Yeah, I can get the spectrum analyzer, but i've got that at the top of my window already, next to the play/pause/skip buttons, so it's kind of redundant :/  I just thought there might be another like component to add more visualizations to ColumnsUI or something...

I changed the sort by, but I don't think it just did the same thing as clicking on the top of the column, like in any other program...  It's not really a problem now that i'm mostly done with major retagging, what bothers me more is the single compilation album that splits itself up...  I've got all of the individual tracks tagged with the same album artist, and %ALBUM ARTIST% is the first thing in my sort by settings...  I don't really understand how the %BLACKMAJICK% script-tag-programming-stuff works so i bet that's what i'm missing.

$if2(%album%,<Unknown Album>[ Artist: %artist%])

the typing thing doesn't work at all...  Maybe you have some setting on that I don't?  This is really the biggest thing I want to get working...  I've done google searches for it and this seems to be what i'm looking for... it's called Typefind.  I followed the instructions, but it doesn't work.  Maybe "some in-line search facility" doesn't mean what I think it means?  or maybe i'm just not using it right?  Maybe i'm just not enabling it/turning it on?

I think you mixed up "sorting" (the order the playlist is shown) and grouping (the "title" of your groups: In your screenshot it is Peter Seeger / Brian and Amy Wedding Mix or Ani Di Franco / Brian and Amy Wedding Mix)

To change the grouping pattern, go to Preferences --> Display --> Columns UI --> Playlist view --> Grouping
1- Select Show groups if it's not already selected (but I think it is)
2- In the script just below, swap %artist% with %album artist% and this will do the trick.

Thanks!  The grouping now works!

I assume by "put focus on" you mean click on it then start typing... it still doesn't work for me... I don't have ColumsnUI 0.3.8.8, I have 0.3.8.6, I think I probably decided to get this one because it doesn't say "experimental" next to it.  So I just downloaded 0.3.8.8, replaced the old .dll, tried again and still nada  I've got Typefind downloaded, and in the components directory of my fb2k folder... I tried with the Typefind panel not in my window, and with it there, it didn't work either way!  Typefind, Y U NO WORK!?!?

Thanks for helping me with the grouping thing though!

are the following fonts installed?
Arial, Tahoma, Segoe UI+Symbol

I want to leave the playlist where I want it and not on the last song I selected to play.

Quote from: Furion45086 on 2011-03-20 03:33:16

I want to leave the playlist where I want it and not on the last song I selected to play.

Perhaps File -> Preferences -> Playback -> untick Cursor follows playback.

HTH.

Alessandro

i'm using columns ui with ng playlist, is it possibile to remove what i've selected in red? check the pic
http://img843.imageshack.us/i/catturakn.jpg/

@chiwou, there is an easier way instead of using multiple $ifequal statements. look at $select instead.

$select(%tracknumber%,display this for track 1, display this for track 2, track 3)

@mzso, a good place to start is the columns UI wiki. look at $set_style and frames

http://yuo.be/wiki/columns_ui:config:colour_string

@sollnis, have you thought about trying EsPlaylist. that works in default UI and supports album artwork and using $rgb colours for the text. the one thing it can't do is custom background colours/frames like columns UI.

http://foo2k.chottu.net/#esp

untested but try

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