[digiKam-users] preview pane closes spontaneously

[Tyler Smith]

Hi Maik,

I primarily use the date view, so I can confirm this! I will try another view today to see if the problem is limited to date view.

Thanks,

Tyler 

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On Wed, Oct 5, 2022, at 6:29 AM, Maik Qualmann wrote:
> We have a 30 second timer in digiKam. This updates the date view in the left 
> sidebar after changes to date metadata in the DB.
> A test here shows if a preview was called up via the date view and e.g. the 
> metadata is read in again (or a scanning process is still running in the 
> background) then the preview actually closes after 30 seconds. Of course we 
> will fix that.
> Can you confirm that when the issue occurs the date view in the left sidebar is 
> used?
>
> Maik
>
> Am Mittwoch, 5. Oktober 2022, 09:23:46 CEST schrieb Gilles Caulier:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Here the dysfunction about the shutdown after 3à secondes is not
>> reproducible here (Linux and Mac).
>> 
>> For MacOS, the migration from BigSur to Montserrat to build the PKG is
>> underway. We will see if the problem will be solved.
>> 
>> There is also a fix committed yesterday by Maik about HEIF support.
>> This can be a trouble under Linux and MacOS for 7.7.0and 7.8.0. This
>> will be fixed at 7.9.0
>> 
>> Gilles
>> 
>> Le mer. 5 oct. 2022 à 09:17, erik 33 <erik33 at gmail.com> a écrit :
>> > I have the same problem!  Issue is with 7.7.6 and 7.7.8
>> > If I view a photo, the preview will close after 30 seconds.
>> > 
>> > I love Digikam but now 2 major bugs: no sound while playing video AND this
>> > annoying bug.> 
>> > >>> Linux 20.3 PC
>> > 
>> > On Tue, Oct 4, 2022 at 10:53 PM Maik Qualmann <metzpinguin at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>> >> That is interesting. We have a macOS user where digiKam crashes after 30
>> >> seconds in preview. We have no explanation for this and cannot reproduce
>> >> it. Now you say your preview closes after 30 seconds...I'm at a loss...
>> >> 
>> >> Maik
>> >> 
>> >> Am Dienstag, 4. Oktober 2022, 21:19:36 CEST schrieb Tyler Smith:
>> >> > Hi,
>> >> > 
>> >> > When I'm working with my images, scrolling through the thumbnails, I
>> >> > can
>> >> > open the preview pane in the lower part of the central window by
>> >> > double-clicking an image. Selecting a different thumbnail from the top
>> >> > pane
>> >> > causes the preview image to change, and I can edit the properties with
>> >> > the
>> >> > tabs on the right side.
>> >> > 
>> >> > However, the preview pane closes on its own. I can close it
>> >> > deliberately by
>> >> > clicking the 'preview' button on the toolbar, but even if I don't, the
>> >> > preview pane periodically closes without any action on my part.
>> >> > Sometimes
>> >> > this happens when I'm not even touching the keyboard or mouse. The
>> >> > preview
>> >> > window never, or very rarely, stays open for more than 30 seconds or a
>> >> > minute before it closes again.
>> >> > 
>> >> > Is this normal? Any ideas how to stop this?
>> >> > 
>> >> > I'm on Ubuntu 20.04, i3 Window Manager, Digikam 7.8.0.
>> >> > 
>> >> > Thanks,
>> >> > 
>> >> > Tyler