[digiKam-users] Simple keyboard shortcut question

[Gilles Caulier]

Perhaps the dysfunction is due to the current focus in the GUI, aka in
album tree-view instead the preview canvas, while keyboard shortcut is
pressed.

Gilles

Le mar. 29 nov. 2022 à 19:30, Maik Qualmann <metzpinguin at gmail.com> a écrit :
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> Tested here on Windows, no problem to set "b" and "f" to switch images.
> Don't change "forward" or "back", look for "previous image" and next image" in
> the shortcut editor.
>
> Maik
>
> Am Dienstag, 29. November 2022, 18:53:23 CET schrieb Frédéric Da Vitoria:
> > Le 29/11/2022 à 17:18, Chris Deuchar a écrit :
> > > And I'll second that request!
> > >
> > > Chris D
> > >
> > > On Tue, 29 Nov 2022 at 15:00, <ajaxx at tase.com> wrote:
> > >     i try hard to find answers on my own.  But after reading the
> > >     digiKam Handbook, the shortcut configura-
> > >     tion in KDE applications page and more than a few searches, I am
> > >     still confused.
> > >
> > >     I want to use the Preview window for culling and tagging.  I
> > >     select Tags or delete images (toolbar button) with the mouse
> > >     (right-handed). With my left, I want to move forward (next
> > >     picture) and back (previous picture) via keyboard shortcuts.  I
> > >     know there is a forward (>) and back (<) on the left side of the
> > >     Preview window, but I don't want to move the mouse across the
> > >     screen while I could do it faster and more comfortably with my
> > >     left hand and a keyboard shortcut.  The default shortcuts are
> > >     Alt+Left and Alt+Right.  Both of these defaults makes me reach all
> > >     the way across to the right-hand side of the keyboard and using
> > >     the Alt+ is uncomfortable.
> > >
> > >     My thought was, use "b" for back and "f" for forward.  They are
> > >     much better for my left hand.
> > >
> > >     I set a custom key "b" for back and saved it.
> > >
> > >     In Preview, when I hit "b" digiKam moves my sub-album selection to
> > >     the top album. Not what I expected.
> > >
> > >     All this is to say, can I use single key strokes like b and f as
> > >     shortcuts?  (and how do I do it...)
> > >
> > >     digiKam 7.8.0 / MariaDB 10.10 / Windows 10
> > >
> > >     Thanks
> >
> > My guess is that single keys are used to select the album which starts
> > with the letter you typed. Doesn't your first album start with letter
> > "B"? On my system, nothing happens when I type "B", but the first album
> > is named "Photos" and the selection indeed moves to the first album when
> > I hit "P"
> >
> > You are trying to issue a command, so you should try with a function key
> > or letters / digits combined with Ctrl or Alt.
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