DigiKam 8.8.0 and PDF files

[Carol C. Kankelborg]

Hi,
   I tried to import 2 PDF files into DigiKam 8.8.0 (I started with an interim version from about 7/25/25 and also tried this with the current release version of 8.8.0). I am using MacOS 14.7.8.

When I dragged the PDF file onto a DigiKam album, It politely asks me whether I want to move or copy it. I select “Move” so the file disappears from the Finder window and is placed in the correct folder for the Album I selected. (I verified it was in my DigiKam collection album folder.) However, it does not show up in the Album view and if I try to import it again, DigiKam complains that it already exists in the Album folder. I tried importing from the Import menubar tab, selecting the folder that contained some PDFs (and only those files), and it did not show me any files I could import. 

Is DigiKam supposed to allow import of PDF files? If so, then the Import menu seems to be broken. If not, the user should not be able to drag a file onto an Album, tell DigiKam to Move the file into the Album, and have DigiKam obey, disappearing the file from the user’s file system but not making it discoverable in DigiKam. 

I didn’t see a bug that looked like what I was experiencing. Is this a bug and should I report it?

Is there any harm in simply removing the Moved PDFs back to where they had been? Will that mess up the Collection dB? 


Thanks,
Carol