These versions with a new profile on Linux have no such item (on loaded images on a page): firefox-2.0.0.20 firefox-16.0.en-US.linux64 firefox-35.0.1.ru firefox-36.0.1.ru.linux64

Should the item appear on images that have not been loaded, or failed to load?

I think Firefox shows "Reload Image" if it detects that the image is incomplete or corrupted (so reloading might help).

However, I saw a comment online that this was removed in Firefox 4 and higher so I'm not sure what to believe.

Aleksej said

Should the item appear on images that have not been loaded, or failed to load?

Actually I have a slow broadband connection. So sometime when I read a blog or tutorial with 20 or even more high quality images I turn off the page loading, then manually load those images. That's a personal preference of mine.

Aleksej said

These versions with a new profile on Linux have no such item (on loaded images on a page): firefox-2.0.0.20 firefox-16.0.en-US.linux64 firefox-35.0.1.ru firefox-36.0.1.ru.linux64

I'm using 36.0.1 on Windows 8 x64

jscher2000 said

I think Firefox shows "Reload Image" if it detects that the image is incomplete or corrupted (so reloading might help). However, I saw a comment online that this was removed in Firefox 4 and higher so I'm not sure what to believe.

Actually I'm using it since my first usage of computer till Firefox 35. And I have used that function in a completely loaded image. But don't know what happened now!

Is it possible this was a feature of an extension?

You can check for extension updates on the Add-ons page. Either:

• Ctrl+Shift+a
• "3-bar" menu button (or Tools menu) > Add-ons

In the left column, click Extensions. Then above the list on the right, click the "gear" button and Check for Updates.

You might also check recent reviews for any extensions that look relevant, as problems often are reported there.

jscher2000 said

Is it possible this was a feature of an extension? You can check for extension updates on the Add-ons page. Either:

• Ctrl+Shift+a
• "3-bar" menu button (or Tools menu) > Add-ons

In the left column, click Extensions. Then above the list on the right, click the "gear" button and Check for Updates. You might also check recent reviews for any extensions that look relevant, as problems often are reported there.

No, I haven't installed any additional plugin or add-ons.

I can get Reload Image to appear in Firefox 37beta6 if I change permissions.default.image to 2 which causes images not to load. When I right-click on the ALT name, Reload Image appears on the context menu.

It doesn't work since images are disabled. So, this leads me to believe that it only appears on a image that failed to load or something.

I think that this context menu item is only present if the image is broken and has failed to load.

• http://mxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-release/source/browser/base/content/nsContextMenu.js#262

262     // Reload image depends on an image that's not fully loaded
263     this.showItem("context-reloadimage", (this.onImage && !this.onCompletedImage));

Aleksej said

Should the item appear on images that have not been loaded, or failed to load?

jscher2000 said

I think Firefox shows "Reload Image" if it detects that the image is incomplete or corrupted (so reloading might help).

cor-el said

I think that this context menu item is only present if the image is broken and has failed to load.

As you can see on my screenshots, the images are broken or failed to load. Where is my "Reload Image" option? I don't have it neither in 36.0.4, neither 39a1. But it presents in 35.0.1. I tried with clean profiles. It seems like it's a regression bug. What shall I do?

<strike>And is there a way to have this option on all images? Because sometimes even in 35.0.1, when my internet in bad, Fx loads halfs of images and stops and there's no "Reload Image" option on half-loaded images.</strike>

Sashoto Seeam, I've found the add-on Show Selected Images. With it it's possible to show "Reload Image" option even on non-broken images.