[digiKam-users] Using right-side Filters pane to cull images

[2895qgvg6v at liamekaens.com]

Wow is right!.  Thank you Maik for addressing this so quickly, and thank 
you Luca for helping to bring attention to the issue.  I'm going to pull 
and build as soon as I get have time so I can try it out.

On 2022-10-24 10:05, Luca Casone csnluca-at-gmail.com |digikam-users| wrote:
> Wow, thank you Maik!
>
>> On 24 Oct 2022, at 18:59, Maik Qualmann <metzpinguin at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Filter problem with pick and color labels now fixed (also for 
>> digiKam-7.9.0) with this commit:
>>
>> https://invent.kde.org/graphics/digikam/-/commit/bfdf2af8b4c54eb8007e118c841a3c7fb1f33472
>>
>> Maik
>>
>> Am Montag, 24. Oktober 2022, 12:36:49 CEST schrieb Luca Casone:
>> > To me, an easy way to re-apply the filter to a view would be welcome --
>> > today, I have to manually de-select and select the flag (or maybe 
>> change
>> > album back and forth, I didn't check) to do such a refresh.
>> > Technically speaking, I think it would be easier to implement e.g. a
>> > menu-command and a shortcut to trigger it, instead of a sort-of 
>> continuous
>> > watch on the view status. But either solution will for sure improve the
>> > digiKam support to culling.
>> >
>> > Let's open a feature request and let developers take care of it.
>> >
>> > Bye
>> > Luca
>> >
>> > On Mon, Oct 24, 2022 at 9:13 AM <2895qgvg6v at liamekaens.com> wrote:
>> > > Thanks for the explanation Maik.
>> > >
>> > > Since the current behavior is desirable for some users, another 
>> option
>> > > might be to add a setting to allow folks like Luca and I (and 
>> presumably
>> > > other folks who use a similar culling workflow) to have items 
>> disappear
>> > > when they don't match the filter.  Would that make sense Maik? 
>> Luca would
>> > > that work for you?  If so we can file a feature request.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > On 2022-10-23 23:49, Luca Casone csnluca-at-gmail.com 
>> <http://csnluca-at-gmail.com> |digikam-users|
>> > > wrote:
>> > >
>> > > Thank you Maik. So If I understood well, the fact that the the 
>> filtered
>> > > view doesn't auto-update itself is the intended behavior, that 
>> answers my
>> > > original question. Maybe a compromise could be having a fast 
>> method (a
>> > > button, a menu item & shortcut, ...) to re-run the filter and 
>> update the
>> > > view (unless it's already implemented and I missed it :-/ ). Guess I
>> > > should
>> > > post a feature request.
>> > >
>> > > Bye
>> > > Luca
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > On Mon, Oct 24, 2022 at 8:23 AM Maik Qualmann <metzpinguin at gmail.com>
>> > >
>> > > wrote:
>> > >> In theory, the item should disappear when the filter no longer 
>> matches.
>> > >> But
>> > >> I've left it that way so far, because it also has advantages for 
>> many
>> > >> users,
>> > >> depending on the workflow. An example is filtering for a pick 
>> label, as
>> > >> soon as
>> > >> you change it it would disappear. But you still wanted to add a 
>> captions
>> > >> or
>> > >> change the rating. You would have to search the article again to 
>> make
>> > >> further
>> > >> changes.
>> > >>
>> > >> Maik
>> > >>
>> > >> Am Montag, 24. Oktober 2022, 07:48:51 CEST schrieb Luca Casone:
>> > >> > Thank you.
>> > >> > It’s unfortunate that no one replied to you back then. Let me 
>> tried
>> > >> > here
>> > >> > once again, it would be great to hear some feedback from 
>> developers.
>> > >> >
>> > >> > Luca
>> > >> >
>> > >> > > On 22 Oct 2022, at 02:42, 2895qgvg6v at liamekaens.com wrote:
>> > >> > >
>> > >> > > I asked a similar question in
>> > >> > > 
>> https://mail.kde.org/pipermail/digikam-users/2020-August/031169.html
>> > >>
>> > >> but
>> > >>
>> > >> > > never got a definitive answer from the developers about 
>> whether it is
>> > >>
>> > >> a
>> > >>
>> > >> > > bug or not (IMHO it is).
>> > >> > >
>> > >> > > In September 2021 I tried to investigate how to change the 
>> code so
>> > >>
>> > >> that
>> > >>
>> > >> > > flags (and maybe colors too) work like stars in this regard, 
>> but I
>> > >>
>> > >> had a
>> > >>
>> > >> > > difficult time tracking the flow of QT events to figure out how
>> > >>
>> > >> setting
>> > >>
>> > >> > > stars ends up causing photos to disappears from view when 
>> they don't
>> > >> > > match the stars filter.  Unfortunately I got busy with other 
>> things
>> > >>
>> > >> and
>> > >>
>> > >> > > wasn't able to work on the investigation for a while and 
>> there have
>> > >>
>> > >> been
>> > >>
>> > >> > > significant changes to digikam since then including 
>> switching to a
>> > >>
>> > >> newer
>> > >>
>> > >> > > version of QT, so I would need to start my investigation from
>> > >>
>> > >> scratch.>
>> > >>
>> > >> > > On 2022-10-21 06:40, Luca Casone csnluca-at-gmail.com 
>> <http://csnluca-at-gmail.com>
>> > >> |
>> > >> |digikam-users|
>> > >>
>> > >> wrote:
>> > >> > >> Hi.
>> > >> > >>
>> > >> > >> I need help to understand the behaviour of the right-side 
>> Filters
>> > >>
>> > >> pane.
>> > >>
>> > >> > >> Here it is my use case. I need to cull some images, using 
>> flags. So
>> > >> > >> I
>> > >> > >> examine one picture at a time and flag it either rejected, 
>> pending
>> > >> > >> or
>> > >> > >> accepted. In order to reduce the mess, I open the Filters 
>> pane and
>> > >> > >> select the Labels Filters to “None”, so that only unflagged 
>> images
>> > >>
>> > >> are
>> > >>
>> > >> > >> shown. However if I flag another picture it stays visible, 
>> while I
>> > >> > >> expect that it goes away because of the active filter. Also, I
>> > >> > >> cannot
>> > >> > >> find any way to force the filter to re-run. The only way I 
>> have to
>> > >>
>> > >> make
>> > >>
>> > >> > >> the new flagged picture disappear is to turn back to the 
>> Filters
>> > >> > >> pane—>Labels Filter and deselect+select the “None” filter.
>> > >> > >>
>> > >> > >> This is quite cumbersome and greatly impacts the Filters 
>> pane usage
>> > >>
>> > >> to do
>> > >>
>> > >> > >> culling. Is it the intended behaviour, or am I missing 
>> something?
>> > >> > >> There’re alternative ways to cull images the way I described?
>> > >> > >>
>> > >> > >> Thank you. Regards
>> > >> > >> Luca
>>
>>
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