[Kde-imaging] [Bug 140477] Wish: ability to rename images being sent via email

[x3ri7yz02 at sneakemail.com]

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------- Additional Comments From x3ri7yz02 sneakemail com  2007-02-12 08:21 -------
Thank you for taking time to consider this idea.  Thinking about this made me realize that I don't know enough about how kipi-plugins is used in other KDE applications.  (I use kipi-plugins primarily [or only?] via digiKam.)  Would the GUI component have to be specific for each application?

Following are my thoughts on implementing this function in DigiKam:

In digiKam, the "Send Images" function shows the user a dialogue box with two tabs.  The first allows the user to select which images to send and the second controls parameters of the images to be mailed.  The renaming function proposed would more logically fit in the second of these two tabs, but the problem is that this tab does not display the image.  Also, the settings in this tab apply to all the images selected, not to individual images.  

If the renaming feature is implemented, users must be able to see the images when selecting new names.  Otherwise it would probably be annoying and hard to use accurately.

So, some possibilities (in increasing order of personal preference, best solution last): 

1)  Add the renaming function to the first of the two tabs.  Users can see the images here and (optionally) adding new names would be relatively easy.  But this goes against the logic of the two tabs outlined above.

2)  Only allow renaming images if a single image is being sent.  This would be easiest to implement currently (just add a "Name for Emailed File" field to the second tab) but would be annoying for users who wanted to send multiple images - they'd have to send multiple emails or rename manually. 

3)  Add a third tab to this dialogue.  Use the same thumbnail display as in the first tab, but maybe with a two column display (for old name / new name).  New name column would default to the old name, and users could adjust the names if they wished.  

4)  Provide a checkbox on the second tab in the "Change Properties of Image" section for users to flag that they wish to rename the images.  Could GUI then prompt for new names while displaying the thumbnails somehow?  This would change  the current interface a lot, but I can't think of anything better yet.

Perhaps I should post to the DigiKam mailing list for their thoughts?

PS.  Spaces in filenames would not be a problem for me.  Nor would other constraints required for security (eg length of new names etc)