Bug 437221

Summary: No visual indication of images copied to clipboard/cut
Product: [Applications] digikam Reporter: Jozef Říha <jose1711>
Component: Usability-ClipboardAssignee: Digikam Developers <digikam-bugs-null>
Status: REPORTED ---    
Severity: wishlist CC: caulier.gilles, metzpinguin
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 7.2.0   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Other   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments: excel screenshot
picasa screenshot
vim screenshot

Description Jozef Říha 2021-05-16 22:46:51 UTC 
SUMMARY
Currently digiKam does not indicate in any way (at least not on my Arch Linux) whether Ctrl-C/Ctrl-X has been registered. 

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. select images
2. hit Ctrl-C or Ctrl-X

OBSERVED RESULT
nothing happens, user gets no visual feedback whether something has been done


EXPECTED RESULT
digiKam somehow indicates that the shortcut did something (status area, color change, maybe a small area showing a count and tiny thumbnails of items currently in clipboard).


SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Arch Linux, x86_64 rolling
Comment 1 caulier.gilles 2021-05-17 04:11:15 UTC 
Where did you expect to see a notification in GUI about item copied in clipboard ?
Comment 2 Maik Qualmann 2021-05-17 05:42:14 UTC 
Neither in Dolphin nor in Windows Explorer, CTRL+C displays any information. With CTRL+X the items get a little "brighter". Usually you have a tool running in the control bar with which you can display and select the clipboard content. I don't know any program that displays information about the clipboard content.

Maik
Comment 3 Jozef Říha 2021-05-17 08:38:03 UTC 
Created attachment 138497 [details]
excel screenshot
Comment 4 Jozef Říha 2021-05-17 08:38:21 UTC 
Created attachment 138498 [details]
picasa screenshot
Comment 5 Jozef Říha 2021-05-17 08:38:40 UTC 
Created attachment 138499 [details]
vim screenshot
Comment 6 Jozef Říha 2021-05-17 08:38:50 UTC 
Perhaps I am spoiled by vifm file manager I am using for almost all my file-related operations. Anyway I am not telling this is a must-have feature, it's more like nice-to-have. Adding screenshot of 3 programs (picasa, vim, ms excel) that actually do something to indicate clipboard has been manipulated.