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0001 .. meta:: 0002 :description: digiKam Main Window Interface Layout 0003 :keywords: digiKam, documentation, user manual, photo management, open source, free, learn, easy, main, window, tool-bar, icon-view, status-bar 0004 0005 .. metadata-placeholder 0006 0007 :authors: - digiKam Team 0008 0009 :license: see Credits and License page for details (https://docs.digikam.org/en/credits_license.html) 0010 0011 .. _interface_layout: 0012 0013 Interface Layout 0014 ================ 0015 0016 .. contents:: 0017 0018 Areas and Bars 0019 -------------- 0020 0021 digiKam's main window has two areas in the center showing your photographs. One is the **Icon Area**, showing thumbnails of the content of the selected album or of a search result, and the other one the **Preview**, showing the selected image. Together let's call them the :ref:`Image Area <image_view>`. In the top left corner of the preview we have a few buttons for moving back and forth through the content of the album, for rotating the image, for showing or adding face tags and to switch to full screen mode. By clicking on the preview you can make it disappear and by clicking on the picture area of a thumbnail open it again. 0022 0023 .. figure:: images/mainwindow_icon_view.webp 0024 :alt: 0025 :align: center 0026 0027 The digiKam Main Window Icon-View 0028 0029 The Image Area in the center is surrounded by the menu bar and the :ref:`Main Toolbar <main_toolbar>` at the top, the :ref:`Status Bar <status_bar>` at the bottom and the Left and :ref:`Right Sidebar <right_sidebar>`. The Left Sidebar lets you switch between nine “Views”: Albums (shown here), Tags, Labels, Dates, Timeline, Search, Similarity, Map and People (Tags). The Right Sidebar can be used to show all information about your images and partly also to edit them. You can use all these views to organize and find your photographs. If you click on one of the buttons on the sidebars there will fold out another area, offering possibilities to select, to make inputs, e.g. for searches, to edit data and to show information. 0030 0031 Don't worry if your main window looks quite different at the moment. You will soon learn how to switch the different areas on and off and at some point you might get a look very similar to the above screenshot. 0032 0033 Drag & Drop of images works about everywhere: d&d an image into another branch of the album tree, across the horizontal album separation line, or to another application window. The only restriction is that you cannot d&d into tag, date or searches. 0034 0035 .. _status_bar: 0036 0037 The Status Bar 0038 -------------- 0039 0040 .. figure:: images/mainwindow_status_bar.webp 0041 :alt: 0042 :align: center 0043 0044 The digiKam Main Window Status-Bar 0045 0046 The status bar at the bottom shows: 0047 0048 - The file name when selecting a single file. 0049 0050 - Selection information when several items are selected. 0051 0052 - Quick filters: 0053 0054 - Information how many filters are active. 0055 0056 - A trash bin button to reset all active filters. 0057 0058 - A funnel button to open the filter settings panel. 0059 0060 - A progress bar for batch processes, e.g. assigning tags or rebuild fingerprints. 0061 0062 - A thumbnail and preview size slider with buttons for "Fit to Window" and "Zoom to 100%". 0063 0064 - A size selection pop up list in % for the preview. 0065 0066 .. _main_toolbar: 0067 0068 Main Toolbar 0069 ------------ 0070 0071 The window top shows the Menu Bar and the Main Toolbar below. 0072 0073 .. figure:: images/mainwindow_toolbar.webp 0074 :alt: 0075 :align: center 0076 0077 The digiKam Main Window Tool Bar 0078 0079 1. Open Image Editor with the selected image 0080 0081 2. Open :ref:`Light Table <light_table>` :kbd:`L` 0082 0083 3. Open :ref:`Batch Queue Manager <batch_queue>` :kbd:`B` 0084 0085 4. Import (drop down menu showing all connected cameras and mass storage devices) 0086 0087 5. Switch to thumbnail view 0088 0089 6. Toggle preview of selected image 0090 0091 7. Switch to map view to display images with geolocation data 0092 0093 8. Switch to configurable table view 0094 0095 9. Slideshow drop down menu 0096 0097 10. Toggle Full Screen :kbd:`Ctrl+Shift+F` 0098 0099 11. Link to digikam.org, also an indicator for ongoing processes 0100 0101 You can customize the Toolbar by choosing :menuselection:`Settings --> Configure Toolbars...` or click with the right mouse button on it and choose **Configure Toolbars...** from the context menu.