Bug 338390

Summary:	Easier moving of albums to other collections
Product:	[Applications] digikam	Reporter:	DrSlony <bugs>
Component:	Albums-Engine	Assignee:	Digikam Developers <digikam-bugs-null>
Status:	REPORTED ---
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	bugs, caulier.gilles, metzpinguin, rene
Priority:	NOR
Version:	4.2.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Gentoo Packages
OS:	Linux
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Description DrSlony 2014-08-19 20:52:41 UTC

Hi

I have a few collections:
- photos_puragtory
- photos_raw
- photos_developed
- etc...

Each collection has hundreds of albums. When I'm done working on an album in one of the collections, it's ready to be moved to another collection, e.g. from "raw" to "developed". The problem is that it takes a long time to drag this album to another collection, because I have to scroll through the hundreds of other albums until I see the other collections. I would like to request an option to right-click on an album and in the context menu select "Move to collection >" and the list of collections as a submenu. Similar to the "Go to" option in the context menu of an image, but "Move to" and it should show collections too, not just albums.

Comment 1 caulier.gilles 2014-08-30 21:46:43 UTC

DRSlony,

Why not to use color labels in your workflow. Like this instead to use physical albums, you use virtual albums, and you can change Color Labels quickly using keyboard Shortcuts.

Labels have now a dedicated tree-view for quick access, since 4.2.0.

Gilles Caulier

Comment 2 DrSlony 2014-08-31 09:28:28 UTC

I do use labels too, but nothing will replace a good physical folder organization :)
I need to move physical folders from one collection to another and that's currently time-consuming because I have to spend so much time just waiting for the other albums to scroll by before I get to the right collection.

Comment 3 rene 2021-05-19 21:34:58 UTC

It would also be nice if the actual folder/album hierarchy could be maintained while moving to a different collection.

Comment 4 Maik Qualmann 2021-05-20 05:47:41 UTC

Drag & drop in the album tree view does not work?

Maik

Comment 5 rene 2021-05-20 18:59:31 UTC

hi Maik,

Drag & drop ist cumbersome if the hierarchy does not yet exist in the target collection or if i have a large album tree.

Regards
René