Bug 520203

Summary: Setting a people (eg. "Mark") through tag manager => htags = "People", "People|Mark" instead of just "People|Mark"
Product: [Applications] digikam Reporter: mahikeulbody <51mfxqck>
Component: Tags-EngineAssignee: Digikam Developers <digikam-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED NOT A BUG    
Severity: normal CC: metzpinguin
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 9.1.0   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Manjaro   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In: 9.1.0
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Description mahikeulbody 2026-05-15 15:53:39 UTC 
Advanced metadata setting : Tags write options set to Xmp.lrhierarchicalSubject

Most of time I use face recognition which writes automatically into Xmp.lrhierarchicalSubject and I get "People|Alice", People|John", ... ; it is ok. There is not "People" alone as in the following workflow.

But sometime I want to set a people who appears on the photo but whose the face is not visible. In this case, I open the tag manager and I set this people into the People tree. After to apply it, I get Xmp.lrhierarchicalSubject = "People|Alice", People|John", "People", "People[Mark" : the "People" alone should not be present, no isn’t it ?
Comment 1 Maik Qualmann 2026-05-15 16:27:23 UTC 
You probably aren't referring to what we call the Tag Manager, since tags cannot be assigned to images within the Tag Manager.
So, presumably, you mean the right sidebar. I am unable to reproduce the problem. Can you rule out the possibility that you are accidentally selecting the People tag as well?

Maik
Comment 2 mahikeulbody 2026-05-15 17:03:06 UTC 
> So, presumably, you mean the right sidebar.
Yes (how do you call it ?)
I select only the people I want in the People tree and that automatically select also the root People tag. If I deselect the former, my people tag is also deselected.
Comment 3 Maik Qualmann 2026-05-15 17:41:24 UTC 
Okay, then it's clear—it's not a bug.
In the context menu over the tag tree, under the "Toggle Auto" option, you selected the setting to automatically select parent tags as well.

Maik
Comment 4 mahikeulbody 2026-05-15 17:46:47 UTC 
(In reply to Maik Qualmann from comment #3)
> Okay, then it's clear—it's not a bug.
> In the context menu over the tag tree, under the "Toggle Auto" option, you
> selected the setting to automatically select parent tags as well.
> 
> Maik

When you think you know everything about a software then you discover a little hidden option...
Thank you for the quick answer !