Differentiate between multiple entries and blank entries when editing.

[EffenBlue]

I was wondering if there could be an indicator of some sort that shows the difference between a field with multiple entries in it and a field with no entries in it when editing multiple files.

For instance, in this image:

the producer field in the selected files has different values for each track, but the editing window shows blank/no values.

In this image:

the producer field in the selected files is blank and the editing window shows blank/no values.

This can often be confusing/misleading if the field in question is not visible in the main view.



(Yes I know upfirst is misspelled, it was good for a chuckle so I left it that way.)

[hiccup]

I was wondering if there could be an indicator of some sort that shows the difference between a field with multiple entries in it and a field with no entries in it when editing multiple files.

+3

(two extra plusses for two earlier occasions I could find where this was brought to attention or asked for:
http://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=11455.0
http://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=19620.msg117324#msg117324 )

[psychoadept]

+1 (again)

[Sidar]

+1

[alec.tron]

+1 toohoo.
Especially for some sort of visual feedback to see that one would edit / overwrite multiple & different tags with a single value...

Alas, as long as it doesn't have an equally powerful editing syntax as foobar, I'll still be going back to that for all my multi-file metadata editing as I have most things I need sorted over there.

c.

[Sofocl]

+1

[vzell]

+1

[Steven]

yes i agree and will do something at some point for v3.1

[EffenBlue]

Thanks Steven, and sorry about starting a new thread and not searching first.

[Steven]

i've added some basic support for this so that the text "Mixed" (or "-" for narrow fields) displays.
Its in the next v3.1 update

[Steven]

http://musicbee.niblseed.com/V3_1/MusicBee31_Patched.zip

unzip and replace the existing files where musicbee is installed

[EffenBlue]

That works great. Thanks again Steven.

[hiccup]

i've added some basic support for this so that the text "Mixed" (or "-" for narrow fields) displays.

Probably a bit futile, but wouldn't a small + sign be more apropriate then a - sign?
( - might suggest 'no value' to some users)

[phred]

Probably a bit futile, but wouldn't a small + sign be more apropriate then a - sign?
( - might suggest 'no value' to some users)

Very good point.  +1