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Sorting order in Lighttable (small issue, have workaround/fix)
Is there an existing issue for this?
- [x] I checked and did not find my issue in the already reported ones
Describe the bug
The sorting in the lighttable has a feature: When you sort on a property (filename, capture time, etc) and then on something else, the first one becomes the second sorting key.
This led to rather strange behaviour which I have now fixed.
I was editing photos and moving to the next and the next using
Steps to reproduce
Go to light table
Sort on modification time
then sort on capture time
Edit a photo that is part of a high speed capture
move to the next photo by pressing
... find that sometimes it has skipped 2 or 3 photos. Also the sorting order in the lighttable changes.
I want to acknowledge: This is perfectly explicable when you know how it works. This is precisely how it is programmed. However, from the user experience it is really weird that the sorting order sometimes suddenly changes (it only happens with burst photos). It is working as designed but from the users perspective it looks and feels unpredictable.
If a user never worked out that the previous sorting key becomes the secondary sorting key, they can be stuck with this for decades and never work out why it's strange.
Expected behavior
perhaps always use the filename as second key and capture time as tertiary key. Or never use mod-time as a secondary key when Capture time is the primary key.
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Where did you obtain darktable from?
darktable.org / GitHub release
darktable version
5.2
What OS are you using?
Linux
What is the version of your OS?
Linux mint
Describe your system
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Are you using OpenCL GPU in darktable?
None
If yes, what is the GPU card and driver?
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