---- Reported by adam@yorba.org 2010-05-14 09:28:00 -0700 ----

Original Redmine bug id: 1918
Original URL: http://redmine.yorba.org/issues/1918
Searchable id: yorba-bug-1918
Original author: Adam Dingle
Original description:

Shotwell currently displays extended photo information in a separate window.
Some users have asked for it to appear in a sidebar area instead (as in some
other photo programs such as Aperture).  I think this is worth considering.

Related issues:
related to shotwell - Feature #2401: show more information in basic
information area (Open)
related to shotwell - Feature #1928: Extended information in popup menu (Open)
related to shotwell - Feature #2400: show more metadata in extended
information (Open)
related to shotwell - Feature #5709: display seconds in photo date/time (Fixed)



---- Additional Comments From shotwell-maint@gnome.bugs 2012-07-31 03:38:00 -0700 ----

### History

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#1

Updated by Marcel Stimberg over 3 years ago

I also would like to see the extended information in the sidebar – I was
quite surprised when a new window showed up. Given that in the menu it is
below “basic information†and worded the same, I expected it to be another
checked/unchecked option.

Having something like a Gtk.Notebook or Gtk.!ToolPalette in the sidebar
(similar to F-Spot) would also open room for future extensions, e.g.
displaying a map for geotagged pictures.

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#2

Updated by Alexander Menk over 3 years ago

  * **Priority** set to _High_

I do not like the idea of Tabs so much (is that was a Gtk.Notebook does) ? I
think some + signes or triangles would be cool to add the additional
information you want.

And I think this could also be a place for some nice extended buttons to use
all those bits of information nicely.

    
    
    
    Basic [+]
    
     ....
    
    Disk [+]
    
      Path  /home/foo/bar/baz.jpg  [ Open Folder ] [ Open File With ... ]
    
    GPS [+]
    
     Lat: Lon:   [ Show on OpenStreetMap ]
    
    ...
    
    

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#3

Updated by Adam Dingle over 3 years ago

  * **Priority** deleted (<strike>_High_</strike>)

Dropping to medium; will not happen for 0.7.

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#4

Updated by Ruth - almost 3 years ago

I also think it would be much more convenient to have the extended information
in de sidebar.

As it is now, I always select 'always on top' for that window, because
otherwise it will disappear below the shotwell window whenever I select
another photo. But still that is also a bit inconvenient, because then it is
difficult to position it so that is isn't over the picture.

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#5

Updated by Adam Dingle over 2 years ago

  * **Priority** set to _High_

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#6

Updated by anarcat - over 2 years ago

Please keep it simple, just get rid of the popup would be the right first
step. :)

These issues would be also closed if we merge the boxes: #2779 #2400 #2401

In fact, #2401 had an interesting suggestion: just show the information from
the extended info box in the basic info box when it is resized! #2779 suggests
the window be dockable, but that seems like only a crude workaround. I was
tempted to close the issue as a dupe of this one altogether, but I am not sure
this is culturally acceptable here. ;)

Also note this could be in conflict with what was apparently decided in #1928,
to make the extended info box a real popup accessible with a right click, but
as I said there, I think we can do both.

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#7

Updated by Adam Dingle about 2 years ago

  * **Subject** changed from _possibly display extended information in sidebar_ to _display extended information in sidebar_
  * **Description** updated (diff)

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#8

Updated by Adam Dingle over 1 year ago

  * **Description** updated (diff)
  * **Target version** set to _0.13_

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#9

Updated by Adam Dingle over 1 year ago

  * **Target version** deleted (<strike>_0.13_</strike>)



--- Bug imported by chaz@yorba.org 2013-11-25 21:44 UTC  ---

This bug was previously known as _bug_ 1918 at http://redmine.yorba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1918

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