[Digikam-users] Selecting photos issue

[Stuart T Rogers]

On 23/03/14 19:25, Remco Viëtor wrote:
> On Sunday 23 March 2014 18:28:18 Stuart T Rogers wrote:
>> Having managed to convert my wife to Linux and getting her to use
>> Digikam I just had her yell at me because she lost selection of some 200
>> photos she wanted to export to a memory stick so they could be taken to
>> the print shop.
>>
>> What happened was that she selected all the photos she wanted by using
>> the + sign at the top of each thumbnail, then by accident she clicked in
>> a space between photos and the selection was wiped out. OK not a big
>> problem if it is only one or two images but when it was 200 out of 400+
>> it becomes an issue. It is particularly easy to do this when using a
>> laptop touchpad (which we were).
>>
>> Now on the program we used to use on Windows there was an option which
>> could be set on any thumbnail which effectively meant it was 'selected'
>> but which was not reset unless you went to a menu item to 'de-select'
>> all the photos, merely clicking elsewhere would not reset any
>> 'selection' This was extremely useful even for both of us because there
>> was no way to accidentally de-select the images.
>>
>> Is it possible to do this in digikam today and if not could some feature
>> like this be added please?
>>
>> Stuart
>>
>
> To add this as a feature will require coding, so takes time
>
> In the mean time, you could use a pick label or a colour label, and then
> use the filter tab to see (and easily select) the marked images.
>
> Remco
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Thanks for that advice, I'll take a look at it ....

Stuart
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