[digiKam-users] Unable to edit Information panel under Captions

[jmoliver]

Hello,

   Why are users unable to edit directly the fields within the Information panel within the Caption sidebar? Only way is to create a Template as the fields are read-only? Is there a reason behind this design? If the user simply wishes to edit a single field, say "Sublocation" he/she needs to edit a template.

- José Oliver-Didier

[Maik Qualmann]

Yes, these fields are read only.

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=302527 

Maik

Am Mittwoch, 17. Februar 2021, 15:19:57 CET schrieb José Oliver-Didier:
> Hello,
>
>    Why are users unable to edit directly the fields within the Information
> panel within the Caption sidebar? Only way is to create a Template as the
> fields are read-only? Is there a reason behind this design? If the user
> simply wishes to edit a single field, say "Sublocation" he/she needs to
> edit a template.
>
> - José Oliver-Didier

[Andrew Goodbody]

And it has been complained about for over 9 years. It is still annoying
that this intuitive way of working is not allowed by digiKam.

Andrew

On 17/02/2021 20:45, Maik Qualmann wrote:

> Yes, these fields are read only.
>
> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=302527
>
> Maik
>
> Am Mittwoch, 17. Februar 2021, 15:19:57 CET schrieb José Oliver-Didier:
>> Hello,
>>
>>     Why are users unable to edit directly the fields within the Information
>> panel within the Caption sidebar? Only way is to create a Template as the
>> fields are read-only? Is there a reason behind this design? If the user
>> simply wishes to edit a single field, say "Sublocation" he/she needs to
>> edit a template.
>>
>> - José Oliver-Didier

[jmoliver]

Yeah, I figured there had to be a bug somewhere, but did not find it.

Not to repeat the comments posted on the bug. Just would add that as many photo organizers have (sort of) adhering to the Metadata Working Group Specs, in which certain application behavior and reconciliation of fields (XMP, IPTC and EXIF) are to be expected- Digikam should move in the same direction. 

- José Oliver-Didier

On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 5:06 PM Andrew Goodbody <[hidden email]> wrote:

And it has been complained about for over 9 years. It is still annoying
that this intuitive way of working is not allowed by digiKam.

Andrew

On 17/02/2021 20:45, Maik Qualmann wrote:
> Yes, these fields are read only.
>
> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=302527
>
> Maik
>
> Am Mittwoch, 17. Februar 2021, 15:19:57 CET schrieb José Oliver-Didier:
>> Hello,
>>
>>     Why are users unable to edit directly the fields within the Information
>> panel within the Caption sidebar? Only way is to create a Template as the
>> fields are read-only? Is there a reason behind this design? If the user
>> simply wishes to edit a single field, say "Sublocation" he/she needs to
>> edit a template.
>>
>> - José Oliver-Didier