Merging Icon Keywords

[theobviouschild]

Title:
Merging Icon Keywords

Area:
Icons

Summary:
Several keywords can be merged into just one keyword all at the same time.

Description:
This suggestion is intended to improve icon uploading and use, more specifically through keywords.

Having been a user on LJ for several years, I’ve accumulated lots of icons and icon keywords. When I no longer like the icons I delete them and add the keywords onto another icon (this is mostly the case for RP journals- for instance I swap two angry icons for one new one). Over time those keywords have built up so I have two or three to one icon. I really like the rename keywords feature here on Dreamwidth because I no longer liked a lot of these keywords. I had planned on renaming several keywords into just one but when I tried this it informed me that it couldn’t do this. It had to rename the same number of keywords, so key word a, keyword b, keyword c, would have to be renamed to new keyword a, new keyword b, new keyword c.

My suggestion is that several keywords can be merged into just one keyword all at the same time. I think theoretically they can now all be merged into one keyword but it would take a lot of renaming keywords and saving to get to that stage and I haven’t been able to check that it works. Merging the keywords into one would save some time

Poll #9487 Merging Icon Keywords

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 64

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Should be implemented as-is.
54 (84.4%)

Should be implemented with changes. (please comment)
0 (0.0%)

Shouldn't be implemented.
1 (1.6%)

(I have no opinion)
9 (14.1%)

(Other: please comment)
0 (0.0%)

Comments

[denise]

I have the oddest sense this might be a duplicate suggestion but the usual searches didn't turn anything up. If it is a dupe, I apologize. :)

[matgb]

I think icon renaming was supposed to also include icon merging but it didn't work or somethign, but it was what, two years ago someone got that going?

[allen]

http://dw-suggestions.dreamwidth.org/214329.html

There's a super-clunky workaround there, too.

[theobviouschild]

Ah thank you. I also looked and couldn't find anything. I thought it was odd that I was supposedly the first to suggest it.

I tried the work around. The problem is that it is clunky to use and I fear the whole time that I am going to mess it up. Plus when you're renaming a bunch of different icon keywords to one it gets tricky. And if you're all ready using the keyword you want you have to temporarily rename it.

[shizuo_heiwajima]

I totally support this since 100% I have the exact same problem xD I assume there's some sort of reason you can't merge icon keywords though, so I hope that can be worked out :3

[timeasmymeasure]

SUPPORT THIS FULLY!

[silverflight8]

Yes, please.