add support for displaying compressed image topics in rviz2 Image display dropdown menu

Emre Karincali · jpbusch · commit d20e624c9388 · 2025-10-06T17:21:06.000+02:00
diff --git a/rviz_common/src/rviz_common/properties/ros_topic_property.cpp b/rviz_common/src/rviz_common/properties/ros_topic_property.cpp
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ void RosTopicProperty::fillTopicList()
   for (const auto & topic : published_topics) {
     // Only add topics whose type matches.
     for (const auto & type : topic.second) {
-      if (type == std_message_type) {
+      if (type == std_message_type || (type == "sensor_msgs/msg/CompressedImage" && std_message_type == "sensor_msgs/msg/Image")) {
         addOptionStd(topic.first);
       }
     }

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ void RosTopicProperty::fillTopicList()`
`80`	`80`	`for (const auto & topic : published_topics) {`
`81`	`81`	`// Only add topics whose type matches.`
`82`	`82`	`for (const auto & type : topic.second) {`
`83`		`- if (type == std_message_type) {`
	`83`	`+ if (type == std_message_type \|\| (type == "sensor_msgs/msg/CompressedImage" && std_message_type == "sensor_msgs/msg/Image")) {`
`84`	`84`	`addOptionStd(topic.first);`
`85`	`85`	`}`
`86`	`86`	`}`