IPTC window: Wrong workflow with multi-selection

by m.Th. (Posted Fri Jan 27, 2017 4:50 pm)
IPTC window is, in fact, unusable for serious work in multi-selection mode.

Steps:

0. (setup). Let's have the following files img_01.jpg, img_02.jpg, img_03.jpg... each one with the captions c1, c2, c3... respectively. If we open each file separately (Ctrl+I) we'll see the saved data.

1. Select our files by using Shift+Select and press Ctrl+I. On the right correctly appears img_01.jpg

Expected: in the Caption field should appear 'c1'
Actual: blank

2. Write down in the Caption field c11 and press ">" button. The form correctly advances to img_02.
3. Write in the Caption field c22 and press ">" button. The form correctly advances to img_03.
4. Write in the Caption field c33 and press "Cancel". (the ">" button is disabled).


Expected: When we press "Cancel" a message should appear saying "The metadata for img_03.jpg has changed. Do you want to overwrite it?"
Actual: The form silently closes, silently overwriting the metadata for img_01 and img_02 but NOT for img_03.

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