Bug 504728

Summary: Caption is too short
Product: [Applications] digikam Reporter: Alessandro Cini <ciniale78>
Component: Metadata-ExifAssignee: Digikam Developers <digikam-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED INTENTIONAL    
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: Version Fixed/Implemented In: 8.7.0
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments: The text is cut after 100 characters

Description Alessandro Cini 2025-05-24 11:00:27 UTC 
Created attachment 181702 [details]
The text is cut after 100 characters

SUMMARY
Caption text in "properties" tab is a little too short (just 100 characters).

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Show a picture in digiKam with description in "Caption" tag with more than 100 characters
2. Open Properties tab
3. 

OBSERVED RESULT
The description is cut to 100 characters

EXPECTED RESULT
See the full text or at least 1000 characters. 100 is really too short

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: Windows 10
macOS: 
(available in the Info Center app, or by running `kinfo` in a terminal window)
Linux/KDE Plasma: 
KDE Plasma Version: 
KDE Frameworks Version: 
Qt Version: 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Comment 1 Maik Qualmann 2025-05-24 11:11:19 UTC 
Comment on attachment 181702 [details]
The text is cut after 100 characters

There's the Captions tab, which contains a scrollable edit that can display virtually unlimited characters, and you can read the full caption. We can't allow 1,000 characters in the Properties tab.

Maik