[digiKam-users] Advanced search and hierarchical tags

[Maik Qualmann]

Done: 

https://invent.kde.org/graphics/digikam/-/commit/
cd88fb42c4ed1bc3c36173631ddacac8d560fb57

Maik

Am Sonntag, 28. Februar 2021, 17:23:46 CET schrieb Olivier Croquette:
> On 28.02.21 17:02, Maik Qualmann wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> OK, this is indeed a way to do the positive search, but it doesn't work
> for the negative search.
> 
> The negative search is for instance required in the "Events" use case. I
> need to find the items without a tag underneath "Events" so that I can
> add it.
> 
> A workaround would be to use the "Include Tag Sub-Tree" to show all
> items with an event, add the "Events" tag explicitly to them, use the
> Advanced search to find items without the "Events" tag, do my work, and
> then remove the "Events" tag again. This would probably work, I need to
> try it out, but it's very cumbersome and will change the metadata most
> of the files twice. Or I let the "Events" tag on them, but it is not
> very nice.
> 
> Do you think the "subtree" capability would be a good addition to the
> "Advanced search"? I could write a feature request, or even have a look
> how to implement it, even though I am not sure if this the best way to
> start contributing to Digikam.
> 
> Olivier