If opened from context menu correct folder not showed

[Zoran Nasev]

Binary package hint: gthumb

If I open multiple selected images from file browser context menu (open with gthumb), even if the folder is selected, catalogs are displayed. If I need to show folder, I must switch to catalogs and switch back to folders.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Jun 3 14:27:52 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gthumb
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: gthumb 3:2.10.8-0ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gthumb
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-17-generic i686

[mjc (mjc-avtechpulse)]

If you select multiple files, gThumb is supposed to go into the catalog mode and show the "Command Line Catalog". That part of your report is "not a bug".

However, the Catalog/Folder buttons for switching modes do seem to be broken. This has been reported upstream as http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=536428.

- Mike

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

thanks Michael.

[Zoran Nasev (nasevz)]

If multiple files are selected and all of them are from same folder, the behavior to choose "Command Line Catalog" is not logical to me. I usually browse with file browser and when I enter the folder which contains pictures I want to see or edit, I select them all and open with gthumb. Something like "browse with gthumb" is the option I am trying to mimic.

Zoran

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

Thanks for taking time to report this and help make ubuntu better. Can any please confirm if this issue still exists with the version in karmic/lucid

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

actually the latest version is only in Lucid. I am working on a ppa for karmic If I am successful I will give the link

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

Please try the latest version of gthumb for this ppa and see if that solves the problem https://launchpad.net/~om26er/+archive/gthumb

[Nasevz (nasevz-yahoo)]

I tried to install, but without success. After installation, there is no gthumb executable in the system.

> Can any please confirm if this issue still exists with the version in karmic/lucid

The bug still exists in karmic. #2 reply by Michael Chudobiak claims that it is intended behavior. The problem is if I open selected images with gthumb, the folder from which they are originating is not set as current folder. If you try to rename, image disappears from command line catalog (it is in it's folder but not shown in gthumb). If you try to scale, all scaled images are not saved in the folder from which are opened but in the home folder by default and also disappear from gthumb.
If I click Catalogs and Folders after that, operations are done in the correct folder.