Deprecate Image._show

Tests/test_image.py

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ from PIL import (
     ImageDraw,
     ImageFile,
     ImagePalette,
+    ImageShow,
     UnidentifiedImageError,
     features,
 )
@@ -1047,6 +1048,13 @@ class TestImage:
         with pytest.warns(DeprecationWarning, match="Image.Image.get_child_images"):
             assert im.get_child_images() == []
 
+    def test_show(self, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
+        monkeypatch.setattr(ImageShow, "_viewers", [])
+
+        im = Image.new("RGB", (1, 1))
+        with pytest.warns(DeprecationWarning, match="Image._show"):
+            Image._show(im)
+
     @pytest.mark.parametrize("size", ((1, 0), (0, 1), (0, 0)))
     def test_zero_tobytes(self, size: tuple[int, int]) -> None:
         im = Image.new("RGB", size)

docs/deprecations.rst

@@ -61,6 +61,14 @@ ImageCms.ImageCmsProfile.product_name and .product_info
 ``.product_info`` attributes have been deprecated, and will be removed in
 Pillow 13 (2026-10-15). They have been set to ``None`` since Pillow 2.3.0.
 
+Image._show
+~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. deprecated:: 12.0.0
+
+``Image._show`` has been deprecated, and will be removed in Pillow 13 (2026-10-15).
+Use :py:meth:`~PIL.ImageShow.show` instead.
+
 Removed features
 ----------------
 

docs/releasenotes/12.0.0.rst

@@ -116,6 +116,12 @@ vulnerability introduced in FreeType 2.6 (:cve:`2020-15999`).
 Deprecations
 ============
 
+Image._show
+^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+``Image._show`` has been deprecated, and will be removed in Pillow 13 (2026-10-15).
+Use :py:meth:`~PIL.ImageShow.show` instead.
+
 ImageCms.ImageCmsProfile.product_name and .product_info
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 

src/PIL/Image.py

@@ -2632,7 +2632,9 @@ class Image:
         :param title: Optional title to use for the image window, where possible.
         """
 
-        _show(self, title=title)
+        from . import ImageShow
+
+        ImageShow.show(self, title)
 
     def split(self) -> tuple[Image, ...]:
         """
@@ -3797,6 +3799,7 @@ def register_encoder(name: str, encoder: type[ImageFile.PyEncoder]) -> None:
 def _show(image: Image, **options: Any) -> None:
     from . import ImageShow
 
+    deprecate("Image._show", 13, "ImageShow.show")
     ImageShow.show(image, **options)