Ctrl+A not selecting files in lightable...

priort · July 8, 2021, 10:22pm

Can someone on a recent build of WIndows check and see if Ctrl+A is selecting files…I don’t think its my keyboard…

I’ll file an issue if it turns out to be real…

martin.scharnke · July 8, 2021, 11:17pm

Ctrl-A to select all files in Lighttable works fine for me on

3.7.0~git221.66e79e18fc-1

martin.scharnke · July 8, 2021, 11:19pm

Just updated to 3.7.0~git277.0f575bc2bd-1
Ctrl-A works fine there also.

mbs · July 8, 2021, 11:29pm

Could it be that you assigned that shortcut to something else?

priort · July 9, 2021, 1:28am

No I have not messed with the new shortcut tools yet but I will update right now and check it…I actually went in to try and set it and I could not figure out how… I found only references to select single image

Its likely in there somewhere…I do an updated build now and see what gives…
Thx

EDIT:
Mystery for now…deleted build dir and did the latest… 3.7.0~git277… as of now and still Ctrl A doesn’t work…

I found it defined in shortcutsrc config file…so no idea why it won’t work…

bracketleft=lib/timeline/start selection
bracketright=lib/timeline/stop selection
a;ctrl=lib/select/select all
a;shift;ctrl=lib/select/select none
b=global/toggle panels collapsing controls
b;shift;ctrl=global/toggle bottom panel
c;ctrl=lib/copy_history/copy
c;shift;ctrl=lib/copy_history/copy parts

s7habo · July 9, 2021, 2:53am

If you expand “select” menu in lighttable, it works. Otherwise not. There is something wrong. I use it in linux.

martin.scharnke · July 9, 2021, 4:20am

Good catch, Boris. I have the same behaviour: if I close the select section Ctrl-A does not work. However this may be by design, also.

s7habo · July 9, 2021, 5:18am

Yes, but that comes with unnecessary limitations. I have opened new issue:

github.com/darktable-org/darktable

[DT 3.7] The keyboard shortcuts work only if corresponding menu items are visible/active/opened

opened 05:13AM - 09 Jul 21 UTC

closed 08:56PM - 12 Jul 21 UTC

s7habo

bug: pending scope: UI

I just found out from issue #9464 that keyboard shortcuts behavior has basically… changed in darktable 3.6/3.7. Keyboard shortcuts work only if corresponding entries or menus are visible or active. In some cases this leads to unnecessary limitation of usability. An example is described in issue #9464. Ctrl+a selects only if the "select" menu in lighttable is expanded. Here is the short screen capture: https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/38165484/125025512-143fdf80-e083-11eb-8618-0f12f95bc942.mp4 Another example is my use of the keyboard shortcut "s" for creating a snapshot in darkroom. I used this keyboard shortcut to create a snapshot in full screen with closed side panels. This was very useful to compare before and after photos without disturbing side panels. This in turn I use as thumbnail for Youtube videos. Here is an example: ![Darktable_38](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/38165484/125025586-3b96ac80-e083-11eb-8d9d-3e3ffbf9a49f.jpg) This is not possible anymore: https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/38165484/125026294-88c74e00-e084-11eb-8234-013e48387527.mp4 **Expected behavior** Keyboard shortcuts should work regardless of the visibility/activation of the corresponding menu. **Platform** * darktable version :3.7.0~git277.0f575bc2bd-1 * Linux - Distro : Kubuntu 20.04 * OpenCL activated : yes

elstoc · July 9, 2021, 6:49am

The new shortcut system was a major overhaul. Regressions are to be expected for now. It will take a while to settle down I expect. Luckily we have 6 months until the next release so all this testing is very much appreciated.

Dave22152 · July 26, 2021, 5:35pm

This seems to be fixed in the Lighttable, but I’m finding similar problems when trying to select multiple files in the darktable filmstrip. Has anyone else seen this? If so, I can submit a report on Github

priort · July 26, 2021, 6:32pm

I’ll take a look…you could also try to see what it is mapped to…if nothing it should say something like no fallback…when you try it

Dave22152 · July 26, 2021, 6:38pm

No fallback… that’s what it says.

priort · July 26, 2021, 6:41pm

Then that is currently not mapped to that function any more or by accident…you can use the new shortcut system to try and add it…