the core, but in the meantime, it was a fun little project to try 😃