#10968·social-app

Reposition the options for Saving/Sharing an image in lightbox

Author: RetroSunstarCreated Jun 21, 2026Updated Sep 13, 2026
Labelsfeature-request

Describe the Feature

Previously in Bluesky, these options were two very easy to access buttons at the bottom of the page while an image was full screened. This was changed in a lightbox refresh to be apart of a small menu in the top left hand corner

The issue with this design is that when saving an image, a toast will show up at the top of the screen and thus blocking access to the menu

This combined with Bluesky's increased 10 images makes for a frustrating experience during the process of interacting with this element of the app

The most logical move would be to move the items back to the footer of the page, this positioning is efficient and the requested format after it was changed

Attachments

Example.png

Describe Alternatives

A good alternative to the toast issue could be a download all button, but this would still be a hassle if you only wanted some of the images and not all of them

The example also has a download all function when simply holding the download icon down and that's worked pretty well, so I'm basing it off of that

Additional Context

Reverting the elements back to their original giant buttons in the centre would work against images with a more mobile screen sized resolution, and overall against the redesign of the lightbox

In the example screenshot, the buttons are easily accessable but small and out of the way. This is a format I've been using since the redesign was still just in the development build and I've been mostly happy with it

But even if they aren't moved back to their original positions, the conflict with the toast should be looked into for a better user experience

Source: bluesky-social/social-app