"Save as" filename bug: "Save as" truncates filename if no extension is added in "File name:" textbox

[Shappenny]

When using "File -> Save As" to save a label in either PascalVOC or YOLO format, if no extension is added to the filename, the tool truncates the filename to 44 characters then adds the extension. This behavior happens whether or not any bounding boxes have been drawn. Once the appropriate file extension is added to the name, the label file is saved with the proper name.

I'm using the 1.7.0 release executable for Windows that's available for download from your github.io page.

• OS: Windows 10 Pro 64bit, 10.0.16299
• Release version: 1.7.0

I've attached a screenshot to try and illustrate this bug.

[vdalv]

I was able to recreate the issue when using the v1.7.0 binary as you mentioned, but not when I run the latest code... So in the meantime I recommend running/building from source. I personally run it from Anaconda, which was a pretty painless setup.

Side-note: Are you using the 'Save as' operation for every image? If you set a default save directory (clicking the "Change Save Dir" button), then simply clicking the Save button will save the annotation file in that dir... Side-note2: Having parentheses and spaces in your filenames may cause some issues down the road

[vdalv]

Bump @Shappenny

[Shappenny]

Thanks for looking into it. It's a pretty obscure edge case, so I'll just work around it for now.

Side-note: No, just for images with no labels in order to create an empty label file. The "Save" button and "Ctrl-S" do nothing for me unless there's at least one label drawn on the image, even with the save dir set.

Side-note2: Yeah, though the code creating those file names is legacy and it hasn't been a priority to change it.

Thanks, Sean

On Sat, Jun 23, 2018, 00:38 vdalv notifications@github.com wrote:

I was able to recreate the issue when using the v1.7.0 binary as you mentioned, but not when I run the latest code... So in the meantime I recommend running/building from source https://github.com/tzutalin/labelImg#windows. I personally run it from Anaconda, which was a pretty painless setup https://github.com/tzutalin/labelImg#windows--anaconda.

Side-note: Are you using the 'Save as' operation for every image? If you set a default save directory (clicking the "Change Save Dir" button), then simply clicking the Save button will save the annotation file in that dir... Side-note2: Having parenthesis and spaces in your filenames may cause some issues down the road

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[vdalv]

Thanks for bringing it to our attention anyhow, I'll be sure to look out for it in the next release.

With regards to creating an empty label file, the "Verify Image" button will allow you to do that. I've been meaning to update the docs with that info for a while now, should get around to it soon.

Best,

-Vlad

[Shappenny]

You're welcome.

Ahh, thanks for the tip! I didn't really know what that button does, but that'll be much easier to use.

Thanks, Sean

On Thu, Jun 28, 2018, 00:26 vdalv notifications@github.com wrote:

Thanks for bringing it to our attention anyhow, I'll be sure to look out for it in the next release.

With regards to creating an empty label file, the "Verify Image" button will allow you to do that. I've been meaning to update the docs with that info for a while now, should get around to it soon.

Best,

-Vlad

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