[digiKam-users] UI changes in digiKam 7.2.0

[ceperman]

I've recently upgraded to digiKam 7.2.0. There are some UI differences
that I'd like to change if possible.

Thumbnail view: a single click on a thumbnail gets me to the preview.
Previously a single click on the preview would return to the thumbnail
view, now it needs a double click. Can I change this back to a single
click?

Rename (F2): the rename dialog doesn't show the file ext so I can't
change it. Previously the file ext was shown so I could. Is there a
setting that controls this?

Thanks,
Chris Wood

[Maik Qualmann]

Which digiKam version are you using? On which platform?
Nothing has changed in digiKam-7.2.0 in either case.
Whether the preview is opened with a single click or a double click depends on
the desktop settings. So mostly double click under Windows, as well as Ubuntu,
under a KF5 desktop mostly single click.
The extensions are still displayed in the (F2) renaming dialog.

Maik

Am Sonntag, 9. Mai 2021, 18:57:19 CEST schrieb Chris Wood:

> I've recently upgraded to digiKam 7.2.0. There are some UI differences
> that I'd like to change if possible.
>
> Thumbnail view: a single click on a thumbnail gets me to the preview.
> Previously a single click on the preview would return to the thumbnail
> view, now it needs a double click. Can I change this back to a single
> click?
>
> Rename (F2): the rename dialog doesn't show the file ext so I can't
> change it. Previously the file ext was shown so I could. Is there a
> setting that controls this?
>
> Thanks,
> Chris Wood

[ceperman]

I'm using version digiKam 7.2.0, build date: 26/03/2021 07:35 (target:
Debian) on Linux Mint 20.1 Ulyssa, Cinnamon 4.8.6.
Upgrading to 7.2.0 was part of a recent reinstallation of Linux Mint to
20.1.

OK, you pointed me to system settings to control single/double click. After
failing to find anything in the Cinnamon settings I discovered it's
controlled by the Nemo (File System) settings. But changing this doesn't
affect digiKam behaviour. In any case, I wouldn't want to change the overall
behaviour of the system just to change digiKam behaviour.

(Anyway it seems I'm wrong in that thumbnail -> preview and preview ->
thumbnail view both require the same double click action, I'm not sure why I
thought one was single and one double - old age I guess.)

I can however find nothing that would cause the rename panel to not show the
file extension. Just to be clear, the Rename dialog box shows the "Current
Name" and "New Name" with the file extension, but the text field for doing
the rename does not include the extension so cannot be overwritten.

Any more ideas?

Chris
 

Maik Qualmann wrote

> Which digiKam version are you using? On which platform?
> Nothing has changed in digiKam-7.2.0 in either case.
> Whether the preview is opened with a single click or a double click
> depends on
> the desktop settings. So mostly double click under Windows, as well as
> Ubuntu,
> under a KF5 desktop mostly single click.
> The extensions are still displayed in the (F2) renaming dialog.
>
> Maik
>
> Am Sonntag, 9. Mai 2021, 18:57:19 CEST schrieb Chris Wood:
>> I've recently upgraded to digiKam 7.2.0. There are some UI differences
>> that I'd like to change if possible.
>>
>> Thumbnail view: a single click on a thumbnail gets me to the preview.
>> Previously a single click on the preview would return to the thumbnail
>> view, now it needs a double click. Can I change this back to a single
>> click?
>>
>> Rename (F2): the rename dialog doesn't show the file ext so I can't
>> change it. Previously the file ext was shown so I could. Is there a
>> setting that controls this?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Chris Wood

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[Daniel Bauer-2]

Am 10.05.21 um 09:26 schrieb ceperman:
> I can however find nothing that would cause the rename panel to not show the
> file extension. Just to be clear, the Rename dialog box shows the "Current
> Name" and "New Name" with the file extension, but the text field for doing
> the rename does not include the extension so cannot be overwritten.

The file extension defines the type of image file (jpg, png...).
Renaming is only to give the image another name, but not another file
type, so the extension, of course, stays the same.

If you want to change the file type you must open it and then chose
"save as", so a new file will be created with the new file type.

If you need to do this with many images you can use the batch process.

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[ceperman]

Daniel Bauer-2 wrote

> Am 10.05.21 um 09:26 schrieb ceperman:
>> I can however find nothing that would cause the rename panel to not show
>> the
>> file extension. Just to be clear, the Rename dialog box shows the
>> "Current
>> Name" and "New Name" with the file extension, but the text field for
>> doing
>> the rename does not include the extension so cannot be overwritten.
>
> The file extension defines the type of image file (jpg, png...).
> Renaming is only to give the image another name, but not another file
> type, so the extension, of course, stays the same.
>
> If you want to change the file type you must open it and then chose
> "save as", so a new file will be created with the new file type.
>
> If you need to do this with many images you can use the batch process.
>
> --
> Daniel Bauer photographer Basel Málaga
> https://www.patreon.com/danielbauer
> https://www.daniel-bauer.com

I understand what you say but this isn't how it used to be.

I used this feature to change the case of the extension from .JPG to .jpg
because Linux is case-sensitive and I like all the extensions to be the
same. Sure, I can change the .ext in other ways, but now it's a multi-step
operation whereas previously I could do it in one.

If nothing has changed in DK (as a previous responder said) then could this
be something in KDE? I know DK is a KDE application and drags in a whole
load of KDE libraries when it's installed.

Chris



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