DigiKam SlideShow Image Collection

Hi there, is there any chance in DigiKam to create an image collection by drag&drop from albums/folders in a way that I can put the images into a manual sorting order with the goal to play a slideshow with captions? I couldn’t find anything helpful so far. Thank you, Steffen.

After some investigation, I’d like to suggest introducing virtual albums (vAlbums) in digiKam. These albums would not manage image files themselves, but rather contain references (links) to existing photos. vAlbums could support nested sub-albums and offer various sorting options, including manual sorting.

In my opinion, this would be a very useful feature to allow users to create free-form collections of photos — without relying on tags, metadata, or physical folder structures.