# Menu Descriptions

## The main &digikam; window

### The Album Menu

Album Menu

&Alt;Left Album Back

- Go back to the previously visited View using history.

&Alt;Right Album Forward

- Go forward to the previously visited View using history. You can only go forward if you've just gone back.

&Ctrl;N Album New Album

- Create a new album folder.

Album Edit Album Properties

- Edit the currently selected album title, caption and collection.

F5 Album Refresh

- Refresh the current view in the Main Window.

Album Synchronize images with database

- Synchronize the metadata between database and the file's metadata of all items of the current Main Window. The images will inherit the database metadata, not the other way around as in this menu.

Album Open in &konqueror;

- Open &konqueror; with the current Album path.

&Ctrl;I Album Import Add Images

- Select images to be added to the currently selected Album.

Album Import Import Folders

- Select folders to be imported like Albums to the currently selected Album

Album Import Scan Images

- Kipi-plugin for image acquisition with a scanner.

  See the dedicated Acquire Images manual for more information.

Album Import Screenshot

- Kipi-plugin to take a screenshot.

  See the dedicated Acquire Images manual for more information.

Album Export Archive to &CD;/DVD

- Kipi-plugin to archive Albums to &CD; or DVD using K3b.

  See the dedicated &CD; Archiving manual for more information.

Album Export Export to Flickr...

- Kipi-plugin to upload or update images to Flickr server.

  See the dedicated Flickr Export manual for more information.

Album Export Remote Gallery sync...

- Kipi-plugin to upload or update images to web galleries.

  See the dedicated Gallery Export manual for more information.

Album Export&HTML; Gallery

- Kipi-plugin to create a &HTML; gallery with Albums.

  See the dedicated Images Gallery manual for more information.

Album Export Print Wizard

- Kipi-plugin to print Album images.

  See the dedicated Print Wizard manual for more information.

Album Export SimpleViewer export

- Kipi-plugin to export to SimpleViewer.

  See the dedicated SimpleViewer manual for more information.

Album Delete Album/Move Album to trash

- Delete/Move to trash selected Album and all items in it.

&Ctrl;Q Album Quit

- Quit &digikam;

### The Tag Menu

Tags Menu

Tag New Tag

- Create a new Tag entry in the Albums Database.

Tag Edit Tag Properties

- Edit the properties of the currently selected Tag.

Tag Delete Tag

- Remove the currently selected Tag from the Album's Database.

### The Image Menu

Image Menu

F3 Image View... or Enter

- View the selected image.

Esc or F3

- Puts you back from 'image view' into the main window.

F4 Image Edit...

- Open the currently selected image in the &digikam; image editor.

F6 Image Place onto Light Table

- Adds selection to the Light Table thumbbar and puts the Light Table into the foreground.

Image Correct EXIF Orientation Tag

- Manual EXIF Orientation Tag adjustment options of the currently selected image.

Image Auto Rotate/Flip using EXIF information

- Kipi-plugin menu entry to manually activate the auto rotate/flip feature for the currently selected images using the EXIF orientation tag.

  See the dedicated JPEG Loss Less manual for more information.

Image Rotate

- Kipi-plugin menu entry for rotating the currently selected images by 90/180/270 degrees.

  See the dedicated JPEG Loss Less manual for more information.

Image Flip

- Kipi-plugin menu entry for flipping the currently selected images horizontally or vertically.

  See the dedicated JPEG Loss Less manual for more information.

Image Convert to Black & White

- Kipi-plugin menu entry for converting the currently selected images to black & white.

  See the dedicated JPEG Loss Less manual for more information.

Image Email images

- Kipi-plugin for emailing images with your preferred mail agent.

  See the dedicated Send Images manual for more information.

Image Geolocation

- Kipi-plugin to handle GPS meta data of the image.

  See the dedicated Geolocation manual for more information.

Image Metadata

- Kipi-plugin to handle meta data of the image (EXIF, IPTC, captions).

  See the dedicated Metadata manual for more information.

Image Adjust Time and Date

- Kipi-plugin for adjusting time and date of the currently selected images.

  See the dedicated Time Adjust manual for more information.

Image Set as Background

- Kipi-plugin for setting the currently selected image as the desktop background.

  See the dedicated Wall Paper manual for more information.

F2 Image Rename

- Rename the currently selected image.

F8 Image Delete

- Move to trash (recoverable delete)

### The Select Menu

Select Menu

&Ctrl;A Select Select All

- Select all images currently shown

&Ctrl;U Select Select None

- Unselect all items in the current view

&Ctrl;* Select Invert Selection

- Invert the current selection

### The View Menu

View Menu

&Ctrl;&Shift;F View Full Screen Mode

- Switch to full screen (same as F11).

View Slide Show

- Slide Show including RAW files.

F9 View Slide Show All

- Start slide show of all images in current window.

&Alt;F9 View Slide Show Selection

- Start slide show on selected images.

&Shift;F9 View Slide Show Recursive

- Slide show that recurses through the current album tree.

&Ctrl;+ View Increase Thumbnail Size

- Increase the thumbnail size of the currently selected Album.

&Ctrl;- View Decrease Thumbnail Size

- Decrease the thumbnail size of the currently selected Album.

View Sort Albums

- Sort all &digikam; Albums by Folder, by Collection, or by Date.

View Sort Images

- Sort all images in current Album by Name, Path, Date, File Size or by Rating.

### The Tools Menu

Tools Menu

&Ctrl;F Tools Quick Search

- Launch the simple search items dialog.

&Alt;&Ctrl;F Tools Advanced Search

- Launch the advanced search items dialog.

&Alt;F6 Tools Light Table

- Switches to the Light Table window.

Tools Scan for new images

- Rescan the library for images not yet in the database (see also start-up option).

Tools Rebuild all Thumbnails...

- Launch rebuild of all thumbnails (that can take a long time if you have many images).

Tools Update Metadata Database...

- Launch synchronization of all metadata between database and files for all files (not just current view as with this menu). Database metadata will be overwritten with the file's metadata in case of discrepancy. The opposite you can do from the Album menu.

Tools Find Duplicate Images

- Kipi-plugin to find duplicate images in Albums Database.

  See the dedicated Find Duplicate Images manual for more information.

Tools Image Viewer

- Kipi-plugin OpenGL full screen image viewer with the selected image.

  See the dedicated OpenGL viewer manual for more information.

Tools Create Calendar

- Kipi-plugin for creating a calendar with Album items.

  See the dedicated Calendar manual for more information.

Tools Create MPEG Slideshow

- Kipi-plugin for creating an MPEG Slideshow with Album items.

  See the dedicated MPEG Encoder manual for more information.

Tools Remote Galleries

- Kipi-plugin to set up a list of remote galleries for exporting.

  See the dedicated Remote galleries manual for more information.

Tools Advanced Slideshow

- Kipi-plugin for displaying an advanced slide show with Album items.

  See the dedicated Advanced Slide Show manual for more information.

Tools RAW Image Converter (single)

- Kipi-plugin for converting a single RAW image.

  See the dedicated RAW Converter manual for more information.

Tools Batch Processes

- Kipi-plugin menu entries for performing batch Processes on currently selected images.

  See the dedicated manuals for more information:

  - Color Images manual

  - Convert Images manual

  - Effect Images manual

  - Filter Images manual

  - Recompress Images manual

  - Rename Images manual

  - Resize Images manual

  - RAW Converter manual

### The Camera Menu

Camera Menu

Any configured digital camera will be listed here. You can use the "Add Camera" menu entry to add a new camera to the list. Please, read the Setup Camera Section for more information.

Camera Media Browse

- Browsing attached media devices like card readers, DVDs or memory sticks.

Camera Add camera

- Interactively add a new camera.

### The Settings Menu

Settings Menu

Settings Show Toolbar/Hide Toolbar

- Enable or disable the main &digikam; toolbar.

Settings Show Statusbar/Hide Statusbar

- Enable or disable the main &digikam; status bar.

Settings Configure Shortcuts

- Configure the &digikam; shortcuts.

Settings Configure Toolbars

- Configure the &digikam; toolbars.

Settings Configure &digikam;

- Launch &digikam; configure dialog.

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