Bug 512295

Summary:	New album category not appear in the Advanced Search
Product:	[Applications] digikam	Reporter:	Peter <benedekppeter>
Component:	Searches-Advanced	Assignee:	Digikam Developers <digikam-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal	CC:	caulier.gilles
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	8.8.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	All
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Peter 2025-11-18 14:05:44 UTC

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New album category not appear in the Advanced Search -- File, Album, Tags section, only after reboot.

1) Add new Category element (example TEST_1) in the Menu -- Settings -- Configure digiKam -- Views -- Categories
2) Click Search -- New Advanced Search -- File, Album, Tags -- The Album category is
3) Choose: TEST_1
Now again: 
4) Add new Category element (example TEST_2) in the Menu -- Settings -- Configure digiKam -- Views -- Categories
5) Click Search -- New Advanced Search -- File, Album, Tags -- The Album category is
Result: TEST_2 is not appear in the list
6) Reboot digiKam
7) Click Search -- New Advanced Search -- File, Album, Tags -- The Album category is
8) Result: TEST_2 is appear in the list

Comment 1 caulier.gilles 2025-11-18 14:31:27 UTC

It do not appears in advanced search because Album Category is a very old features implemented before to add the database support. In fact Categories must be replaced by Albums Keywords

Comment 2 caulier.gilles 2025-11-18 14:34:36 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 133011 ***