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1.4.3: Renaming labels in Settings does not work correctly

Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2023 11:39 am
by PhotonTamer
Version 1.4.3 64bits (Feb 25 2023)
OS: Windows 10 Pro 64bit / Language: German

Problem:
When trying to rename color-coded labels in Tools > Settings > Metadata > Labels, the new name for that label is either inconsistently updated or not at all. Often, is is only changed after a restart, sometimes it's not possible to change it back to the old name. The labels of the lower four ones (in my version labeled Orange, Grey, Schwarz, Weiß cannot be changed at all.
(Additionally, moving through the fields by using the TAB key makes the cursor jump erraticly into different fields instead of going through it field by field, line by line)

Effect:
Color-coded labels cannot be renamed easily/consistently into something useful, e.g. "For slideshow".

To reproduce:
1. Go to Tools > Settings > Metadata > Labels
2. Rename a label
3. See if the name has been updated
4. Try to rename it back
5. Try to do this with other labels or more than one at a time, especially with the lower ones (Orange, Grey...)
6. Sometimes, closing XNViewMP and restarting it will do the trick. Sometimes, it won't.

Actual behaviour (bug): Changes in label names aren't updated immediately, often it needs several attempts or even a restart of the program :bug:

Expected behaviour: Changes in label names should be updated immediately after pressing "OK" or at least after re-starting the software.

Re: 1.4.3: Renaming labels in Settings does not work correctly

Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2023 12:58 pm
by xnview
There is an issue with new labels. Do you have the problem with 5 first labels?

Re: 1.4.3: Renaming labels in Settings does not work correctly

Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2023 8:39 am
by PhotonTamer
xnview wrote: Thu Mar 23, 2023 12:58 pm There is an issue with new labels.
OK, then the part of my bug report regarding the labels 6-9 is already a known issue.
Thanks for pointing me into the right direction.
Do you have the problem with 5 first labels?
Apparently not anymore... weird! :shock:

When I tried to change them, the changes weren't consistently recognized by XNView. Sometimes, I needed several attempts to change a label, including multiple restarts of XNView. And I couldn't change the label back to the default value (which are German words in my version, no matter what language I select) - I finally had to use similar words, e.g. with added dots.

Today, it works without any trouble...

Only remaining issue is the weird order of the fields when moving the cursor by using the TAB key.