Re: How Hierarchial Tags Work

Posted by Andrew Goodbody on Feb 26, 2018; 7:30pm
URL: http://digikam.185.s1.nabble.com/digiKam-users-How-Hierarchial-Tags-Work-tp4705208p4705216.html

On 26/02/18 01:24, [hidden email] wrote:

> Hello,
>
>> However, if tag my a photo Alaska/Demonstration/Mine and another one
>> Alaska/Demonstrations/Sluicebox, go to "Filter" and check the boxes in
>> the
>> hierarchy for Alaska and Demonstrations, I will see no photos in
>> Thumbnail
>> View.
> There's an option in digikam to choose whether parent level tags should
> automatically added when you use a sublevel tag or not (not sure where
> out of the top of my head and far away from my own computer to check). I
> assume it's set on not automatically the parent level, so you either
> have to tick them manually or change thhe setting. At least, that's the
> first thing I'd check.

Rather than automatically adding the parent tags I would just go to the
'View' menu and make sure that the 'Include Tag Sub-Tree' near the
bottom, is checked. This is a more flexible approach as it can be turned
on and off very simply.

Andrew