<div class="helpdiv" id="showcase_preloadthumbs">"Preload thumbnails" defines the parameter <br/> <i><strong>PreloadThumbs</strong></i> for the <em>Showcase</em> Plugin/Add-on.<br/><br/><strong>Parameter description:</strong><br/>Setting the value to &quot;0&quot; makes the showcase load thumbnails on-demand.<br/> Setting positive values enables the pre-loader which loads all images on startup The given value specifies the number of images to preload simultaneously.<br/> <br/> Please note: Be careful when activating this option especially with automatically generated image lists or large image lists as it might cause higher server loads and increased (and possibly unnecessary) network traffic.<br/><br/><strong>Sample from configuration file:</strong><div class="samplecontents"><pre>&lt;PLUGIN src=&quot;showcase&quot;&gt;
   &lt;PreloadThumbs value=&quot;5&quot; /&gt;   
&lt;/PLUGIN&gt;</pre></div></div>