[digiKam-users] Map view

[Rob Dueckman]

Personally, I find the map search interface clunky.
While its true that you can scroll the map when in select mode, you end
up starting a selection as soon as you release the mouse button.
Rob

It would be much more intuitive if you could drag the mouse to move the
map, and CTRL-drag to highlight the area.  On Tue, 2019-08-13 at 23:27
+0000, Alan H wrote:
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> As a new user of digiKam myself my initial intuition to this feature
> was the same, and somewhat frustrating. BUT, I did find the answer in
> the user manual. Using digiKam 6.2.0 in Windows 10…
> -the left sidebar map has 2 rows of icons/buttons below it (11 & 3 –
> make sure pane is sufficiently wide).
> -second row of 3 is labelled “Search by area:” – full rectangle; half
> rectangle; “X” button
> -you must select either the full or half rectangle
> -if digiKam opens with the full rectangle selected and you click on a
> marker/thumbnail nothing happens
> -with the full rectangle selected you must create a frame around the
> markers you want – click/release, drag, click.
> -creates a blue rectangle around selected markers and displays
> thumbnails in center preview pane.
> -clicking on half rectangle lets you click on just one
> marker/thumbnail to display its contents in the preview pane.
> -clicking on “x” deselects selection but not the actual icon/button.
>  
> Maybe not intuitively obvious but after getting used to it, it works
> well, for me anyway. Hope this helps. Anybody more experienced please
> correct if wrong.
>  
> Alan
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> From: Digikam-users <digikam-users-bounces at kde.org> on behalf of Mick
> Sulley <mick at sulley.info>
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> Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2019 2:21:43 PM
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> To: DigiKam <digikam-users at kde.org>
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> Subject: [digiKam-users] Map view
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> Just started looking at the Geolocation features of Digikam and I
> can't
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> figure out how to view it.
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> I selected Map on the left hand window and started looking around. 
> As I 
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> zoom in to my local area I see several thumbs with numbers in, 
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> presumably the number of pictures in that area.  As I zoom in
> further 
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> those thumbs break into several thumbs with smaller numbers.
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> How do I view those thumbs?  I have clicked on them, double clicked, 
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> right clicked, nothing!  I was expecting that clicking on one of the 
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> thumbs would display the collections in the main display, and I guess
> I 
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> am missing something.  Can someone enlighten me please?
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> Thanks
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> Mick
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