Bug 501485

Summary:	Feature request, change the view menu
Product:	[Applications] digikam	Reporter:	Steve Franks <stevef48>
Component:	Usability-Menus	Assignee:	Digikam Developers <digikam-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	caulier.gilles, metzpinguin
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	8.6.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:	8.9.0
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments:	attachment-2516225-0.html

Description Steve Franks 2025-03-14 10:31:22 UTC

SUMMARY
The view menu allows the user to change the sort order of albums and items & allows one to change the sort direction. It would be nice if one could change two, or all of these without having to open the view menu again.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1.  Click on View, Sort Items, then choose an option e.g. By Creation Date. 
2.  The view menu closes.
3.  Click on View, Item Sort Order, then choose an option e.g. Descending.
4. The menu closes again. 

OBSERVED RESULT
The whole menu closes after any view option is specified.

EXPECTED RESULT
The Sort Item/Album and Sort Order are applied together.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows:  11
macOS: 
(available in the Info Center app, or by running `kinfo` in a terminal window)
Linux/KDE Plasma:  Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS
KDE Plasma Version: 
KDE Frameworks Version: 
Qt Version: 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
This feature is the same in all versions of digikam

Comment 1 Maik Qualmann 2025-03-14 12:11:52 UTC

I don't understand this bug report. A menu simply closes when an option is selected. And how are we supposed to use the album and item sorting together? If these functions are needed frequently, a keyboard shortcut could be created.

Maik

Comment 2 Steve Franks 2025-03-30 11:52:15 UTC

Created attachment 179868 [details]
attachment-2516225-0.html

Sorry, this is not a bug.
I sometimes need to change the order of items. At present this means View |
Sort Items, then View | Item Sort Order.
I just thought that it would be possible to add Ascending/Descending at the
bottom of the options for sorting items.
Steve

On Fri, 14 Mar 2025 at 12:11, Maik Qualmann <bugzilla_noreply@kde.org>
wrote:

> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=501485
>
> Maik Qualmann <metzpinguin@gmail.com> changed:
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> --- Comment #1 from Maik Qualmann <metzpinguin@gmail.com> ---
> I don't understand this bug report. A menu simply closes when an option is
> selected. And how are we supposed to use the album and item sorting
> together?
> If these functions are needed frequently, a keyboard shortcut could be
> created.
>
> Maik
>
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Comment 3 caulier.gilles 2025-12-09 06:49:38 UTC

Hi Steve,

You said "I just thought that it would be possible to add Ascending/Descending at the
bottom of the options for sorting items."

Where did you expect as the "bottom of" ? The View menu ?

Did you know that it's possible to change the toolbar to plugin Vie‹ menu actions inside ?

https://imgur.com/jTheWD5

Gilles Caulier

Comment 4 caulier.gilles 2025-12-13 14:31:06 UTC

The solution to plugin view option in tool bar is a possible work around. Closed