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[Neal McBurnett <neal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

When I run from the command line

    shotwell /tmp/river-300x224_a.jpg

or when an image is viewed in shotwell via the nautilus file manager, 
there is no way to see the description of the image (EXIF "Description" tag).   I can only get a tiny bit of other metadata, e.g. via menu Photo/Adjust date and time.

Going to the help via F1 and searching for the standard EXIF name:
Description, yields "No matching help pages found in “Shotwell”."
Eventually I found that I should search for "Title", which told me:

  The View ▸ Titles checkbox toggles the display of titles beneath each photo. By default, a photo's title is its filename.
  To change a photo's title, select the photo and click Photos ▸ Edit Title, or press F2.

But there is no View / Titles entry in the menu.  A web search finally
led me to the explanation on askubuntu:

    http://askubuntu.com/questions/312867/how-to-add-metadata-to-images-
using-shotwell

Which says viewing the description is only available in "Shotwell
itself", not in 'Shotwell photo viewer'.   I had no idea that I was not
using shotwell itself or that there were these different interfaces to
the same software.

Viewing descriptions / titles should be provided in the viewer also.  As
described by the Library of Congress at

  Adding Descriptions to Digital Photos
   http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2011/10/mission-possible-an-easy-way-to-add-descriptions-to-digital-photos/

it is a really important, basic feature to see and add a description to
a photo.  Photos without descriptions are missing critical information
that should be easily available to users of the image, and it should be
easy to change.  At the least, the menu item should appear and be grayed
out, and this should be explained in the documentation.  It is very
confusing to have the documentation list an option which isn't there.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: shotwell 0.12.3-0ubuntu0.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-72.107-generic 3.2.64
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-72-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.8
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Nov 17 08:26:00 2014
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=screen
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: shotwell
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: shotwell (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug precise running-unity

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Title:
  image description / title should be visible via shotwell viewer

Status in “shotwell” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  When I run from the command line

      shotwell /tmp/river-300x224_a.jpg

  or when an image is viewed in shotwell via the nautilus file manager, 
  there is no way to see the description of the image (EXIF "Description" tag).   I can only get a tiny bit of other metadata, e.g. via menu Photo/Adjust date and time.

  Going to the help via F1 and searching for the standard EXIF name:
  Description, yields "No matching help pages found in “Shotwell”."
  Eventually I found that I should search for "Title", which told me:

    The View ▸ Titles checkbox toggles the display of titles beneath each photo. By default, a photo's title is its filename.
    To change a photo's title, select the photo and click Photos ▸ Edit Title, or press F2.

  But there is no View / Titles entry in the menu.  A web search finally
  led me to the explanation on askubuntu:

      http://askubuntu.com/questions/312867/how-to-add-metadata-to-
  images-using-shotwell

  Which says viewing the description is only available in "Shotwell
  itself", not in 'Shotwell photo viewer'.   I had no idea that I was
  not using shotwell itself or that there were these different
  interfaces to the same software.

  Viewing descriptions / titles should be provided in the viewer also.
  As described by the Library of Congress at

    Adding Descriptions to Digital Photos
     http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2011/10/mission-possible-an-easy-way-to-add-descriptions-to-digital-photos/

  it is a really important, basic feature to see and add a description
  to a photo.  Photos without descriptions are missing critical
  information that should be easily available to users of the image, and
  it should be easy to change.  At the least, the menu item should
  appear and be grayed out, and this should be explained in the
  documentation.  It is very confusing to have the documentation list an
  option which isn't there.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: shotwell 0.12.3-0ubuntu0.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-72.107-generic 3.2.64
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-72-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.8
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Mon Nov 17 08:26:00 2014
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
  MarkForUpload: True
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=screen
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: shotwell
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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