[Digikam-devel] [Bug 145253] Disable edit menus when images are read-only

[Brian Remedios]

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------- Additional Comments From brianremedios gmail com  2007-05-10 17:40 -------
I understand how we can save metadata changes to the DB and/or the image itself so perhaps that need to be made more obvious to the user. If an image is read-only and the user edits the metadata and clicks Save then digikam could let the user know about this and offer to save the info to the DB and place a tiny alert flag beside the thumbnail denoting the inconsistency that needs to be resolved later.

The casual user isn't really aware of the DB in the background that helps out in so many areas.

Also, if I'm changing permissions files in the OS outside of a file browser I've noticed that the browser GUI tracks changes and updates the icons fairly quickly. I'm not sure how the notification mechanism works but could we leverage the same capability in Digikam to provide a real-time indicator of the permissions beside the thumbnail?