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I think there is one more thing to implement: An option to assign a keyboard shortcut to enter the new search field in Category Sets pane.
Currently you have to click into the field which is not handy.
For the Categories pane, such an option exists, which is very helpful for rapidly assigning ...

I don’t think you’re following.


I am following your ideas very well don't worry.

I have showed you several ways to overcome your issue. The current XnViewMP versions offer solutions to find and display files of subcategories located in different hierarchies without real problems.

And this is ...

But both of those images had to be tagged separately, right?

The way you are searching is the way I am suggesting images be tagged: both as “outdoor”. Then, If you want to organize later into hierarchies that combine tags , you can do so without retagging (eg “people” or “places”). Forcing tags ...

yeah but that assumes you have tagged the other images with a different “outdoor” tag, separate from the people/wedding/etc heirarchy, right?


I don't know if I understand you correctly. Here is my example:

1 file tagged with category: 'People|Couple|Wedding|Weather|Sunshine|Outdoor'
1 file ...

But it is a secondary page and not very convenient to open.

To make it a little bit easier, you can put the search icon on the toolbar. But I agree it would be nice, if it was possible to execute the saved searches easier.
A solution could be, to make the search icon in the toolbar a dropdown ...

Have you looked into the search that you can reach via the menu or STRG + F?

You should able to save searches there. But I agree it would nice to reach saved searches from the toolbar.

In your example:
‘People|Couple|Wedding|Weather|Sunshine|Outdoor'

What if you have lots of “Outdoor” images but they are not of People, and you’d like to see all images “outdoor”?


With the actual version of XnViewMP my preferred way is to use the quick search. That said I would type 'outdoor ...

I have several suggestions for the search function:

1. Is it possible to make the search window in a way that it can be used as pane, so it can be made always visible (for cases when you have to many searches in a row)?

2. I have just looked at the comparing operators that are available for ...

Thank you for the reply, Pierre!

This limitation makes tagging not much different than organizing in folders... Is there any specification out there that would allow the same keyword to be represented under multiple parents? This is really powerful for organization and finding what you need no ...

xnview wrote: Fri May 07, 2021 7:10 am in browser or viewer mode? But SPACE is not the shortcut, it's Ctrl+T or do you have changed it?

But @M-a-v is right, in previous versions, spacebar has tagged a file, meaning that it triggered the checkbox.

Maybe it is bug or a feature suggestion:

The new input field for category sets does not clear when selecting another file. I think it should clear.

1. Go to Category Sets
2. Select a file
3. Assign category with new input field
4. Switch to another file

Result is that the new input field keeps ...

Like this? viewtopic.php?p=168876#p168876

The question is, if you have moved them in XnViewMP or in the Windows Explorer?

Ah! Yes, that's necessary information. I think this happens only when images are moved in Explorer. I seem to remember moving images within XnVew and not having the problem.


And that's the problem. XnviewMP has ...

KLE-France wrote: Fri Apr 16, 2021 4:39 pm However, when images are moved—I've noticed this before—there remains a sort-of "ghost" thumbnail when filtering images with the Categories (keyword) function.

The question is, if you have moved them in XnViewMP or in the Windows Explorer?

But commonly, people use the word "tagging" to mean "Add keywords on photos". That's the reason for the title of this thread. "Keywording" would have been a best choice.
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- check a category in "Categories" pane with Settings, metadata, export, ( iptc or xmp or xmp sideacr) enabled
- use custom ...