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mcq:
Could we please have Minimise/Window/Maximise buttons top R on all screens in the Theatre View suite (tree)
They could either be permanent or appear 'on mouse over'

These are already implemented during Play and are very useful.

I spend all my time in Theatre view, 10ft away and with the remote - excellent, but occasionally an email pings, or some such, and it is very much easier to just pick up my wireless mouse, window MC, note the email and then maximise again.
I don't keep a keyboard to hand, a quick couple of mouse movements is all I need.
Thank you.

JimH:

--- Quote from: mcq on December 01, 2023, 11:22:09 am ---I spend all my time in Theatre view, 10ft away and with the remote - excellent, but occasionally an email pings, or some such, and it is very much easier to just pick up my wireless mouse, window MC, note the email and then maximise again.
I don't keep a keyboard to hand, a quick couple of mouse movements is all I need.

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Either an MC Remote or a keyboard would be better for Theater View.  You can quickly back out of it.

mcq:
I wasn't aware that any of the remote buttons was mapped to Min, Win, or Max - though it would be useful if all MC mapped buttons were tabled in Tools>Options for tweaking from default when required.
Even so, once windowed, the app can't be moved aside with the remote or the keyboard - it's what I use the mouse for.

There are 'Windows' k'board shortcuts which are to be expected in Windows apps - though they run the risk of losing focus, which is why the mouse is the preferred tool - see -
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/keyboard-shortcuts-in-windows-dcc61a57-8ff0-cffe-9796-cb9706c75eec
The opening line says - 'to do something that you’d typically do with a mouse.'

I really don't understand the reluctance to implement a normal 'Windows' function into what purports to be a 'Windows' app when it wouldn't interfere or impede any other user.
Making something more useful and easier to more people, surely can't be a bad thing.

Please can we have Min/Win/Max buttons on all Theatre View screens - not just when playing.

tzr916:
Have you tried the EXIT button on the MCE remote? That brings up the Exit Theater View (and other options).

--- Quote from: mcq on December 02, 2023, 12:48:50 pm ---I wasn't aware that any of the remote buttons was mapped to Min, Win, or Max...
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mcq:
Hi @tzr916 - thanks for joining in.

MCE remotes don't have an Exit button - only a 'Back Button' - that takes you back through Theatre views, which if nested can be several presses.
Even then you're presented with Exit Theatre view - which is just what you don't want to do.

What we want to do is 'window' Theatre View from wherever it is (inc. play) without disturbing the view - move the window aside - then window back without disturbing the contents of the particular Theatre View - and to do that in the maximum of actions i.e. 3.

That is precisely what the mouse and the Min/Win/Max buttons enable you to do  - and therefore why it is so powerful - it's the essence of why Windows is so effective.

Hopefully you'll support the cause - thanks

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