[Shotwell] element spacing, tags and events

[Peter DO Smith]

Yes, agreed. Auto-complete is a good solution, especially when dealing
with large lists. In my own work I use them extensively, for example
when selecting a product from a product list of many thousands. The
advantage really comes to the fore if one has multi-word tags where
the auto-complete searches on all words in the tag.  But I would hate
to lose the drag and drop tagging, I find it very satisfying.

One of the additional features I would like is the capability to type
in a description for the photo. What I would like to do here is select
the photo and simply start typing. Any normal keystrokes after a photo
has been selected will indicate that I am entering a description. Then
any non-trivial word can be used to automatically tag the photo
Peter

On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 9:28 AM, Bengt Thuree <bengt at thuree.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 2010-07-12 at 08:49 +0200, Peter DO Smith wrote:
>> I find that my tag list is growing quickly and has become quite long.
>> This means that when I tag a photo by dragging it onto a tag I must
>> quite frequently scroll the tag list up or down to bring it into view.
>> The vertical spacing between the elements in the tag list seems quite
>> large. I would like to suggest that you reduce the vertical spacing in
>> the tag list. In this way more tags will be visible and less scrolling
>> will be required. I realise that the list scrolls automatically when
>> the dragged item is moved to the top or bottom of the list but this is
>> much too slow.
>>
>> I make these points because, for me, rapid tagging of photos is vital.
>> One of the features I particularly like about Shotwell is precisely
>> that tagging is so quick and intuitively simple. This is also why I
>> oppose hierarchical tags. Opening and closing the hierarchical tags
>> will slow down the tagging operation too much. Tagging is of course a
>> must if one wants to make sense of a large photo collection. But that
>> in turn requires that the application of tags be very fast and easy.
>> Shotwell, as it stands, is perfect in this respect.
>> Peter
>
> F-Spot's way of tagging is the fastest though.
> Simply press 't' for tagging, and start type, and it will complete the
> tag name for you (only need to type the first few letters, and you
> scroll among the alternatives).
>
> /Bengt
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