File uploader for minigallery field

No,

changing field type is meant for different type of fields that have compatible data,
e.g. when you create a new custom field that customizes an existing one

what is needed is a message:
"Changing field type is meant only for fields that have compatible types, changing to an incompatible type can have unexpected/unspecified results"

The message is a solution at least.

However, image/image gallery and minigallery are supposed to be compatible, aren't they?

they are not compatible, but maybe they can be made ...

1. minigallery is not multi-property (and we will leave it this way for simple cases/usages, that only need image selection with no multiple properties),

but we may add more JS image galleries to the mini-gallery field

2. also note that the hard-stuff in image/image gallery field are done (advanced multi-select, with folder management, while maintaining multiple properties, and other configuration options)

what will follow is more advanced inline/popup or other JS gallery, that will greatly enrich the resulting display of the image !!! e.g. a JS image gallery with pagination and thumbnails while previewing the image, there plenty of JS gallery we can add to the image/image gallery field

Regards

It is a pleasure to hear that these changes are coming. In fact we usually end up embedding some jQuery gallery to the field plugin to suit our needs.

Also it might be convenient to be able to select JS gallery script from the list for an each image field.

-- Gallery script is already selectable for image/image gallery field,

but it only includes popup galleries,

will add more and depending on the selected gallery the gallery specific parameters will be enabled.

-- For minigallery there is currently only one available JS gallery