[digiKam-users] Advanced search and hierarchical tags

[Maik Qualmann]

The advanced search cannot do this. But in principle it is the same if you 
select the tag "Car" in the left sidebar and have activated [x] Include Tag 
Sub-Tree under Menu-> View. 

Maik

Am Sonntag, 28. Februar 2021, 16:24:59 CET schrieb Olivier Croquette:
> On 28.02.21 12:37, Maik Qualmann wrote:
> > The behavior is correct if the "Events" tag is not assigned to a image.
> > In the advanced search you have to reverse the search, you can open the
> > "Options >>" at the top of the window, there you select "None of these
> > conditions are met".
> 
> Thanks for quick feedback Maik. This just negates everything, but that
> doesn't allow me to use "Events" to match any tag that is underneath.
> 
> To rephrase in one sentence, my goal is to find items that have (or not)
> any tag underneath a given parent tag, without the parent tag being set
> explicitly on the said items.
> 
> Let's have another example, if I have the tags:
> 
> Car > Tesla > Model S
> 
> Car > Renault > Zoe
> 
> Car > Unknown
> 
> And I search for items tagged with "Car", I want to find item items
> tagged with "Model S", "Zoe" and "Unknown" even if they are not tagged
> explicitly with "Car".
> 
> I understand that an "explicit" matching strategy might be wanted in
> some cases, but the "implicit" is just as useful. Can Digikam do that?
> 
> Olivier