Extraneous characters in titlebar

[fred]

MB version 3.3.7059.39886 using MusicBee3 skin

On the main panel Track Detail Header  (Content[TrackDetail].Body.ListHeader) on the first tab there seems to be 2 periods before the text of the first column (see red outlined area:

On the second tab with the same first column there are no periods:


The same thing happens on other skins

[Steven]

you probably have a field on zero width. You can remove it by the "Set Displayed Fields" function

[fred]

Further investigations:

(a) removed all fields from 'Set Displayed fields'. This result in a blank header apart from the two periods
(b) Compared the .layout & .mbv files from the two systems - found no 0-length fields

So I made a new tab, applied the filter for the Popular tab and the two periods had disappeared. So I saved the panel layout and applied it to the problem tab and the two periods disappeared. I then re-applied the saved panel layout  from the misbehaving tab and the two periods reappeared. I compared the 2 .layout files and they were identical!

[Steven]

can you send me a zip of your settings file and also the problem layout file

[fred]

Funnily enough when I ticked the 'Keep Columns Sized to Panel' the periods disappeared! I've put the .mbv and the MusicbeeSettings.ini in this file

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1XT843aqNbOgJ0T4Ck4nKPRjby5abdoEn

[fred]

If its any help i've zipped up the entire MusicBee directory which should on running show the problem ...

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1-fP_yX02cglEBCI0OIDmLfZgtD0jLQvY

[Steven]

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1-fP_yX02cglEBCI0OIDmLfZgtD0jLQvY

that links to a .jpg file
i also need the tab layout file

[fred]

Sorry about that - the link below is to a rar file containing the complete MusicBee directory for the problem

https://onedrive.live.com/?authkey=%21ABjRPc-WmyRU_So&id=root&cid=3F3CA98AC8640E11

[Steven]

there is nothing in that shared folder

[fred]

Here is a direct link to FullMusicbee.rar size 128MB  available to download (I've tried the link and it does work - Should produce a screen like this)

https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1j93i4xwWLrb-ePZiY8Qg8sS3VYL460o9&export=download

[Steven]

Thanks for the files. Unfortunately I cannot reproduce this. Update to the latest version on the first forum topic just in case I had unknowingly already fixed it, and if it still happens could you minimise and restore the window to see if it corrects the issue

[fred]

I've identified the source of the problem (by the way minimizing then maximizing had no effect). I set up a fresh install, then patched it to the latest level 3.3.7061 and  created a library with 1 track, and set up the screen as below:


After much experimentation i had one .mbv which had the 2 periods and one that didn't. Below is a screenshot from WinMerge - the value circled in red on the left produces 2 periods, the value circled in blue on the right doesn't

[Steven]

I still cant reproduce it but i expect its related to dpi scaling. However I have made a change for the next v3.3 update which should fix the issue

[fred]

Kudos for your attention to this trivial bug! It's why in 35 years in the IT industry I steered well clear of anything to do with GUIs - too many variables. Anyway thanks for an awesome product which gives me many hours of enjoyment - there's always something new to discover in my incessant tweeking.

[Steven]

https://getmusicbee.com/patches/MusicBee33_Patched.zip
unzip and replace the existing musicbee files