Current behavior: 1. Press "Add a Face Tag" 2. Draw a face region (rectangle) 3. Start typing a name in the pop up window 4. Click on the desired name in the list 5. If user wants to add one more face tag one needs to press "Add a Face Tag" again Suggested behavior: Steps 1-4 are same 5. digiKam stays in "Add a Face Tag" mode until "Esc" key pressed. It might worth to make this behavior optional via checking corresponding box in Settings - Configure digiKam Reason for suggesting this: Many users might have more than one face to tag in majority of pictures.
You can add a new face using the CTRL key and the left mouse button to draw a rectangle. Is this behavior enough? Maik
(In reply to Maik Qualmann from comment #1) > You can add a new face using the CTRL key and the left mouse button to draw > a rectangle. Is this behavior enough? > > Maik Holy cow, shame on me! It is even better than what I asked for. I guess I gotta go back to reading the manual... Thanks Maik!
Andrius, The manual (handbook) needs maintainer. If you is interrested to patch it, i can guide you, in case of something is missing somewhere... https://docs.kde.org/trunk5/en/extragear-graphics/digikam/index.html Gilles Caulier
(In reply to caulier.gilles from comment #3) > Andrius, > > The manual (handbook) needs maintainer. If you is interrested to patch it, i > can guide you, in case of something is missing somewhere... > > https://docs.kde.org/trunk5/en/extragear-graphics/digikam/index.html > > Gilles Caulier Sure I can try. Let me know what is your preferred method of communication
7.0.0-beta1 is out with new Face Recognition algorithm based on Deep Learning/Neural Network API from OpenCV https://download.kde.org/unstable/digikam/ Please test and give us a feedback Thanks in advance Gilles Caulier
(In reply to caulier.gilles from comment #5) > 7.0.0-beta1 is out with new Face Recognition algorithm based on Deep > Learning/Neural Network API from OpenCV > > https://download.kde.org/unstable/digikam/ > > Please test and give us a feedback > > Thanks in advance > Gilles Caulier Well, the 7.0.0 does not stay in face tagging mode either but it is kind of irrelevant since you can face tag holding 'Ctrl' button. I just did not know about that option before Maik pointed here.
Ctrl + mouse draw is a nice trick! Yet, if the "add a face tag" is kept, it would be useful.
digiKam 7.0.0 stable release is now published: https://www.digikam.org/news/2020-07-19-7.0.0_release_announcement/ We need a fresh feedback on this file using this version. Best Regards Gilles Caulier
Although the "CTRL + mouse draw" to create a new face tag is great, I still believe a possibility to have a "locked add face tag" mode would be helpful. I am tagging a lot of photos in my archive during these days, and every saved step counts. By a lot :-) How about ctrl or shift + click on the "add face tag" icon? It could lock the adding mode until the user presses ESC. (All other things would remain as they are now: automatic focus on entry field once a region is drawn, arrow key to select a filtered face tag, enter to confirm and save, space bar to proceed to next image.)
*** Bug 441943 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 442014 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
I was reffered to this ticket because I created a duplicate (sorry, I did not find this one myself). I think, the ctrl shortcut absolutely needs a tooltip or something. I don't think I would ever have tried that on my own.
after working ~3 minutes with Ctrl+Click I am now pretty convinced that this should be the standard behaviour. I just went through 40 images in the time I usually need for 10. no tooltip, no ctrl+click, just: I press that button, and it toggles on into add face tag. (just like the button right next to it, that displays or hides the existing face tags).
In other softwares (like Microsoft Word), the "permanent toggle" function is achieved by double-clicking a button. If it is clear from a tooltip for instance, this could give a fast workflow. It could be disable with Escape or another click on the button.