Bug 141087

Summary:	Showing info about the image in a tooltip in the camera import view
Product:	[Applications] digikam	Reporter:	FACORAT Fabrice <f.faber-pro>
Component:	Import-Gphoto2	Assignee:	Digikam Developers <digikam-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	ssmail1398-bug
Priority:	NOR
Version:	0.9.2
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Mandriva RPMs
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description FACORAT Fabrice 2007-02-02 19:19:29 UTC

Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.5.5)
Installed from:    Mandriva RPMs
OS:                Linux

The goal is to lower issues with persistent selections in the camera import view ( cf http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=131036#c7 ).
Indeed by adding persistent selection, a user wiling just to see informations about an image, will automatically select the image for download.

One way to solve this issue ( i.e allowing user to consult some images properties without slecting the image for import by inadvertance ), is to display a tooltip when hovering the image like in the album.
IMHO the exact same tooltip should be use. So like in the album view, when the mouse is on top of an image, the tooltip is display allowing the user at least see main infos about the images ( digital camera used, date, settings for the photo ). For more advanced properties, the user will just need to select the image and use the tabs.

Comment 1 FACORAT Fabrice 2007-03-23 17:15:15 UTC

just a reminder before 0.9.2 release

Comment 2 caulier.gilles 2007-08-22 09:28:53 UTC

Marcel,

I'm agree with Fabrice. This will give an homogenous interface behaviours between Album GUI, Camera GUI, Showfoto, and Light Table...

Perhaps with KDE4 we can introduce this feature.

Your viewpoint ?

Gilles

Comment 3 FACORAT Fabrice 2007-08-22 15:49:39 UTC

overlay semi-transparent tooltips could be used for this. A fadding effect could be used when the tooltip is displayed ( or this could be handled by the compositing effect mecanism of the WM ).
See for example : 
http://commit-digest.org/issues/2007-08-19/files/tooltip.png
http://commit-digest.org/issues/2007-08-19/files/overlay.png

Comment 4 Mikolaj Machowski 2007-08-22 17:43:50 UTC

Semi-transparency looks cool but reduces readability. Bring regular
tooltips to all GUIs of Digikam (Album, Camera, Lighttable) and better
whole thumbnail system with additional info displayed below thumbnail
itself.

Comment 5 caulier.gilles 2007-09-04 09:06:11 UTC

Fabrice,

We have already a tooltip for iconview in digiKam. No need to re-invent the wheel.

Gilles

Comment 6 caulier.gilles 2008-12-17 12:22:58 UTC

*** Bug 177977 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 7 caulier.gilles 2008-12-18 12:04:08 UTC

SVN commit 898483 by cgilles:

digiKam from trunk : Camera interface : add camera icon view item tool tip support.
For USB Mass Storage camera, File info and Photo info (from Exif) are displayed.
For Gphoto2 camera, only File info are displayed, to reduce communication between camera and computer.
BUG: 141087


 M  +1 -0      CMakeLists.txt  
 M  +2 -2      libs/imageproperties/imagepropertiessidebarcamgui.cpp  
 M  +2 -2      libs/imageproperties/imagepropertiessidebarcamgui.h  
 M  +20 -10    project/project.kdevelop  
 M  +16 -16    utilities/cameragui/cameraiconitem.cpp  
 M  +5 -5      utilities/cameragui/cameraiconitem.h  
 M  +51 -23    utilities/cameragui/cameraiconview.cpp  
 M  +9 -7      utilities/cameragui/cameraiconview.h  
 AM            utilities/cameragui/cameraiconviewtooltip.cpp   [License: GPL (v2+)]
 AM            utilities/cameragui/cameraiconviewtooltip.h   [License: GPL (v2+)]
 M  +21 -21    utilities/cameragui/cameraui.cpp  
 M  +3 -3      utilities/cameragui/cameraui.h  
 M  +3 -1      utilities/cameragui/gpiteminfo.cpp  
 M  +18 -12    utilities/cameragui/gpiteminfo.h  
 M  +21 -13    utilities/cameragui/umscamera.cpp  


WebSVN link: http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=898483