Labelles for Labels colour

[Gilles Caulier]

Hi,

You can already filter by color labels (combinated, not exclusive).
Sorting by color label can be done, but which order can be used as the
color is free to use for a personal workflow.

There is also a pending question : the size of the color label title.
Actually, this is not limited. but if you enter a large phrase, this
becomes unsuitable in the GUI as words are adjusted (as in the text
labels from image properties sidebar tab).

I think I will limit size to 50 characters. Viewpoints are welcome.

Best regards

Gilles Caulier

PS: the Color Labels Text is not saved in the database and in the file
metadata for the reasons that I explained previously in the thread.

Le sam. 29 nov. 2025 à 08:23, <kaizubg at gmail.com> a écrit :
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> Thank you Gilles for the information and for the breath-taking speed of development of this bug! ;)
>
> I would be interested in the label management view, i.e. where you control the color label descriptions.
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> Do you have plans to implement the color labels into the icon view as well (item sort order and item separation)? This was also requested in one of the previeous messages.
>
> Kai
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> pe, 2025-11-28 kello 17:38 +0100, Gilles Caulier kirjoitti:
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> Hi
>
> I captured more screenshots of the new editable Color Label Names feature :
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> https://imgur.com/lcebhdj
> https://imgur.com/djMSXX9
> https://imgur.com/5vPARRp
> https://imgur.com/YVWycEo
> https://imgur.com/4jnSNQH
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> As you can see, the color label names are propagated everywhere when
> it's necessary, such as toolptip, image properties sidebar bar tab,
> filter sidebar tab, plugin item selection in album mode, caption
> sidebar tab.
>
> Best regards
>
> Gilles Caulier
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> Le ven. 28 nov. 2025 à 16:52, <thomas.weg at abwesend.de> a écrit :
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>
> Hello Gilles,
>
> Than sounds great. Thanks a lot.
>
> Best regards
> Thomas
> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 27. November 2025 um 19:03
> Von: "Gilles Caulier" <caulier.gilles at gmail.com>
> An: digikam-users at kde.org
> Betreff: Re: Labelles for Labels colour
> Hi all,
>
> Next 8.9.0 will have this feature : Custom naming of Color Labels.
> Double clicking on Color Labels text allow to edit string.
> Configuration is recorded in the digiKam settings file.
>
> https://imgur.com/a/XRGBL0z
>
> My best regards
>
> Gilles Caulier
>
> Le sam. 22 nov. 2025 à 10:19, <omimet at free.fr> a écrit :
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>
> Hi,
> I remember this constraint, using DK (and testing some other DAM software) a few years ago.
> I understand that this attached name has to stay in the DK session and can't be embedded in file/database
> The spirit of my question is to ease allocation of each color during import session by having a clear understanding of what each mean FOR ME (for Web/for printing/for optimisation/...)
> The idea could be to switch (or toggle) the DK interface to display the attached label instead of the color (which is remaining in the database).
> But I have no idea if this facility can be wished by a lot of DK users...
> Best regards,
> OM
>
> On 22/11/2025 09:26, Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi,
>
> Do you mean to attribute a description to a color label in the digiKam
> settings ?
>
> Actually, color labels are unnamed to be universal and portable. If a
> name is paired with a color and stored in the file metadata, the
> pairing can be (will be) certainly different due to the own workflow.
>
> If a name is given to each color, this must still in the digiKam
> session, somewhere in the config file and not propagated in the
> database and the file metadata.
>
> Best regards
>
> Gilles Caulier
> Gilles Caulier
>
> Le jeu. 20 nov. 2025 à 19:23, olivier mimet <omimet at free.fr> a écrit :
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> In the idea to categorise more easily the elements during import stage, Is It possible to attached a customisable labelle to each label colour?
>
> OM
>
> NB : found nothing in the manual, and only 2 items "Label colour" in BugZilla => not relevant....
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