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

[Caulier Gilles]

Le Jeudi 18 Août 2005 13:41, Marcel Wiesweg a écrit :
> > Other possible idea : put "EXif", "histogram" and "Comments & Tags" tabs
> > to the right of the main GUI, under "Tags Filter", and remove
> > Image/Comments&Tags/Properties dialog. Make common image sidebar between
> > IE and main window (like old dialogs).
>
> This is a great idea, but it needs some thought. (and some work :-))
>
> - While in the image editor there is exactly one image, in main GUI you
> have 0...n images selected:
>   - Exif and histogramm view need to indicate that they are useless in case
> of multiple selected images
>   - The Comments & Tags tab needs one mode for single image, a completely
>     different mode for multiple images:
>        - indicate which tags all selected images have in common, and which
>          tags are only assigned to some of them
>        - allow deletion and adding of tags to the whole selection
>        - allow to replace comment for all, or only add text to the comment
>
> - The tagging tree view in the proposed Comments & Tags tab should in one
> way be consistent with the tag filter tree view (in look and feel),
>   but on the other hands in needs to be clearly distinguishable: Users
> shall not get confused about where a click means adding tags and where it
> means filter a view.
>

I'm agree with you. using SideBar for image properties in main window is more 
complex to do. This is just an idea to have just a viewpoint. I won't do it 
now (:=))). I need to study more this idea before (:=))). We will discut 
indeep later...

Gilles