From 2e26c3bb9d8d61705bddb68772fe8d724471b733 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Karl Stolley <karl@zulip.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2024 10:55:28 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] lightbox: Show first media element on hotkey activation.

---
 web/src/lightbox.ts | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/web/src/lightbox.ts b/web/src/lightbox.ts
index 05d2e88c8e..f041d93c4f 100644
--- a/web/src/lightbox.ts
+++ b/web/src/lightbox.ts
@@ -469,7 +469,10 @@ export function show_from_selected_message(): void {
 
     if ($media.length !== 0) {
         const open_media = build_open_media_function(undefined);
-        open_media($media);
+        // Since this function is only called from the "show_lightbox"
+        // hotkey, we don't have a selected image to load. Therefore,
+        // we show the first one returned from the traversal above.
+        open_media($media.first());
     }
 }