Hi! I recently had the problem that I deleted what I thought was an empty folder. Later, I remembered that there were also PDFs and TXT files. Luckily, I was able to find them in the backup. I also do genealogy research and sometimes save other documents in addition to old photos. So, all I want to do is see if there are any other files besides the photos in the folder. I don't want to be able to open or edit them in digiKam!!! I think you'll say no. But I wanted to suggest it. Andy
From digiKam album main menu or context menu, you can always open the desktop file manager from the current album to seen the hidden files. Other possibility (not yet implemented): in the Properties tab from the right sidebar, add an information about hidden files in digiKam and propose a link to open the file manager pointing to the album.
digiKam warns you if you delete an album containing file types not recognized by digiKam when permanently deleting it without moving it to the trash. The warning dialog also displays the unknown file extensions such as .txt, .xml, etc. If you delete the files to the trash, you can even see these unrecognized files in the trash view. Maik
I haven't seen a warning about foreign file formats when deleting files. Only the album that's being moved to the trash. Andy
Placeholders for the other files in the album would be really handy, as I could then move them to a different location along with the photos using digiKam. Or am I only allowed to move and delete files using Windows File Explorer? I just remembered that I often attach hotel bills or receipts for delicious meals as PDFs to my vacation photos. Sometimes I also attach XLS files to list all the trip's expenses. Andy
digiKam can only display files that are also in the database. And this is already possible; you can simply add files like PDF, TXT, or XLS as MIME types in the digiKam settings under View, for example, as the image MIME type. https://docs.digikam.org/en/setup_application/views_settings.html#mime-types-settings You might even have metadata for some files via ExifTool, and for some, even a thumbnail, e.g., for PDFs. For others, only a generic icon. The only drawback I see is that digiKam will repeatedly attempt to generate a thumbnail internally for file types where a thumbnail cannot be created. Maik
Yes. I think that's a good solution. I've already added the following formats to the audio list: "pdf txt xlsx". If I find any other formats, I'll add them. I just need to remember to do this on every PC. Thank you! Andy
Git commit 4dc33a1013cbc0a6447a123c5cb64de535baef1e by Gilles Caulier. Committed on 18/03/2026 at 07:26. Pushed by cgilles into branch 'master'. Add button on the top of the selection properties tab to open file manager with the current palbum or the current selection of items. FIXED-IN: 9.1.0 M +6 -1 core/libs/properties/itempropertiessidebardb.cpp M +4 -2 core/libs/properties/itempropertiessidebardb.h M +129 -34 core/libs/properties/itemselectionpropertiestab.cpp M +12 -1 core/libs/properties/itemselectionpropertiestab.h M +5 -0 core/libs/properties/itemsgroupedview.cpp M +2 -0 core/libs/properties/itemsgroupedview.h https://invent.kde.org/graphics/digikam/-/commit/4dc33a1013cbc0a6447a123c5cb64de535baef1e