Can't drag and drop images or access the gallery in historical events when in the new timeline

Closed

Feature: Timelines
Reported by: Lemmylou
Opened: 6 Mar 2026
Assigned to: mikolaszko

Trivial

Description

I can't add images into historical events into new timeline by draging and dropping, or clicking on the box to access the gallery. The only way I can add images is by navigating to historical events in the main dashboard and adding images in there. I had previously opened a bug about the changes in general to the timeline, but as this has now been confirmed that the timeline has been changed by the WA team, that can be closed.

Steps to Reproduce

In timeline, create a historic event Try to add a picture in the sidepanel Text and a dotted line appears saying drag and drop or click to access gallery Neither function works

History

Comments and updates to this report

mikolaszko 17 Mar 2026 · 15:04 Assignee

Assigned mikolaszko

mikolaszko 18 Mar 2026 · 14:47 Assignee

try to dnd now, the click always was available and i couldn't reproduce your problem with that but clicking around the cover (because the margins sometimes overlap with the window listener etc.) might help to debug your issue :)

Lemmylou 18 Mar 2026 · 18:34

I get the dotted line all around the cover, but the issue remains. If I try to click on it, or drag and drop anything onto the cover. regardless of where I click, or where I drag, even on the edges, there is no reaction. The screenshot is on a timeline without any additional css to test. I have also forced a refresh and logged out and in

mikolaszko 19 Mar 2026 · 07:47 Assignee

oh you are on presentation - this changes everything. You should definitely edit in the edit mode ie. https://www.worldanvil.com/p/timeline/edit/timelineId - ive missed it that users might be able to edit those from the presentation view.

mikolaszko 19 Mar 2026 · 07:47 Assignee

Added tag Trivial

mikolaszko 20 Mar 2026 · 10:29 Assignee

update is live and you can recheck if this is still an issue :)

Lemmylou 20 Mar 2026 · 11:18

Thank you. Works in both presentation and edit mode now

mikolaszko 20 Mar 2026 · 11:42 Assignee

set this bug to closed

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