Bug 509156

Summary: Wishlist - Recursive Folder's Option in Advanced Search
Product: [Applications] digikam Reporter: Alan <alangdunbar>
Component: Searches-AdvancedAssignee: Digikam Developers <digikam-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME    
Severity: wishlist CC: caulier.gilles
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 8.7.0   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Microsoft Windows   
OS: Microsoft Windows   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In: 8.8.0
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments: screenshot of the context menu from advanced search dialog

Description Alan 2025-09-05 14:50:44 UTC 
SUMMARY

Hey Folks, Fabulous Application and a god-send to me for sorting my massive photo collection of Travels & Family History.  I have been utilising the Search Tool to easily locate specific Tags, Albums, Photos, etc, however have a small bug-bear that I would like to put forward as a Wish on later versions. 

When in the Advanced Search Tool, and under Albums., I have encountered this scenario:  

If you have subfolders that sit under an Album Topic, such as... "Travels > Tourist Attractions > Museums", "Photos From 20xx > Museums > Art", etc, and you wish to include the subfolders in the Advanced Search, you have to manually select each sub-album to be included within the query, if the Root in that Branch doesn't have any images, but the sub-folders do.    

It can be a bit time-consuming to set up each search if you have many qualifying sub-folders under a master topic/folder.   What is lacking here is a Recursive Folder Option, which you could select to state that you want the specific Album Folder AND all sub-folders under that branch selected within the query, rather than having to manually select them.  

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: Windows 11 24H2 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
I have noticed that there is a Recursive Folder option in the DigiKam Settings for Maintenance, etc. Can this not be factored into Advanced Searches, too?
Comment 1 caulier.gilles 2025-09-05 14:57:08 UTC 
In the advanced Search dialog, go to the album selector combobox. Select one item and popup the contextual menu over it. Go to Select option and turn on the right option to be recursive...
Comment 2 caulier.gilles 2025-09-05 16:49:43 UTC 
Created attachment 184752 [details]
screenshot of the context menu from advanced search dialog
Comment 3 Alan 2025-09-13 02:14:17 UTC 
Brilliant.. wasn't aware you could do that...That worked.  Thank you (In reply to caulier.gilles from comment #2)
> Created attachment 184752 [details]
> screenshot of the context menu from advanced search dialog
Comment 4 Alan 2025-09-13 02:14:59 UTC 
closing this off, as solution has been provided