What directory do images go in so that they display?

[modemmisuser (Jon Craig)]

This was a little better documented in CUBA I think - what directory do images need to go in, in order to display?

I have in my login screen,

                    <image id="logoImage" scaleMode="SCALE_DOWN" stylename="jmix-login-icon" align="MIDDLE_LEFT">
                        <resource>
                            <relativePath path="m.png"/>
                        </resource>
                    </image>

But the image shows a blank. If I change relativePath to file I get an exception.

I have it in the main resources directory but that seems to not be correct. Better documentation of the file system and where things need to go would be super helpful…

[gorelov (Gleb Gorelov)]

Hi,

The relative path resource is a resource that is stored in the directory of deployed application. if you check the generated url for a relative path, you’ll see something like this:

<img ... src="http://localhost:8080/test.jpg">

Obviously, every file placed in the resources directory cannot be accessed via a URL due to security measures. To get access to a file using the relative path resource approach, you need to create a VAADIN folder in the root of the resource directory, because files stored in this directory is accessible via URL, e.g.:

Resource definition:

<relativePath path="VAADIN/test.jpg"/>

Generated url:

<img ... src="http://localhost:8080/VAADIN/test.jpg">

Alternatively, you can use the class path resource:

<classpath path="m.png"/>

I’ve created a GitHub issue in order to extend the relative path resource description.

Regards,
Gleb