Labelles for Labels colour

[Gilles Caulier]

Sort by pick and color labels is now implemented in next 8.9.0:

https://imgur.com/a/0Av09wB

Best regards

Gilles Caulier

Le dim. 30 nov. 2025 à 13:58, Gilles Caulier
<caulier.gilles at gmail.com> a écrit :
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> 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.
> >
> > 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 previous messages.
>
> It's on my TODO list. see the future advancements in this bugzilla entry:
>
> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=404749
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> Best regards
>
> Gilles Caulier
>
>
>
> >
> > Kai
> >
> >
> > pe, 2025-11-28 kello 17:38 +0100, Gilles Caulier kirjoitti:
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > I captured more screenshots of the new editable Color Label Names feature :
> >
> > https://imgur.com/lcebhdj
> > https://imgur.com/djMSXX9
> > https://imgur.com/5vPARRp
> > https://imgur.com/YVWycEo
> > https://imgur.com/4jnSNQH
> >
> > 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
> >
> > 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 :
> >
> >
> > 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 :
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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....
> >
> >
> >