Module Presets UI issue in DT 5.0.0 on W11

[Alex_K (Alexey Khramtsov)]

Hello!

I’ve encountered a problem with module presets UI in DT 5.0.0 on Windows 11.
In DT 5.0.0 clicking the module presets list icon opens a list with mouse pointer hovering on top of it just like in 4.8.1.

The problem - DT 5.0.0 applies a preset the mouse happens to be hovering over on opening the preset list on it’s own. The issue doesn’t exist on a Mac but I don’t use it for editing photos.

I’ve reverted back to DT 4.8.1 for now.

If anyone else is having this problem please let me know if it’s solvable. Although it definitely looks like a bug to me.

Some software/hardware data in case it’s relevant:
Windows version: 23H2, build 22631.4602.
Hardware: i5 13600k, MSI RTX 3060Ti, GIGABYTE Z790 Gaming X AX, 32Gb DDR 5 SDRAM.

[kofa (István Kovács)]

See Diffuse and Sharpen Preset selection issue.....

[Alex_K (Alexey Khramtsov)]

Thank you! My preset lists are indeed very long. The fix is merged so I’ll wait for the next release then. 4.8.1 will do until then.

[kofa (István Kovács)]

Or a nightly build from GitHub.

[Terry (Terry Pinfold)]

I am on 5.1.0+24 weekly build supplied for Windows on this forum and the problem seems fixed.

darktable windows insider program 12/29

Here’s the link to the latest weekly build of darktable 5.1, Dropbox. The list of latest changes is at Comparing cb9dbe59ee…8855ec9e8c darktable-org/darktable · GitHub

[Redbrook (Mustafa K.)]

I posted today a message dealing with a similar problem regarding the module presets in DT 5.0.0 on Windows 10. Please see my message following the link:

Darktable 5.0.0 Windows 10, mouse operation

I have installed Darktable, version 5.0.0 under Windows 10 two weeks ago and could work without any problem. Since yesterday, I suddenly noticed that the left mouse click does not function in the opened preset menus of all modules. Here an example using sigmoid module. By a left mouse click the preset menu opens. Then, when I left click on “smooth” nothing happens. Only, a right click on “smooth” works, but in this case a new instance will be created with “smooth”. I have to delete t…

The left mouse click does nothing in my case. Right mouse click works correctly, i.e. the preset selected will be activated as a new instance of that module. As interim solution I hover the mouse on the preset option. When it is highlighted I press return key.

I think this is a bug. This behaviour applied to presets of all modules.

[MStraeten (MartinSt)]

if it worked for two weeks and you didn’t installed an updated developer version then first check your system for changes.

[kofa (István Kovács)]

Try the following:

• quit darktable
• rename C:\Users\<your user>\AppData\Local\darktable\shortcutsrc (e.g. to shortcutsrc.bak); under Linux, it should normally be: .config/darktable/shortcutsrc (with FlatPak, probably something else; locate shortcutrsrc should find it)
• restart

If that does not help, do the same with darktablerc (again: quit, rename, restart).

If either of those help, you can try restoring the file, making a copy, and start removing files from the ‘active’ version (that is, shortcutsrc or darktablerc).

[Redbrook (Mustafa K.)]

Hello Martin, István,

yesterday I solved the issue with the mouse, by downloading and installing the nightly release v5.1.0+47 from GitHub. Before that I de-installed v5.0.0 and installed again, but it did not help.

Now the problem has gone.

[kofa (István Kovács)]

Uninstalling darktable does not remove the configuration and database files, so of course it did not help.

Glad your problem is solved, though.