[Feature] remove confirmation dialog when tagging a face

[LarsKumbier]

I have searched the existing feature requests, both open and closed, to make sure this is not a duplicate request.

• Yes

The feature

When tagging a face in the photo view, a confirmation dialog is presented ("are you sure you want to tag John Doe?"

This confirmation dialog is one extra necessary click when crunching through a batch of new photos, and I do not understand, why it is there in the first place. The action of tagging a person is non-destructive and easily reversible through the "edit person view" on a photo. To get into the tagging-action itself, the user has to specifically request it (by clicking the "+" icon in the person section of the info-pane).

Having a confirmation every single time leads to warning fatigue - no one will ever read this after the third confirmation and just ignore it anyway. [Update 2025-07-08]

I suggest to remove the confirmation dialog.

Platform

• Server
• Web
• Mobile

[skatsubo]

For whoever lands here, you can also check the discussion in Discord started by Lars
between this https://discord.com/channels/979116623879368755/994044917355663450/1391135959906652200
and this https://discord.com/channels/979116623879368755/994044917355663450/1391379014391693463

Some quotes:

The dialog presents an extra step for a non-destructive action, which is easily reversible (through the person-edit view), and adds an unnecessary click to an otherwise nice and fast workflow. Why was it added?

Perhaps for confirmation that you have the right person being tagged. Let’s say I have David, David, Dave and David as friends each with a slightly different surname. A confirmation prompt showing the name I’m actually selecting rather than the one I hurriedly clicked from a partial search could certainly be helpful.

But having a confirmation every single time leads to warning fatigue. No one will ever read this after the third confirmation and just ignore it anyway.

In theory, we can use a bookmarklet to prevent this modal as a workaround.

[LarsKumbier]

I've added the warning fatigue to the main discussion - thanks for the summary, @skatsubo

[Trustadz]

In addition to this, even if the modal is not removed (or made optionally). Change the default behavior of the 'enter' button to "confirm" instead of "cancel" or re-open then people modal at the same spot. cancel the entire action.