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Columns UI

Reply #3650 –
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I don't think so. ColummnsUI still gives you the warning, that .fcl will not work with the release version.

Yeah, I didn't try it when I asked, sorry.

Columns UI

Reply #3651 –
Quote from: musicmusic on
Also foo_uie_typefind has returned. I added a Query search mode, which uses the filter syntax (i.e. same as autoplaylist).

How can this component be used?  The Feature Watcher component tells me the following:

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[2007-07-23 06:39:54 foobar2000 v0.9.4.3]
+Columns UI Extension: Toolbars/Typefind
+Main Menu Command: Edit/Type-find

But I can not see any new items in the edit menu and there are no new toolbars to be shown.

Columns UI

Reply #3652 –
Thx musicmusic. Could you implement an option for setting the tab-stack-position [top; bottom] (called 'tab-bar position' in 'Tabbed panel stack mod') - saves me those 160kb    ?
 

Columns UI

Reply #3653 –
Quote from: halabund on
But I can not see any new items in the edit menu and there are no new toolbars to be shown.


Check under Column UI layout; it should appear as a toolbar. When you add it, it'll only show up as a caption. Right click it and click activate. I haven't got it working beyond that though. 

EDIT: Query doesnt' seem to work. The searching works like a charm though (and utterly kicks ass!)

Columns UI

Reply #3654 –
Quote from: thuan on
Thanks for the update. Is the FCL format final now?
It depends on what feedback I get.

Quote from: halabund on
Quote from: musicmusic on
Also foo_uie_typefind has returned. I added a Query search mode, which uses the filter syntax (i.e. same as autoplaylist).

How can this component be used?  The Feature Watcher component tells me the following:

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[2007-07-23 06:39:54 foobar2000 v0.9.4.3]
+Columns UI Extension: Toolbars/Typefind
+Main Menu Command: Edit/Type-find

But I can not see any new items in the edit menu and there are no new toolbars to be shown.
Admittedly the info is buried somewhere in this thread. I'll type it up on wiki later but basically:

It was originally intended for jump-to-letter kind of functionality.

To use: Add it to your layout, in a vertical splitter (under the playlist view is ideal). Assign the "Edit/Type-find" command to a keyboard shortcut (/ key is ideal).

Then use your shortcut to activate it, UP and DOWN will navigate through results, ENTER plays the focused item, CTRL+ENTER adds it to the queue.

Quote from: sPeziFisH on
Thx musicmusic. Could you implement an option for setting the tab-stack-position [top; bottom] (called 'tab-bar position' in 'Tabbed panel stack mod') - saves me those 160kb    ?
The problem is Microsoft deprecated that style since XP (with themed controls). As you may have seen it looks odd in that case. Microsoft say: "This style is not supported if you use ComCtl32.dll version 6." so I am not going to use it.

Quote from: kanak on
EDIT: Query doesnt' seem to work. The searching works like a charm though (and utterly kicks ass!)
I think the query mode should work its just a bit useless. Remember the syntax:
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Query format:

Simple search:
* "<any string>" - returns only items that have all words from specified string in their metadata / tech infos / file path.

Advanced search:
* "<field> HAS <string>" - returns only items that have all words from <string> in metadata field named <field>, e.g. "title HAS blah".
* "<field> IS <string>" - returns only items where (at least one) metadata field <field> is equal to <string>, e.g. "artist IS blah".
* "* HAS <string>" - same as simple search, but can be combined using logical operators (see below).
* "<pattern1> AND <pattern2>" - performs logical AND operation on two search patterns, e.g. "artist IS blah AND title HAS blah". You can also enclose patterns in parentheses to control order of logical operations, e.g. "(artist IS blah) AND (title HAS blah)".
* "<pattern1> OR <pattern2>" - same as above, but with OR logical operation.
* "NOT <pattern>" - inverts results of <pattern>, e.g. "NOT comment HAS sucks".
* "<field> GREATER <number>", "<field> LESS <number>", "<field> EQUAL <number>" - performs integral number comparison between <field> value and <number>, e.g. "date LESS 1998".

Note 1 : <field> and <string> in HAS/IS operations should be enclosed in double quotation marks (") if it includes spaces.
Note 2 : If <field> in HAS/IS/GREATER/LESS/EQUAL includes at least one of #$% characters, it will be treated as title formatting string, e.g. " "%__codec%" IS MP3". Using title formatting string instead of simple field name will decrease search speed and break multiple field handling in IS operator.
Note 3 : All search operations are non-case sensitive. All operator words *must* be uppercase.
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Columns UI

Reply #3655 –
Thanks for foo_typefind! It is a good addition to the quicksearchplugin: quicksearch for sending the results of searching the active playlist to the search playlist and typefind for inlinesearch - so i don't have to switch inside of quicksearch.
I just would like that typefind would behave like a normal toolbar (without activating it by hotkey!) and that after activating another playlist and then typing again something the inline search is applied on this new active playlist

Columns UI

Reply #3656 –
foo_typefind is exactly what I have been looking for... perfect.

MusicMusic we have missed your great components and look forward to any cool new stuff you can bring out.

I am tired of having to learn rediculous syntax of panels ui... which has effectively become bloat ware to me.

I have made the move back to columns ui and album art.

simple effective - good on the resources.

Columns UI

Reply #3657 –
Typefinder: Could you please make it disappear on pressing <Escape>?
EDIT: W2K here.

Musicmusic, could you provide an option to hide fb2k's main window titlebar? I have fb2k in full screen mode and use foo_fullscreen, which is a banned component and causes some tiny focus problems. PanelsUI has a command for this, but it does only work if you have PanelsUI set as the main GUI. I was thinking about reverting, but I have 3 layouts in my fb2k which I switch via shortcuts. One layout is pretty complicated and has lots of panels in it, I do not want to imagine how many millions of code lines I'd need for this in panelsUI.

Columns UI

Reply #3659 –
Hi,

thank you musicmusic for the new beta version of foo_ui_columns. It works flawless here. No borders around the Tab Stack... great!
I also tried foo_uie_typefind which is exactly the search plugin I need. I just wanted to ask if it's possible to remove the extra line of pixels which typefind adds to the vertical splitter.

Columns UI

Reply #3661 –
Quote from: q-stankovic on
I just would like that typefind would behave like a normal toolbar (without activating it by hotkey!) and that after activating another playlist and then typing again something the inline search is applied on this new active playlist
Hi, I will consider it.

Quote from: Squeller on
Typefinder: Could you please make it disappear on pressing <Escape>?
EDIT: W2K here.
As mentioned, that is how it is meant to behave. May I have some details of your layout, any 3rd party (me being 1st party :B) splitters/panel hosts?

Quote from: Squeller on
Musicmusic, could you provide an option to hide fb2k's main window titlebar?
As you can imagine this has been requested before although I don't really remember what was said.. I'll definitely consider it anyhow.

Quote from: neomcnasty on
I also tried foo_uie_typefind which is exactly the search plugin I need. I just wanted to ask if it's possible to remove the extra line of pixels which typefind adds to the vertical splitter.
Hi,
Yes I would also like to get that removed. I have planned for some time to make some changes to the splitters so its not shown, but I don't know when I'll make those changes.

Quote from: macca on
So the button functions are working, but the images aren't being displayed?
I think there's a post gone walking somewhere
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Columns UI

Reply #3662 –
Quote from: musicmusic on
Quote from: Squeller on
Typefinder: Could you please make it disappear on pressing <Escape>?
EDIT: W2K here.
As mentioned, that is how it is meant to behave. May I have some details of your layout, any 3rd party (me being 1st party :B) splitters/panel hosts?
Thanks for your reply. It's inside a complicated layout.
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Vertical splitter
   Tabbed Panel Stack Mod
      Vertical Spliter
         Horizontal Splitter
            Vertical Splitter
               Stuff...
            Vertical Splitter
               Stuff...
            Vertical Splitter
               Track Display
               Track Display
               Playlist Tabs
               Typefind
               Columns Playlist
      Vertical Splitter
         ...
My components:

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Core (2007-04-14 20:45:50)
    foobar2000 core 0.9.4.3 beta
foo_abx.dll (2007-04-20 21:35:00)
    ABX Comparator 1.3.1
foo_autoplaylist.dll (2006-08-04 21:56:56)
    Autoplaylist Manager 1.0
foo_bitcompare.dll (2006-08-04 21:56:50)
    Binary Comparator 1.1
foo_cdda.dll (2007-04-14 19:54:36)
    CD Audio Decoder 2.1.1
foo_cmd_playlist.dll (2006-08-05 13:17:08)
    Playlist Commandline Tools 0.0.1
foo_common.dll (2006-03-11 19:23:54)
    Common services 0.1
foo_converter.dll (2007-04-14 19:54:18)
    Converter 1.0.1
foo_cuesheet_creator.dll (2007-03-10 11:58:28)
    Cuesheet Creator 0.4.6
foo_cwb_hooks.dll (2007-06-12 15:14:24)
    cwbowron's title format hooks 1.2.5 [Jun  8 2007 - 08:49:42]
    Tagger Panel Window 1.0.5 [Jun 12 2007 - 15:14:00]
foo_dbsearch.dll (2007-01-25 21:58:48)
    Database Search 1.4
foo_dsp_crossfader.dll (2007-06-13 00:02:08)
    Gapless Crossfader 0.3.2.2 (Intel SSE)
foo_dsp_delta.dll (2006-03-21 18:16:22)
    LPCM <--> delta-PCM converter 0.1.1
foo_dsp_std.dll (2007-01-20 01:36:56)
    Standard DSP array 1.0
foo_dsp_tube.dll (2007-02-07 01:17:55)
    Tube Sound 0.8
foo_dsp_vlevel.dll (2006-04-25 11:17:44)
    VLevel 20060324.0
foo_dsp_vst.dll (2007-05-17 18:39:34)
    VST bridge 0.60 Beta
foo_freedb2.dll (2007-01-22 13:07:44)
    freedb Tagger 0.5.2a
foo_fullscreen.dll (2006-04-01 23:10:14)
    Fullscreen 0.3.1
foo_input_monkey.dll (2007-04-13 18:39:54)
    Monkey's Audio decoder 2.1.2
foo_input_mslive.dll (2007-04-01 08:34:28)
    mslive 0.3.7 (Intel SSE)
foo_input_std.dll (2007-04-19 17:09:58)
    FLAC Decoder 1.1.0
    Standard Input Array 1.0
    WMA Decoder 1.1
foo_input_tak.dll (2007-05-13 18:54:34)
    TAK Decoder 0.3.2
foo_masstag.dll (2007-04-14 19:53:36)
    Masstagger 1.6
foo_masstag_addons.dll (2007-05-20 08:00:08)
    Masstagger Addons 0.3.4 (Intel SSE)
foo_menu_addons.dll (2007-05-21 00:00:50)
    Menu Addons 0.3.9.5 (Intel SSE)
foo_playlist_bind.dll (2006-04-06 15:52:24)
    Playlist Bind 2.2
foo_playlist_manager.dll (2006-03-13 00:25:14)
    Playlist Manager 1.0
foo_random.dll (2006-03-13 11:35:02)
    Randomized playlist entry 1.2.3
foo_rgscan.dll (2007-04-14 20:11:20)
    ReplayGain Scanner 2.0.2
foo_runcmd.dll (2007-01-22 13:02:00)
    Run Command 1.0 beta 2
foo_sic.dll (2007-01-08 11:52:52)
    foosic music database 1.0 beta 12
foo_timebomb.dll (2006-10-22 11:46:18)
    Timebomb v0.0.1
foo_ui_columns.dll (2007-07-16 00:23:12)
    Columns UI 0.2.0 alpha 3
foo_ui_panels.dll (2007-07-18 13:42:00)
    Panels UI 0.14.12 beta [Jul 18 2007 - 13:39:30]
foo_uie_albumlist.dll (2007-06-11 15:13:53)
    Album list panel 0.2.3 beta
foo_uie_bookmarks.dll (2007-04-09 16:13:36)
    Bookmarks 0.2.3
foo_uie_console.dll (2006-11-22 14:59:04)
    Console panel 0.2.1
foo_uie_explorer.dll (2006-07-06 22:43:30)
    Explorer Tree 1.04.6b
foo_uie_peakmeter.dll (2007-07-05 11:41:34)
    Peakmeter Panel 0.0.3.1
foo_uie_queuemanager.dll (2006-12-14 02:12:38)
    Queue manager panel 0.2.2
foo_uie_quicksearch.dll (2007-05-18 13:31:10)
    Quick Search Toolbar 2.8l
foo_uie_tabs.dll (2006-10-17 23:54:32)
    Tabbed panel modified 0.2.5
foo_uie_typefind.dll (2007-07-23 00:56:36)
    Typefind 0.2 beta 1
foo_utils.dll (2007-01-22 13:05:00)
    Playlist Tools 0.5.9

Columns UI

Reply #3663 –
Yes it is Tabbed Panel Stack Mod causing the problem. It is stealing the ESCAPE keypress.
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Columns UI

Reply #3664 –
Quote from: musicmusic on
Quote from: macca on
So the button functions are working, but the images aren't being displayed?
I think there's a post gone walking somewhere

There's been a bit of confusion going on. Some posts have been split to a separate thread, see this post for an explanation of what happened.

Columns UI

Reply #3665 –
Quote from: musicmusic on
Quote from: q-stankovic on
I just would like that typefind would behave like a normal toolbar (without activating it by hotkey!) and that after activating another playlist and then typing again something the inline search is applied on this new active playlist
Hi, I will consider it.



Thanks for considering that! 

I think having a normal toolbar is more easy-to-use. After having difficulties to see how to use Typefinder i thought you  firstly have to put focus on playlist and then press the hotkey but even that long way sometimes doesn't works for me (the toolbar doesn't appear)

Columns UI

Reply #3666 –
OK.  I looked for a pretty long time.  I checked pretty much everywhere I could.  I even searched through a couple year's worth of comments in this thread, and all I could ever find were people asking the same question over, and over, and over, and always getting ignored.  So, I'll ask one more time, I guess.

Is there any way to remove the active item frame?!?!?!  The damn thing is driving me nuts, it has been for years, and in my opinion it ruins all of the beautiful designs made for columns_ui that don't simply rely on a flat background with a same-colored active item frame.  Everything else about columns_ui can be turned off/configured to be invisible except for this one item that has been in the plugin since (what seems to be) the beginning.  PLEASE, someone tell me that there is a way to turn it off.  Or ignore me so I can see my thread in a year or two...

Columns UI

Reply #3667 –
You can change color on it, except in system/themed mode.
Windows 10 Pro x64 // foobar2000 1.3.10

Columns UI

Reply #3668 –
Quote from: Andreasvb on
You can change color on it, except in system/themed mode.


I thought I kind of addressed the fact that I knew you could change the color.  Yeah, you can change the color.  Let's say you have a white background.  No matter what color it is, you can see it- unless it is white.  And, if you have any other kind of designs, any frames, any color variations, anything, it you can see it.  The only way to "remove" it is to set it to the same color as your background, and this method of "removing" it only works if your background is completely the same color with no changes whatsoever.

I want to get rid of it.  Completely gone.  I can't believe that this hasn't been added to the umpteen million updates to columns_ui over the past four or five years.  Sorry to rant but it is annoying and I've got nothing better to do today.

Columns UI

Reply #3669 –
Yes, invisible, 0px frame borders would be nice. Changing the system colors is not a solution, as it ruins the rest of the os, because most likely we need black or white. Let's hear what the wise musicmusic has to say

Columns UI

Reply #3670 –
I made the next version respect the system-wide setting for hiding the focus indicators. So they will be hidden until you start using the keyboard, like in e.g. Windows Explorer (unless you change the system setting from the default). OK ?
.

Columns UI

Reply #3671 –
Quote from: Ryxxui on
OK.  I looked for a pretty long time.  I checked pretty much everywhere I could.  I even searched through a couple year's worth of comments in this thread, and all I could ever find were people asking the same question over, and over, and over, and always getting ignored.  So, I'll ask one more time, I guess.

Is there any way to remove the active item frame?!?!?!  The damn thing is driving me nuts, it has been for years, and in my opinion it ruins all of the beautiful designs made for columns_ui that don't simply rely on a flat background with a same-colored active item frame.  Everything else about columns_ui can be turned off/configured to be invisible except for this one item that has been in the plugin since (what seems to be) the beginning.  PLEASE, someone tell me that there is a way to turn it off.  Or ignore me so I can see my thread in a year or two...

I'm with you. When I used columns, which was from the time it came out until panels came out, I remember the option to hide the active item frame was something I was hoping for. I'm a fan of the really simple configs without any of the confusing pointless coloring everywhere. I want the song to be white if not playing, red if playing, and the background change if it;s hilighted - thats all. The item frame and other crap most configs throw in there (azrael i'm looking at you) takes away from the usefullness IMO.

The only way I knew to get around it was to make the color of the item frame the same color of the background. This was a shitty solution, because you could still see the frame when you had tracks hilighted. Now I use panels_ui inside of columns_ui, so I don;t have this problem anymore.

Columns UI

Reply #3672 –
Quote from: musicmusic on
I made the next version respect the system-wide setting for hiding the focus indicators. So they will be hidden until you start using the keyboard, like in e.g. Windows Explorer (unless you change the system setting from the default). OK ?
I didn't quite understand but I say OK.

Columns UI

Reply #3673 –
NG Playlist preview version available

This is preview version of the new playlist view that will be in some future version Columns UI. It adds multi-level grouping support.

This version has no configuration. Because of this I make two versions available. Version A has two grouping levels ("%album artist%" and "%album%"). Version B has a single level ("%album artist% \ %album%"). You should sort your playlist by something like "%album artist% - %album% - %tracknumber%" for the grouping to make sense.

Screenshot (Vista)
Version A
Version B

This isn't recommended for normal use, only testing for bugs & to get some feedback. It doesn't have all the features of normal Columns Playlist yet either. There's also some quirky behaviours which I haven't corrected yet. There won't be any configuration until it's integrated into Columns UI. Version B will have faster performance than A but you won't see this without a large playlist.

Things to look for:
- Grouping is working correctly (when you reorder / add / remove tracks etc.)
- Any crash bugs
- ...

Known bugs/issues:
- No horizontal scrollbar
- Can't drag & drop with RMB
- Clicking to the right of the columns still selects the items
- ...
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Columns UI

Reply #3674 –
Nice idea! It looks a lot like my old foo_coruscate, only it's based (visually speaking) on the Columns playlist instead of the Default UI playlist. I only hope you don't abandon the project like I did with foo_coruscate.

My first impression is promising. It didn't crash within the first five minutes - that's all the time I spent with it so far.

Some issues I've run across (under Windows XP Pro SP 2):
  • The focus rectangle on selected items looks weird. Are you setting the actually used text color before drawing it?
  • Mouse wheel scrolling is way too slow here.
  • Scrolling by keyboard works as expected so far. However the vertical scrollbar acts weird. Dragging the thumb just resets the position to the start. Clicking the up button to scroll by a single line works. Clicking the down button or above or below the thumb (to scroll by a page) does nothing. Is that only partially implemented or is that a bug?

Also, I don't mind the absence of options too much, that makes it easier to set up.


Out of curiousity, are you a collective?
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