Bug 426664 - Cannot tell different between an opened or closed group of images
Summary: Cannot tell different between an opened or closed group of images
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 392936
Alias: None
Product: digikam
Classification: Applications
Component: Albums-ItemGroup (show other bugs)
Version: 7.1.0
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Digikam Developers
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Reported: 2020-09-18 01:22 UTC by Rob Brown
Modified: 2020-09-19 10:18 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Attaching a pic of my library. Spot the open stack? I can't (741.37 KB, image/png)
2020-09-18 01:22 UTC, Rob Brown 		Details
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Description Rob Brown 2020-09-18 01:22:03 UTC 
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

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Comment 1 Rob Brown 2020-09-18 01:22:56 UTC 
See www.lifeafterphotoshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/organise-07.jpg for example of how lightroom shows open stacks
Comment 2 Maik Qualmann 2020-09-18 05:54:50 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 392936 ***
Comment 3 caulier.gilles 2020-09-18 06:35:53 UTC 
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
Comment 4 Rob Brown 2020-09-18 16:30:06 UTC 
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.
Comment 5 caulier.gilles 2020-09-19 10:18:35 UTC 
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