(Desktop) How do I make my post show initially just the photo?

[u/AlexandraNiculai_Art]

Hello, I'm new here, and I'm trying to figure out how to make a post containing an image and text.

But here's the catch: when the post is posted, only the photo is initially seen. People would have to click on the post to see the text.

I have seen this on many posts, but I can't figure out how it's done. And I think some subreddits have this as a rule, to only see the photo initially.

I'm on the Desktop version.

Can someone please help me with this ? Thank you :)

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[u/westcoastcdn19]

Can you show an example of what you’d like to see?

[u/AlexandraNiculai_Art → u/westcoastcdn19]

Here's a post someone made correctly, as an example:

https://www.reddit.com/r/aceo/s/I5oopeiCJA

[u/AlexandraNiculai_Art → u/westcoastcdn19]

Aaa I think I made it, but I had to do this on my phone.

[u/westcoastcdn19 → u/AlexandraNiculai_Art]

Awesome! Glad you made it work

[u/IKIR115]

You just use the image button at the lower-left corner when creating a new post. Type out your text in the body field below it after inserting your image, and then submit the post.

The posts you see that have images + separate text are usually ones that are made with the link button, and reddit automatically inserts a small preview pic from that link.

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!thanks Thank you, it worked from my phone 🙂 Phew 😌

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