# Should attaching an image be more obvious?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-attaching-an-image-be-more-obvious/31315>\
**Category:** UX\
**Created:** [July 22, 2015, 10:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-attaching-an-image-be-more-obvious/31315 "2015-07-22T22:50:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2015, 11:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-attaching-an-image-be-more-obvious/31315/2 "2015-07-22T23:11:42Z")

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There are two icons used here. Depends on your Discourse settings.

when **you leave it at the default of only allowing images (jpg, png, gif)**

![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/f/b/fb4b9e8ed91b01a77f809b99811b58ab7e14e8f9.png)

when **you have added other file types as allowed uploads (csv, txt, pdf)**

![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/4/c/4c8619df7ae1857dff9d9fe1777431d839eea1a2.png)

On mobile there is an explicit “upload” link since there is no editing toolbar on mobile.

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