GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 137268
Provide a way to manage thumbnails from within the GIMP
Last modified: 2018-05-24 10:59:45 UTC
As discussed in bug #137176, it would be nice if the GIMP could provide a way to manage the thumbnails, especially for users who have a desktop that does not follow the freedesktop recommendations. That includes all non- free desktops (e.g., Windows) but also many free desktops that predate the freedesktop efforts. So the feature is not depending on the OS, but rather on the environment in which the GIMP is currently running. The minimal functions that should be provided for managing the thumbnails are: - view the total size occupied by the thumbnails - delete all thumbnails A smarter implementation may also provide the following features, but they are not required for a minimal implementation: - view the existing thumbnails - delete specific thumbnails - delete all thumbnails that were not accessed in the last N days - update the existing thumnails If necessary, this feature could be implemented by a cross-platform standalone tool that would always be bundled together with the GIMP.
I started to work on such a tool already. It's rather basic right now but I could spend a few more hours on it when 2.0 is finally out.
That sounds almost like the beginning of the Photoshop filebrowser, but for Thumbnails. That may be a nice management tool, but the most important aspect (for users of non-Unix/Linux desktops like MacOS and Windows at least) is an option under Preferences to set the thumbnail Cache size, much like in a Web browser, so you can cap it at say 50Mb, at which point the oldest (by modification date) are purged. Similarly, as with a browser cache, an option to clear the cache via a Bin icon or button would be good. Possibly under this option, purge only items older than X days/weeks/months. Showing the path to the thumbnails folder as with the other Folder options would be good also, if people want to see and manage it in their file browser. The Thumbnail view in Explorer, for instance, is a sufficient management tool. It can be arranged by date, and the entire content can be viewed at a glance. Same thing for every other file manager that has Thumbnail previews, be it Linux or MacxOS. Though I don't know if Linux file browsers like Nautilus or Konqueror actually draws its thumbnails from there, so I don't know how that works.
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