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BartMan01

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Tree issues/complaints
« on: October 18, 2006, 12:15:56 pm »

Yes, I realize that these are minor when compared to functionality issues.

A few issues and/or complaints about the current tree view.

The tree expansion is inconsistent and awkward.

You have two options:  Auto and Manual.

In Auto, some items auto expand and others don't.  Some items auto collapse, and others don't.  For those that don't auto expand (like nested view schemes), a slow double click will open them, but a fast double click replaces your current playing now and starts to play everything in them.

In Manual, the expansion icon differs by level.  If you want to To open the top level of a tree you click on the right, but then you have to click on the left after that.  If you have a wide tree section, it puts the expansion icon away from the tree item.  Plus this really slows navigation down and requires a lot of unnecessary mouse movement.  The same double click inconsistency exists (slow open, fast wipes out your playing now and start to play that item).  The fastest way to open the item currently is to double click it, but if you do it too fast - there goes your current play list.

Also:  Why do the default 'Audio/Video/Images' schemes have any more importance than the others - and why are they placed differently?  Their current placement also prevents you from being able to have more than one expanded at a time, and the expansion is 'off'.  When you expand the 'Images' and 'Video' schemes they show up right below 'Audio'.

It would be nice to be able to order the tree as we pleased, and not have the current fixed placement of item groups.
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