[Feature Request]: File Keywords

[imReallyUnoriginal]

Checklist

• I am using an up-to-date version.
• I have read the documentation.
• I have searched existing issues.

Description

Tags are useful for grouping similar content together, but sometimes when I'm looking for a very specific file, I will remember something specific about it, some content or imagery specific to that file. For example, I have a library of memes as images and videos. If I remember a quote or a subject from one of those images or videos, it could be challenging to find it using tags alone.

Solution

• Files can be given keywords, describing the content in the file
• File keywords are searchable, so a file can be found based on its keywords
• If multiple files use the same keyword, the keyword could be converted to a tag

Note

The difference between tags as they currently exist and keywords is that keywords are intended to be unique to the file, describing its content or distinguishing features, to make locating that one file easier in the future, rather than grouping like files together

Alternatives

An alternative would be to have a local LLM generate descriptions of the files itself, similar to Google's Pixel Screenshots app. However, this gives the end user less control, and if the LLM gets its description wrong, it could make the content harder to find. This solution would also be harder to implement.

[zfbx]

Keywords and tags sound fairly synonymous to me but if I think I'm following, this feature already partially exists in the form of Fields and should come in a future version as it's added support to field search. In the mean time though I don't see why using tags for 1 offs is such a bad things as a descriptor?

[imReallyUnoriginal]

If that's the intended use of tags, that's fair enough. From my perspective, tags seem perfect to group similar content, which makes it easier to find what you're looking for. But to make one or more unique tags for every file in a library would quickly grow uncontrollable. For me, keywords would fill that gap and make it easier to find files on a more granular level, without having to organise and upkeep hundreds of unique tags that each apply to one or two files.

There is a bit of overlap between this and field searching, and this idea could be achieved similarly by inputting keywords in a 'comments' field, but I feel having a dedicated section for it would be a useful addition

[CyanVoxel]

(Sorry for the late response to this)
I agree with zfbx's take here - field search, or using tags in some of these cases, should be sufficient to cover this I feel. Although since field search isn't currently implemented I can't give a good idea of how effective if would be - but ideally you would be able to search for keywords in something like a comments field effectively without it introducing new issues.