Usability issues while deleting duplicates

[Remco Viëtor]

On mardi 24 janvier 2017 21:05:03 CET Dan Dascalescu wrote:
> I'm relatively new to digiKam, so maybe I'm missing something. My goal is
> to quickly go through duplicates and delete the smaller images.
> 
(...)
> Okay, let's say I try to work around this and look at the images then
> shift+select the ones I want to delete, then press Shift+Delete. Again, the
> keyboard focus is lost. Instead, it would make more sense to focus on the
> next reference image.

Have you tried using the pick labels available under <alt>+1, <alt>+2 and 
<alt>+3 (red, yellow, green flags, marked "rejected", "pending" and "accepted" 
resp)?

Once you have marked all to be deleted with a red flag, filter on those and 
delete the selected images. Advantages: you can interrupt a session and 
continue at a later time, without losing the selections made, you can defer 
the deletion to a time where it suits you (e.g.just before a coffee break)

Remco