Bug 468442

Summary:	Auto Grouping images using maintenance tool
Product:	[Applications] digikam	Reporter:	michael2macdonald
Component:	Maintenance-Engine	Assignee:	Digikam Developers <digikam-bugs-null>
Status:	REPORTED ---
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	caulier.gilles, metzpinguin, michael2macdonald
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	8.0.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	unspecified
OS:	All
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Description michael2macdonald 2023-04-12 23:54:16 UTC

SUMMARY
You can auto-group images by time, filename, or timelapse/burst by selecting multiple images and using the "group" options in the right-click context menu. This is fine for smaller tasks, but it does not work when you want to apply an auto-grouping rule to lots of images or even multiple albums. For example, you might want to group *all* your images by filename so that all your RAW+JPEG images don't take up too much space. Being able to apply auto-grouping options using the maintenance tool would be really useful for grouping lots of images in multiple albums.

Comment 1 caulier.gilles 2025-12-21 06:43:00 UTC

Hi Maik,

I think this maintenance tool can be a plus and not complicated to do, something like this:

- propose the grouping items methods (as in icon-view context menu)
- list album contents.
- group items using the group pattern.

Best

Gilles

Comment 2 Maik Qualmann 2025-12-21 07:33:56 UTC

Hi Gilles,

Yes, maintenance tool are possible, but they have their drawbacks.

Grouping should not be applied across album boundaries, as individual tasks in the maintenance tool might see different album items. We either need to use a single thread or pre-sort albums.

Maik