Bug 450006

Summary:	KEditTagsDialog: Cannot check multiple tags in one go (02/2022)
Product:	[Frameworks and Libraries] baloo-widgets	Reporter:	linuxfluesterer <linuxfluesterer>
Component:	general	Assignee:	baloo-bugs-null
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal	CC:	nicolas.fella, tagwerk19
Priority:	NOR	Keywords:	accessibility
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Arch Linux
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments:	Tag Dialog as presented when using the F11 Info Panel

Description linuxfluesterer 2022-02-11 12:46:45 UTC

SUMMARY
Tag window is closed in Dolphine after check one tag. Cannot check multiple tags in one.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
Using Dolphin.
Adding file.
Select 'tags' from file menu.
Check a tag from tag list.

OBSERVED RESULT
----- Window 'tags' is closed ----

Expected RESULT
 Should be kept open for another tag check ! I have to open 'tags' from menu again.


Linux: Arch Linux, Kernel 5.16.8
KDE Plasma Version: Plasma 5.24.0 (08/02/2022)
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.90.0
Qt Version: 5.15.2

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Consulted Bug: Bug 311204, but not similar.

My Description:
When selecting tags to a file entry in Dolphin after every check in the tag list this tag table window is closed. This is uncomfortable. I have several tags and it needs time to open 'tags' again and again to check multiple tags in one. 
I tried several key combinations, Ctrl, Alt, Shift, Meta... in common with (right) mouse click), but always after checking one tag, window is closed again.

Comment 1 tagwerk19 2022-02-11 15:34:53 UTC

I'm not sure whether either of these describes your bug, I'm guessing the second is closer:
    Bug 419990 - Impossible to tag multiple files at the same time via context menu
    Bug 420116 - Allow to add multiple tags from the context menu

Worth checking the "tag dialog" you get to via the information panel. I use a large number of tags in a hierarchical structure and find it easier to use.

However I would like, somehow, to be able to copy all the tags from one file and apply to another...

Comment 2 linuxfluesterer 2022-02-11 19:44:16 UTC

After reading the suggested bug description I tend to bug number QTBUG-6635 which is of 2010! and updated in January 2020, which describes my issue. It is not possible to check multiple tags in a list of existing, selectable tags. E.g.:
File is 'Rain Man.mp4'.
Selectable tags are:
Action
Drama
Comedy
Fun
Horror
Thriller
Science
Family
12 years

Now I want to tag this film with:
Drama, Family and '12 years'.  
But when I check 'Drama', the tag menu is closed. I need to reopen 'tags' again to check 'Family' and the tag menu is closed again. 
Then I need to reopen the tag menu again to check '12 years'.

I want to check those three tags this way:
Open tags menu from file,
Check 'Drama', 'Family' and '12 years' in one go.
Then, e.g. with a side click, this tag menu should be closed.
I cannot believe that I am the only one working with multiple tags for files.

Comment 3 Nicolas Fella 2022-02-11 20:15:51 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 420116 ***

Comment 4 Nicolas Fella 2022-02-11 20:20:00 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 420116 ***

Comment 5 tagwerk19 2022-02-11 21:03:48 UTC

Created attachment 146601 [details]
Tag Dialog as presented when using the F11 Info Panel

Try this as a workround:

Highlight your file and press F11 to get the information panel.

There you'll see options "Tags:", "Rating:", "Comment:". Click on the "Add..." for tags, you'll get a dialog showing "known tags" that you can check (and uncheck) as you wish and, when done, save.

I find this dialog good for selecting a collection of existing tags, a bit more fiddly if you want to create new ones.

Comment 6 linuxfluesterer 2022-02-11 23:04:10 UTC

(In reply to tagwerk19 from comment #5)
> Created attachment 146601 [details]
> Tag Dialog as presented when using the F11 Info Panel
> 
> Try this as a workround:
> 
> Highlight your file and press F11 to get the information panel.
> 
> There you'll see options "Tags:", "Rating:", "Comment:". Click on the
> "Add..." for tags, you'll get a dialog showing "known tags" that you can
> check (and uncheck) as you wish and, when done, save.
> 
> I find this dialog good for selecting a collection of existing tags, a bit
> more fiddly if you want to create new ones.

Great! That was the solution for me. So, thank you very much!
-Linuxfluesterer

Comment 7 tagwerk19 2022-02-12 11:08:22 UTC

(In reply to linuxfluesterer from comment #6)
> Great! That was the solution for me. So, thank you very much!
Good to hear :-)

You might be fortunate in that you have a relatively small "pool" of tags you wanted to choose between. It gets unwieldy if you've hundreds. It then makes sense to set up tags in a hierarchy... and you'd need to think of a descriptive top level tag;  "Film Categorisation" maybe....

When I ran into this I tried to sketch out the positive/negatives of the different dialogs/UI's here:

    https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=431093#c5

I think there's a good argument for "cleaning up" the dialogs but you'd need to give people a way of seeing the "list of tags" assigned to the file as well as a way that they can explore possible tags and select them.

Two sides of the same coin perhaps: a "List Tags" option and an "Assign Tags" option.