Function normalizePathForComparison

renderer.js:1306–1324

(path)

    const task = renderQueue[i];
    if (task && task.filePath === filePath && !task.retainDetached) return task;
  }
  return null;
}

/**
 * Re-queue thumbnail work for an on-screen cell that still shows the placeholder.
 * Virtual-grid keeps existing DOM nodes across scroll frames, so pruned/soft-capped
 * jobs would otherwise never start again until the cell is destroyed and recreated.
 */
function ensureVisibleThumbnailQueued(itemEl, model, thumbPriority) {
  if (window._serverBulkThumbnailJobActive) return false;
  if (!itemEl || !model || !model.filePath) return false;
  if (model.hasThumbnail) return false;
  if (hasImageOnlyPreviewMiss(model.filePath)) return false;

  const thumbContainer = itemEl.querySelector('.thumbnail-container');
  if (!thumbContainer) return false;
  const img = thumbContainer.querySelector('img');
  if (img && typeof img.src === 'string' && img.src.startsWith('data:image')) return false;

  const queued = findQueuedThumbnailTask(model.filePath);
  if (queued) {