In the Misc preferences section, the "String comparison type" field has two options but its not clear how/why/where they are used. I would suggest the following changes: Provide a group box around it with a context label and rework the label to avoid using programmer-centric terminology: --Search-- Text match strength [ flexible | exact ] (link to help/examples) ---------- At first I though it was similar to a toggle you'd find to enable regex expressions so I think the link to the help screen should include match examples that work/don't work for each case.
The contextual help over the option is really clear, no ? https://www.flickr.com/photos/digikam/44182614451/in/dateposted/ Gilles Caulier
I also think that the tooltip describes it well. But the Flickr image is private. Maik
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Ok, I guess I was too impatient to notice the popup window. Ok, I get it now. The label should then be changed to note that it affects list entry order. "String comparison type" denotes how it works under the covers. Tree list ordering: [ normal | natural ] Normal & natural are too similar in meaning, I would suggest something else but not sure what. I don't agree that the popup text is all that clear. I think a (?) link to a help page that shows an image with trees side-by-side showing how the option changes the ordering would be much better.
For me the description by a tooltip is the standard way to do and used everywhere in digiKam. Putting description in label everywhere will bloat the GUI. It's definitively a wrong solution especially for this kind of settings. The terminology used for this settings is clear and well described in the tooltip. Code source relevant: DHBox* const stringComparisonHbox = new DHBox(behaviourPanel); d->stringComparisonTypeLabel = new QLabel(i18n("String comparison type:"), stringComparisonHbox); d->stringComparisonType = new QComboBox(stringComparisonHbox); d->stringComparisonType->addItem(i18nc("method to compare strings", "Natural"), ApplicationSettings::Natural); d->stringComparisonType->addItem(i18nc("method to compare strings", "Normal"), ApplicationSettings::Normal); d->stringComparisonType->setToolTip(i18n("<qt>Sets the way in which strings are compared inside digiKam. " "This eg. influences the sorting of the tree views.<br/>" "<b>Natural</b> tries to compare strings in a way that regards some normal conventions " "and will eg. result in sorting numbers naturally even if they have a different number of digits.<br/>" "<b>Normal</b> uses a more technical approach. " "Use this style if you eg. want to entitle albums with ISO dates (201006 or 20090523) " "and the albums should be sorted according to these dates.</qt>")); I close this file now... Gilles Caulier