Re: Strange Filter Behavior

I'm not sure, but here is a thought. Consider this hierarchy:

root
     A
         B
         C

In settings, make DK write to sidecar files in all cases.  If you select 
an image and click a tags check mark at level "B", and then synchronize, 
inspection of the sidecar shows DK created tag "A" *and tag "*A/B".  If 
you remove the check mark from "A", the tag "A" is removed, but tag 
"A/B" is not.  To DK, the */entire path/* is the tag.  If, in the 11 
files that did not work, there is not a tag for each level of the path 
from root to leaf, you would get the behavior you observe.

On 11/28/2025 6:16 PM, Wes Stephenson wrote:
>
> I have a very strange situation.  As part of my Digikam 8.6.0 
> organization structure, I have a hierarchical tag structure that is 
> Tags > Events > Year > Event Name.  An example is Tag > Events > 1984 
> > 1984-05-14 - Cape Hatteras Surfing.
>
> The idea is that I can take all photos from a year and assign them 
> under Events, like "1984" in the example  Then I can take certain 
> photos and assign them to a specific event, liked "1984-05-14 - Cape 
> Hatteras Surfing" in the example.
>
> I have 42 years (1984 through 2025) structured like this.
>
> After assigning all photos to specific events, I always have photos 
> left over in that year that aren't tagged with any event.  I am trying 
> to identify these non-event random photo so I can tag them with a tag 
> named "Not Currently in Event".
>
> I've successfully done this for 31 of 42 by using the following method.
>
>   * I choose the album for a year, which is found under Tag > Year, a
>     higher level and different part of my tag structure than the
>     Events subtag section.
>   * I then select all Event check boxes for that year using the Filter
>     tab at right.
>   * I select all these with Cntl-A.
>   * I then click the year tag box at top of the Events folder so the
>     non-event photos show as well. Now all photos for that year appear
>     with only the photos which are assigned to an Event highlighted.
>   * I then click Invert Selection, and the non-Event photos will be
>     highlighted instead.
>   * I add the now-highlighted photos to the "Not Currently in Event" tag.
>   * Now all photos in a year are assigned either to an Event or the
>     tag "Not Currently in Event", so all photos of the year are
>     categorized.
>
> For 31 of the Years this worked. But for 11 of these Years, when I 
> clicked the Year box, and all the photos appears, ALL the photos are 
> now highlighted rather than just the Event categorized photos.  So I 
> can't tell what I should add to the "Not Currently in Event" tag category.
>
> There must be some structural difference to how I tagged photos in 
> these 11 galleries.  Or perhaps there is a Digikam glitch?
>
> I've gone round and round with ChatGPT to try and solve this behavior 
> but to no avail.  ChatGPT keeps giving me things to try, but none work.
>
> Does anyone know what might be happening?  I can gladly supply screen 
> shots to help diagnose.
>
> Thank, Wes
>
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