[Bug 145253] New: Disable edit menus when images are read-only

[brian remedios]

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           Summary: Disable edit menus when images are read-only
           Product: digikam
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Debian stable
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: digikam-devel kde org
        ReportedBy: brianremedios gmail com


Version:           0.9.2-SVN (using KDE KDE 3.5.5)
Installed from:    Debian stable Packages
OS:                Linux

Digikam allows me to edit EXIF & IPTC tags even though the target image is read-only. In fact I can attempt to do a number of modifications via the Image submenu on read-only images.

When metadata edits are made to read-only images within the date folders they will seem to 'disappear' from them for some reason although they just 'flash' in the regular albums.

Digikam needs to either disable the edit-related menu choices (preferred) or display an error message after the fact telling the user why the changes can't be saved.
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[Gilles Caulier-4]

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------- Additional Comments From mikmach wp pl  2007-05-10 17:15 -------
> Digikam needs to either disable the edit-related menu choices
> (preferred) or display an error message after the fact telling the user
> why the changes can't be saved.


Only metadata edits I hope. IE could be used to see "real photo", also
preview of some effects can be useful, not mentioning "Save as..."
option. Also some metadata can be saved in database and user may want to
make those corrections without possibility to change image itself.

I could be made only by changes in db structure taking notice about
status of image if it is read only. Also some visual feedback for user
could be useful. Already plethora of possibilities regarding changing of
metadata and syncing it can create problems.
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------- Additional Comments From brianremedios gmail com  2007-05-10 17:40 -------
I understand how we can save metadata changes to the DB and/or the image itself so perhaps that need to be made more obvious to the user. If an image is read-only and the user edits the metadata and clicks Save then digikam could let the user know about this and offer to save the info to the DB and place a tiny alert flag beside the thumbnail denoting the inconsistency that needs to be resolved later.

The casual user isn't really aware of the DB in the background that helps out in so many areas.

Also, if I'm changing permissions files in the OS outside of a file browser I've noticed that the browser GUI tracks changes and updates the icons fairly quickly. I'm not sure how the notification mechanism works but could we leverage the same capability in Digikam to provide a real-time indicator of the permissions beside the thumbnail?
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