top panel

The top panel appears in all darktable views and provides access to common functions.

🔗On the left-hand-side

filter

Choose which of a collection’s images are displayed, making them available to different views for selection and action. Criteria can be altered in the collection filters module or by clicking the icon.

sort by

Choose the property that orders the displayed image sequence.

sort order

Switch the sort order (ascending / descending).

🔗On the right-hand-side

grouping

Expand or collapse grouped images.

thumbnail overlays

Define what information is overlaid on to thumbnails in the lighttable/filmstrip.

You can define different settings depending on the thumbnail size. See preferences > lighttable for details of how size delimiters are set.

context-sensitive help

Click this icon and then click on a control element to be directed to the appropriate online help page.

shortcut mapping

Click this icon to enter the visual shortcut mapping mode to create keyboard/mouse shortcuts.

preferences

View and amend darktable’s preferences & settings.