OK, I've done a Google search and I've search here and don't see anything on this particular problem, so here it goes:

Somewhere along the line the metadata editor in Gwenview has disappeared.

All the plugins are installed and as are all the dependencies.
I've done a Slackbuild of Gwenview 1.4.2, but I've also un-installed it and installed 1.4.0, un-installed it and installed 1.4.1, and none of them show the metadata editor.

I've checked configuration and the metadata editor plugin is listed and checked off as installed.

If I fire it up from the command line, it starts with no errors.

Anyone have any ideas as to where the metadata editor may have gone.

Thanks.

Does it work under different users? as root? Maybe if you delete the Gwenview folder in your "~/.kde/" folder...