<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Ron,</div><div><br></div><div>Please see this screenshot:</div><div><br></div><div><div><img src="cid:ii_kg8ca5cw1" alt="image.png" width="561" height="439"><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>And yes, it is confusing that this option is directly below the text "Icon View Font:".</div><div><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Den tir. 13. okt. 2020 kl. 14.33 skrev Ronald Orenstein <<a href="mailto:ron.orenstein@rogers.com">ron.orenstein@rogers.com</a>>:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div><div dir="ltr">Hi all -</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I am using the mac version of Digikam (7.1.0) and cannot find the large thumbnails option under either settings or preferences, Under the settings tab the only available options are Configure Language, Themes, Configure Keyboard Shortcuts, Configure Toolbars and Database Migration. Is there a way to increase thumbnail size in the Mac build?</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Thanks - Ron</div><div><br></div><div>Ronald Orenstein<br>1825 Shady Creek Court<br>Mississauga, ON L5L 3W2<br>Canada<br><a href="http://ronorenstein.blogspot.com" target="_blank">ronorenstein.blogspot.com</a><br><a href="http://ronorensteinwriter.blogspot.com" target="_blank">ronorensteinwriter.blogspot.com</a></div></div>
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On Tuesday, October 13, 2020, 07:23:23 a.m. EDT, Thomas D <<a href="mailto:sdktda@gmail.com" target="_blank">sdktda@gmail.com</a>> wrote:
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<div><div id="gmail-m_6035394100222466045ydpc5141953yiv7445860714"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Hi Maik,<div><br clear="none"></div><div>Found "use large thumbnails for high res monitors" in Settings. I did not understand this option to do this. I thought it was about the internal thumbnail resolution and not the actual display size.</div><div>Is there any reason not to just allow the user to define the range? </div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>I do not understand why thumbnails below 100 should not be useful. It is entirely useful. In Gwenview, I can scale the thumbnails down to 48x48. </div><div>This is really useful when doing a first pass sorting through a large amount of incoming photos in which a lot of photos are clearly from the same set or same event. </div><div><div>I have attached a screenshot (pixelated for privacy reasons) of Gwenview with thumbnail size set to 48x48. In this screenshot. Even with the pixilation, it is easy to see that each of the three marked selections are related. Now, these selections are small for the sake of having an example that would easily illustrate the problem. However, in practice, sometimes these sets can be hundreds of photos that are nearly identical. And I typically need to sort these into folders for each set and then finely sort through them set by set at a later stage. </div><div>I would love that digikam would allow me to do this! </div><div><br clear="none"></div></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Screenshot:</div><div><div><img src="cid:175235c6e3cae9d5a9d1" alt="tgu.png" style="width: 412px; max-width: 710px;"><br clear="none"></div></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>You mention that the text is shortened and rating stars cut off when thumbnails are this small. I do not see that as a problem. Quite the contrary. I would absolutely love it if all the additional details like text, rating stars, etc. are hidden when using thumbnails below a certain size. Typically you would not rate photos nor care about filenames when you are working with thumbnails this small. </div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Would it at least be possible to allow the user to decide this by having the slider go down to, say, 48x48 and then have DK hide everything but the actual thumbnail when size is below X (where could be 100 or something suitable)?</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Just like with the large thumbnails, this behavior could be something that could be enabled with a checkbox in the Settings.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Another useful idea: Would it be possible to have a quick toggle that would show/hide all the text, rating stars, etc. in the thumbnail view. E.g by a shortcut key or similar? That would be really handy!</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>BR</div><div>Thomas</div><div><br clear="none"></div></div><br clear="none"><div id="gmail-m_6035394100222466045ydpc5141953yiv7445860714yqt03370"><div><div dir="ltr">Den tir. 13. okt. 2020 kl. 12.40 skrev Maik Qualmann <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:metzpinguin@gmail.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">metzpinguin@gmail.com</a>>:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Thumbnails with a size of up to 512 pixels can be activated in the digiKam <br clear="none">
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