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https://biodiversityinformatics.amnh.org/open_source/evis/documentation.php says:

"The location and name of the photograph can be stored using an absolute or relative path or a URL if the photograph is available on a web server. Examples of the different approaches are listed below...."

I have just checked the evisgenericeventbrowsergui.cpp source on GitHub:

if ( mEventImagePath.startsWith( QLatin1String( "http://" ), Qt::CaseInsensitive ) )
   {
      imageDisplayArea->displayUrlImage( mEventImagePath );
    }
    else
   {
      imageDisplayArea->displayImage( mEventImagePath );
    }

If it was python I would do the diagnostics myself but I am not really set up to do stuff with C++ :(

Can plugins like this be build independent of qgis as the name suggests. If so I might have a try.
I no longer have a 2.18 instance so I don't know.

I no longer have a 2.18 instance so I don't know.

if you can prove it worked on 2.18 then this will get a higher priority. Can't you install 2.18 and try?

done and no it behaves the same in 2.18 :( Clearly no one is using this feature which surprises me.

I repeat my question about building the plugin on its own (see previous comment). I am an experienced developer and I am happy to have a look at debugging it but only if I can do it without building the whole of QGIS! I am working on a Mac with XCode.

Russell Fulton wrote:

done and no it behaves the same in 2.18 :( Clearly no one is using this feature which surprises me.

I repeat my question about building the plugin on its own (see previous comment). I am an experienced developer and I am happy to have a look at debugging it but only if I can do it without building the whole of QGIS! I am working on a Mac with XCode.

compiling the whole thing is not hard nor takes long, at least on linux.