[digiKam-users] preview pane closes spontaneously

[Tyler Smith]

Hi,

I just did a quick test.

Opening thumbnails from the album view, the previews stay open for 60 seconds plus with no activity on my part. If I edit the tags, the preview still stays open, no issues.

If I open the 'dates' view, the preview will stay open for 60 seconds or more, as long as I don't edit the tags. If I do edit the tags, 30 seconds later the preview will close.

This also explains another issue I've been having, which I didn't realize was related. If I select a range in the 'date' view (i.e., if I pick June 2022, then highlight four days in June), the thumbnails narrow to those dates. The preview works fine, but again, if I edit the tags, 30 seconds later the selection in the date pane is removed. That is, if I selected June 10-14, that selection is cleared and I am presented with all of June again.

Hopefully both issues can be addressed with the same fix!

Best,

Tyler

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plantarum.ca

On Wed, Oct 5, 2022, at 6:44 AM, Tyler Smith wrote:
> 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 
>
> -- 
> plantarum.ca
>
> 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