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Selecting photos issue

Stuart T Rogers
Having managed to convert my wife to Linux and getting her to use
Digikam I just had her yell at me because she lost selection of some 200
photos she wanted to export to a memory stick so they could be taken to
the print shop.

What happened was that she selected all the photos she wanted by using
the + sign at the top of each thumbnail, then by accident she clicked in
a space between photos and the selection was wiped out. OK not a big
problem if it is only one or two images but when it was 200 out of 400+
it becomes an issue. It is particularly easy to do this when using a
laptop touchpad (which we were).

Now on the program we used to use on Windows there was an option which
could be set on any thumbnail which effectively meant it was 'selected'
but which was not reset unless you went to a menu item to 'de-select'
all the photos, merely clicking elsewhere would not reset any
'selection' This was extremely useful even for both of us because there
was no way to accidentally de-select the images.

Is it possible to do this in digikam today and if not could some feature
like this be added please?

Stuart
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Re: Selecting photos issue

Remco Viëtor
On Sunday 23 March 2014 18:28:18 Stuart T Rogers wrote:

> Having managed to convert my wife to Linux and getting her to use
> Digikam I just had her yell at me because she lost selection of some 200
> photos she wanted to export to a memory stick so they could be taken to
> the print shop.
>
> What happened was that she selected all the photos she wanted by using
> the + sign at the top of each thumbnail, then by accident she clicked in
> a space between photos and the selection was wiped out. OK not a big
> problem if it is only one or two images but when it was 200 out of 400+
> it becomes an issue. It is particularly easy to do this when using a
> laptop touchpad (which we were).
>
> Now on the program we used to use on Windows there was an option which
> could be set on any thumbnail which effectively meant it was 'selected'
> but which was not reset unless you went to a menu item to 'de-select'
> all the photos, merely clicking elsewhere would not reset any
> 'selection' This was extremely useful even for both of us because there
> was no way to accidentally de-select the images.
>
> Is it possible to do this in digikam today and if not could some feature
> like this be added please?
>
> Stuart
>

To add this as a feature will require coding, so takes time

In the mean time, you could use a pick label or a colour label, and then
use the filter tab to see (and easily select) the marked images.

Remco
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Re: Selecting photos issue

Stuart T Rogers


On 23/03/14 19:25, Remco Viëtor wrote:

> On Sunday 23 March 2014 18:28:18 Stuart T Rogers wrote:
>> Having managed to convert my wife to Linux and getting her to use
>> Digikam I just had her yell at me because she lost selection of some 200
>> photos she wanted to export to a memory stick so they could be taken to
>> the print shop.
>>
>> What happened was that she selected all the photos she wanted by using
>> the + sign at the top of each thumbnail, then by accident she clicked in
>> a space between photos and the selection was wiped out. OK not a big
>> problem if it is only one or two images but when it was 200 out of 400+
>> it becomes an issue. It is particularly easy to do this when using a
>> laptop touchpad (which we were).
>>
>> Now on the program we used to use on Windows there was an option which
>> could be set on any thumbnail which effectively meant it was 'selected'
>> but which was not reset unless you went to a menu item to 'de-select'
>> all the photos, merely clicking elsewhere would not reset any
>> 'selection' This was extremely useful even for both of us because there
>> was no way to accidentally de-select the images.
>>
>> Is it possible to do this in digikam today and if not could some feature
>> like this be added please?
>>
>> Stuart
>>
>
> To add this as a feature will require coding, so takes time
>
> In the mean time, you could use a pick label or a colour label, and then
> use the filter tab to see (and easily select) the marked images.
>
> Remco
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Thanks for that advice, I'll take a look at it ....

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Re: Selecting photos issue

Stuart T Rogers


On 23/03/14 21:20, Stuart T Rogers wrote:

>
>
> On 23/03/14 19:25, Remco Viëtor wrote:
>> On Sunday 23 March 2014 18:28:18 Stuart T Rogers wrote:
>>> Having managed to convert my wife to Linux and getting her to use
>>> Digikam I just had her yell at me because she lost selection of some 200
>>> photos she wanted to export to a memory stick so they could be taken to
>>> the print shop.
>>>
>>> What happened was that she selected all the photos she wanted by using
>>> the + sign at the top of each thumbnail, then by accident she clicked in
>>> a space between photos and the selection was wiped out. OK not a big
>>> problem if it is only one or two images but when it was 200 out of 400+
>>> it becomes an issue. It is particularly easy to do this when using a
>>> laptop touchpad (which we were).
>>>
>>> Now on the program we used to use on Windows there was an option which
>>> could be set on any thumbnail which effectively meant it was 'selected'
>>> but which was not reset unless you went to a menu item to 'de-select'
>>> all the photos, merely clicking elsewhere would not reset any
>>> 'selection' This was extremely useful even for both of us because there
>>> was no way to accidentally de-select the images.
>>>
>>> Is it possible to do this in digikam today and if not could some feature
>>> like this be added please?
>>>
>>> Stuart
>>>
>>
>> To add this as a feature will require coding, so takes time
>>
>> In the mean time, you could use a pick label or a colour label, and then
>> use the filter tab to see (and easily select) the marked images.
>>
>> Remco
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>
> Thanks for that advice, I'll take a look at it ....
>
> Stuart

It seems that at present you cannot change the shortcut assignment for
assigning the pick labels, at least it is not listed in the Customising
Shortcuts - is this correct and if so why?

Stuart

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Re: Selecting photos issue

Gilles Caulier-4
2014-03-23 22:59 GMT+01:00 Stuart T Rogers <[hidden email]>:

>
>
> On 23/03/14 21:20, Stuart T Rogers wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> On 23/03/14 19:25, Remco Viëtor wrote:
>>>
>>> On Sunday 23 March 2014 18:28:18 Stuart T Rogers wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Having managed to convert my wife to Linux and getting her to use
>>>> Digikam I just had her yell at me because she lost selection of some 200
>>>> photos she wanted to export to a memory stick so they could be taken to
>>>> the print shop.
>>>>
>>>> What happened was that she selected all the photos she wanted by using
>>>> the + sign at the top of each thumbnail, then by accident she clicked in
>>>> a space between photos and the selection was wiped out. OK not a big
>>>> problem if it is only one or two images but when it was 200 out of 400+
>>>> it becomes an issue. It is particularly easy to do this when using a
>>>> laptop touchpad (which we were).
>>>>
>>>> Now on the program we used to use on Windows there was an option which
>>>> could be set on any thumbnail which effectively meant it was 'selected'
>>>> but which was not reset unless you went to a menu item to 'de-select'
>>>> all the photos, merely clicking elsewhere would not reset any
>>>> 'selection' This was extremely useful even for both of us because there
>>>> was no way to accidentally de-select the images.
>>>>
>>>> Is it possible to do this in digikam today and if not could some feature
>>>> like this be added please?
>>>>
>>>> Stuart
>>>>
>>>
>>> To add this as a feature will require coding, so takes time
>>>
>>> In the mean time, you could use a pick label or a colour label, and then
>>> use the filter tab to see (and easily select) the marked images.
>>>
>>> Remco
>>> _______________________________________________
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>>> [hidden email]
>>> https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/digikam-users
>>>
>>
>> Thanks for that advice, I'll take a look at it ....
>>
>> Stuart
>
>
> It seems that at present you cannot change the shortcut assignment for
> assigning the pick labels, at least it is not listed in the Customising
> Shortcuts - is this correct and if so why?

Problem fixed in next 4.0.0 release :

https://www.flickr.com/photos/digikam/13365731864/

Gilles Caulier
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Re: Selecting photos issue

Stuart T Rogers


On 23/03/14 22:09, Gilles Caulier wrote:

> 2014-03-23 22:59 GMT+01:00 Stuart T Rogers <[hidden email]>:
>>
>>
>> On 23/03/14 21:20, Stuart T Rogers wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 23/03/14 19:25, Remco Viëtor wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Sunday 23 March 2014 18:28:18 Stuart T Rogers wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Having managed to convert my wife to Linux and getting her to use
>>>>> Digikam I just had her yell at me because she lost selection of some 200
>>>>> photos she wanted to export to a memory stick so they could be taken to
>>>>> the print shop.
>>>>>
>>>>> What happened was that she selected all the photos she wanted by using
>>>>> the + sign at the top of each thumbnail, then by accident she clicked in
>>>>> a space between photos and the selection was wiped out. OK not a big
>>>>> problem if it is only one or two images but when it was 200 out of 400+
>>>>> it becomes an issue. It is particularly easy to do this when using a
>>>>> laptop touchpad (which we were).
>>>>>
>>>>> Now on the program we used to use on Windows there was an option which
>>>>> could be set on any thumbnail which effectively meant it was 'selected'
>>>>> but which was not reset unless you went to a menu item to 'de-select'
>>>>> all the photos, merely clicking elsewhere would not reset any
>>>>> 'selection' This was extremely useful even for both of us because there
>>>>> was no way to accidentally de-select the images.
>>>>>
>>>>> Is it possible to do this in digikam today and if not could some feature
>>>>> like this be added please?
>>>>>
>>>>> Stuart
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> To add this as a feature will require coding, so takes time
>>>>
>>>> In the mean time, you could use a pick label or a colour label, and then
>>>> use the filter tab to see (and easily select) the marked images.
>>>>
>>>> Remco
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> Digikam-users mailing list
>>>> [hidden email]
>>>> https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/digikam-users
>>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks for that advice, I'll take a look at it ....
>>>
>>> Stuart
>>
>>
>> It seems that at present you cannot change the shortcut assignment for
>> assigning the pick labels, at least it is not listed in the Customising
>> Shortcuts - is this correct and if so why?
>
> Problem fixed in next 4.0.0 release :
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/digikam/13365731864/
>
> Gilles Caulier
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Actually now I've done some work with this it will be quite a good way
of marking my photos for printing since the flag will stay put it can
easily been seen which photos have been printed. So perhaps what I
requested would not really be needed after all. Having the fix for the
keyboard shortcut change in the next 4.0.0 release is excellent.

Stuart
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