I use lighttable mode to zoom and mark good images with a star, change filtering to show >= star, switch to darkroom, edit and export from there, switch to next image by Space. Rarely I return to lighttable, only to edit my styles or jump to a particular image.
> On Dec 16, 2015, at 6:28 AM, André Felipe Carvalho > <afelipe.carva...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Sometimes darktable makes me loose the job just done, or worse, erases the > wrong image . > > I think the way darktable set focus on a photo (selects it) at lighttable > (LT) mode often leads to unwanted action being executed. > > Scenario: > After processing an important image on darkroom mode, press L to return to > lighttable mode; > Viewing the thumbnails (mipmaps?), I select another image by clicking one > time at it, to select it. > Then, with the mouse, I click on Discard history stack and, Voilá!, it erases > the my work at the first image. > > Another scenario: > I select an image (click on it) on Lightroom, or come back from darkroom > after working on it. > Then I want to export it. But.... before hitting CTRL-E, I make a movement > (for example, my hand pushes the mouse by chance) with the mouse so that the > pointer hovers over another image. When I hit CTRL-E, the exported image will > be the last one, not the one that should be selected. > > This second scenario happened with more damage when the DELETE key worked as > hotkey for erasing images (this doesnt work anymore). At that time, I used to > loose photos, sometimes without even knowing wich one has vanished. > > So, in my opinion, the way darktable selects/de-selects, or acts on an image > where the mouse is just hovering over it, without even touching it, is messy. > For me, it often leads to unwanted actions. > > What's your experience on this matter? > > Cheers, > André > > -- > André Felipe > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/andrefelipecarvalho/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Darktable-users mailing list > Darktable-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/darktable-users
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