| Summary: | Refresh album view WITHOUT re-scanning thumbnails. | ||
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| Product: | [Applications] digikam | Reporter: | _ <myaccount132> |
| Component: | Thumbs-Album | Assignee: | Digikam Developers <digikam-bugs-null> |
| Status: | RESOLVED FIXED | ||
| Severity: | normal | CC: | metzpinguin |
| Priority: | NOR | ||
| Version First Reported In: | 8.5.0 | ||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Platform: | Other | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
| Latest Commit: | https://invent.kde.org/documentation/digikam-doc/-/commit/705e06c7f79538877e2aab4bae25836dc89653dd | Version Fixed In: | 8.6.0 |
| Sentry Crash Report: | |||
| Attachments: | keyboard shortcuts for refreshing | ||
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Description
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2025-02-09 12:47:23 UTC
Use Ctrl+F5. Maik Git commit 705e06c7f79538877e2aab4bae25836dc89653dd by Gilles Caulier. Committed on 09/02/2025 at 15:12. Pushed by cgilles into branch 'master'. add CTRL+F5 in online doc FIXED-IN: 8.6.0 M +171 -170 setup_application/shortcuts_settings.rst https://invent.kde.org/documentation/digikam-doc/-/commit/705e06c7f79538877e2aab4bae25836dc89653dd Thanks! There must be slight error still: Refresh :kbd:`F5` Refresh (without thumbnails update) :kbd:`F5` as latter should read kbd:`Ctrl+F5` instead? In same occasion: I also found there that Image Editor has shortcut F4. Could you make it read also in both menu and toolbar button where that information is missing? Git commit ac2cec55f444fed1cb6cb026414f572898cd996f by Gilles Caulier. Committed on 10/02/2025 at 13:05. Pushed by cgilles into branch 'master'. typo M +1 -1 setup_application/shortcuts_settings.rst https://invent.kde.org/documentation/digikam-doc/-/commit/ac2cec55f444fed1cb6cb026414f572898cd996f Further comment. In my opinion more intuitive would be to F5 to search only for new files and Ctrl+F5 to search for thumbnails too. Compare to web browser behavior to refresh deeper when using Ctrl/Shift+F5 but generally F5 is good enough. That of course would change digikam behavior from what it has been. I was also left in wonder if this was only fix to 8.6.0 manual and the behavior should already be there, as in 8.5.0 CTRL+F5 is already assigned for alternate refresh behavior, but it does nothing. CTRL+F5 searches for new items in the current album. This keyboard shortcut has been around since before digiKam-8.5.0, I would have to check when exactly it was. Maik This option has existed for about 5 years. Maik I have faint memory that I have possibly used it some time earlier but I'm not sure. Anyway Ctrl+F5 doesn't work in my appimage 8.5.0. I'm only able to refresh new items pressing plain F5 (and always cancel the thumbnails processing). Ctrl+F5 does nothing even while keyboard shortcut is assigned. Created attachment 178158 [details]
keyboard shortcuts for refreshing
Ctrl+F5 doesnt' work
Well Ctrl+F5 seems to be assigned to "Workspace F5" in window manager. I'm unsure if that's the reason. Yes, removed the connection and now it works. One more issue with this: I can't make my preferred assignment to work. Shortcuts work as intended when F5 and Ctrl + F5 are set the default way, but if I try to set them to work other way round in keyboard shortcut configuration, the setting is not applied and shortcuts still work like default. I would like to set F5 for new image scan only without searching thumbnails. It's actually not a shortcut of its own. We check whether Ctrl is also pressed. We can of course make it a standalone function... I also don't understand why you have to constantly update the album. If you add images via paste/copy or drag&drop, it is updated automatically. The same applies with an import function from digiKam. Maik I have to occasionally update the album for single images I edit outside digikam. I could save them in another directory and drag&drop them to digikam which updates the view like you said, but to avoid hassle with files and open windows(* in most cases it would be easier if I can save/export the files from external editors directly to digikam album directory and refresh the view. In refreshing it would also be nice if the view stays where it was (likely the file previously selected for editing and its surroundings) and not abruptly jump to some other location in several displays long file view. *) Similar problem is that when I excessively use BQM or digikam Editor, while ending editing I occasionally press the X from digikam main window instead. To avoid that, it would be nice to have an option to ask confirmation when closing the main window (and whole digikam which also may leave some changes unsaved). Usually I would find such feature annoying, but I think it could be useful as an option. (I could open separate ticket for this if you prefer.) The option I suggested for closing the program could work like this: IF any digikam tools/windows are open apart in addition to main window OR there is unapplied changes THEN confirmation for the closing program is asked OTHERWISE closing without asking At least Geolocation editor seems to block closing the program like it prevents many other things (without telling it in any way), but many other tools or actions don't. (But I can open separate ticket for this if you want.) |