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Title: Using Icon in Highlighting Feature (Alignment Issue)
Post by: G-Power on January 15, 2021, 04:46:22 PM
Hey.
So I just found out I could highlight tracks corresponding to certain criteria. First, that doesn't work as the tracks corresponding to these criteria are not completely highlighted; there is only a little coloured square where the "like" button should be positioned.
Here's a screenshot:
(https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/b950/4nvcp4o6f0uxes1zg.jpg)
But, for instance, I am not interested in highlighting my tracks with colours because I think that would be a bit overwhelming. I rather want to have an icon displayed for certain tracks. So, when I pick an icon, here's what happens:
(https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/8a92/5yfc6abnjfbj36azg.jpg)
The icon is covering the "like" button. I would like it to be aligned to the right rather than to the left, and I don't see why it's not this way by default.

Thanks.   : )
Title: Re: Using Icon in Highlighting Feature (Alignment Issue)
Post by: phred on January 15, 2021, 06:03:38 PM
Quote from: G-Power on January 15, 2021, 04:46:22 PM
First, that doesn't work as the tracks corresponding to these criteria are not completely highlighted; there is only a little coloured square where the "like" button should be positioned.
If you check the "+ text?" box in the highlighting rules editor the text will be highlighted. But I believe this will only appear in the Track Details view and not the Artwork view as in your screenshot. It -may- work in Albums I& Tracks view, so I suggest you test it.
Title: Re: Using Icon in Highlighting Feature (Alignment Issue)
Post by: G-Power on January 15, 2021, 07:03:48 PM
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If you check the "+ text?" box in the highlighting rules editor the text will be highlighted. But I believe this will only appear in the Track Details view and not the Artwork view as in your screenshot. It -may- work in Albums I& Tracks view, so I suggest you test it.
Yes, this highlights the text for the track both in album+track view and in track-details view. It's just that I thought that the actual rectangle surrounding the track title would be coloured (the paler area in my previous screenshot). In fact, I like it better when the text is highlighted. It's pretty neat.
But, for my second issue, I assume I can't have the icon displayed on the right when I'm in album view(?), which bothers me a bit because it covers the "like" button.

The reason why I want an icon displayed on certain tracks is that I want to be able to spot explicit tracks to remind me to censure them and/or to warn me not to play them when I'm deejaying. Here's a snapshot of Spotify:
(https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/416d/cqibxgptka7gvu4zg.jpg)
See how there's the word "explicit" captured in a rectangle aligned on the right side of explicit tracks? I would like something similar in Musicbee, but just an E icon, such as that on the Spotify web player (see screenshot below).
(https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/0ddb/rpe1n61ujkpu29czg.jpg)
Is it possible, at all, to achieve such an effect in album-track view in Musicbee?

Thanks a lot!
Title: Re: Using Icon in Highlighting Feature (Alignment Issue)
Post by: phred on January 15, 2021, 07:48:34 PM
Quote from: G-Power on January 15, 2021, 07:03:48 PM
Is it possible, at all, to achieve such an effect in album-track view in Musicbee?
No, it's not possible.
Title: Re: Using Icon in Highlighting Feature (Alignment Issue)
Post by: G-Power on January 15, 2021, 07:51:07 PM
Okay. Thanks for saving a lot of my time, then!  : )
Your help was very much appreciated. 👍
Title: Re: Using Icon in Highlighting Feature (Alignment Issue)
Post by: G-Power on January 15, 2021, 07:52:02 PM
In fact, is there a place where I can suggest this feature for later Musicbee versions?
Title: Re: Using Icon in Highlighting Feature (Alignment Issue)
Post by: phred on January 15, 2021, 08:07:24 PM
You can post in the Wishlist section. There are no guarantees. It's up to Steven to decide whether or not he wants to implement.
Title: Re: Using Icon in Highlighting Feature (Alignment Issue)
Post by: G-Power on January 15, 2021, 08:16:32 PM
Cool. I'll do just that when I get the chance. Thanks, Phred!
Title: Re: Using Icon in Highlighting Feature (Alignment Issue)
Post by: hiccup on January 15, 2021, 08:32:24 PM
Quote from: phred on January 15, 2021, 07:48:34 PM
Quote from: G-Power on January 15, 2021, 07:03:48 PM
Is it possible, at all, to achieve such an effect in album-track view in Musicbee?
No, it's not possible.

I beg to differ… :

(https://i.imgur.com/1aLWp5v.png)

You can accomplish this by creating a custom tag <Explicit>, and a virtual tag that you use to display the field in Album and Tracks.
E.g. something like:

Code
$IsNull(<Explicit>,,{color: 188,0,0}{font: Segoe UI Symbol;Regular;15}" ⮽ ⮾ 🄴")

For a song that you consider explicit, enter something (anything) in the custom tag <Explicit>.
Then the virtual tag <Explicit¨>  (note the added umlaut at the end, so it's name doesn't conflict with the custom tag) will display the required icon for all songs that have anything present in the custom tag.

Depending on how large you want the 'icon' (it's actually a glyph) to display, you may want to enlarge MusicBee's default font to make enough room for it.
Title: Re: Using Icon in Highlighting Feature (Alignment Issue)
Post by: G-Power on January 15, 2021, 09:36:22 PM
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You can accomplish this by creating a custom tag <Explicit>, and a virtual tag that you use to display the field in Album and Tracks.
Interesting! How do I create this virtual tag from here (see screenshot below)?
(https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/9565/y2hfjqfty4xjbylzg.jpg)
Thanks, Hiccup.
Title: Re: Using Icon in Highlighting Feature (Alignment Issue)
Post by: G-Power on January 15, 2021, 09:40:32 PM
Oh, I see. I enter the formula in the formula field, LOL.
What's the "identifier" thing all about? Can I just ignore it?
Title: Re: Using Icon in Highlighting Feature (Alignment Issue)
Post by: hiccup on January 15, 2021, 09:42:03 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/YvHnx2X.png)
Title: Re: Using Icon in Highlighting Feature (Alignment Issue)
Post by: G-Power on January 15, 2021, 09:44:43 PM
Hiccup, the body of your post (09:42:03) is empty.
Title: Re: Using Icon in Highlighting Feature (Alignment Issue)
Post by: hiccup on January 15, 2021, 09:45:48 PM
Quote from: G-Power on January 15, 2021, 09:40:32 PM
Oh, I see. I enter the formula in the formula field, LOL.
What's the "identifier" thing all about? Can I just ignore it?

The top part of your screenshot is referring to custom tags.
If you are not yet familiar with those you'll have to do some reading first.

Unless you are already using an existing tag for 'explicit'. Then you can just forget about using a custom tag for it.
Title: Re: Using Icon in Highlighting Feature (Alignment Issue)
Post by: hiccup on January 15, 2021, 09:49:03 PM
Quote from: G-Power on January 15, 2021, 09:44:43 PM
Hiccup, the body of your post (09:42:03) is empty.

There is a screenshot in it. I checked.
If you don't see it there's something wrong.
Title: Re: Using Icon in Highlighting Feature (Alignment Issue)
Post by: G-Power on January 15, 2021, 09:52:37 PM
(https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/da56/d9n23bnwehr85gqzg.jpg)
Then I guess there's something wrong. Hehe. 😂
Title: Re: Using Icon in Highlighting Feature (Alignment Issue)
Post by: phred on January 15, 2021, 10:17:02 PM
Quote from: hiccup on January 15, 2021, 09:49:03 PM
If you don't see it there's something wrong.
Nothing wrong here. I see the screenshot
Title: Re: Using Icon in Highlighting Feature (Alignment Issue)
Post by: G-Power on January 15, 2021, 10:32:10 PM
I tried everything up to clearing cookies + cache and restarting my browser. I'm not on a VPN.
Could you describe your screenshot in words or send it again, please?
Thanks!
Title: Re: Using Icon in Highlighting Feature (Alignment Issue)
Post by: phred on January 16, 2021, 01:22:52 AM
Quote from: hiccup on January 15, 2021, 09:42:03 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/YvHnx2X.png)
Title: Re: Using Icon in Highlighting Feature (Alignment Issue)
Post by: G-Power on January 16, 2021, 02:10:55 PM
(https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/e816/jgye0w1cp5xo4kpzg.jpg)
Then the issue must be on my side, LOL.
I do have some internet security software (for blocking adult content, etc.) and it doesn't allow the imgur.com website for I-don't-know-what reason.
If that's the image host you're using, then I think that must be the problem. MediaFire and ImageShack are both accessible to me, though.
Title: Re: Using Icon in Highlighting Feature (Alignment Issue)
Post by: G-Power on March 05, 2021, 08:28:35 PM
Hey, me again. I've posted in this thread two days ago but, apparently, it didn't send.
Anyhow, I managed to get an "E" symbol outputted via "Virtual1" for explicit tracks. It's pretty cool because I've used Microsoft's Private Character Editor to generate a symbol that resembles the one used by Spotify and iTunes and all I had to do was apply it to all fonts. That way it works in Musicbee even if I decide to change the display font in the future.
Now my problem is that there are a lot of tags for which the values may not be displayed in the "Album and Tracks" view, for some reason. How do I manage to have the field for "Virtual1" displayed?
The only options I get when opening "Set Displayed Fields..." are "Love", "Highlight", "Track#", "Title", "Rating" and "Time". That's it. There's no option for virtual tags or any other tags, of what I can see.
Anyone know a fix?
Thanks!
Title: Re: Using Icon in Highlighting Feature (Alignment Issue)
Post by: hiccup on March 05, 2021, 08:35:03 PM
Quote from: G-Power on March 05, 2021, 08:28:35 PM
The only options I get when opening "Set Displayed Fields..." are "Love", "Highlight", "Track#", "Title", "Rating" and "Time". That's it. There's no option for virtual tags or any other tags, of what I can see.
Anyone know a fix?
You probably have Album and Tracks layout set to 'compact grid'.
If you change it to 'detailed list' more fields are available.
Title: Re: Using Icon in Highlighting Feature (Alignment Issue)
Post by: hiccup on March 05, 2021, 08:39:13 PM
Quote from: G-Power on March 05, 2021, 08:28:35 PM
… and all I had to do was apply it to all fonts. That way it works in Musicbee even if I decide to change the display font in the future…
That's interesting. Could you elaborate a little bit on how that works?
Title: Re: Using Icon in Highlighting Feature (Alignment Issue)
Post by: G-Power on March 05, 2021, 09:02:16 PM
Quote from: hiccup on March 05, 2021, 08:39:13 PM
That's interesting. Could you elaborate a little bit on how that works?

Absolutely.
I'm not sure how much you know about the editor so I'll just start from zero.
Open up the Run dialogue box and type "eudcedit.exe".
When that starts you get to select the code for your character. If you already have private characters you can select those for editing.
Once you're happy with your character, you can just save it. You can also save a copy of it to another code, if you like.
Now the character is set to be applied to all fonts by default, meaning that it will be recognised by any program using the fonts you already have on your system, whatever font that is.
But if you want to apply it to a specific font (e.g. Times New Roman), then you need to head to "File>Font Links..." and check "Link with Selected Fonts". That's it.
Now when comes the time to use it, you need to open "charmap.exe" and go to the font selection drop-down near the top of the window. If your character was applied to all fonts, then choose "All Fonts (Pricate Characters). Otherwise select the font that is specific to your character (anyway make sure you're using the Unicode character set; it won't appear otherwise).
Now just select the character, copy it, and that's it. I think you can also access it using the Alt+Num keyboard shortcut that's specific to your character code, but I'm not 100 % sure.
Hope this helps.