[digiKam-users] bug in tag filter?

[Tyler Smith]

Ah, thanks!

So many features and options, it's a lot to take in. But super to have this much flexibility!

Ty

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On Mon, Oct 3, 2022, at 3:45 PM, Maik Qualmann wrote:
> The behavior is correct, in the left sidebar you have activated 
> "Include Tag 
> Subtree" and therefore see all images. The filter only affects the tags 
> actually 
> assigned to the images. However, you can select several tags in the 
> filter or 
> activate the automatic activation of subtags using the right mouse 
> button 
> menu.
>
> In the advanced search, there are also options to search for images that are 
> in the tag tree (mode: InTree).
>
> Maik
>
> Am Montag, 3. Oktober 2022, 21:15:29 CEST schrieb Tyler Smith:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I am organizing my photos using hierarchical tags. I've discovered an
>> inconsistency in how the tag filter (right hand pane) and the tag view
>> (left hand pane).
>> 
>> When selecting images via the tag view, if I select the child parent tag of
>> a branch, it shows me all images that have a tag from anywhere in that
>> branch. e.g., if I have a tag branch of `places/canada/ontario`, and I pick
>> `places/canada` I'll see all images with the `canada` tag, and also any
>> images with the `ontario` tag.
>> 
>> In contrast, if I select `places/canada` in the tags filter in the right
>> hand pane, I only see images with the `canada` tag, not images with the
>> `ontario` tag (unless they've manually been tagged with `canada` as well.
>> 
>> This was previously discussed on this list:
>> https://mail.kde.org/pipermail/digikam-users/2018-February/026293.html
>> 
>> Under the 'view' menu I have ticked the box for `include tag subtree`.
>> 
>> Is this deliberate, or a bug?
>> 
>> It is awkward for my preferred use case. I want to select an album in the
>> album view on the left, then filter it for images from `canada` using the
>> filter on the right. As it is, I have to check the boxes for `canada` and
>> all child tags manually to get this to work, or I have to add the `canada`
>> tag to all images with any of the child tags ticked. This seems less
>> flexible.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Tyler