| Summary: | Add way to export and import application settings. | ||
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| Product: | [Applications] digikam | Reporter: | Tim Heymans <tim.heymans> |
| Component: | Documentation | Assignee: | Digikam Developers <digikam-bugs-null> |
| Status: | RESOLVED FIXED | ||
| Severity: | wishlist | CC: | caulier.gilles, metzpinguin |
| Priority: | NOR | ||
| Version First Reported In: | 8.6.0 | ||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Platform: | Microsoft Windows | ||
| OS: | Microsoft Windows | ||
| Latest Commit: | https://invent.kde.org/documentation/digikam-doc/-/commit/3eac4c9fd89e02933dfc50b6c48dc3ff5a4ee502 | Version Fixed/Implemented In: | 8.7.0 |
| Sentry Crash Report: | |||
| Attachments: | Windows 10 User lo | ||
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Description
Tim Heymans
2024-01-28 21:54:09 UTC
All settings files are listed in doc : https://docs.digikam.org/en/getting_started/installation.html#configuration-files Which settings do you mean exactly? The keyboard shortcuts scheme can be exported as well as the advanced metadata settings. All other settings are located in a few configuration files, as can be seen in the link from Gilles, which are easy to copy. Maik Hello Gilles, Hello Maik, thanks for getting back to me! I mean the general settings of the software, so mainly UI customisations. I am aware of the ability to export shortcuts and metadata rules. Thanks @gilles for the link. I had searched the help files and the internet, but had found nothing... Unfortunately, even with the info in the referred doc, I still haven't found the digikamui5.rc file I should supposedly be looking for. Reason: I can't locate the folder mentioned in the doc: %LocalAppData%\kxmlgui5digikam\digikamui5.rc I am aware of the "AppData\Local" folder (which does not contain the said file), but have never heard of a "LocalAppData" folder. Can you point me in the right direction? In general I think: - the current way of working is too complicated for average and even above-average users (I'm an experience Windows user myself...) - a simple way to export ALL settings (so UI, shortcuts AND metadata preferences) would be a huge win for the software Thanks for reading me! Kind regards, Tim Heymans Created attachment 165333 [details]
Windows 10 User lo
Comment on attachment 165333 [details]
Windows 10 User lo
Windows 10 digikam rc file located in User local application data directory
Hello, in the meantime I solved my own problem! I was looking for the config file under C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\digikam Apparently it is located in C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\kxmlgui5\digikam - as noted in the doc mentioned earlier. Thanks! O, wait, I'm confused now! Apparently there's a "digikamrc" file, a "digikam_systemrc" file and a "digikamui5" file... Do you have time to expand a bit on what covers what exactly? I mean, I can see the descriptions: -General settings of the application. Delete this and restart digiKam to reset the application to factory settings -System settings of the application. Delete this and restart digiKam to reset the application to factory settings -contains UI configuration, if your UI is broken, delete this file But I don't know what is considered "general settings", what "system settings", and what UI. Anyway... I can also backup all three of them... 🤔 System settings of the application: all settings available from Setup/miscs/system dialog page. General settings of the application: all others settings from the Setup dialog. UI configuration : the configuration or the toolbar customized by end-user. Gilles Caulier Git commit 3eac4c9fd89e02933dfc50b6c48dc3ff5a4ee502 by Gilles Caulier. Committed on 12/04/2025 at 05:30. Pushed by cgilles into branch 'master'. add more details about config files FIXED-IN: 8.7.0 M +6 -6 getting_started/installation.rst https://invent.kde.org/documentation/digikam-doc/-/commit/3eac4c9fd89e02933dfc50b6c48dc3ff5a4ee502 |