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+--[[
+    This file is part of darktable,
+    copyright 2016 by Christian Kanzian.
+
+    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+    the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+    (at your option) any later version.
+
+    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+    GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+]]
+
+--[[
+   QUICKTAGS
+   This script that will create shortcuts and add a modul in lighttable mode to quickly attach tags. You have to create this tags before in the tagging module
+
+INSTALATION
+ * copy this file in $CONFIGDIR/lua/ where CONFIGDIR is your darktable configuration directory
+ * add the following line in the file $CONFIGDIR/luarc require "quicktag"
+
+USAGE
+ * set the shortcuts your in the preferences dialog
+ * change the entries as needed
+ 
+TODO
+ * make number of quicktag entries dynamic
+ * store tag entries in the hidden preferences
+
+]]
+
+
+local dt = require "darktable"
+dt.configuration.check_version(...,{4,0,0})
+
+-- register number of quicktags
+--dt.preferences.register("quickTag",         
+--                        "quickTagnumber",  
+--                        "integer",                    -- type
+--                        "number of quick tag fields",           -- label
+--                        "number of quick tag fields from 2 to 10",   -- tooltip
+--                        3,                            -- default
+--                        2,                            -- min
+--                     10)   
+
+--local qnr = dt.preferences.read("quickTag", "quickTagnumber", "integer")			
+
+-- set number of entries static now because i do not know howto create the modul dynamic
+local qnr = 5
+
+-- quicktag function to attach tags
+local function tagattach(tag)
+  if tag == nil then
+    return true
+  end
+  
+  local tagnr = dt.tags.find(tag)
+  
+  if tagnr == nil then
+    dt.print("quick tag \""..tag.."\" not found in your taglist, please add it first!")
+    return true
+  end
+  
+  local sel_images = dt.gui.action_images
+  
+  for _,image in ipairs(sel_images) do
+    dt.tags.attach(tagnr,image)
+  end
+  dt.print("tag \""..tag.."\" attached")
+end
+
+
+-- quicktag module
+
+local tagentries = {}
+
+for j=1,qnr do
+  tagentries[#tagentries+1] = dt.new_widget("entry")
+    {
+    text = "qtest", 
+    placeholder = "placeholder",
+    is_password = true,
+    editable = true,
+    tooltip = "Tooltip Text",
+    reset_callback = function(self) self.text = "test" end
+    }
+end
+
+local label = dt.new_widget("label")
+label.label = "MyLabel" -- This is an alternative way to the "{}" syntax to set a property 
+--end
+
+local button_tab = {}
+
+for j=1,qnr do
+  button_tab[#button_tab+1] = dt.new_widget("button") {
+         label = "tag "..j,
+         clicked_callback = function () tagattach(tostring(tagentries[j].text)) end}
+end
+
+     
+--create modul static. it would be nice to place button and entry side by side
+dt.register_lib(
+  "quicktag",     -- Module name
+  "quick tag",     -- name
+  true,                -- expandable
+  false,               -- resetable
+  {[dt.gui.views.lighttable] = {"DT_UI_CONTAINER_PANEL_RIGHT_CENTER", 490}},   -- containers
+    
+  dt.new_widget("box"){
+    orientation = "vertical",
+    button_tab[1],
+    tagentries[1],
+    button_tab[2],
+    tagentries[2],
+    button_tab[3],
+    tagentries[3],
+    button_tab[4],
+    tagentries[4],
+    button_tab[5],
+    tagentries[5]},
+  nil,-- view_enter
+  nil -- view_leave
+)
+
+print(tostring(tagentries.text))
+
+--local testtag = "qtest"
+-- create shortcuts
+for i=1,qnr do
+  dt.register_event("shortcut", 
+		   function(event, shortcut) tagattach(tostring(tagentries[i].text)) end,
+		  "quick tag "..i)
+end
+
+-- vim: shiftwidth=2 expandtab tabstop=2 cindent syntax=lua
+-- kate: tab-indents: off; indent-width 2; replace-tabs on; remove-trailing-space on;
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