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Always after 'Edit XMP>Write', 'Preferences' becomes greyed??

After testing it. Not Always after 'Edit XMP>Write',sometimes it happens at second or third edit...

Couldn't find the exact pattern to accurately reproduce but when changing between different drives and folders looks more prone to ...

Tif file has embedded xmp data

But I'm refering to quick search , which works only with IPTC ¿Isn't it? ¿Or is there a different treatement in terms of searchability for XMP embedded VS XMP sidecar?

which options?

Right. I Learned this, thanks

I was going to ask you why the tif which has not IPTC at all was working in Quick search... but I realized its working because "crane" is also a category created as I had checked "Import XMP subject or IPTC keyword to Catalog's Categories" (now unchecked) .... and ...

Right, too rush methodology the one I done to test. I moved two keywords to different fields several times to test if quick search can find these keywords in fields different to description (to test if the problem was the field description dc: ) Next day I sent you the file, had forgotten this ...

For the jpg "playa"
For the tif "crane"
Before (Clear al IPTC fields) the jpg "playa" was giving result on search

No it's not the issue. I'm doing right creating sidecar XMP in Xnview.

The point is that these sidecar XMP files don't work for search or quick search when you look for a keyword previously created with XNView. I guess XNView uses solely embedded metadata for search.

If you perform a search by ...

PM with link to test files sent

Hi. Must correct one thing, the test files I used from Darktable, have embeded XMP not sidecar. So I deduct the searching bug appears only when a sidecar XMP is used.

XnView: Version 1.4.3 64bits (Feb 25 2023)
MacOs 12.6.3

Hello.

<Short description of the problem.>
No search neither quick search do find the keyword applied from "Edit XMP" by the sidecar file itself. Both search and quick search find the keyword depending on the IPTC field which is created when ...

Hello, thanks for the good work.

Not 100% sure about replying in this post to explain mi issue, but seems related .

" Tools > metadata > edit XMP. Make sure option "create or update IPTC" is activated in the dialog options.
- as soon as the edit XMP has closed" -> the thumbnail dissapears from the ...