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Columns UI

Reply #4275 –
I have a simple request for musicmusic, not really concerning columns_ui...i hope ot's ok.

Can you put a "Clear" button in the Console Panel like the original Console has? 

See? Simple..

Columns UI

Reply #4276 –
Quote from: thuan on
Erh musicmusic can you reconsider? In case, multi disc albums have cover for each disc I still need multiple sources
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And cover is stored inside "Album name" folder for single cover albums or if it has multiple covers each cover is inside its correspondent Disc folder.
as TOTALDISCS alone is not enough to check for this case. Adding another metadata to check is ok but well a little ugly.
OK, let me rephrase that. I am not adding it any time soon. But maybe sometime in the future.
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Reply #4277 –
I've recently gone back from DUI to CUI after missing the $rgb function too much. I've also made a new layout, which I'm happy with. One thing though. I have some vinyl rips, singles and short promos that are only a couple of tracks long, and I don't mind displaying the artwork in the artwork column if there's artwork, but for the ones that don't it still displays a space the size of what it would if there was artwork there.

Is there a way around this, or perhaps will it be changed in a future update? Sorry if it's been covered already.

Columns UI

Reply #4278 –
Is there a way to have a "playlist view" bound to one playlist?

For example, I would like to have one playlist view that changes as I navigate around my media library, but another playlist view that is always showing the current playback playlist.

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Reply #4279 –
Quote from: Jugdish on
For example, I would like to have one playlist view that changes as I navigate around my media library, but another playlist view that is always showing the current playback playlist.
You mean two independent playlist views at the same time? No. The has btw. been asked a couple of postings ago ("norton/total commander like view" with 2 independent playlists)

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Reply #4281 –
It refreshes the items and groups, but actually it doesn't need to refresh the groups since those fields aren't available there. So, yes it's easily fixable, I'll change it for next build.
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Reply #4282 –
If I move the mouse slightly while right clicking, I get the "Add files here" Drag & Drop context menu instead of the normal context menu. Since I never want the Drag & Drop context menu, is there a preference to disable it?

If not, please consider adding a checkbox to disable this in the Columns UI preferences. My only workaround is to use Tweak UI to increase the Drag Sensitivity number of pixels, which is how far you have to move the mouse with a button depressed before the drag action is recognized. Too large a value for the drag sensitivity is annoying when trying to reposition windows by a small amount.

(I had the same problem in foobar2000 v.8. I'm finally upgrading and trying to fix all the old annoyances.)

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Reply #4283 –
Thanks in advance.

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Reply #4284 –
Quote from: PredUK on
I've recently gone back from DUI to CUI after missing the $rgb function too much. I've also made a new layout, which I'm happy with. One thing though. I have some vinyl rips, singles and short promos that are only a couple of tracks long, and I don't mind displaying the artwork in the artwork column if there's artwork, but for the ones that don't it still displays a space the size of what it would if there was artwork there.

Is there a way around this, or perhaps will it be changed in a future update? Sorry if it's been covered already.
It doesn't know in advance if artwork exists or not. It's not possible to have it how you want without either having to wait for it to check before displaying anything or having things jump around.

Quote from: JLSteffen on
If I move the mouse slightly while right clicking, I get the "Add files here" Drag & Drop context menu instead of the normal context menu. Since I never want the Drag & Drop context menu, is there a preference to disable it?
If not, please consider adding a checkbox to disable this in the Columns UI preferences.
There must be some other underlying problem if you're frequently starting a drag and drop operation whilst trying to right click. Anyway, there are various reasons I won't add such an option.

Quote from: JLSteffen on
My only workaround is to use Tweak UI to increase the Drag Sensitivity number of pixels, which is how far you have to move the mouse with a button depressed before the drag action is recognized. Too large a value for the drag sensitivity is annoying when trying to reposition windows by a small amount.
There is some irony here, because for some reason it wasn't using the system setting. I'll fix that anyway.
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Columns UI

Reply #4285 –
That should fix the problem. I suspected that columns UI was ignoring the Drag Sensitivity, but it was hard to tell.

I use a Wacom pen tablet in Mouse mode instead of the regular mouse because it's easier on my arm (I developed severe tendinitis during a career as a computer programmer). You touch the pen to the tablet to simulate a mouse left click, so I tend to hold the pen slightly above the tablet and use a PI Engineering foot pedal programmed to simulate a mouse right click. Since it's hard to hold the pen perfectly steady above the tablet, I sometimes inadvertently invoke the right click drag in columns UI. When this happens, sometimes I get the "Add files here" context menu, other times the mouse cursor changes to the drag cursor and the current selection is duplicated.

There is a right click button on the pen, but I find it impossible to hold the pen steady while pressing it with my index finger. Also my arm get sore quickly if I use a curled finger to press a button; poking buttons with a straight finger is less of a problem.

Moderation: Removed fullquote of the preceding post, reset font to the forum's default.

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Reply #4286 –
Hi,

In the preference panel, under the filter tab, i can't seem to check "auto-send selection to playlist".

Using 0.3 beta 2 preview 4.

Also, is there any way I can use the filter such that it wouldn't create a "Filter Results (Playback)" playlist when I use the filter? I just want it to replace the original playlist...like in facets.. (selecting add to current playlist also seems to create the "filter results (playback)" playlist :X)
:)

Columns UI

Reply #4287 –
Hello,

I think this may be a bug with NG-Playlist:



The scroll down button doesn't appear in my config. and I scroll past the limit of my window, the scroller's tiny bar disappears (like in the picture). Not really a big problem for me, but I thought I'd just highlight it.
:)

Columns UI

Reply #4288 –
That's usually caused by a locked height, or possibly the minimum height of another panel.
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Columns UI

Reply #4289 –
Can I lock CUI window size? I'm able to do it in DUI and I want to do it in my CUI too.

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Reply #4291 –
Quote from: Chairman85 on
Any way for it not to expand groups to minimum height for groups when artwork is enabled if there is no artwork for the group?

Quote from: musicmusic on
Then, things would jump around whilst it is loading the artwork. Better just set a place holder image, I will probably include one by default soon as well.

Then, would it be possible to have an option to disable expansion to minimum height, like it was in preview 2 ? For now I'm stuck with it because I have a bunch of single files (which don't have album art), and no album with album art and only 3 or 4 tracks. So I was very happy with preview 2 behaviour.

And thank you for this great component, for all the time you spend on it and answering to everybody on the forum

Columns UI

Reply #4292 –
hmmm strangely the latest foobar beta 9.5.3 b2 has made the alternating line colours stop working...


running preview 4 of the latest colums using the following

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$if(%_themed%,,$if($and(%isplaying%,$not(%_is_group%)),

$puts(back,$offset_colour(%_back%,$offset_colour($calculate_blend_target(%_back%),ff0000,20),25))
$puts(back-selected,$offset_colour(%_selected_back%,$offset_colour($calculate_blend_target(%_selected_back%),ff0000,20),25))
$puts(back-selected-no-focus,$offset_colour(%_selected_back_no_focus%,$offset_colour($calculate_blend_target(%_selected_back_no_focus%),ff0000,20),25))
,

$ifequal($mod($if2(%_display_index,%playlist_number%),2),0,
$puts(back,$offset_colour(%_back%,$calculate_blend_target(%_back%),12))
$puts(back-selected,%_selected_back%)
$puts(back-selected-no-focus,%_selected_back_no_focus%)
,
$puts(back-selected,$offset_colour(%_selected_back%,$calculate_blend_target(%_selected_back%),7))
$puts(back-selected-no-focus,$offset_colour(%_selected_back_no_focus%,$calculate_blend_target(%_selected_back_no_focus%),7))
$puts(back,%_back%)
)

)
$set_style(back,$get(back),$get(back-selected),$get(back-selected-no-focus)))

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Reply #4293 –
There was an error in the default string a long time ago, seems like you still have the broken one. I guess something changed in the 0.9.5.3 beta 2 title format script parser.

So, just change where it says %_display_index to %_display_index%. Or you may prefer to just replace that bit with just %playlist_number%.
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Reply #4294 –
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Or you may prefer to just replace that bit with just %playlist_number%.

Actually, %playlist_number% appears to be broken. I have a quite simple configuration, just a few basic columns and the playlist sidebar. Now I noticed that %playlist_number% doesn't work anymore. It's the first column in the attached screenshots.

I guess this changed after installing foobar2000 v. 0.9.5.3 beta 2, but I haven't verified that by installing older builds. (I'm using the latest Columns UI, v. 0.3 beta 2 preview 4)

My old reference setup that consists of foobar 0.9.4.5 and Columns UI v. 0.2 doesn't have this problem.

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EDIT

As a test, I reverted to 0.9.5.2 and the problem disappeared.

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Reply #4295 –
Oh, you are right, %playlist_index% seems to work. %_display_index% works in NG Playlist (in the style string) - that's why fixing that also worked with regards to the other problem.

Anyway, why are fields being randomly renamed now? This breaks components.
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Columns UI

Reply #4296 –
thanks music music
adding %_display_index% fixed the issue > thx
everything looks pretty again

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Reply #4297 –
Quote from: musicmusic on
Oh, you are right, %playlist_index% seems to work. %_display_index% works in NG Playlist (in the style string) - that's why fixing that also worked with regards to the other problem.

Anyway, why are fields being randomly renamed now? This breaks components.
Fields aren't being "randomly renamed". Pre-0.9 version leftovers that have been gone from the official documentation for years are getting removed, especially if they're redundant to %list_index%/%list_total% that are the standard respected by most of current components. If you made your code rely on some of fields that got removed, I can bring them back, but if users' custom title formatting depends on those, I don't think it's really my problem.
Microsoft Windows: We can't script here, this is bat country.

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Reply #4298 –
Well, it's not so much my code, but the default settings that use it. I don't really see the point of breaking people's formatting strings now for no reason; if it was a major version maybe. This just creates headaches for people who download fcs/fcl/fth etc. settings and find they don't work. These people are exactly the kind of people who don't want to mess around with title formatting strings (!)

It is definitely a rename: %playlist_index% doesn't work in beta 1. The timing is definitely arbitrary. And it may be redundant, but you renamed it rather than removed it (and even then it should have been removed in 0.9).

So, it personally doesn't bother me, I can happily edit my title formatting strings. But I would rather my/your users have a good user experience, rather than a frustrating one.
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Reply #4299 –
Looks like playlist_index getting added wasn't intended, thanks for spending your time on comparing old/new version behaviors. If use of those fields is that widespread in circulating configurations, I'll try to mimic the old behavior again in 0.9.5.3.
Microsoft Windows: We can't script here, this is bat country.