QuickLook changed while I wasn't looking!

Hard to say, without developer knowledge, how to/if one can control this. I just checked again and in Quick Look on my 26.4 mac:

  • for image files (jpg, png, heic [but not Fuji raw, .raf]) the rotate button is in the upper right (and changes rotation direction when holding Option key, as in Preview).
  • for routine everyday pdfs the rotate button is not there
  • html and xlsx files only have Share button
  • a Pages document in layout mode only Share

An Apple page on Quick Look is in their usual spare style: https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/preview-a-file-mh14119/mac

Maybe it’s like ‘ordinary’ apps where the menu options change depending on the file and there’s nothing you can change about that…

I just remembered there are plugins for Quick Look, and a quick internet search showed only third party web pages on the first 30 or more results. Here on TB from Nov ’24: What are your favorite Quick Look extensions?

Aha, wrong keyword, they’re called extensions. For those who can grasp it, here is the Apple Developer page: Quick Look | Apple Developer Documentation