Request - Many to Many relationship - Directory <=> Group

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Tron78
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Request - Many to Many relationship - Directory <=> Group

Post by Tron78 »

I was wondering if you could modify the relationship for the folders and groups.
Have many folders related to many groups?

ex:
Halloween Group => Autumn Folder(s) + Work-Safe Halloween Folder(s) + Non Work-Safe Halloween Folder(s)
Work Safe Halloween Group => Autumn Folder(s) + Work-Safe Halloween Folder(s)
...
Autumn Group => Autumn Folder(s)
Halloween Group => Autumn Folder(s) + Halloween Folder(s)
Thanksgiving Group => Autumn Folder(s) + Winter Folder(s) + Thanksgiving Folder(s)
Winter Group => Winter Folder(s)

Usability:
Changing groups before and after conference calls to SFW / NSFW while keeping a base set of folders assigned.
Clear function is my current fast switch before meetings but if I had M2M, I could quickly switch and keep my base set.
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gpb
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Re: Request - Many to Many relationship - Directory <=> Group

Post by gpb »

You could use keywords. WallpaperSS can assign keywords to each image, keywords may come from file name and file path. If you store your images in directories with the keyword (Autumn images in a folder named "Autumn", Halloween in folder name Halloween and so on) then you can create groups with multiple keywords and combine them as you like.
Autumn Group => "Autumn"
Halloween Group => "Autumn,Halloween"
Thanksgiving Group => "Autumn,Winter,Thanksgiving"

Just make sure that in the Filters page the option "Get keywords from"->"File Path" is ticked. Another thing, in the same page there is a text box labeled "delimiters to separate keywords..." by default it contains " \-_,;" the first character is a space so if your directories contain spaces you must remove that space or name directories without spaces otherwise the folder "Work Safe Halloween" will be create 3 keywords, it could also work in this way but you must be aware of this behavior
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