Preferences cleanup-please redo settings & logic for select / highlight playing

[alec.tron]

Heya,
poking the preferences, this part should imo really be addressed when the MB preferences are cleaned up / reworked, which was one of the main requests in the 'what to do for future version' thread.

As is I have to decide to either have:
'select playing track'
or
'highlight playing track'
whereas I would prefer to have both at the same time and these 2 should not rule each other out imo.

Also, I am not sure what 'playback follows cursor' does or is meant to do in MusicBee- can anyone explain ?

Tbh, I'm very used to foobar preference behaviour... where it is one setting:
Either
[X] "Cursor Follows Playback"
OR
[ ] "Playback Follows Cursor"

as each is ruling out the other.
Highlighting imo should be a separate setting.

Also, when "Cursor Follows Playback" is on, the selected track ideally should appear in the center of the screen. In Tracks view, with a random/shuffle setting, the selected track either sits half way readable at the top or the bottom of the list, depending on if the random/shuffle jumped up or down in the list.

Just me few cents/opinion how to polish this bit a bit.
c.

[hiccup]

Also, I am not sure what 'playback follows cursor' does or is meant to do in MusicBee- can anyone explain ?

Tbh, I'm very used to foobar preference behaviour... where it is one setting:
Either
[X] "Cursor Follows Playback"
OR
[ ] "Playback Follows Cursor"
as they are determining each other.

I think they work identical. If you have selected that option, when you have selected a track in the main panel, and leave it selected, that song will play next.
If you would be able to toggle that function quickly by means of a shortcut, you would probably also need some indicator in view that shows if it is enabled or not. Otherwise you might get confused and get unexpected plays very easily.

[alec.tron]

Yea, that's what I thought as well - but despite switching on 'playback follows cursor' to see what it does, and having a track selected, MB played another multiple times.
Might be my random/shuffle settings override the pref setting to 'playback follows cursor' in that case...?

As for the Toolbar button idea from the other thread - 2 state/toggle buttons (2 icons per button...) would be ideal, yes.
Although - for me personally - I would make do with a no-gui feedback button for the pref setting toggle as well (I just test with FWD / Backwards quickly if necessary, just as I do now when I toggle it with the setting burried in the preferences GUI).
c.