Update catalog when save image

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mkc73
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Update catalog when save image

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A bit of a trivial point but I find that when I edit an image in the browser and then save it, the catalog is not automatically updated. To update the catalog I have to go to the folder containing the new image before the catalog updates. I mostly work from the catalog filter so when I save the image I expect it to be available in the catalog filter but instead I have to go to folders and touch the folder containing the image and then go back to catalog filter to find it.
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Re: Update catalog when save image

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Maybe either change the default behaviour or provide an option to select?
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Re: Update catalog when save image

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How do you see that catalog is not updated?
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Re: Update catalog when save image

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Hi Pierre,
I can't reproduce the effect inthe current version of xnview i am using. on saving an image to a new location it did not appear when i went straight to search for a category it had set.
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Re: Update catalog when save image

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to reproduce
0. prerequisites
- have 2 folders inside 1 parent folder
- have 1 test jpg image with rating/label/category assigned in one of the folders
- delete XnView.db and Thumb.db files if any exist

Case A
1. open test img in Viewer via double click in win file explorer
2. press Ctrl+S and save as new image in 2nd folder under same or new name
3. close Viewer and check db
db contains only 1st image

Case B
1. open test img in Viewer via double click in win file explorer
2. close Viewer and check db
image has been cataloged
so it means - its not obligatory to open Browser to catalog at least current image (at maximum - full target directory)


expected behavior
I think both cases should be treated equally
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