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

[Maik Qualmann]

The thumbs are only displayed when the icon size is set to 22 pixels or more 
in the digiKam settings.

Maik

Am Donnerstag, 22. Oktober 2020, 16:00:53 CEST schrieb 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