Change from old colors label (full box) to new labels (underline only)

[Gilles Caulier]

Hi,

The technical solution with color labels has been retained to optimize
space in icon-view. This is another long time topic discussed in
bugzilla with other users. So we will not restore the olde color label
behavior.

But you are free to create a new wish in bugzilla to add an intensity
setting for the color label rendering on icon-view. This is
technically possible and easy to implement.

Best regards

Gilles Caulier

Le lun. 12 mai 2025 à 13:14, Ian McCarthy <idm.kde at cronkshaw.com> a écrit :
>
> It is a shame that the original request was not implemented, of an
> option on the intensity of the label colour.
> I too liked the original solution, far better that the new one, which I
> find makes it harder for me to pick and sort with. I would have prefer
> it if the intensity had been an option, as originally requested.
> However we are picking in the fringes here, and there are probably far
> more important things to do.
> --
> Please keep up the good work,
> Cheers Ian Mac
>
> On 12/05/2025 04:40, Gilles Caulier wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > This change have been done in 8.5.0 following this entry in bugzilla :
> >
> > https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=448045
> >
> > There is no option to revert to the old behavior.
> >
> > Best regards
> >
> > Gilles Caulier
> >
> > Le jeu. 8 mai 2025 à 01:23, <digikam at sritch.com> a écrit :
> >> On Wed, 7 May 2025 18:59:33 -0400
> >> Sheridan Price <sheridanmp at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> The change from putting a complete box of color around a photo that
> >>> was colour labeled to a simple splash line below the picture has
> >>> however not been one of the upgrades/ changes that I was impressed
> >>> by. I've really given it a try here as you can tell by the time lag
> >>> between implementation and this email.
> >>> Yep it looks very snazzy up close but I find when the page is full
> >>> of photos the little bit of color doesn't stand out and for
> >>> portrait photos even less. This makes it hard to scan folders to
> >>> find labeled ones - yes I could use the search functions but that
> >>> would be extra unnnecessary steps in some use cases.
> >>> Is there any chance of getting it so the user has the choice of old
> >>> or new styles?
> >> 1. I agree with you. I would prefer the old way with the coloured box
> >> around the image. It's much easier for me to spot them.
> >>
> >> 2. On the other hand, I did store a search with:
> >>
> >> picture properties > labels > clicked on: all colours except for the
> >> none.
> >>
> >> This shows me the images labeled with colour per folder, but this
> >> means an extra step.
> >>
> >> If there's a better way, I'd love to know.
> >>
> >>> Best regards
> >>>
> >>> Sher
> >>
> >> --
> >> sknahT
> >>
> >> vyS
>
>