[Digikam-devel] SideBar support in ShowFoto and Image Editor

[Caulier Gilles]

Le Mercredi 17 Août 2005 10:58, Mikolaj Machowski a écrit :
> Dnia wtorek 16 sierpień 2005 23:11, Caulier Gilles napisał:
> > 2/ New tarball with Image Editor using SideBar ! Any screenshots :
> >
> > http://digikam3rdparty.free.fr/imageditorwithsidebar1.png
> > http://digikam3rdparty.free.fr/imageditorwithsidebar2.png
> > http://digikam3rdparty.free.fr/imageditorwithsidebar3.png
> > http://digikam3rdparty.free.fr/imageditorwithsidebar4.png
> >
> > http://digikam3rdparty.free.fr/imageeditorsidebar.tar.gz
>
> Nirvana :)
>
> But as usual few comments ;)
>
> 1. To Joel: General view may be used as port to KIPI-plugins or more
>    visual way of access to digikamimageplugins. Examples:
>
>    - make Name: label button (or link) and call rename dialog window
>      Here would be just better to make name input field like in
>      properties window of Konqueror - and make it rather in
>      Comments&Tags view - put all editable fields in one panel.
>    - make Type: label button (or link) and call appropriate windows
>    - etc.
>
>    OTOH - In status bar is not enough info to completely replace general
>    tab and if you prefer to remove it at least two things should be
>    added: data and weight.
>
> 2. In Comments&Tags panel I think Comments window could be smaller. For
>    me it has 15 lines of height and takes half of window height. It
>    could be safely made 10 or even 8 lines. Retrieved space could be
>    used for filename change and/or tag window. Ahh. And in future there
>    will be rating system (I hope).
>
> 3. When filtering tags and there is no searched phrase background
>    has some dusty pinky colour. It doesn't look, hmmm...., no good word
>    - seriously? Apart from other issues such thing should be unified
>    across KDE. KPDF for example uses pure red as background and text
>    becomes white.
>
> 4. I don't like displaying of Tags/Comments in General tab. There is
>    enough space to show them completely. No need for truncating them.
>    And labels should be aligned top alongside their contents. Currently
>    it is:
>
>       +--------+-----------+
>
>       | Comm:  |           |
>
>       +--------+-----------+
>
>       |        | tag/tag   |
>       |
>       | Tag    | tag...tag |
>
>       +--------+-----------+
>
>    Should be:
>
>       +--------+-----------+
>
>       | Comm:  |           |
>
>       +--------+-----------+
>
>       | Tag    | tag/tag   |
>       |
>       |        | tag...tag |
>
>       +--------+-----------+
>
>
>    And more logical (at least for me) order would be Tag - Comment, not
>    Comment - Tag. Tag describes position of photo in whole collection of
>    images and Comment applies only to this image. Order of information
>    should be from top to bottom (the same apply to other places where
>    this info is visible).
>
>    I would prefer to keep General tab for one reason - there should be
>    place to view comments without any danger of changing or even
>    destroying them.
>
> m.

Whaou. A lot of remarks. I tag this message like important. I will reply to it 
later.

>
> ps. BTW - what is the proper nomenclature - is it General view, General
>     tab or General panel?

General Properties (:=)))

Gilles