Add special-gallery back thumbnail and hide sort button for specials

viewer/image.py

@@ -141,9 +141,19 @@ def render_image(request, path_text, full_path, special=None):
     except Exception:
         dir_text = ""
 
-    # For special galleries hide the Back control but still present Home
+    # Back (directory) and Home (root) links and thumbnails
+    # For special galleries we still want to show a Back link that points
+    # to the special gallery root — populate `back_thumb` with the
+    # thumbnail of the first image in that special gallery so the UI can
+    # display a representative image. For non-special views keep the
+    # existing behavior (thumbnail for parent directory).
     if special is not None:
         back_url = None
+        # images_sorted is already the special list in the requested order
+        try:
+            first_image = images_sorted[0] if len(images_sorted) > 0 else None
+            back_thumb = thumb_for(first_image)
+        except Exception:
             back_thumb = None
     else:
         back_url = gallery_url(

viewer/templates/gallery_view.html

@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@
                         {% endfor %}
                     </div>
 
+                    {% if not is_special %}
                     <div class="dropdown ms-auto">
                         <button class="btn btn-sm btn-plain" type="button" data-bs-toggle="dropdown" aria-expanded="false" title="{{ sort_label }}" aria-label="Sort options">
                             <i class="fa-solid fa-arrow-down-short-wide"></i>
@@ -218,8 +219,10 @@
                             {% endfor %}
                         </ul>
                     </div>
+                    {% endif %}
                 </div>
 
+                {% if not is_special %}
                 <noscript>
                     <div class="pt-2">
                         {% for option in sort_options %}
@@ -227,6 +230,7 @@
                         {% endfor %}
                     </div>
                 </noscript>
+                {% endif %}
 
                 <section class="gallery-scroll flex-grow-1">
                     <div class="gallery-grid">

viewer/templates/image_view.html

@@ -205,13 +205,14 @@
                 </div>
             </div>
             <div class="offcanvas-body pt-0 d-flex flex-column">
-                <a href="#" class="sidebar-link">Favorites</a>
+                <a href="/gallery/favorites/" class="sidebar-link {% if is_special and breadcrumbs.0.label == 'Favorites' %}active-sort{% endif %}">Favorites</a>
-                <a href="#" class="sidebar-link">Most visited</a>
+                <a href="/gallery/most-visited/" class="sidebar-link {% if is_special and breadcrumbs.0.label == 'Most Visited' %}active-sort{% endif %}">Most visited</a>
-                <a href="#" class="sidebar-link">Recently visited</a>
+                <a href="/gallery/recent/" class="sidebar-link {% if is_special and breadcrumbs.0.label == 'Recent' %}active-sort{% endif %}">Recently visited</a>
 
                 <hr>
 
                 <div class="sidebar-scroll flex-grow-1">
+                    {% if not is_special or is_special and 'favorites' in breadcrumbs.0.path %}
                         {% if prev_url %}
                             <a href="{{ prev_url }}" class="subdir-item">
                                 {% if prev_thumb %}
@@ -233,6 +234,7 @@
                                 <span>Next</span>
                             </a>
                         {% endif %}
+                    {% endif %}
 
                     {% if is_special %}
                         <a href="{{ breadcrumbs.0.path }}" class="subdir-item">