Bug 385443

Summary:	'Auto toggle parents' unnatural behavior when removing a tag
Product:	[Applications] digikam	Reporter:	Sebas <djsebas>
Component:	Tags-Engine	Assignee:	Digikam Developers <digikam-bugs-null>
Status:	REPORTED ---
Severity:	minor	CC:	caulier.gilles, imolb
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	8.0.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Microsoft Windows
OS:	Microsoft Windows
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Sebas 2017-10-06 16:58:21 UTC

An auto toggle feature is being offered in Digikam tagging. Settings it to 'parents' makes Digikam behave like many other programs do. At least, that is for adding a tag. When removing a tag, it behaves very different as one would expect, especially compared to other programs: the whole tree is deleted. While technically this is inline with the description, a more natural way would be to only delete the chosen tag and its children. That's how most programs work.

In other words, I am suggesting this possibility/setting:
* When adding a tag, add that tag and its parents.
* When removing a tag, remove that tag and its children.

Comment 1 caulier.gilles 2020-08-04 08:23:22 UTC

digiKam 7.0.0 stable release is now published:

https://www.digikam.org/news/2020-07-19-7.0.0_release_announcement/

We need a fresh feedback on this file using this version.

Best Regards

Gilles Caulier

Comment 2 Sebas 2020-08-04 14:01:35 UTC

This still applies. It is unnatural.

Comment 3 Blomi 2021-06-27 11:43:49 UTC

I backup Sebas concerns. The setting of tags works pretty fine.
But the removing is not intuitive.

Let's take the following example to illustrate:
[ ] Grandparent
   [ ] Parent1
      [ ] Child1
      [ ] Child2
   [ ] Parent2
      [ ] Child3
      [ ] Child4

The "toggle auto" setting is set to "parent".

I select Child1 and Child3. Result (with digikam 7.2.0):
[X] Grandparent
   [X] Parent1
      [X] Child1
      [ ] Child2
   [X] Parent2
      [X] Child3
      [ ] Child4

So far fine.

Now I realize Child3 was a mistake and I deselect it. What happens:
[ ] Grandparent
   [X] Parent1
      [X] Child1
      [ ] Child2
   [ ] Parent2
      [ ] Child3
      [ ] Child4
Now Parent1 is active without the Grandparent being active.
What I would expect (maybe as optional feature):
[X] Grandparent
   [X] Parent1
      [X] Child1
      [ ] Child2
   [ ] Parent2
      [ ] Child3
      [ ] Child4

So I would change Sebas rule
* When removing a tag, remove that tag and its children.
to
* When removing a tag, remove that tag and its children and its parents if these have no other child elements active.

Comment 4 caulier.gilles 2023-05-04 03:08:33 UTC

@sebas,

digiKam 8.0.0 is out. This entry still valid with this release ?

Best regards

Gilles Caulier

Comment 5 Sebas 2023-05-04 18:58:04 UTC

(In reply to caulier.gilles from comment #4)
> @sebas,
> 
> digiKam 8.0.0 is out. This entry still valid with this release ?
> 
> Best regards
> 
> Gilles Caulier

Hey,
Yes this still applies.

Comment 6 caulier.gilles 2025-04-11 18:13:53 UTC

Hi,

The 8.7.0 pre-release Windows installer from today have been rebuilt from
scratch with Qt 6.8.3, KDE 6.12, OpenCV 4.11 + CUDA support, Exiv2 0.28.5, ExifTool 13.27, ffmpeg 7, all image codecs updated to last version (jxl, avif, heif, aom, etc.).

Please try with this version to see if your problem still reproducible...

https://files.kde.org/digikam/

Thanks in advance
Best regards

Gilles Caulier

Comment 7 Blomi 2025-04-11 18:34:01 UTC

Problem still exists with digiKam-8.7.0-20250411T180056-Qt6-x86-64.appimage