If you load an image, then remove the layers, you can't load it again without loading something else first

[psobolewskiPhD]

This is probably an edge case, but ran into it while testing.
Loaded an image using the list view.
Deleted the layers manually in napari.
Tried to reload the image: neither click in list view nor on the thumbnail works.

I had to load something else and then I could load the original image again.

[jo-mueller]

Maybe onne way to avoid this would be to change the UX so that images aren't loaded on click/selection, but on doubleclick?

I find the loading upon click a bit dangerous (e.g., in case of a large2D image - lazy loading via dask won't help much there) and a doubleclick to load woudn't be too far outside what people would try intuitively to load an image.

[psobolewskiPhD]

Yeah, I agree I assume it's because it relies on selection currently.
Double click to open is pretty intuitive. Or we add an explicit Load button -- most obvious and how e.g. QuPath omero extensions work.

[jo-mueller]

I'd like the explicitness of it 👍