Bug 200965

Summary: improve digikam main menu
Product: [Applications] digikam Reporter: Viesturs Zarins <viesturs.zarins>
Component: Usability-MenusAssignee: Digikam Developers <digikam-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: normal CC: caulier.gilles
Priority: NOR    
Version: 0.10.0   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: unspecified   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed In: 2.5.0

Description Viesturs Zarins 2009-07-21 10:13:01 UTC
Version:            (using KDE 4.2.96)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Unlisted Binary Package

Using digikam 0.10.0

The main menu needs some cleanup. The current state is quite messy:
* The Tools->Create Calendar action also belongs to export
* The Edit submenu contains only image selection actions, it should be merged with Image submenu.
* The whole Image submenu is a big mess
  * The KML Export and Send Images should be under Export
  * Rotate, Flip and other simple actions belong under Edit.
* Also there is no option for simple export to a local folder, please add one.


My main point is that the menus should be ordered by the function. Generic menus like Image, Edit and Tools are not helpful. Digikam itself is a program for manipulating images, the menu items should concentrate on more specific tasks.
Consider such submenus:
* Album * Edit * Metadata * Tags *  Search * Light table * Tools * Import * Export * Settings * Help

The Batch sumbenu moves under Edit, as it is not needed very often.
The Edit menu contains actions that alter image bitmap data.
The Metadata menu contains actions that alter image metadata.
The Search menu contains all search actions.
The Tools submenu contains odds and ends that does not fit elsewhere, ideally it should not be there at all.
Comment 1 caulier.gilles 2009-07-21 10:18:19 UTC
Please make a review of menu from 1.0.0-beta3 to see if all your proposals still valid.

Gilles Caulier
Comment 2 Andi Clemens 2009-07-21 10:35:16 UTC
We have not changed the menu structure that much in 1.0.0, only batch has moved to tools, so I would assume this entry is still valid.
Comment 3 Andi Clemens 2011-11-12 16:29:21 UTC
What about this entry? It's quite old... still valid?
Comment 4 caulier.gilles 2011-11-13 10:32:42 UTC
For 2.x, marcel has reviewed main menu everywhere. So for me it can be closed, i think...

Gilles Caulier