From 1ee1ccbe8d20c0a46051b45a7c8f2944492b60d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jann Stute <46534683+Computerdores@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2025 23:39:17 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: preview thumbnails don't scale as large as they could
 (#1005)

* fix: preview thumbnails don't scale as large as they could

* fix: only scale as large as necessary

* fix: explicitly declare vars
---
 .../widgets/preview/preview_thumb_view.py     | 20 ++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/tagstudio/qt/view/widgets/preview/preview_thumb_view.py b/src/tagstudio/qt/view/widgets/preview/preview_thumb_view.py
index ea2739f0..e3d73313 100644
--- a/src/tagstudio/qt/view/widgets/preview/preview_thumb_view.py
+++ b/src/tagstudio/qt/view/widgets/preview/preview_thumb_view.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Licensed under the GPL-3.0 License.
 # Created for TagStudio: https://github.com/CyanVoxel/TagStudio
 
+import math
 import time
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, override
@@ -25,12 +26,18 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
 logger = structlog.get_logger(__name__)
 
 
+THUMB_SIZE_FACTOR = 2
+
+
 class PreviewThumbView(QWidget):
     """The Preview Panel Widget."""
 
     __img_button_size: tuple[int, int]
     __image_ratio: float
 
+    __filepath: Path | None
+    __rendered_res: tuple[int, int]
+
     def __init__(self, library: Library, driver: "QtDriver") -> None:
         super().__init__()
 
@@ -220,10 +227,16 @@ class PreviewThumbView(QWidget):
             self.__preview_gif.hide()
 
     def __render_thumb(self, filepath: Path) -> None:
+        self.__filepath = filepath
+        self.__rendered_res = (
+            math.ceil(self.__img_button_size[0] * THUMB_SIZE_FACTOR),
+            math.ceil(self.__img_button_size[1] * THUMB_SIZE_FACTOR),
+        )
+
         self.__thumb_renderer.render(
             time.time(),
             filepath,
-            (512, 512),
+            self.__rendered_res,
             self.devicePixelRatio(),
             update_on_ratio_change=True,
         )
@@ -303,10 +316,15 @@ class PreviewThumbView(QWidget):
     def hide_preview(self) -> None:
         """Completely hide the file preview."""
         self.__switch_preview(None)
+        self.__filepath = None
 
     @override
     def resizeEvent(self, event: QResizeEvent) -> None:
         self.__update_image_size((self.size().width(), self.size().height()))
+
+        if self.__filepath is not None and self.__rendered_res < self.__img_button_size:
+            self.__render_thumb(self.__filepath)
+
         return super().resizeEvent(event)
 
     @property