Darktable export progress

Software darktable
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I have an issue when exporting images from darktable (5.7.0, but may have been there already earlier). Each time an image is ready there pops up a small window saying “Exporting image n/m”. On my Windows this window graps the focus, and I’m suddenly giving random keyboard shortcuts to darktable, instead of typing a document or writing an address to browser. I have set up two virtual desktops in my Win, and dt even switches the desktop. This makes it impossible to do something else while waiting the images to be exported.

Is there any setting that I could use to turn the progress window off? Or should I add a feature request / bug report in Github?

-Juha

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Searching the GitHub issues for “focus” gave me this:

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I have issues with DT5.6 on Windows stealing focus and this is a known issue. Can be a bit of a pain. I presume it affects all Windows users but I am not sure.

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No, I don’t think this issue is caused by that focus stealing issue. If fact, I’m pretty sure that one is fixed. I will close it.

The exact cause is not known but there’s a workaround in this ticket:

In short, make a launcher instead of running the native .exe.

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Hi,

This is not about the terminal window at the start. This relates to the small progress message appearing during export.

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A comment from a recent user on the first issue (focus stealing) said the launcher workaround fixes focus problems during export.

If that turns out to be wrong, it would be helpful if you added a comment. If you test to confirm first.

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Just a question about your reinstall on darktable

Did you just del and reinstall only the program files
Or did you start from scratch and del your config in your user dirs. Ie Db files as well

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Honestly, I don’t remember. Try the less aggressive option first.

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The workaround works. The title of the issue in Github was just misleading.

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I stand corrected. What I said before is incorrect. I deleted it because I can’t edit it.

I lose control during each export, even though Darktable doesn’t appear in the foreground.

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The problem for me in losing control during export is that I might go into another application and when I type certain letters DT interprets it as a keyboard shortcut so I end up marking images for rejection, get the map view or go into a slide show. This focus stealing didn’t happen in much early versions of DT. I don’t remember if it crept in with 5.4 or 5.6. I too am on Windows 11.

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There is a way that both of you could help: add a comment on the github issue page which launcher you used and if you had any trouble. I didn’t succeed with the PowerShell launcher, only with the VBS. I think we could use some data on what works well before we incorporate this workaround into the installer.

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Issue #21829 created.

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It pooped up around the same time as the fix for the incorrect color profiles with more than one monitor. Could be cause-and-effect or just a coincidence.

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The issue with toasts, you mean? The issue with thumbnails in lighttable was definitely caused by the multi-monitor change. It was a known problem, but maybe the developers didn’t realize how much it would annoy users.

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If most users dont like it, then do a PR to undo the change.

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I don’t think it (focus stealing related to lighttable thumbnails) is happening in master anymore.