[digiKam-users] Default to open in external editor?

[robert lindsay]

The only real solution for now is to drag the thumbnail image over to your
favorite external editor and open it.

I've sent code to the maintainers for a better solution but nothing has
happened yet.


On Thu, Mar 11, 2021 at 8:44 AM Chris Poldervaart <vaarticus at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Perhaps I am missing something obvious, but I have been looking for a way
> to open images (from thumbnail view) with an external editor as the default
> open option.
>
> I can right click on the image and choose "Open with" and then select my
> editor, which is set to "always use this app", but I still have to click
> the app to open - making it a two-step process.
>
> If I choose "Open" it opens in the digikam editor.
>
> Is there a setting to have it open in an external editor of choice as the
> default open operation?
>
> I love how well digikam is working as an importing and review tool, but
> I'd like to open/edit in other applications.
>
> Thanks,
>
> CPO
>
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