[digiKam-users] Problems opening image in darktable

[Terry Duell]

Hello,
I have just upgraded to Fedora 28 (cinnamon desktop) and find Digikam  
(5.9.0) behaves differently when selecting an image and using "open with".
  Previous behaviour, when selecting "open with darktable", darktable would  
open over Digikam with the selected image loaded, and when done I could  
kill darktable and drop back to Digikam.
Now darktable opens behind Digikam.
I should add that I haven't found any way of minimising Digikam to get to  
darktable, it takes over the whole screen and all 'exit full screen' does  
is add another toolbar at the top, no minimise icon or ability to grab  
edges or corners of the screen. I have to quit Digikam then restart it  
when done with darktable.
I would add that this behaviour of Digikam (taking over the whole screen  
with no means of minimising) has prevailed for as long as I have used  
Digikam, which is some years now.
  Is anyone aware of any settings in Digikam, that have eluded me, that  
cause Digikam to be minimised, or allow the "open with darktable" to open  
darktable in front of Digikam?

Cheers,
--
Regards,
Terry Duell

[Andrew Goodbody]

On 02/05/18 07:47, Terry Duell wrote:

> Hello,
> I have just upgraded to Fedora 28 (cinnamon desktop) and find Digikam
> (5.9.0) behaves differently when selecting an image and using "open with".
>   Previous behaviour, when selecting "open with darktable", darktable
> would open over Digikam with the selected image loaded, and when done I
> could kill darktable and drop back to Digikam.
> Now darktable opens behind Digikam.
> I should add that I haven't found any way of minimising Digikam to get
> to darktable, it takes over the whole screen and all 'exit full screen'
> does is add another toolbar at the top, no minimise icon or ability to
> grab edges or corners of the screen. I have to quit Digikam then restart
> it when done with darktable.
> I would add that this behaviour of Digikam (taking over the whole screen
> with no means of minimising) has prevailed for as long as I have used
> Digikam, which is some years now.
>   Is anyone aware of any settings in Digikam, that have eluded me, that
> cause Digikam to be minimised, or allow the "open with darktable" to
> open darktable in front of Digikam?
>
> Cheers,

This is not down to digikam, but to Gnome and Fedora. If you install
gnome-tweak-tool that will let you restore the maximise and minimise
buttons to the window decorations and restore a bit of sanity to your life.

Andrew

[Sveinn í Felli-2]

Þann mið  2.maí 2018 07:15, skrifaði Andrew Goodbody:

> On 02/05/18 07:47, Terry Duell wrote:
>> Hello,
>> I have just upgraded to Fedora 28 (cinnamon desktop) and find Digikam
>> (5.9.0) behaves differently when selecting an image and using "open
>> with".
>>   Previous behaviour, when selecting "open with darktable", darktable
>> would open over Digikam with the selected image loaded, and when done
>> I could kill darktable and drop back to Digikam.
>> Now darktable opens behind Digikam.
>> I should add that I haven't found any way of minimising Digikam to get
>> to darktable, it takes over the whole screen and all 'exit full
>> screen' does is add another toolbar at the top, no minimise icon or
>> ability to grab edges or corners of the screen. I have to quit Digikam
>> then restart it when done with darktable.
>> I would add that this behaviour of Digikam (taking over the whole
>> screen with no means of minimising) has prevailed for as long as I
>> have used Digikam, which is some years now.
>>   Is anyone aware of any settings in Digikam, that have eluded me,
>> that cause Digikam to be minimised, or allow the "open with darktable"
>> to open darktable in front of Digikam?
>>
>> Cheers,
>
> This is not down to digikam, but to Gnome and Fedora. If you install
> gnome-tweak-tool that will let you restore the maximise and minimise
> buttons to the window decorations and restore a bit of sanity to your life.
>
> Andrew
>

They really opted for this behavior? Thanks for the warning...
But does Alt + Tab still toggle through open windows?

Sveinn í Felli

[Terry Duell]

Hello Andrew,

On Wed, 02 May 2018 17:15:59 +1000, Andrew Goodbody  
<[hidden email]> wrote:


> This is not down to digikam, but to Gnome and Fedora. If you install  
> gnome-tweak-tool that will let you restore the maximise and minimise  
> buttons to the window decorations and restore a bit of sanity to your  
> life.

I'm not running Gnome, I'm using Cinnamon.
Do you expect the gnome-tweak-tool to still be the solution?
I should add that all I could find in the repositories for F28 was  
"gnome-tweaks", I assume that's what you mean.
None of this really addresses the change in behaviour with 5.9.0 and F28.  
The previous behaviour opened darktable in front of Digikam and was quite  
usable.

Cheers,
--
Regards,
Terry Duell

[Terry Duell]

Hello Sveinn,

On Wed, 02 May 2018 17:39:46 +1000, Sveinn í Felli <[hidden email]> wrote:


>
> They really opted for this behavior? Thanks for the warning...
> But does Alt + Tab still toggle through open windows?
>

Using alt+tab brings up a small window showing icons for the open windows  
with one highlighted, and you can toggle through them, but nothing else  
changes, Digikam remains the front window, so not sure what use that  
function is.

Cheers,
--
Regards,
Terry Duell

[Terry Duell]

On Thu, 03 May 2018 09:08:41 +1000, Terry Duell <[hidden email]>  
wrote:

> On Wed, 02 May 2018 17:15:59 +1000, Andrew Goodbody  
> <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
>
>> This is not down to digikam, but to Gnome and Fedora. If you install  
>> gnome-tweak-tool that will let you restore the maximise and minimise  
>> buttons to the window decorations and restore a bit of sanity to your  
>> life.
>
> I'm not running Gnome, I'm using Cinnamon.
> Do you expect the gnome-tweak-tool to still be the solution?
> I should add that all I could find in the repositories for F28 was  
> "gnome-tweaks", I assume that's what you mean.

It would seem that the problem is with Cinnamon.
If I boot into Gnome-classic, Digikam window displays the minimise icon,  
which works OK, and "open with darktable" brings darktable to the front.
Looks like I need to file a bug report with Fedora, unless anyone knows of  
some other settings that might be affecting this behaviour.

Cheers,
--
Regards,
Terry Duell

[Terry Duell]

On Thu, 03 May 2018 09:34:09 +1000, Terry Duell <[hidden email]>  
wrote:

>
> It would seem that the problem is with Cinnamon.
> If I boot into Gnome-classic, Digikam window displays the minimise icon,  
> which works OK, and "open with darktable" brings darktable to the front.
> Looks like I need to file a bug report with Fedora, unless anyone knows  
> of some other settings that might be affecting this behaviour.

Greatcoats off!
I have finally found some settings in Cinnamon/Preferences which put the  
normal minimise etc icons on the Digikam window, so now have a usable way  
of working with darktable from Digikam.

Cheers,
--
Regards,
Terry Duell