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Optional frames, borders or shadow around images
Sometimes, images found in posts blend with the background. That can certainly look better than an image that stands out from the surrounding page, but every now and then, standing out is just what is needed. This can often be the case with screenshots of Codidact itself, where it's confusing when looking at a post with such a screenshot in it, and it blends with the rest. Having a frame, border or shadow around these images, can provide necessary clarity, and helps set content apart, giving a better overview. My latest post turned out to be rather unpleasant to look at with two screenshots of another Codidact question, so I followed a suggestion to put them in citations, to get a border around them. That's better, but it doesn't look pretty. It's not what citations exist for, so having another way to specify either a border or a shadow behind the image, would be nice. We don't necessarily need two options for either a border or shadow; we can decide on one of them.
I'm not sure what the best way to support this is, so I'm leaving suggestions for that up to answers.
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I prefer no border for general images
I would not want every image to be surrounded by a border. Images are added for many reasons, and in many cases a border would not be wanted. For example, a border around a photograph or a diagram could be distracting and would reduce the available width.
I'm happy with quote blocks for screenshots
Whenever I need to include a screenshot of Codidact that may be confused with the interface of the site itself, I put the screenshot in a quote block. To me, this does not seem like a substitute or a compromise. I think of a screenshot as a visual quote, so a quote block seems fitting.
I like the compatibility of Markdown
Codidact posts are by default licensed freely, allowing them to be reused anywhere. I like the fact that we use CommonMark Markdown, so that reused content can be rendered without being dependent on Codidact's specific styling. For this reason I am wary of adding non-standard extra features to Markdown.
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