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After last update (1.9.4) keywords assigned to images in unclear order. Previously, it was possible to use the ordered arrangement of keywords in the TAGS table of the XNVies.db file to assign them conveniently to image files. As example
D; E; A|F; Y; B
where keywords in TAGS was listed like

H
D
iik
E
A
Y
B
F (parent A)
...
So now they assigned neither alphabetically nor according to the ordinal number in the table - F; Y; B; E; A; D or somthg. Is there a trick to get the old functionality back? Well, except for rolling back to the old version

sounds like you re doing weird things, show some pictures

ps. categories order in the app is and always must be alphabetical

user0 wrote: Thu Oct 02, 2025 6:26 am sounds like you re doing weird things, show some pictures

ps. categories order in the app is and always must be alphabetical

Pre 1.9.4: and in explorer: 1.9.4:
now strange sorting in xmp bot no changes in TAGS table so in explorer keywords with new order too (maybe inversed but not 100% sure)

Well, seems it inversed now: child category XX last in table, but first in order AND separated from its parent
Is this a bug, or is it supposed to be like this?

database has nothing to do with the order in which data is written to the file

you can request 'Write Keywords in alphabetic order' feature
which on write event will read all keywords(existing+new), sort them, and write in order(one-by-one?)

user0 wrote: Thu Oct 02, 2025 9:36 am database has nothing to do with the order in which data is written to the file

you can request 'Write Keywords in alphabetic order' feature
which on write event will read all keywords(existing+new), sort them, and write in order(one-by-one?)

As you can see XMP tags are recorded strictly in the order they appear in the database - see screenshots previous posts. At least prior 1.9.4.

Banta wrote: Thu Oct 02, 2025 9:41 am As you can see XMP tags are recorded strictly in the order they appear in the database - see screenshots previous posts. At least prior 1.9.4.

Keywords are sorted, why it's a problem?

xnview wrote: Sun Oct 12, 2025 2:47 pm

Banta wrote: Thu Oct 02, 2025 9:41 am As you can see XMP tags are recorded strictly in the order they appear in the database - see screenshots previous posts. At least prior 1.9.4.

Keywords are sorted, why it's a problem?

In Windows explorer images gets Keywords from XMP tags. So prior 1.9.4 was a trick to arrange them in a special way. By default, tags were filled in according to the order they were added to the database, which was also non-alphabetical. It was possible to prepare a keywords file for import into the program's database in such a way that the XMP tags were arranged in a custom order. After last update this trick broken - the order of xmp tags was reversed relative to their appearance in the database. Is it possible to return to the previous xmp tag assignment system, or will I have to flip the import file and hope that everything works?

Thanks to your detailed description I can reproduce the problem.

This problem is supposed to be fixed in XnView MP 1.9.6. Please check and confirm the bug fix here.