[Digikam-devel] [Bug 131743] New: Comments and tag edit widgets should retain focus when changing image

[Tomas Tichy]

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http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=131743         
           Summary: Comments and tag edit widgets should retain focus when
                    changing image
           Product: digikam
           Version: 0.9.0-beta1
          Platform: SuSE RPMs
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: digikam-devel kde org
        ReportedBy: t.tichy post cz


Version:           0.9.0-beta1 (using KDE KDE 3.5.3)
Installed from:    SuSE RPMs
OS:                Linux

Common usage pattern of Digikam is: Dowload images from camera and after that tag and add comments to all images from the album. But the new sidebar have usability flaw in adding comments. If you finish editing comment in Comments widget and press PGDOWN for next image, the widget and the whole sidebar lose focus and there is no easy way how to get back to the edit widget with keyboard. You must hit TAB many times or you must move your hand from the keyboard to mouse and back.   
 I suggest that the sidebar with last selected widged should retain focus when changing images with PGUP/PGDOWN. When you are typing many comments, it is very bad for usability to have to use mouse between them. 
 There should be also shortcuts for editing comment, date & time and rating, which will greatly improve usability of Digikam with keyboard.