From 454b2bdd2f1f34ee59e78524a9ddd2ff8ba3e3e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nathaniel Ledford Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2026 17:40:20 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Docs: folder colour labels (parity, what's new, roadmap) LRC-LIB-LIBFOLDERS lists folder.label and the Set Color Label menu, with its limits (no filter or sort by folder label; labels don't follow a folder moved outside LightCraft). What's new describes the feature and catalog format v4. The roadmap notes folder records as the first step towards Classic's folder-id model and when the next step would pay off. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 --- ROADMAP.md | 5 +++++ docs/parity.md | 2 +- docs/whats-new.md | 9 +++++++++ 3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/ROADMAP.md b/ROADMAP.md index 32f6a89b..313ac05d 100644 --- a/ROADMAP.md +++ b/ROADMAP.md @@ -69,6 +69,11 @@ Already closed in the week of 2026-10-03: compressed NEF (#10), Move import (#29 Local roots / cleanup, grid and catalog performance at 85k photos (#35, #37), failed-save reporting, GPU export hardening (#78), copyright metadata (#51), GPX geotagging (#60), import tag help and folder templates (#31, #32). +Library folders now have records of their own in the catalog (`Catalog.folder_records`, keyed by folder path; colour +labels first). Photos still store full paths, so moving a whole disk or folder relinks each photo. If that becomes a +problem (an "Update Folder Location" for a renamed or replaced drive, journal growth on large moves), the next step is +the Classic model: photos point to a folder id (root + relative path), and the records keyed by path become those rows. + Image navigation now supports native pinch zoom and two-finger pan in Detail, Compare and Reference views. The whole-image preview still has a configurable size cap (2,560 px default), so 100% on larger photos does not yet guarantee original-pixel detail; visible-region rendering remains a gap (LR-VIEW-ZOOM). diff --git a/docs/parity.md b/docs/parity.md index 4c27755b..ce7b6afc 100644 --- a/docs/parity.md +++ b/docs/parity.md @@ -743,7 +743,7 @@ From `08-lightroom-classic-extras.md` (Classic-only features) and part 2 of `06- | LRC-LIB-CATALOG-IMPORT | Native Lightroom Classic catalog import | P1 | 🟡 | `cmd:library.inspectLightroom`, `cmd:library.importLightroom`, `crates/engine/src/lightroom_catalog.rs`, `docs/lightroom-catalog-import.md` | read-only `.lrcat` plus committed WAL pages, in-tree read-only Rust SQLite B-tree reader; background inspection/import with progress/cancellation, per-open library identity checks; originals in place, ratings/flags/labels, XMP, hierarchical keywords, collection sets/regular collections, virtual copies, mapped develop settings; stable reimport identities, undo, missing-file placeholders, existing edits preserved. Best-effort deduplicated recovery archives retain settings/history/snapshots/collection rules (32 MiB each, eight archives/128 MiB aggregate); archive limits/write failures and optional-table limits warn without blocking photo import; unrelated unsupported tables and opaque SQL BLOBs skipped. Adobe rendering, AI data and native history replay remain incomplete; no writes to Lightroom catalogs | | LRC-LIB-CATALOG-LOCK | Catalog open in one program at a time | P1 | ✅ | `cmd:app.openLibrary`, `crates/catalog/src/lock.rs`, `crates/engine/src/library.rs` (`open_library`) | exclusive OS lock on `catalog.lock` for the session (app and `lightcraft-cli --library`); a second opener is refused with who has it (`catalog.lock.owner`: program, process, computer); released by the OS on a crash, so never stale; file systems without locks open unprotected with a warning (the app's notices, `library.info` → `settingsWarnings`, and the CLI's stderr; issue #171); no read-only mode; the browser build (OPFS) has no guard across tabs yet. A library that can't be opened at launch (locked, unreadable, newer format, drive missing) shows a window — Try Again, Choose Another Library…, Continue Without Saving (then a banner; nothing written), Quit — instead of a silent demo session (`crates/ui-egui/src/panels/library_problem.rs`) | | LRC-LIB-FOLDERS | Disk folder tree | P1 | ✅ | `cmd:library.browse`, `cmd:folder.rename`, `cmd:folder.move`, `crates/ui-egui/src/panels/left.rs` (`local_section`, `folder_tree`) | standard places + the browsed folder + Browse Folder…, each an expandable tree of subfolders, breadcrumb navigation; context menu: Rename Folder…, Move Folder To…, Show in Finder (on disk, photos relinked; one undo step each: undo / redo move the folder back and forth, refused when the destination is taken) | -| LRC-LIB-LIBFOLDERS | Library folders | P1 | ✅ | `cmd:library.folders`, `cmd:library.source` (`libraryFolder`), `cmd:library.filter` (`libraryFolder`), `cmd:library.removeFolder`, `cmd:folder.rename`, `cmd:folder.move`, `crates/catalog/src/folders.rs`, `crates/ui-egui/src/panels/left.rs` (`folders_section`, `folder_menu_for_library`, `row_menu`), `crates/ui-egui/src/tests_panels.rs` | sidebar Folders: the folders the library's photos were imported from, with photo counts (subfolders included), as another way to explore the library next to By Date and Keywords; Local stays the way to browse any folder on disk. Each disk is a row of its own and starts open: a drive letter, a Windows share (`\\server\share`, `\\?\UNC\…`, `\\wsl$\…`), a macOS share or disk (`/Volumes/tokyo`), a Linux mount (`/media`, `/run/media`, `/mnt`, gvfs `smb-share:…`, `/net/`), NFS (`/Network/Servers/`), else “This Computer” — told apart from the stored paths alone, so an offline share lists like a mounted one and the sidebar never waits on a network. Only folders that hold imported photos are listed (browsed, deleted and demo photos don't count); every folder is a row of its own (`Users` → `me` → `Pictures`), and a folder that holds nothing itself and leads to one folder starts open; every level indents one step more than its parent however deep it goes: the whole sidebar (Albums, Local, By Date, Folders, Keywords) scrolls sideways when its widest row is wider than the panel (rows are measured one frame behind; Create Album and the counts stay at the visible edge); a name that does not fit ends in an ellipsis at the count (the full name on hover; a row asks for room for at most 140 pt of its name, so depth, not one long name, makes the sidebar scroll), as does the grid title; selection and hover bars end at the panel's edge; click makes the folder the source, like an album or a Local folder (its photos and those of the folders inside it fill the grid, titled “photos/travel”; the filter bar narrows it further; `library.source` `libraryFolder` + `path`; kept with the library's view), and its row is always opened into view; the shown folder follows a rename or move and their undo (engine-tested; the sidebar test covers rename), is dropped back to All Photos when it is removed or no longer holds a photo, and a smart album made from the view keeps it, also when its rules are edited (the editor has no folder field). Only a folder that shows exactly its own photos can be shown (not the startup disk, not `/Volumes`-like folders above disks, not an empty one). A row that would cover other disks' photos too (the startup disk, `/Volumes`, `/mnt`…) only opens. Right-click (row or triangle): Rename Folder…, Move Folder To…, Show in Finder (on disk, photos relinked, as in Local) and Remove from Library… (asks; moves the folder's photos to Recently Deleted, one undo step, no file touched); a disk row offers Remove Disk from Library… (the command needs `disk: true` for a whole disk or a folder spanning several). Limits: names are compared as written (macOS `/Volumes/tokyo` vs `/Volumes/TOKYO` are two disks; `/Volumes/Macintosh HD/…` and `/…` two rows); no disk capacity / online status; no “include subfolders” switch (a folder always includes the ones inside it); creating a folder and moving photos between folders are not here | +| LRC-LIB-LIBFOLDERS | Library folders | P1 | ✅ | `cmd:library.folders`, `cmd:library.source` (`libraryFolder`), `cmd:library.filter` (`libraryFolder`), `cmd:library.removeFolder`, `cmd:folder.rename`, `cmd:folder.move`, `cmd:folder.label`, `crates/catalog/src/folders.rs`, `crates/ui-egui/src/panels/left.rs` (`folders_section`, `folder_menu_for_library`, `row_menu`), `crates/ui-egui/src/tests_panels.rs` | sidebar Folders: the folders the library's photos were imported from, with photo counts (subfolders included), as another way to explore the library next to By Date and Keywords; Local stays the way to browse any folder on disk. Each disk is a row of its own and starts open: a drive letter, a Windows share (`\\server\share`, `\\?\UNC\…`, `\\wsl$\…`), a macOS share or disk (`/Volumes/tokyo`), a Linux mount (`/media`, `/run/media`, `/mnt`, gvfs `smb-share:…`, `/net/`), NFS (`/Network/Servers/`), else “This Computer” — told apart from the stored paths alone, so an offline share lists like a mounted one and the sidebar never waits on a network. Only folders that hold imported photos are listed (browsed, deleted and demo photos don't count); every folder is a row of its own (`Users` → `me` → `Pictures`), and a folder that holds nothing itself and leads to one folder starts open; every level indents one step more than its parent however deep it goes: the whole sidebar (Albums, Local, By Date, Folders, Keywords) scrolls sideways when its widest row is wider than the panel (rows are measured one frame behind; Create Album and the counts stay at the visible edge); a name that does not fit ends in an ellipsis at the count (the full name on hover; a row asks for room for at most 140 pt of its name, so depth, not one long name, makes the sidebar scroll), as does the grid title; selection and hover bars end at the panel's edge; click makes the folder the source, like an album or a Local folder (its photos and those of the folders inside it fill the grid, titled “photos/travel”; the filter bar narrows it further; `library.source` `libraryFolder` + `path`; kept with the library's view), and its row is always opened into view; the shown folder follows a rename or move and their undo (engine-tested; the sidebar test covers rename), is dropped back to All Photos when it is removed or no longer holds a photo, and a smart album made from the view keeps it, also when its rules are edited (the editor has no folder field). Only a folder that shows exactly its own photos can be shown (not the startup disk, not `/Volumes`-like folders above disks, not an empty one). A row that would cover other disks' photos too (the startup disk, `/Volumes`, `/mnt`…) only opens. Right-click (row or triangle): Rename Folder…, Move Folder To…, Show in Finder (on disk, photos relinked, as in Local), Set Color Label ▸ (the five colours with their custom names, None, Edit Label Names…; `folder.label`, one undo step; the row shows the label's dot before its count and says it with its name; kept in the catalog as a folder record under the folder's identity, so it follows Rename / Move and their undo and redo, the folders inside going along) and Remove from Library… (asks; moves the folder's photos to Recently Deleted, one undo step, no file touched); a disk row (not the startup disk) offers Set Color Label ▸ and Remove Disk from Library… (the command needs `disk: true` for a whole disk or a folder spanning several). Limits: names are compared as written (macOS `/Volumes/tokyo` vs `/Volumes/TOKYO` are two disks; `/Volumes/Macintosh HD/…` and `/…` two rows); no disk capacity / online status; no “include subfolders” switch (a folder always includes the ones inside it); creating a folder and moving photos between folders are not here; folders can't be filtered or sorted by label, and a label stays with the old path when the folder is moved outside LightCraft (Find Missing relinks photos, not folder records) | | LRC-LIB-COLLECTIONS | Collections & sets | P1 | ✅ | `cmd:album.create`, `cmd:album.createSmart`, `cmd:album.toggleTarget`, `cmd:album.setTarget`, `cmd:album.clearQuick` | albums + folders (sets), smart albums (rule editor; rules incl. File Path — the whole string, either separator, case-insensitive), Quick Collection and target album (B in the grids adds / removes the selection; album menu ▸ Set as Target Album; the target is marked +) | | LRC-LIB-SMARTCOLL | Smart-collection rules | P1 | ✅ | `cmd:album.createSmart`, `cmd:album.setRules`, `cmd:album.ruleFields`, `cmd:dialog.smartAlbum`, `crates/catalog/src/rules.rs`, `crates/ui-egui/src/panels/rules_editor.rs` | rule editor: match all / any / none, nested groups (⌥+ or + Group), 30 fields (rating, flag, label, type, edits, keywords, any text, filename, file path, format, title, caption, camera, lens, location, creator, copyright, copyright status, capture / import / edit date, ISO, aperture, focal length, megapixels, GPS, virtual copy, album) with text / number / date / in-the-last operators; live match count; also usable as a library filter (`ruleSet`) | | LRC-LIB-PUBLISH | Publish services | P2 | ⬜ | | | diff --git a/docs/whats-new.md b/docs/whats-new.md index 33557867..7afeb130 100644 --- a/docs/whats-new.md +++ b/docs/whats-new.md @@ -2,6 +2,15 @@ ## October 2026 +### Folder colour labels +- Right-click a folder (or a disk other than the startup disk) in the sidebar's Folders section ▸ Set Color Label ▸ a colour or None. The row + shows the label's dot before its photo count. Agents use `folder.label` (`path`, `label`); `library.folders` + reports each row's `label`. +- A label follows its folder when it is renamed or moved in LightCraft, together with the labels of the folders + inside it; undo and redo carry them back and forth. +- The catalog format is now version 4 (`Catalog.folder_records`, `Op::SetFolderRecord`). Once this version has + opened a library, older versions refuse it, as with every format change. + ### Masking - Drag anywhere inside the selected radial gradient's ellipse to move it, including rotated ellipses and radial components in compound masks. Edge and rotation handles keep their existing