From 9f5284f56cebf49d8a13d5bbfb294c0499bb820d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ayman Bagabas <ayman.bagabas@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 13:50:45 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix(ui): filepicker: defer image preview until after
 transmission

---
 internal/ui/dialog/filepicker.go | 15 +++++++++------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/internal/ui/dialog/filepicker.go b/internal/ui/dialog/filepicker.go
index e9705f23317c8ad9fab3874cfafafe3bc4d9eb72..8bfdbabd12f54911a7da85842152a17f0ade275a 100644
--- a/internal/ui/dialog/filepicker.go
+++ b/internal/ui/dialog/filepicker.go
@@ -185,14 +185,17 @@ func (f *FilePicker) HandleMsg(msg tea.Msg) Action {
 
 		f.previewingImage = allowed
 		if allowed && !fimage.HasTransmitted(selFile, f.imgPrevWidth, f.imgPrevHeight) {
+			f.previewingImage = false
 			img, err := loadImage(selFile)
-			if err != nil {
-				f.previewingImage = false
+			if err == nil {
+				cmds = append(cmds, tea.Sequence(
+					f.imgEnc.Transmit(selFile, img, f.cellSize, f.imgPrevWidth, f.imgPrevHeight),
+					func() tea.Msg {
+						f.previewingImage = true
+						return nil
+					},
+				))
 			}
-
-			cmds = append(cmds, f.imgEnc.Transmit(
-				selFile, img, f.cellSize, f.imgPrevWidth, f.imgPrevHeight))
-			f.previewingImage = true
 		}
 	}
 	if cmd != nil {