[Digikam-devel] [Bug 291544] New: A sort-by-date for albums should be available as an alternative to the current sort-by-name.

[Omid]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=291544

           Summary: A sort-by-date for albums should be available as an
                    alternative to the current sort-by-name.
           Product: digikam
           Version: 1.2.0
          Platform: Ubuntu Packages
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: NOR
         Component: Usability
        AssignedTo: digikam-devel at kde.org
        ReportedBy: omidlink+bugs.kde.org at gmail.com


Version:           1.2.0 (using KDE 4.4.5) 
OS:                Linux

Currently, albums sort order is alphabetical only. (The images in an album can
be sorted using several methods but this doesn't apply to the albums
themselves.) The Calendar view is not equivalent to being able to sort the
albums by date because it doesn't show one the album names. It's very useful to
be able to see one's recent albums close to the top of the view tree, with the
album names (i.e., the corresponding directory names) there too. The date for
an album may be taken to be the date of the first image in it (coming from
Metadata) or a date that the user specifies and is saved in the corresponding
folder to a digiKam folder specific configuration file or to a central
database. (The former would be preferable as it is easier to give someone a
copy of a particular album with one's particular settings/edits for that album
also copied and passed. Also, it would lend itself to script manipulation
easily.)
These (both sorting albums by date and saving directory specific settings) are
present in Picasa and are some of the features that one might wish to have when
migrating to digiKam.

Reproducible: Always


Actual Results:  
The only option for sorting albums is by name.

Expected Results:  
There should be an option to sort the albums by date too.

OS: Linux (i686) release 2.6.32-37-generic
Compiler: cc

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