Labelles for Labels colour

[Gilles Caulier]

Le sam. 29 nov. 2025 à 11:02, <omimet at free.fr> a écrit :
>
> Hi all,
> Unexpected to turn so fast inquiry into solution ! perhaps this topic was already on going?
>
> Gilles, does it mean that those custom strings of Color Labels should be visible on Left bar/Labels View, Right bar/Filters View, Right bar/Caption View, or Advanced search,... ?

Yes, everywhere. And if you change a color label text, it's forwarded
here in digiKam.

There is only one place where I don't yet patch code : the tags
keyboard shortcuts configuration dialog. It still uses RED, White,
Orange, Yellow, etc. If I use the Color Label text here, I fear the
dialog will be less usable. Feedback is welcome.

See this screenshot to illustrate what i mean:

https://imgur.com/a/90uYFDk

Best regards

Gilles Caulier
>
> Olivier
>
>
> On 27/11/2025 19:03, Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 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 :
> > >
> > > 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:
> > >> 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 :
> > >>>
> > >>> 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....
> > >>
> >