Gallery Manager & Media Browser
Unified media browser with drag-to-move, drag-to-stack, and click-to-pick — plus gallery creation for images, videos, PDFs, and combined layouts.
What It Does
Gallery Manager is two things at once: a full media browser you use everywhere in the admin, and a gallery builder that produces embeddable galleries for public pages. The browser handles organization (folders, HTML blocks), selection (click-to-pick or checkbox multi-select), and most of the drag-and-drop magic that makes page-building feel fast.
Getting Started
- Open Gallery Manager from the admin menu, or call the Media Browser from any page editor.
- Browse folders, upload new media, create galleries.
- Click New Gallery, pick images/videos/PDFs, choose layout (grid, masonry, rows) and column count.
- Save. The gallery is embeddable via its generated shortcode.
- Paste the shortcode into any page where you want the gallery to appear.
Drag-to-Move Between Folders
Drag a thumbnail onto a folder header (or into the folder’s grid area when it’s expanded) — drop moves the media into that folder. Empty folders are collapsed by default; hover expands the drop zone so you can actually drop into them. This is the fast way to organize a messy uploads pile.
Drag-to-Stack
When Gallery Manager is open alongside a Content Stack editor, drag a thumbnail from the browser into the open stack’s playlist. The drop lands at the Y position you released — so you can insert a media block exactly where you want it inside the stack. This is the official insert path for ContentStacks; clicks don’t pick in that mode.
Click-to-Pick vs Click-to-Select
Click behavior depends on the host:
- GalleryManager / HTMLEditor host: single click picks the media (legacy behavior).
- ContentStacks host: single click toggles selection only. Drag is the insert path.
- Ctrl/Shift + click: toggles selection for bulk operations, regardless of host.
- Right-click on a single file: opens a context menu (delete, etc.).
HTML Blocks & Tab Row
HTML blocks in folders now show a visible trash icon on hover so you can remove them without diving into a menu. The tab row across the top has been tightened for space — more tabs fit on narrower screens without wrapping.
Gotchas / Tips
- Empty folders look empty because they’re collapsed — hover to drop into them.
- If clicks aren’t picking media, you’re probably in ContentStacks host mode. Drag instead.
- Drop position for drag-to-stack respects Y — drop high to insert above, low to insert below.
- Bulk delete: Ctrl-click to multi-select, then use the action bar.
- Thumbs come from MediaThumbs — if they look off, clear the thumb cache.