[digiKam-users] Showing the tags of the currently selected item

[Remco Viëtor]

On dimanche 3 novembre 2019 20:50:22 CET Dougie Nisbet wrote:
> Is there a way to show the tags of the currently selected item? I've
> come across a couple of methods:
> 
> 1. In thumbnail view the tag appears over the thumbnail. This works fine
> for a couple of short tags, but if there are many tags, or they are
> long, the taglist is terminated with trailing ellipses.
> 
> 2. By hovering the mouse over the thumbnail I can get the tags. This
> tends to be the method I use.
> 
> By opening up the tag manager I can see ticks against the tags I have
> used, but this is not an at-a-glance useful.
> 
> I use hierarchical tags a lot for botanical naming and they can be
> pretty long. I'm just checking if there's any other method of having a
> taglist for the currently selected item that I've missed. Currently
> using the hover method is the most useful.
> 
> Dougie
At least from version 6.3 the taglist has an option to show the assigned tags.
Click the icon with a chain (?) on it next to the search box under the tag 
hierarchy, that will show the assigned tags, and non-assigned ancestors of 
assigned tags, and hides all others.

Remco