When you would want it

Opening a PNG as text shows garbage characters. A picture is what you actually want to check.

Where to find it

All Features → Image preview
Open image preview

What you get out of it

Images stop opening as garbage text - what you see is the picture itself.
File size and pixel dimensions are shown beside the name, so asset checks need no other tool.
Previews are read-only, so there is nothing to accidentally save over.

How to use it, step by step

Open a folder that contains images - png, jpg, gif, webp, svg, ico, or bmp.
Click any image in the Explorer. It previews in the editor area with its file size and dimensions.
Switch tabs to move between images and code; previews are cached so going back is instant.
Use File > Open Image Preview or the command palette to pick an image directly.

Why this beats the usual way

Editors without this make you leave for the file manager or a browser to check an asset. Agentfly previews images where your code is, in the same tab strip, with no setup and no plugins.

Find it in Universal Search

Image preview · The workbench · image · picture · png · jpg · jpeg · gif · webp · svg · preview photo · view image