Hi automatyk,
currently we are fixing and also extending old Next Gen version.
I guess that feature is currently in Next gen but this is a common feature requested previously.
I’m adding this feature to pending requests.
You can use a NextCellent gallery image as a page/post featured image by using WP’s standard “Add Media” button.
After clicking this button select NextCellent Gallery, then the desired gallery from a drop-down list and from the the image you want to use. Opening the image dialogue will show a text “Use as featured image”.
Has worked all the time. Also works with current NextGEN 2.0.61 if anyone is interested.
I also prefer using WP’s “Add Media” button for inserting single images into pages & posts, it allows more options e.g. for image settings than NextCellent’s (or NextGEN’s) own “attach to post” button.
However, latest WP 3.9. image editing features are much worse for my taste than previously, for example not allowing image width&height defined in percentages (which is handy for fully responsive images within responsive themes).
Woohoo! Thanks for the workaround VesaT. I can’t believe I didn’t figure this out by now.
Thanks WPReady for adding this to the request list. It’d be much easier to just click that insert Featured Image link.
