# Feature Request: Improve Cover Proportion

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-improve-cover-proportion/71787
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [August 29, 2026, 2:17pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-improve-cover-proportion/71787 "2026-08-29T14:17:42Z")
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### Author: ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2026, 6:58am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-improve-cover-proportion/71787/6 "2026-08-30T06:58:15Z")

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> [@rboss](#):
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> However, there is bound to exist -or will in the future- an album cover **with** a checkered pattern like that of the transparent background

Exactly. The only reliable indicator that you see more than the picture really contains or that you get tricked by an exaggerated border around it would be a look at the dimension right next to the display area.  
And if something should be changed about the display function, then I would favour a solution that adapts the display object size to the dimensions of the picture so that it never shows any bars around the picture.  
E.g. like this for rectangular pictures:

 ![grafik](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/3X/1/2/12e8447cec213deeb3956aa63ba9ec553cf61b97.jpeg)  
(Pictures would be aligned to start at the top left, not centered)

The reserved area for the picture display would stay the same but the object size would vary.

Or instead of this

 ![grafik](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/3X/d/7/d70fbe4956cc46138b2bba75f542fad83ac42f3c.png)  
like this:  
 ![grafik](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/3X/b/0/b095fa5ab3ec7847fc924936c79046c82498557d.png)

Actually, the longer I think about it - it may be easiest to start every picture in the top left corner - no resizing of the display area required.  
And as soon as the colourful part of a picture does not start top left but somewhere in the middle it has decorative elements around it.

But even this suggestion would not avoid a case like the one in the linked thread:

> [@Cover Display Issue](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-display-issue/17309):
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> I'm getting an issue when adding covers where the cover appears as a small thumbnail in the upper left and the rest of the square is black. [image] I've tried with multiple items with the same result. I've tried dragging/dropping, importing and right-clicking and adding the file all with the same result. I don't remember what version I had previously, but I just updated to v2.72 when this issue manifested. Any ideas? [image]

That could only be detected with a look a the dimensions - which brings us more or less back to square one.

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