Bug 280918

Summary: Usability: Save As button for saving preset settings is confusing
Product: [Applications] digikam Reporter: Dik Takken <kde>
Component: ImageEditor-SaveAssignee: Digikam Developers <digikam-bugs-null>
Status: REOPENED ---    
Severity: wishlist CC: caulier.gilles
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 5.5.0   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Gentoo Packages   
OS: Linux   
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Description Dik Takken 2011-08-28 09:21:44 UTC 
Version:           1.9.0 (using KDE 4.6.3) 
OS:                Linux

When modifying an image ( for instance changing image size ) the settings are presented in a panel on the right hand side os the window. This panel contains a "Save As" button.

The problem is that the user now has *two* Save As buttons in a single window, which is very confusing. The "Save As" button on the settings panel is easily mistaken as a button for saving the modified image, while it actually just saves the preset.



Reproducible: Always



Expected Results:  
I guess the GUI needs some additional visual cues to indicate the the "Load" "Save As" and "Defaults" buttons are about presets, not the image itself. Or maybe these buttons should get a less prominent presence on the panel, because these are typically buttons used by more 'advanced' users. For novice users, they only add confusion. 

The 'Try' and 'Apply' buttons should be most prominent buttons on the panel, IMHO.
Comment 1 caulier.gilles 2011-08-28 10:08:15 UTC 
This entry is valid also for 2.1.0

Gilles Caulier
Comment 2 caulier.gilles 2011-12-18 17:28:48 UTC 
Dik,

This file still valid using digiKam 2.4 ?

Gilles Caulier
Comment 3 caulier.gilles 2015-07-01 06:04:25 UTC 
New digiKam 4.11.0 is available :

https://www.digikam.org/node/740

Can you reproduce the problem with this release ?
Comment 4 caulier.gilles 2015-08-22 06:36:04 UTC 
digiKam 4.12.0 is out :

https://www.digikam.org/node/741

We need a fresh feedback using this release please...
Thanks in advance.
Comment 5 caulier.gilles 2016-11-21 16:08:55 UTC 
We need feedback with last digiKam AppImage Linux Bundle:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BzeiVr-byqt5Y0tIRWVWelRJenM

Gilles Caulier
Comment 6 Dik Takken 2016-11-21 21:52:49 UTC 
To my taste, the bottom of the tool panela are still too cluttered with buttons. In 5.3.0, I see six buttons right next to each other:

Try,
Ok,
Cancel,
Load,
Save As,
Defaults

Personally, I would love to see the preset related buttons move into their own little sub-panel, much like has been done with the Stage 1/2/3 sub-panels of the local contrast enhancement panel. The preset related buttons could be hidden by default and appear if you slide down the sub-panel titled 'Presets'.