Sort Images in light table view by DT Tags

Software darktable
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Hi,

I would like to have DarkTable sort by an arbitrary tag (in my case “Shot” which is the ShotList information for the picture) in the light table view…

I think that an easy way to implement it for everybody would be to support a custom sort string using the variables that DT already supports.

https://docs.darktable.org/usermanual/4.0/en/special-topics/variables/

I would set it up just like the export string when you export a picture.

I don’t mind doing the implementation, I just want to know that its likely to be accepted and that it doesn’t already exist.

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But how does that let me sort the images inside the Light Table View?

For me, that lets me filter by the tags, but I want to change the order of the images based on the values in a tag.

I’m using this version: 4.5.0+1215~g09d4d3c69d

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I misunderstood what you asked for. I still don’t understand what you are trying to archive.

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Welcome to the forum. I too am confused what you are proposing here?

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Something like this is what you are talking about … "shotlist" Auto-Generate an excel list with thumbnails!

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Yeah, something along those lines.

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There are already a number of ways to sort images, as described in the manual.

otoh, from your description, I get the impression you want to sort on a keyword tag. That’s not possible, as those don’t have values…

So I don’t understand what you want to achieve.

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Frederick, you were on the right track, but rvietor was unaware that DT does support what you want … it’s just not well-documented! See my proposed additions to the DT user manual at:

proposed custom sort documentation and extensions.

I’m cleaning up the text and will submit a pull request for this update soon, but I have not yet found any error or substantial omission in what I’ve written to date.

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" DT does support what you want … "

Well, maybe not exactly what you had in mind, but perhaps the existing custom sort for tagged collections plus my #1 wish list item gets pretty close.

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@BillC : It may be just a matter of how I read the original request. For me “sorting by” means sort using the values of a variable (e.g. filename, date, iso). Tags don’t have values (*), so you cannot “sort by” a tag. Of course, a custom sort (or any of the defined sort orders) on images selected by a tag should work.

(*: unless you consider them booleans, then they can have two values)