[Digikam-users] Selecting photos issue

[Gilles Caulier]

2014-03-23 22:59 GMT+01:00 Stuart T Rogers <stuart at stella-maris.org.uk>:
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> On 23/03/14 21:20, Stuart T Rogers wrote:
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>> On 23/03/14 19:25, Remco Viëtor wrote:
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>>> On Sunday 23 March 2014 18:28:18 Stuart T Rogers wrote:
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>>>> 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.
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>>>> 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).
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>>>> 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.
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>>>> Is it possible to do this in digikam today and if not could some feature
>>>> like this be added please?
>>>>
>>>> Stuart
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>>> To add this as a feature will require coding, so takes time
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>>> 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.
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>>> Remco
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>> Thanks for that advice, I'll take a look at it ....
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>> Stuart
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> It seems that at present you cannot change the shortcut assignment for
> assigning the pick labels, at least it is not listed in the Customising
> Shortcuts - is this correct and if so why?

Problem fixed in next 4.0.0 release :

https://www.flickr.com/photos/digikam/13365731864/

Gilles Caulier