GUI changes for v3.0

[Alumni]

(i vaguely recall) someone suggested showing the first letter of a filter; as part of the pinned tab header: i havent decided yet what i will do, if anything, for that

I had an idea, maybe too radical though.
What if there was a drop down menu attached to the pinned Music Library tab which lets you change your current library filter?
In that way you wouldn't need to have separably pinned filter tabs, they would all be consolidated into one tab.

[redwing]

Thanks for allowing to show left sidebar for pinned tabs. But I wonder why pinned tabs aren't locked to the selected node, which makes the feature pointless. As I suggested, consider making it open a different node (including search results node) in a new tab instead of in the same pinned tab. Currently you pinned inbox tab, and with a few clicks the tab turns into a playlist tab.

[psychoadept]

Another little detail: middle clicking on the header in Album & Tracks view doesn't filter to that artist. (if it matters, I have both left and right headers)

[redwing]

when selecting multiple files, if the album or album artist are not consistent then that dialog is opened ie. there isnt a single album artist/album to download a picture for

That makes sense. But in my example(s), album artist and album title are consistent.

I can confirm this.  Here's a screencap, showing that the the album & artist match (there are multiple artist values, but they're all the same, too): http://imgur.com/kA2FPSp.  But when I right click on the artwork in the main panel and search, I get the separate searches per track.  On the other hand, using the artwork in the tag editor or the artwork in the left panel works as expected.

Related to this issue, I noticed launching "search internet for picture" command from main panel on artwork view or artists view shows a different result from running the command from track info panel for tracks that have different values for artist and album artist. v2.5 shows the same search results.

[redwing]

I had an idea, maybe too radical though.
What if there was a drop down menu attached to the pinned Music Library tab which lets you change your current library filter?
In that way you wouldn't need to have separably pinned filter tabs, they would all be consolidated into one tab.

That's a great idea! It doesn't have to show all existing nodes but only pinned ones with the same icon.

[redwing]

When lyrics element is placed in the right sidebar in the narrowest width, part of lyrics don't show.



The third image is when it's in right main panel and works properly even though it's narrower. I checked all other panels, and it worked fine only except right sidebar (I'm using Segoe UI 12pt).

[hiccup]

- i have made a start on tab pinning - just right click on a tab/ Pin.

Great that you are doing this so soon already.

What I don't understand is why pinned tabs are made so small when pinned, not showing the text label anymore.
This is really hindering ease of use.
I can understand there must be some adjustment when horizontal spacing becomes spare, but why do this when there is enough space?

For the case that space gets cramped, this shrinking might be an option, or perhaps an option to be able to group selected tabs in some manner?

[Alumni]

What I don't understand is why pinned tabs are made so small when pinned, not showing the text label anymore.
This is really hindering ease of use.
I can understand there must be some adjustment when horizontal spacing becomes spare, but why do this when there is enough space?

It allows you to do something you couldn't before - to pin every node from the left sidebar as a tab, with room to spare.
I think the goal here is to basically replace the vertical navigator with a horizontal navigator, without losing any functionality.

@Steven
I believe these might be bugs with the Playlist Manager (while pinned);
Restarting MusicBee reverts the currently selected playlist back to the root music library.
The option to export a playlist is grayed out and not available.

[AvikB]

Getting this error while unpinning a tab.

Code

MusicBee v3.0.5897.39442 (Win6.3), 24 Feb 2016 15:03:

System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException: Index was out of range. Must be non-negative and less than the size of the collection.
Parameter name: index
   at System.ThrowHelper.ThrowArgumentOutOfRangeException()
   at MusicBee.MusicBeeMain.NavigationHeader.#=q2ZEHZLg2aA62HOHoU2vvSg==(Int32 #=qsDrkM6J97fYLCJG_6lQcUA==, Int32 #=qZiIgZncsL3RQ0bVdL7Aejw==)
   at MusicBee.MusicBeeMain.NavigationHeader.#=qzkxyJdbZmJlhMUSMHwZizbrWGaoy7HJjVS$REor5uf8=()
   at MusicBee.MusicBeeMain.NavigationHeader.#=qNX5N8R29AOgSqpbejgjbZPYn6I$Jvi_EaDFWBd1QeIc=(Object #=qfH5npjxtagZJ$V9e2lkwmw==, EventArgs #=qB2putbrZeg1OmLVU3X9w6g==)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.RaiseEvent(Object key, EventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem.OnClick(EventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.HandleClick(EventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.HandleMouseUp(MouseEventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.FireEventInteractive(EventArgs e, ToolStripItemEventType met)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.FireEvent(EventArgs e, ToolStripItemEventType met)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mea)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripDropDown.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mea)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripDropDown.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)

[hiccup]

What I don't understand is why pinned tabs are made so small when pinned, not showing the text label anymore.
This is really hindering ease of use.
I can understand there must be some adjustment when horizontal spacing becomes spare, but why do this when there is enough space?

It allows you to do something you couldn't before - to pin every node from the left sidebar as a tab, with room to spare.

I am not arguing the principle. My recent request for having a better option for storing complete layouts even was the trigger the development of this new feature.

It's just that I don't like that the tab size is minimized by default when there is no need for that.

[Steven]

It allows you to do something you couldn't before - to pin every node from the left sidebar as a tab, with room to spare.

I am not arguing the principle. My recent request for having a better option for storing complete layouts even was the trigger the development of this new feature.

It's just that I don't like that the tab size is minimized by default when there is no need for that.

I think it will be useful to allow the choice of pinning a specific tab as an icon only or as icon and text (eg. if you want to show the filter name)

[hiccup]

I think it will be useful to allow the choice of pinning a specific tab as an icon only or as icon and text (eg. if you want to show the filter name)

That would be great. And perhaps some grouping option for users having many tabs. Either by something Alumni suggested through means of a drop down menu, or maybe by having an option to have main tabs, which may contain sub tabs.

[Bee-liever]

...by something Alumni suggested through means of a drop down menu, or maybe by having an option to have main tabs, which may contain sub tabs.

maybe having the pinned tabs (full size and with icon) in a drop-down, vertically arranged list consolidated into an icon.
similar to how the toolbar can be displayed, but not horizontally arrayed.

[find-the-pig]

When I use the Tag Inspector to remove some Tags close it and click save in the Tab Edit Window, the Statusbar says "Dateien speichern..." (Saving Files...). And it stays there with no Info about the Progress, until I force another Message.
I Hope that's understandable...

[SoftwareSamurai]

MB3 v3.0.5896:

I've got a tab I've labeled "Library" and the view is set to the Music library. In the center panel, I've got the Artist column, then to the right is the Album and Tracks column. Under the Album and Tracks column I've got the columns Artwork, Album, Album Rating, Disc - Tracks #, Time, Title, Rating. I've noticed that the Album Rating column entries are displaying for each track (seems odd to be per-track). I can't click any of them to set the album's rating. Highlighting a track shows the faint (unrated) stars for the Album Rating, but nothing happens when I click on any of them. Intentional?

Also a suggestion: Is there any way the Album Rating could be one set of 5 stars placed under either the Artwork or the Album entry? Seems like it would be a more logical placement.