Some times, pics cannot be replaced or pictured again- car crash, dead persons etc. For this case, I suggest that digiKam should offer a "super-tag" which reliabliy takes care, that the related pic can NOT be deleted. All pics derived from this pic should get the same protection automatically Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. does not apply 2. please see description above 3. Actual Results: is not offered, one can destroy important pictures, as no protection exists. Expected Results: Protection should provide "rock-solid" protection agaibnst unintentional destroy
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 150531 ***
In comment #1 this was closed as duplicate of bug #150531 : "add album password-protect feature " - but this request is different. That is about protecting images with password or hiding some images from browse. This is about protecting images from DELETION. I would like to have a feature which disables deleting all images that have any work on them. Any tags, or other. (E.g. a software setting "Protect those images from deletion, that have been worked on") My workflow is as follows: after shooting images, I select certain ones to be developed, mark them with various tags (develop, develop_cut, develop_not, ...). Much later on (sometimes years later), I do some cleanup and delete bad photos - but I'd never want to delete photos that went to clients or have been printed to paper! These are all marked with various tags (or statuses or stars or colors, DigiKam's cool features). So if "protect images from deletion" setting is enabled in settings, the delete feature would work only on those photos that have not been "worked on". Even digital cameras (with their horrible GUI) have this protect feature. But original poster's idea is also OK: I could use a dedicated "protect image" feature, but that's extra work of adding protect to all images on which I work. This could be automatic by simply respecting the "work".