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Columns UI

Reply #4500 –
Quote from: musicmusic on
Quote from: aphasia on
Crash whilst changing layouts:
Seems like you really put the component through it paces

I can see what has likely happened, but it means you changed layout via a keyboard shortcut. Can you confirm that? (eugh, it could also trigger if your keyboard shortcut uses a modal dialog and you do similar stuff. I need to think a bit to find the best fix for this...)


Yes I like to experiment!

You are right. I did change the layout using a keyboard shortcut. For the record I was trying out switching between layouts. Concluded that using tabs was the saner choice 

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Reply #4502 –
Thx musicmusic for the new enhancements!
It's quite nice to remind (rediscover) the auto-hide-feature with delay    *thumbs up*
   

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Reply #4504 –
Quote from: musicmusic on
Quote from: Fifoxtasy on
the column size weight behaves strangely.

when the total width of all columns is greater than the display area and auto-sizing is activated, increased size weight makes columns smaller.
This is correct. When the windows is bigger, they gain the most space, but this means when the window is smaller they have to lose the most space (in order to gain it in the first place ).

now i get it! quite useful actually!

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Reply #4505 –
I think I found a bug with the playlist switcher. To reproduce, move the playing playlist up or down and then click on the playlist that takes it place. This playlist is then marked as playing. Hope that makes sense!

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Reply #4506 –
Quote from: aphasia on
I think I found a bug with the playlist switcher. To reproduce, move the playing playlist up or down and then click on the playlist that takes it place. This playlist is then marked as playing. Hope that makes sense!

I don't think this is related directly to Playlist Switcher. I have experienced the same problem (very annoying) just by using Playlist Dropdown.
Can't wait for a HD-AAC encoder :P

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Reply #4507 –
0.3 beta 2 preview 11e released, mainly bug fixes.

Quote from: aphasia on
I think I found a bug with the playlist switcher. To reproduce, move the playing playlist up or down and then click on the playlist that takes it place. This playlist is then marked as playing. Hope that makes sense!
Thanks for the report, preview 11e should sort that. Also that crash should be sorted now, but note some other panels such as album list panel and iPod devices had a similar problem and will need their own fix.
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Reply #4508 –
after long time before it's appearance but NG playlist playing is real fun

i was deep in columns playlist which is of course great, but album artwork in columns - i can't tell, it urges so many ideas

and playing with it i found that artwork refreshes to much (better not to have many albums in playlist or some Celeron without SSE):

- if i add another column it refreshes
- if i change main (or whatever) window size it refreshes
- if i move any file it...
- if i change playlist name it...
- if ... it ...

is this necessary?

and i'm very interested how this behavior will progress

there are so many functions that can be added to NG artwork, that i'm afraid to ask

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Reply #4509 –
The artwork shouldn't be reloaded when you resize the main window (only when you resize the column), but anyway if you disable reflections you will get better performance when it is loading the artwork (I only noticed recently, haven't investigated ways to improve that yet..).
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Reply #4510 –
yes, you're right like always - the second point doesn't stand

but anyway if refreashes too much in other situations

thank you for being so understanding

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Reply #4511 –
It's possible to use e.g. %playlist_name% in your grouping string, but there isn't a good way to detect if you have or haven't. So if you rename the active playlist it is regrouped and then the artwork is reloaded.

If you resize the column, it needs to produce a new image in the new size. It doesn't keep the original artwork files in memory, so they are reloaded from disk.

If you move entries in the playlist, the groups can change, but it should only affect the respective groups.

It seems like the artwork reader thread is on normal priority, I can put it on low if it's impacting performance.

Yes turning off reflections improves performance, especially with large column sizes, that is pretty noticeable here.
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Reply #4512 –
well yes turning off reflections improves performance in great amount, i don't know why but you probably know

and what you mean by "needs to produce a new image in the new size" - isn't image size already defined in properties

probably it's non sense question, because i can not see the code and it's functioning

anyway i only write this because i think you should hear all users complains and make this componenet better and better

i admire your work as i admire f2k, and can't imagine it without CUI

Columns UI

Reply #4513 –
Quote from: Fifoxtasy on
sorry for that stupid question, but:
what does the "Use alternate selection model" do? i never noticed a difference.


Gives you more options as you are selecting items.
Basically you can shift-click to select/deselect a group of songs.

Example: select a group of items, then ctrl-click one of them, release, shift-click a item further up/down in the selection. Voila, you've deselected a group of items.

I've grown so acustomed to it i actually want this in Total Commander

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Reply #4514 –
Columns UI 0.3.3.0 released. I changed/fixed the version scheme to something similar to how I manage foo_dop. No more beta/preview/whatever as such, but I will use experimental tags when I think the version needs more testing.
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Reply #4515 –
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fixed versioning scheme

Wow, that was *radical*

It seems like 'Vertical item padding' setting doesn't work for NG Playlist group titles. Maybe instead of fixing it , you could add separate setting for group titles padding (top/bottom) - so it would be possible to add 'gaps' between groups (using top-padding of group title)?

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Reply #4516 –
Quote from: mixcherry on
It seems like 'Vertical item padding' setting doesn't work for NG Playlist group titles.
Hmm yes you are right it's not applied correctly after changing it, but it will take effect after a restart. Thanks for the report.

Quote from: mixcherry on
you could add separate setting for group titles padding (top/bottom) - so it would be possible to add 'gaps' between groups (using top-padding of group title)?
There can be multiple levels of grouping though so not sure that would be the effect you intended in that case.

I'm not decided on anything yet, but to me this seems like enough:
-Vertical group title padding
-Pre/post group contents padding

Also I was looking into configurable minimum group height, but in any case I would need to do something to the prefs page first really..
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Reply #4517 –
Quote from: musicmusic on
-Vertical group title padding
-Pre/post group contents padding

Yes, that would be enough.

Quote from: musicmusic on
in any case I would need to do something to the prefs page first really..

Well, maybe you could store more 'advanced' (or less popular) settings in something like Firefox's 'about:config' or Opera's 'opera:config'?

Or maybe just add padding settings to your 'Colours and Fonts' prefs branch. That way, other plugins could use those settings, just like they can use global colour and fonts settings.

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Reply #4518 –
Thanks for the update.
Bug/Regression:
Looks like artwork at the end of playlist has clipped reflection again.

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Reply #4519 –
Quote from: mixcherry on
Well, maybe you could store more 'advanced' (or less popular) settings in something like Firefox's 'about:config' or Opera's 'opera:config'?
No, better to have a proper UI not bury them in some undiscoverable place  I was just thinking of splitting up the 'general' playlist view tab; general isn't a good name for a tab anyway.

Quote from: mixcherry on
Or maybe just add padding settings to your 'Colours and Fonts' prefs branch. That way, other plugins could use those settings, just like they can use global colour and fonts settings.
I thought about putting vertical item padding on the fonts page, but I couldn't decide if it was a good idea or not.. Some stuff in the list it wouldn't apply to.

Quote from: thuan on
Looks like artwork at the end of playlist has clipped reflection again.
Did you change the group title font? Seems like there is a problem if you do.
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Reply #4521 –
Quote from: mixcherry on
I can confirm that: after changing the group title font, some of the reflections (not only the last one) are cropped

hi,

yes, it's exactly the same here.


@ musicmusic: big thanks for the update.

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Reply #4522 –
Aw.... when I start to like the white no cover pic, you change it to black.

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Reply #4523 –
I uploaded 0.3.3.1, should fix those two issues
Quote from: buktore on
Aw.... when I start to like the white no cover pic, you change it to black.

The light one went a while ago  I can upload it if you want, you can change it on the advanced prefs page.
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Reply #4524 –
musicmusic, artwork is still clipped.

EDIT: They're randomly clipped each time the playlist is refreshed.