[digiKam-users] How to add icons to albums?

[Thomas D]

I just tried this in DK. While I do see the "Set as album th umbnail"
action, clicking it does not seem to change the  actual icon on the album.
Do I need to enable album icons somewhere? Or does it not work with small
folder icons?

Den tor. 22. okt. 2020 kl. 15.58 skrev Thomas D <sdktda at gmail.com>:

> Thanks for the tip!
>
> 2 questions:
> 1) Do this icon stay as an icon even if I at a later point delete it or
> modify it?
> 2) Is there any way to automate this? I currently have several thousand
> albums in my collection.
>
>
> Den tor. 22. okt. 2020 kl. 15.31 skrev Remco Viëtor <
> remco.vietor at wanadoo.fr>:
>
>> On jeudi 22 octobre 2020 14:59:20 CEST Thomas D wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I have a lot of albums. Each sorted by year.
>> >
>> > So I have a folder for each year and in that folder I have an album
>> folder
>> > for each photo session. Each album is named by the date followed by some
>> > short description.
>> > While it is possible to read the text and find the specific album, it is
>> > somewhat difficult to do this quickly. Other photo management systems
>> seems
>> > to have an option to have album folders have an icon that is a
>> thumbnail of
>> > one of the photos in that album.
>> > Is there a way to have DK do that same?
>> You can drag an image onto the folder icon, that gives you the option to
>> either move the image to that folder, or use it for a folder thumbnail
>>
>> Remco
>>
>>
>>
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