Created attachment 131738 [details] Attaching a pic of my library. Spot the open stack? I can't SUMMARY In the Thumbnails view, when I have a group of images (e.g. I group by time or filename to group JPG and RAW), it is extremely difficult to understand whether I opened the stack of images, or which ones belong to the group when a group is opened. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Click on a grouped set of images using the folder icon 2. Group opens up OBSERVED RESULT Difficult to tell if it is open or closed. Attaching a pic of my library. Spot the open stack? I can't EXPECTED RESULT Would be nice to have a thick bounding box around the opened stack Also, the presentation of the 'stacked' images is quite ugly and 2000 looking. Can that look more like a neat stack as opposed to a messy pile of prints on a coffee table?? Attaching a pic of Lightroom (found on the web). - An open stack has very clear representation that differs it to a closed stack. - A closed stack has more obvious iconography than digikam SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Windows: macOS: Linux/KDE Plasma: (available in About System) KDE Plasma Version: KDE Frameworks Version: Qt Version: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
See www.lifeafterphotoshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/organise-07.jpg for example of how lightroom shows open stacks
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 392936 ***
One Q : Ont the LR screenshot: www.lifeafterphotoshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/organise-07.jpg ...the red border over icon view item is really the indicator of grouped items ? If yes, this look bad from me. How to distinguish 2 grouped images at the same time ? How it work in multi-lines cases ? Gilles Caulier
The red indicator is highlighting (an edit was made after the screenshot was made) that there's a distinct visual difference between an open stack and a closed stack.
Rob, Outside the red lines overlay draw for the LR doc, can you explain whats the differences between the way to highlight grouped images in LR and digiKam ? What is missing in digiKam exactly ? Best Gilles Caulier
Git commit 245614fb1920996726a0cd59e49e5b64829f1937 by Gilles Caulier. Committed on 10/12/2025 at 14:03. Pushed by cgilles into branch 'master'. Enhancement: Grouped Items Usability Improvements This update introduces significant usability improvements for grouped items in digiKam: - Visual Highlighting for Open Groups: Previously, only closed groups were visually distinguished by a decorative border around the thumbnail of the stack's representative image. Now, each item within an open group is also highlighted with a colored border, ensuring better visual consistency and making it easier to identify group members at a glance. - Tree-View in Image Properties: The Image Properties right sidebar tab now supports a tree-view display for grouped items. Users can expand or collapse group stacks on demand, providing a more intuitive and flexible workflow. For a visual demonstration of these features in action, check out the screencast of digiKam 8.9.0: https://i.imgur.com/9QZ8kZw.mp4 Related: bug 512555, bug 381414, bug 401205, bug 499108 FIXED-IN: 8.9.0 M +4 -3 NEWS M +28 -0 core/app/items/delegate/itemdelegate.cpp M +8 -0 core/libs/widgets/itemview/itemviewdelegate.cpp M +1 -0 core/libs/widgets/itemview/itemviewdelegate.h https://invent.kde.org/graphics/digikam/-/commit/245614fb1920996726a0cd59e49e5b64829f1937
Git commit 45e5e4e61456efaf231bd3b98b326e9b6c9f6969 by Gilles Caulier. Committed on 11/12/2025 at 08:34. Pushed by cgilles into branch 'master'. Grouped items overlay icon: redesign and improve readability of number of grouped items Related: bug 392936 M +17 -6 core/libs/widgets/itemview/itemviewdelegate.cpp https://invent.kde.org/graphics/digikam/-/commit/45e5e4e61456efaf231bd3b98b326e9b6c9f6969