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Make all tags visible without being editable #1975

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opened 2026-02-20 01:03:36 -05:00 by deekerman · 8 comments

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Originally created by @plk on GitHub (Dec 6, 2023).

Please could you make it possible to see all the tags (in the edit screen when e.g. clicking the DESCRIPTION tag contents) without them being editable? The Edit tags view is ideal but I don't want people to be able to change the tag contents, just view them. e.g. things like NOTES are not visible anywhere else than the tag edit screen, it seems. If I turn of editing, the ability to see all the tags disappears completely.

Originally created by @plk on GitHub (Dec 6, 2023). Please could you make it possible to see all the tags (in the edit screen when e.g. clicking the DESCRIPTION tag contents) without them being editable? The Edit tags view is ideal but I don't want people to be able to change the tag contents, just view them. e.g. things like NOTES are not visible anywhere else than the tag edit screen, it seems. If I turn of editing, the ability to see all the tags disappears completely.

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@graciousgrey commented on GitHub (Dec 6, 2023):

Can you describe your use case in more detail? What exactly do you want to achieve?

If you want to prevent others from editing metadata you either need to use sharing links or a read only user role such as the viewer or guest. However those cannot access the edit dialog at all.

https://docs.photoprism.app/user-guide/share/
https://docs.photoprism.app/user-guide/users/roles/

Disabling edit in the general settings only prevents making changes to the details tab. Others could still edit labels or people or change other things such as the archive or private status. In addition others could simply enable the edit option again.

@graciousgrey commented on GitHub (Dec 6, 2023): Can you describe your use case in more detail? What exactly do you want to achieve? If you want to prevent others from editing metadata you either need to use sharing links or a read only user role such as the viewer or guest. However those cannot access the edit dialog at all. https://docs.photoprism.app/user-guide/share/ https://docs.photoprism.app/user-guide/users/roles/ Disabling edit in the general settings only prevents making changes to the details tab. Others could still edit labels or people or change other things such as the archive or private status. In addition others could simply enable the edit option again.

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@plk commented on GitHub (Dec 6, 2023):

Really, I need a way to see the Notes tag but not edit it, like the Description tag is display in one of the standard folder views. The Edit tags screen is ideal as it shows everything but it's ... editable and as you say, not viewable at all for viewer or guest roles. I realise my use-case is not standard - I want to use the tool as more of a research tool which allows images (not photos) and EXIF tag contents to be equally accessible to viewers - the text is almost as important as the images. The Edit tags view is fairly ideal, especially since it appears when you click on the description text, but is writable.

@plk commented on GitHub (Dec 6, 2023): Really, I need a way to see the Notes tag but not edit it, like the Description tag is display in one of the standard folder views. The Edit tags screen is ideal as it shows everything but it's ... editable and as you say, not viewable at all for viewer or guest roles. I realise my use-case is not standard - I want to use the tool as more of a research tool which allows images (not photos) and EXIF tag contents to be equally accessible to viewers - the text is almost as important as the images. The Edit tags view is fairly ideal, especially since it appears when you click on the description text, but is writable.

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@graciousgrey commented on GitHub (Dec 6, 2023):

We already have a request to make the information displayed in the card view configurable. If displaying the notes on the card view would solve your problem, I would close this request in favor of :

https://github.com/photoprism/photoprism/issues/1164

@graciousgrey commented on GitHub (Dec 6, 2023): We already have a request to make the information displayed in the [card view](https://docs.photoprism.app/user-guide/search/views/) configurable. If displaying the notes on the card view would solve your problem, I would close this request in favor of : - https://github.com/photoprism/photoprism/issues/1164

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@plk commented on GitHub (Dec 6, 2023):

That would also be a good option but the only issue there is that I'm not sure in card view if newlines are supported? I tried to use the Description tag for text I had in UserComments (Notes) but I could not get newlines to work in the card view box.

@plk commented on GitHub (Dec 6, 2023): That would also be a good option but the only issue there is that I'm not sure in card view if newlines are supported? I tried to use the Description tag for text I had in UserComments (Notes) but I could not get newlines to work in the card view box.

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@graciousgrey commented on GitHub (Dec 6, 2023):

Newlines are not supported in the cards view yet as far as I remember. However we might be able to support it in the future.

An alternative approach could be to offer an option that allows read-only users to view metadata. However, this would require more careful consideration of which metadata should be visible and which should not.

@graciousgrey commented on GitHub (Dec 6, 2023): Newlines are not supported in the cards view yet as far as I remember. However we might be able to support it in the future. An alternative approach could be to offer an option that allows read-only users to view metadata. However, this would require more careful consideration of which metadata should be visible and which should not.

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2026-02-20 01:03:40 -05:00

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@LWBobo commented on GitHub (Dec 8, 2023):

Newlines are not supported in the cards view yet as far as I remember. However we might be able to support it in the future.

An alternative approach could be to offer an option that allows read-only users to view metadata. However, this would require more careful consideration of which metadata should be visible and which should not.

I also have such a need, in fact, is to add a mode, or change the public mode to only view the content, but can not modify anything, the current public mode can also change the name of the album, although can not modify the photo source file information, but the album, label, folder and other information can still be arbitrarily modified. I want a mode where you can just view it and not allow any changes. Just hide the edit button on the front end. But that doesn't seem to be possible with docker deployments.

@LWBobo commented on GitHub (Dec 8, 2023): > Newlines are not supported in the cards view yet as far as I remember. However we might be able to support it in the future. > > An alternative approach could be to offer an option that allows read-only users to view metadata. However, this would require more careful consideration of which metadata should be visible and which should not. I also have such a need, in fact, is to add a mode, or change the public mode to only view the content, but can not modify anything, the current public mode can also change the name of the album, although can not modify the photo source file information, but the album, label, folder and other information can still be arbitrarily modified. I want a mode where you can just view it and not allow any changes. Just hide the edit button on the front end. But that doesn't seem to be possible with docker deployments.

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@graciousgrey commented on GitHub (Dec 8, 2023):

@LWBobo if it is not important to you that the read-only users can view the edit dialog (this would be the result of hiding the edit button) creating sharing links or adding users with the role viewer could work for you.

https://docs.photoprism.app/user-guide/share/
https://docs.photoprism.app/user-guide/users/roles/

Please note that the public mode has been developed for our public demo and to use PhotoPrism without authentication in a local network. Enabling public mode is not recommended for instances installed on a server outside your home network.

https://docs.photoprism.app/getting-started/config-options/#fn:2

A public image wall is planned but not implemented yet:

https://github.com/photoprism/photoprism/issues/669

@graciousgrey commented on GitHub (Dec 8, 2023): @LWBobo if it is not important to you that the read-only users can view the edit dialog (this would be the result of hiding the edit button) creating sharing links or adding users with the role viewer could work for you. https://docs.photoprism.app/user-guide/share/ https://docs.photoprism.app/user-guide/users/roles/ Please note that the public mode has been developed for our public demo and to use PhotoPrism without authentication in a local network. Enabling public mode is not recommended for instances installed on a server outside your home network. https://docs.photoprism.app/getting-started/config-options/#fn:2 A public image wall is planned but not implemented yet: - https://github.com/photoprism/photoprism/issues/669

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2026-02-20 01:03:40 -05:00

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@LWBobo commented on GitHub (Dec 8, 2023):

@LWBobo if it is not important to you that the read-only users can view the edit dialog (this would be the result of hiding the edit button) creating sharing links or adding users with the role viewer could work for you.

https://docs.photoprism.app/user-guide/share/ https://docs.photoprism.app/user-guide/users/roles/

Please note that the public mode has been developed for our public demo and to use PhotoPrism without authentication in a local network. Enabling public mode is not recommended for instances installed on a server outside your home network.

https://docs.photoprism.app/getting-started/config-options/#fn:2

A public image wall is planned but not implemented yet:

Sharing: Public Image Wall #669

Very much looking forward to the fact of the plan.

@LWBobo commented on GitHub (Dec 8, 2023): > @LWBobo if it is not important to you that the read-only users can view the edit dialog (this would be the result of hiding the edit button) creating sharing links or adding users with the role viewer could work for you. > > https://docs.photoprism.app/user-guide/share/ https://docs.photoprism.app/user-guide/users/roles/ > > Please note that the public mode has been developed for our public demo and to use PhotoPrism without authentication in a local network. Enabling public mode is not recommended for instances installed on a server outside your home network. > > https://docs.photoprism.app/getting-started/config-options/#fn:2 > > A public image wall is planned but not implemented yet: > > * [Sharing: Public Image Wall #669](https://github.com/photoprism/photoprism/issues/669) Very much looking forward to the fact of the plan.