https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=513381
Bug ID: 513381
Summary: Add AND/OR Toggle to Right Sidebar Tags Filter for
Quick, Intuitive Intersection Searches
Classification: Applications
Product: digikam
Version First 8.9.0
Reported In:
Platform: Microsoft Windows
OS: Microsoft Windows
Status: REPORTED
Severity: wishlist
Priority: NOR
Component: Albums-Filters
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Target Milestone: ---
SUMMARY
The left-hand sidebar's Tags Filter uses only OR (union) logic for multiple
tags, which on multi-select (Ctrl-shift) broadens results but reduces
specificity. Adding a simple toggle/radio button for AND (intersection) would
enable rapid, exploratory searches like "Do I have photos matching all these
tags?" This isn't about adding complexity (e.g., no mixed AND/OR groups)—just a
quick switch to make the filter more powerful for real-world use
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows:
macOS:
(available in the Info Center app, or by running `kinfo` in a terminal window)
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Imagine a family photo library tagged by people ("kids"), locations ("beach"),
and events ("vacation"). With the current tag (OR) filter, selecting these
returns everything—all kid photos, all beach shots, all vacations—creating a
mess of thousands of irrelevant results. But with an AND toggle, you could
quickly ask: "Do I have photos of the kids at the beach during vacation?" and
see only the exact matches. Advanced query options are great for complex
searches, but they are slow to setup, and the lack of smart matches on tag
names means you have to either hope that text match is both correct and
exclusive enough, or you have to navigate a tree, and do this per condition.
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