[digiKam-users] overlay selected metadata on preview and slideshow

[Ty Mayn]

Thanks Maik,  I see that this play button has a hover " ShowFullscreen"
which is acts as synonym for  Slideshow.  I was never able to find any
configuration menu for Slideshow under Settiings>Views. In Settings>Views
only  the Icon tab has a large menu of toggles for controllling the
thumbnail overlay.   It appears that Preview has no overlay display of
labels or text metadata.
   Then for Slideshow the configuration is built into the actual slideshow
screen at a button showing graphical slides. I had never gone there, not
knowing that it opens a menu of configuration toggles which fortunately are
persistent between program starts.   I am also curious which rc or config
file persists those settings.
   Presentations seem similar to SLideshow but have a startup greeting
screen with tabbed configuration that can only add filename and a caption
as an image overlay. Both slideshow and presentations are modes of display
that are not managed through Settings>Views
  Slideshow can satisfy my need for large screen technical audiences that
want to see some metadata on every image.
Curiously I dont see a tool to build and replay a diverse list of images to
rerun as a prepared slideshow.   Such a list often needs to have additions
that cannot be crafted by  a  searched selection or a filter variable.
  Can anyone advise how a list is preared for  a slideshow?
    I do still wish for configured overlay of metadata in the Preview mode
of display  and at present I need to dig to understand how the bug history
posted by Gilles relates to effective  overlays

Thanks Ty

On Mon, Jan 31, 2022, 2:06 AM Maik Qualmann <metzpinguin at gmail.com> wrote:

> You have a "Play" button in the thumbnail and in the preview. This starts
> the
> digikam slide show in still image mode. There is an overlay here that can
> show
> almost all your wishes (except image size). You can also delete images
> here.
>
> Maik
>
> Am Montag, 31. Januar 2022, 01:38:01 CET schrieb Ty Mayn:
> > I have upgraded from DK6 to 7.5 and went straight to view menu and
> > settings>view>  hoping I would find new ways to show metadata
> superimposed
> > onto full image (in preview,presentation,and slide show.
> >      I only find the switch under preview " Show Icons and text over
> > preview"
> > I find that filename is the only data to display in preview,slideshow,or
> > presentation
> >      I need preview sizing for decisions about tagging and for
> > presentations.  I also like having data like date and tags in an overlay
> > rather than on side panels for properties/tags etc.  These simple
> metadata
> > elements are often needed in technical groups where the audience needs
> both
> > full size and some chosen metadata.
> >      The thumbnails are blessed with overlay display of
> > date,filename,labels and tags... that blessing makes the absence in full
> > images all the more sad for group discussions.
> >
> > Does anyone recall if this has been a common request for improvement of
> DK?
> >
> > can anyone comment on how the existing code for overlay on thumbnails
> goes
> > some distance toward gaining that feature for full image(preview and
> > slshow)?
> >
> > What are the skills needed to bring those thumbnail features into the
> > display engines for full images?
> > Thanks
> > TyMayn
>
>
>
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