https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=510691
Bug ID: 510691
Summary: Renaming files with the same name but with a new,
different sort order in a folder
Classification: Applications
Product: digikam
Version First 8.7.0
Reported In:
Platform: Other
OS: Microsoft Windows
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: AdvancedRename-album
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Target Milestone: ---
DigiKam 8.7.0 for Windows 11.
This is the task I want to do. I collect a set of photos from a tour, say
Vienna June 2025. I want to order them by drag/drop and then given them a
sequential file name, say “Vienna June 2025 _1, ”, “Vienna June 2025 _2” etc.
Ordering is OK in DigiKam. I set sort order to “Manual and Name”.
But renaming is a problem. I mark them all and set the name to “Vienna June
2025 #”. First, DigiKam refuses to name all files. It stops and reports:
“ An error occurred while renaming 10 images.
Do you want to rename these images again or rename these images by
overwriting?”
Renaming again fails time and again.
If I then choose overwrite, the result is that my ordering is broken and the
files appear in some queer unwanted order.
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Perhaps I have a clue.
First, I think it would be a good idea to have DigiKam refresh the folder/album
when any changes have taken place that might change sort order. I get surprises
when I refresh manually.
Second, the errors seem related to renaming files after having changed sort
order. For instance, I first name my photos “Vienna June 1, 2, 3” etc just to
separate them from files from other shoots. Then I move all the Vienna files to
a subfolder. I have them sorted by “Manual and Name”. Now I reorder them by
drag + drop. When I have the desired order, I rename them with the same names
“Vienna June 1, 2, 3” but in a new order.
Then the problem described above starts!
But I can avoid it (as far as I have tried) by first renaming the files in the
new sort order given as “Vienna 13, 9, 2” into “ABC 1, 2, 3”. The final step
is then to assign them the final name I want, i.e. “Vienna June 1, 2, 3”.
That is, if a I choose an intermediate step with a name unrelated to the
initial and final names, I seem to steer clear of trouble and get the names on
the files in the right order corrected.
I hope you can understand the problem clearly enough to fix it. Otherwise, I
like DigiKam’s DAM features very much.
Best regards
Bertil Rolf
Baden bei Wien
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