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NEW: Playing Now Popup (PNP)
konkeydong75:
Understood.
Thanks @cncb I do appreciate the work being done on this.
markf2748:
Tweak Requests for the 3-Track Skin:
1) When positioned on the 1st track in the list: Blank the "<<PREV" text and do not show the "hyperlink hand" over the blank thumbnail region. In this special case the previous thumbnail region should behave like any other blank area in the popup, i.e. RMB and LMB display the settings menu.
2) Similarly, for the last track in the list when Repeat is Off: Blank the "NEXT>>" text and do not show the "hyperlink hand" over the blank thumbnail region. In this special case the next thumbnail region should behave like any other blank area in the popup, i.e. RMB and LMB display the settings menu.
3) "NEXT>>" thumbnail should reflect the Repeat selection when Repeat is not Off: For Repeat Current Item show current Thumbnail. For the last track, if Repeat Playing Now is active then show the 1st track thumbnail.
The changes would enhance the skin, giving it a more responsive look and feel for these cases.
Possible text fixes for 1) & 2):
a) Add skinnable options for the text names Name="PrevText" and Name="NextText" which allow specifying custom text (which could be "") to replace default text when 1st track is selected and when the last track is selected with Repeat Off respectively.
b) Or just have an option to blank text in the skin's internal code for special cases.
In general, it would be an improvement to replace the "hyperlink hand" with a normal cursor whenever the mouse hovers over an effectively inactive region. This would include regions whose "activity state" can change dynamically, like the prev and next thumbnails.
patented_licks:
The popup control for play does not reflect the current state of play/pause. Whereas the main windows play button toggles between play and pause, with the button indicating what state will transpire if selected, the play button in the popup window is always stuck on play, even when it should be pause (i.e., when music is playing). The popup control button should reflect current state (like the play control in the main window does).
markf2748:
--- Quote from: patented_licks on August 28, 2024, 01:12:59 pm ---The popup control for play does not reflect the current state of play/pause. Whereas the main windows play button toggles between play and pause, with the button indicating what state will transpire if selected, the play button in the popup window is always stuck on play, even when it should be pause (i.e., when music is playing). The popup control button should reflect current state (like the play control in the main window does).
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Agree.
This behavior has been noted before:
https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,139456.msg967123.html#msg967123
and @cncb responded in:
https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,139456.msg967324.html#msg967324
I guess patience is required, or just accept it will behave differently than the Player Bar controls in this respect.
9/27/2024: Fixed in 33.0.23 (included in today's Public Release 33.0.27).
patented_licks:
Had not seen the post you cited - that the MC team was aware of the discrepancy. Thanks. Certainly, the Playing Now Popup is a nice new feature, and especially so because it is customizable. The lack of expectable visual button toggle is merely cosmetic.
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