[Digikam-users] Rating shortcuts

[e-mail robert.m.davies]

I also noticed and mentioned this problem at some point, but was given the
answer that the shortcuts had been hard coded so they would be the same as
other programs.
Well fine, if you want to take choice away from your users.
It annoyed me at the time, but not enough to delve into the source code.

I sincerely hope someone does change this - I have got used to using Ctrl +
numbers (on the keypad), but it involves some rather uncomfortable hand
contortions, and would far prefer to go back to being able to use the
numbers on their own.

Thanks,

Rob

On 27 June 2012 12:53, manew <manew at gmx.de> wrote:

> Hello, I found an rather ugly way how to rate pictures while pressing the
> keys 1 to 5 only.
>
> 1. start digikam
> 2. Use Menu > Settings > "Define Shortcuts"
>    to open Dialog for changing shortcuts
> 3. press Button "Details >>" at the bottom of the window
> 4. choose "schema export" in Dropdownfield "Further Actions"
>    (button to the right)
> 5. choose a target directory
> 6. copy the file "digikam<SCHEMANAME>shortcuts.rc"
>    from folder "<target diretory>/shortcuts/share/apps/digikam/"
>    to
>    ~/.kde/share/apps/digikam/digikammanewshortcuts.rc
> 7. stop digikam
> 8. open the file "~/.kde/share/apps/digikam/digikammanewshortcuts.rc"
>    in an editor
> 9. add the following lines near the end of the file in front of the row
>    "</ActionProperties>":
>
>     <Action shortcut="0" name="rateshortcut-0"/>
>     <Action shortcut="1" name="rateshortcut-1"/>
>     <Action shortcut="2" name="rateshortcut-2"/>
>     <Action shortcut="3" name="rateshortcut-3"/>
>     <Action shortcut="4" name="rateshortcut-4"/>
>     <Action shortcut="5" name="rateshortcut-5"/>
>
> 10. restart digikam
> 11. Use Menu > Settings > "Define Shortcuts" to open Dialog
>     for changing shortcuts
> 12. press Button "Details >>" at the bottom of the window
> 13  choose the entry "manew" from the first dropdownlist
> 14. press "OK"
>
> Now the rating should be possible by simply pressing the numbers 0 to 5
>
> Unfortunately the steps 11 to 14 are required after each digikam restart to
> enable the customized shortcuts.
> Even if the customized entry "manew" is preselected in the dropdownlist,
> it has to be selected again to become active!
>
>
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