diff --git a/searx/static/themes/__common__/js/image_layout.js b/searx/static/themes/__common__/js/image_layout.js
index fa96f62c5..653da95a0 100644
--- a/searx/static/themes/__common__/js/image_layout.js
+++ b/searx/static/themes/__common__/js/image_layout.js
@@ -11,11 +11,12 @@
 */
 
 (function (w, d) {
-  function ImageLayout(container_selector, results_selector, img_selector, margin, maxHeight) {
+  function ImageLayout(container_selector, results_selector, img_selector, verticalMargin, horizontalMargin, maxHeight) {
     this.container_selector = container_selector;
     this.results_selector = results_selector;
     this.img_selector = img_selector;
-    this.margin = margin;
+    this.verticalMargin = verticalMargin;
+    this.horizontalMargin = horizontalMargin;
     this.maxHeight = maxHeight;
     this.isAlignDone = true;
   }
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@
       }
     }
 
-    return (width - images.length * this.margin) / r; //have to round down because Firefox will automatically roundup value with number of decimals > 3
+    return (width - images.length * this.verticalMargin) / r; //have to round down because Firefox will automatically roundup value with number of decimals > 3
   };
 
   ImageLayout.prototype._setSize = function (images, height) {
@@ -62,10 +63,10 @@
       }
       img.style.width = imgWidth + 'px';
       img.style.height = height + 'px';
-      img.style.marginLeft = '3px';
-      img.style.marginTop = '3px';
-      img.style.marginRight = this.margin - 7 + 'px'; // -4 is the negative margin of the inline element
-      img.style.marginBottom = this.margin - 7 + 'px';
+      img.style.marginLeft = this.horizontalMargin + 'px';
+      img.style.marginTop = this.horizontalMargin + 'px';
+      img.style.marginRight = this.verticalMargin - 7 + 'px'; // -4 is the negative margin of the inline element
+      img.style.marginBottom = this.verticalMargin - 7 + 'px';
       resultNode = img.parentNode.parentNode;
       if (!resultNode.classList.contains('js')) {
         resultNode.classList.add('js');
diff --git a/searx/static/themes/oscar/src/js/element_modifiers.js b/searx/static/themes/oscar/src/js/element_modifiers.js
index e9de297e0..dff1a5e97 100644
--- a/searx/static/themes/oscar/src/js/element_modifiers.js
+++ b/searx/static/themes/oscar/src/js/element_modifiers.js
@@ -103,6 +103,6 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
     /**
      * Layout images according to their sizes
      */
-    searxng.image_thumbnail_layout = new searxng.ImageLayout('#main_results', '#main_results .result-images', 'img.img-thumbnail', 15, 200);
+    searxng.image_thumbnail_layout = new searxng.ImageLayout('#main_results', '#main_results .result-images', 'img.img-thumbnail', 15, 3, 200);
     searxng.image_thumbnail_layout.watch();
 });
diff --git a/searx/static/themes/simple/src/js/main/searx_keyboard.js b/searx/static/themes/simple/src/js/main/searx_keyboard.js
index c00a1a45e..394f97730 100644
--- a/searx/static/themes/simple/src/js/main/searx_keyboard.js
+++ b/searx/static/themes/simple/src/js/main/searx_keyboard.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 searxng.ready(function() {
 
   searxng.on('.result', 'click', function() {
-    highlightResult(this)(true);
+    highlightResult(this)(true);  
   });
 
   searxng.on('.result a', 'focus', function(e) {
@@ -124,9 +124,7 @@ searxng.ready(function() {
     if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(vimKeys, e.keyCode) && !e.ctrlKey && !e.altKey && !e.shiftKey && !e.metaKey) {
       var tagName = e.target.tagName.toLowerCase();
       if (e.keyCode === 27) {
-        if (tagName === 'input' || tagName === 'select' || tagName === 'textarea') {
-          vimKeys[e.keyCode].fun();
-        }
+        vimKeys[e.keyCode].fun(e);
       } else {
         if (e.target === document.body || tagName === 'a' || tagName === 'button') {
           e.preventDefault();
@@ -213,9 +211,12 @@ searxng.ready(function() {
     document.location.reload(true);
   }
 
-  function removeFocus() {
-    if (document.activeElement) {
+  function removeFocus(e) {
+    const tagName = e.target.tagName.toLowerCase();
+    if (document.activeElement && (tagName === 'input' || tagName === 'select' || tagName === 'textarea')) {
       document.activeElement.blur();
+    } else {
+      searxng.closeDetail();
     }
   }
 
@@ -285,6 +286,9 @@ searxng.ready(function() {
   function openResult(newTab) {
     return function() {
       var link = document.querySelector('.result[data-vim-selected] h3 a');
+      if (link === null) {
+        link = document.querySelector('.result[data-vim-selected] > a');
+      }
       if (link !== null) {
         var url = link.getAttribute('href');
         if (newTab) {
@@ -368,4 +372,8 @@ searxng.ready(function() {
       return;
     }
   }
+
+  searxng.scrollPageToSelected = scrollPageToSelected;
+  searxng.selectNext = highlightResult('down');
+  searxng.selectPrevious = highlightResult('up');
 });
diff --git a/searx/static/themes/simple/src/js/main/searx_results.js b/searx/static/themes/simple/src/js/main/searx_results.js
index 79af25af8..5ccbb38b5 100644
--- a/searx/static/themes/simple/src/js/main/searx_results.js
+++ b/searx/static/themes/simple/src/js/main/searx_results.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   'use strict';
 
   searxng.ready(function() {
-    searxng.image_thumbnail_layout = new searxng.ImageLayout('#urls', '#urls .result-images', 'img.image_thumbnail', 10, 200);
+    searxng.image_thumbnail_layout = new searxng.ImageLayout('#urls', '#urls .result-images', 'img.image_thumbnail', 14, 6, 200);
     searxng.image_thumbnail_layout.watch();
 
     searxng.on('.btn-collapse', 'click', function() {
@@ -31,17 +31,74 @@
       }
     });
 
-    w.addEventListener('scroll', function() {
-      var e = d.getElementById('backToTop'),
-      scrollTop = document.documentElement.scrollTop || document.body.scrollTop;
-      if (e !== null) {
-        if (scrollTop >= 200) {
-          e.style.opacity = 1;
-        } else {
-          e.style.opacity = 0;
+    function selectImage(e) {
+      /*eslint no-unused-vars: 0*/
+      let t = e.target;
+      while (t && t.nodeName != 'ARTICLE') {
+        t = t.parentNode;
+      }
+      if (t) {
+        // load full size image in background
+        const imgElement = t.querySelector('.result-images-source img');
+        const thumbnailElement = t.querySelector('.image_thumbnail');
+        const detailElement = t.querySelector('.detail');
+        if (imgElement) {
+          const imgSrc = imgElement.getAttribute('data-src');
+          if (imgSrc) {
+            const loader = d.createElement('div');
+            const imgLoader = new Image();
+
+            loader.classList.add('loader');
+            detailElement.appendChild(loader);
+
+            imgLoader.onload = e => {
+              imgElement.src = imgSrc;
+              loader.remove();
+            };
+            imgLoader.onerror = e => {
+              loader.remove();
+            };
+            imgLoader.src = imgSrc;
+            imgElement.src = thumbnailElement.src;
+            imgElement.removeAttribute('data-src');
+          }
         }
       }
+      d.getElementById('results').classList.add('image-detail-open');
+      searxng.image_thumbnail_layout.align();
+      searxng.scrollPageToSelected();
+    }
+
+    searxng.closeDetail = function(e) {
+      d.getElementById('results').classList.remove('image-detail-open');
+      searxng.image_thumbnail_layout.align();
+      searxng.scrollPageToSelected();
+    }
+
+    searxng.on('.result-images', 'click', e => {
+      e.preventDefault();
+      selectImage(e);
     });
+    searxng.on('.result-images a', 'focus', selectImage, true);
+    searxng.on('.result-detail-close', 'click', e => { 
+      e.preventDefault();
+      searxng.closeDetail();
+    });
+    searxng.on('.result-detail-previous', 'click', e => searxng.selectPrevious(false));
+    searxng.on('.result-detail-next', 'click', e => searxng.selectNext(false));
+
+    w.addEventListener('scroll', function() {
+      var e = d.getElementById('backToTop'),
+      scrollTop = document.documentElement.scrollTop || document.body.scrollTop,
+      results = d.getElementById('results');
+      if (e !== null) {
+        if (scrollTop >= 100) {
+          results.classList.add('scrolling');
+        } else {
+          results.classList.remove('scrolling');
+        }
+      }
+    }, true);
 
   });
 
diff --git a/searx/static/themes/simple/src/less/definitions.less b/searx/static/themes/simple/src/less/definitions.less
index 9caf4f3f5..6a199b56b 100644
--- a/searx/static/themes/simple/src/less/definitions.less
+++ b/searx/static/themes/simple/src/less/definitions.less
@@ -71,6 +71,14 @@ html {
   /// Settings Colors
   --color-settings-tr-hover: #f7f7f7;
   --color-settings-engine-description-font: darken(#dcdcdc, 30%);
+  /// Detail modal
+  --color-result-detail-font: #fff;
+  --color-result-detail-label-font: lightgray;
+  --color-result-detail-background: #000;
+  --color-result-detail-hr: #333;
+  --color-result-detail-link: #8af;
+  --color-result-detail-loader-border: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.2);
+  --color-result-detail-loader-borderleft: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);
   /// Toolkit Colors
   --color-toolkit-badge-font: #fff;
   --color-toolkit-badge-background: #777;
@@ -156,6 +164,14 @@ html {
     --color-result-engines-font: #777;
     --color-result-search-url-border: #333;
     --color-result-search-url-font: #fff;
+    /// Detail modal : same as the light version
+    --color-result-detail-font: #fff;
+    --color-result-detail-label-font: lightgray;
+    --color-result-detail-background: #000;
+    --color-result-detail-hr: #333;
+    --color-result-detail-link: #8af;
+    --color-result-detail-loader-border: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.2);
+    --color-result-detail-loader-borderleft: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);
     // Images Colors
     --color-result-image-span-background-hover: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);
     --color-result-image-span-font: #fff;
@@ -183,8 +199,8 @@ html {
     --color-toolkit-engine-tooltip-border: #333;
     --color-toolkit-engine-tooltip-shadow: #444;
     --color-toolkit-engine-tooltip-background: #222;
-    --color-toolkit-loader-border: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
-    --color-toolkit-loader-borderleft: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);
+    --color-toolkit-loader-border: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.2);
+    --color-toolkit-loader-borderleft: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/searx/static/themes/simple/src/less/detail.less b/searx/static/themes/simple/src/less/detail.less
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6c4022765
--- /dev/null
+++ b/searx/static/themes/simple/src/less/detail.less
@@ -0,0 +1,243 @@
+#main_results #results.image-detail-open.only_template_images {
+  width: 59.25rem !important;
+}
+
+#main_results #results.only_template_images.image-detail-open #backToTop {
+  left: 56.75rem !important;
+  right: inherit;
+}
+
+article.result-images .detail {
+  display: none;
+}
+
+#results.image-detail-open article.result-images[data-vim-selected] .detail {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  position: fixed;
+  left: 60rem;
+  right: 0;
+  top: 7rem;
+  bottom: 0;
+  background: var(--color-result-detail-background);
+  border: 1px solid var(--color-result-detail-background);
+  z-index: 10000;
+  padding: 4rem 3rem 3rem 3rem;
+
+  a.result-images-source {
+    display: block;
+    flex: 1;
+    text-align: left;
+    width: 100%;
+    border: none;
+    text-decoration: none;
+
+    img {
+      padding: 0;
+      margin: 0;
+      border: none;
+      object-fit: contain;
+      width: inherit;
+      max-width: 100%;
+      min-height: inherit;
+      max-height: calc(100vh - 25rem - 7rem);
+      background: inherit;
+    }
+  }
+
+  .result-images-labels {
+    color: var(--color-result-detail-font);
+    max-height: 16rem;
+    min-height: 16rem;
+
+    hr {
+      border-top: 1px solid var(--color-result-detail-hr);
+      border-bottom: none;
+    }
+
+    h4 {
+      height: 2rem;
+      overflow: hidden;
+      text-overflow: ellipsis;
+      font-size: 0.9rem;
+    }
+
+    p {
+      color: var(--color-result-detail-label-font);
+      font-size: 0.9rem;
+
+      span {
+        display: inline-block;
+        width: 12rem;
+      }
+    }
+
+    h4,
+    p,
+    a {
+      text-align: left;
+    }
+
+    p.result-content {
+      height: 2rem;
+      overflow: hidden;
+      text-overflow: ellipsis;
+    }
+
+    p.result-url {
+      white-space: nowrap;
+      overflow-x: hidden;
+      text-overflow: ellipsis;
+    }
+
+    p.result-content:hover,
+    p.result-url:hover {
+      position: relative;
+      overflow: inherit !important;
+      background: var(--color-result-detail-background);
+      text-overflow: inherit !important;
+    }
+
+    a,
+    a:visited,
+    a:hover,
+    a:active {
+      color: var(--color-result-detail-link);
+    }
+
+    a:hover {
+      text-decoration: underline;
+    }
+  }
+
+  a.result-detail-close {
+    top: 1rem;
+    left: 1rem;
+    padding: 0.4rem;
+  }
+
+  a.result-detail-previous {
+    top: 1rem;
+    right: 6rem;
+    // center the icon by moving it slightly on the left
+    padding: 0.4rem 0.5rem 0.4rem 0.3rem;
+  }
+
+  a.result-detail-next {
+    top: 1rem;
+    right: 2rem;
+    padding: 0.4rem;
+  }
+
+  a.result-detail-close,
+  a.result-detail-next,
+  a.result-detail-previous {
+    border-radius: 50%;
+    display: block;
+    width: 1.5rem;
+    height: 1.5rem;
+    position: absolute;
+    filter: opacity(40%);
+    z-index: 2000002;
+
+    span {
+      display: block;
+      width: 1.5rem;
+      height: 1.5rem;
+      text-align: center;
+    }
+  }
+
+  a.result-detail-next,
+  a.result-detail-previous {
+    span::before {
+      // vertical center small icons
+      vertical-align: sub;
+    }
+  }
+
+  a.result-detail-close,
+  a.result-detail-close:visited,
+  a.result-detail-close:hover,
+  a.result-detail-close:active,
+  a.result-detail-previous,
+  a.result-detail-previous:visited,
+  a.result-detail-previous:hover,
+  a.result-detail-previous:active,
+  a.result-detail-next,
+  a.result-detail-next:visited,
+  a.result-detail-next:hover,
+  a.result-detail-next:active {
+    color: var(--color-result-detail-font);
+    background: var(--color-result-detail-background);
+    border: 1px solid var(--color-result-detail-font);
+  }
+
+  a.result-detail-close:focus,
+  a.result-detail-close:hover,
+  a.result-detail-previous:focus,
+  a.result-detail-previous:hover,
+  a.result-detail-next:focus,
+  a.result-detail-next:hover {
+    filter: opacity(80%);
+  }
+
+  .loader {
+    position: absolute;
+    top: 1rem;
+    right: 50%;
+    border-top: 0.5em solid var(--color-result-detail-loader-border);
+    border-right: 0.5em solid var(--color-result-detail-loader-border);
+    border-bottom: 0.5em solid var(--color-result-detail-loader-border);
+    border-left: 0.5em solid var(--color-result-detail-loader-borderleft);
+  }
+}
+
+#results.image-detail-open.scrolling article.result-images[data-vim-selected] .detail {
+  top: 0;
+
+  a.result-images-source img {
+    max-height: calc(100vh - 25rem);
+  }
+}
+
+@media screen and (max-width: @tablet) {
+  #results.image-detail-open article.result-images[data-vim-selected] .detail {
+    top: 0;
+    left: 0;
+
+    a.result-images-source {
+      display: flex;
+      flex-direction: column;
+      justify-content: center;
+
+      img {
+        width: 100%;
+        max-height: calc(100vh - 24rem);
+      }
+    }
+
+    a.result-detail-next {
+      right: 1rem;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+@media screen and (max-width: @phone) {
+  #results.image-detail-open article.result-images[data-vim-selected] .detail {
+    top: 0;
+    left: 0;
+    padding: 1rem;
+
+    a.result-images-source img {
+      width: 100%;
+      max-height: calc(100vh - 20rem);
+      margin: 0;
+    }
+
+    .result-images-labels p span {
+      width: inherit;
+      margin-right: 1rem;
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/searx/static/themes/simple/src/less/style.less b/searx/static/themes/simple/src/less/style.less
index 261e36792..ea95e3682 100644
--- a/searx/static/themes/simple/src/less/style.less
+++ b/searx/static/themes/simple/src/less/style.less
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 @import "code.less";
 @import "toolkit.less";
 @import "autocomplete.less";
+@import "detail.less";
 
 // for index.html template
 @import "index.less";
@@ -138,6 +139,10 @@ article[data-vim-selected]::before {
 
 article.result-images[data-vim-selected] {
   background: var(--color-result-vim-arrow);
+
+  .image_thumbnail {
+    filter: opacity(60%);
+  }
 }
 
 article.result-images[data-vim-selected]::before {
@@ -283,25 +288,26 @@ article.result-images[data-vim-selected]::before {
 
   img {
     float: inherit;
-    margin: 0;
+    margin: 0.125rem;
     padding: 0;
     border: none;
     max-height: 200px;
     background: var(--color-result-image-background);
   }
 
-  span a {
+  span.title {
     display: none;
     color: var(--color-result-image-span-font);
   }
 
-  &:hover span a {
+  &:hover span.title {
     display: block;
     position: absolute;
     bottom: 0;
     right: 0;
     padding: 4px;
     margin: 0 0 4px 4px;
+    // color: @color-result-image-span-font;
     background-color: var(--color-result-image-span-background-hover);
     font-size: 0.7em;
   }
@@ -569,6 +575,10 @@ article.result-images[data-vim-selected]::before {
   }
 }
 
+#results.scrolling #backToTop {
+  opacity: 1;
+}
+
 @media screen and (max-width: @tablet) {
   #main_preferences,
   #main_about,
diff --git a/searx/templates/simple/result_templates/images.html b/searx/templates/simple/result_templates/images.html
index f756acbe3..0f3069c98 100644
--- a/searx/templates/simple/result_templates/images.html
+++ b/searx/templates/simple/result_templates/images.html
@@ -1,4 +1,28 @@
-<article class="result result-images {% if result['category'] %}category-{{ result['category'] }}{% endif %}">
-        <a href="{{ result.img_src }}" {% if results_on_new_tab %}target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"{% else %}rel="noreferrer"{% endif %}><img class="image_thumbnail" src="{% if result.thumbnail_src %}{{ image_proxify(result.thumbnail_src) }}{% else %}{{ image_proxify(result.img_src) }}{% endif %}" title="{{ result.title|striptags }}" alt="{{ result.title|striptags }}" /></a>
-        <span class="url"><a href="{{ result.url }}" {% if results_on_new_tab %}target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"{% else %}rel="noreferrer"{% endif %} class="small_font">{{ result.parsed_url[0] }}://{{ result.parsed_url[1] }}</a></span>
+<article class="result result-images {% if result['category'] %}category-{{ result['category'] }}{% endif %}">{{- "" -}}
+        <a {% if results_on_new_tab %}target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"{% else %}rel="noreferrer"{% endif %} href="{{ result.img_src }}">{{- "" -}}
+                <img class="image_thumbnail" src="{% if result.thumbnail_src %}{{ image_proxify(result.thumbnail_src) }}{% else %}{{ image_proxify(result.img_src) }}{% endif %}" loading="lazy" title="{{ result.title|striptags }}" alt="{{ result.title|striptags }}" />{{- "" -}}
+                <span class="title">{{ result.title|striptags }}</span>{{- "" -}}
+        </a>{{- "" -}}
+        <div class="detail">{{- "" -}}
+                <a class="result-detail-close" href="#">{{ icon('close') }}</a>{{- "" -}}
+                <a class="result-detail-previous" href="#">{{ icon_small('chevron-left') }}</a>{{- "" -}}
+                <a class="result-detail-next" href="#">{{ icon_small('chevron-right') }}</a>{{- "" -}}
+                <a class="result-images-source" {% if results_on_new_tab %}target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"{% else %}rel="noreferrer"{% endif %} href="{{ result.img_src }}">
+                        {%- if result.thumbnail_src -%}
+                                <img src="" data-src="{{ image_proxify(result.img_src) }}" alt="{{ result.title|striptags }}">
+                        {%- else -%}
+                                <img src="{{ image_proxify(result.img_src) }}" alt="{{ result.title|striptags }}" loading="lazy">
+                        {%- endif -%}
+                </a>{{- "" -}}
+                <div class="result-images-labels">{{- "" -}}
+                        <h4>{{ result.title|striptags }}</h4>{{- "" -}}
+                        <p class="result-content">{%- if result.content %}{{ result.content|striptags }}{% else %}&nbsp;{% endif -%}</p>{{- "" -}}
+                        <hr>{{- "" -}}
+                        <p class="result-author">{%- if result.author %}<span>{{ _('Author') }}:</span>{{ result.author|striptags }}{% else %}&nbsp;{% endif -%}</p>{{- "" -}}
+                        <p class="result-format">{%- if result.img_format %}<span>{{ _('Format') }}:</span>{{ result.img_format }}{% else %}&nbsp;{% endif -%}</p>{{- "" -}}
+                        <p class="result-source">{%- if result.source %}<span>{{ _('Source') }}:</span>{{ result.source }}{% else %}&nbsp;{% endif -%}</p>{{- "" -}}
+                        <p class="result-engine"><span>{{ _('Engine') }}:</span>{{ result.engine }}</p>{{- "" -}}{{- "" -}}
+                        <p class="result-url"><span>{{ _('View source') }}:</span><a {% if results_on_new_tab %}target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"{% else %}rel="noreferrer"{% endif %} href="{{ result.url }}">{{ result.url }}</a></p>{{- "" -}}
+                </div>{{- "" -}}
+        </div>{{- "" -}}
 </article>