XnView Software

Surprenant ! Chez moi ça fonctionne ...
(XnViewMP V1.9.3 avec Windows 10 )

It seems that since adding the “Number of pages” icon or the second ‘Companion’ icon, my color image “info.png” no longer works very well.
At least a 12 x 12 pixel square must be added to the right.

Why two Companion icons ? (Compagnon pour la traduction en Français)

Sometimes, I change my keyword choices for sets of photos that I select. As mentioned in another thread, keywords previously used on some of the photos appear grayed out, while those that exist in all the photos in the selection have their checkbox checked. This allows me to view the indexing status ...

I think XnViewMP must read xmp data of each image before knowing if the update is necessary or not.
There is no guarantee that the catalog matches the photo data before running the operation.
This is precisely the way for the user to ensure that, after the operation, the catalog will be ...

Faites avant tout une copie de sauvegarde de votre fichier xnview.db , au cas ou il y aurait quelque chose à récupérer ...
Créez un fichier texte contenant un mot ...
Dans le panneau catégories, cliquez la flèche de menu déroulant
Cliquez Gestion des catégories, importer un fichier de catégories
et ...

With ExifTool (used in xnViewMP as an AddOn) , we can find in your photo :
1) IPTC:Keywords : Venice, La Biennale, VIP, culture, famous, celebrities, film, news, people, photo, entertainment
2) IPTC:Headline : 81nd Venice international film festival, Venice, Italy
3) IPTC:Caption-Abstract : Venice ...

Search on file names only ?
1) In displayed files : Quick search field in toolbar : aaa.*bbb|bbb.*aaa


2) In a folder and all subfolders ? Use Tools > search
Select the parent folder, and
- Search in catalog
- Search in subfolders
- Use Regular Expression
Enter aaa.*bbb|bbb.*aaa in "Filename" field ...

Or referring to : "File > Open with... > Configure" feature ?

see How to use ExifTool in XnViewMP
( but some things may have changed since i wrote this tuto )

but I don't recall any app that uses separate matching option at condition level

FastPhotoTagger (freeware .jar app) can work on any tag managed by ExifTool... even in it's DataBase, and queries can be built with "And" and "OR" for each tag
But it's not as convenient as Xnview

Are you working or doing your tests only in C:\Users\TNTol\OneDrive\ ?
Did you try anywhere else ?
Perhaps this folder is a case of unexpected behavior ?

"Settings, Catalog, Import folders" should work...
Be sure that import options are enabled in Settings Metadata.

But sometimes, old entries can stay in the table shown in Settings, Catalog and perhaps can block importation ?

If you want to take advantage of the "catalog filter" feature, it's easier to use categories. Once you've chosen your export options (iptc or xmp in Settings>metadata), there's no reason to change them or make mistakes; your keywords will be automatically handled correctly and quickly in the (JPG ...

In "Change timestamp" screen, choose the dates to update :
- The three exif dates can accept any date like 1890-01-29
- Let File created and file modified dates unchanged (unmark these checkboxes)

When displaying or sorting photos, use an exif date instead of file system dates. Most of fields that ...

Be careful not to confuse the XnViewMP "Categories" tool for managing keywords, and the "Iptc category" metadata that no one uses anymore.
You can read this post for explanations
https://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?p=179720#p179720


I suggest using the "Categories" panels to add keywords to ...

If you have few custom settings, you can rename your xnview.ini file to xnviewini.old before starting XnViewMP.
A new xnview.ini will be created... and perhaps the problem will be solved
Otherwise, maybe a category name contains many blank characters or special characters that add a line break ?